Thursday, December 24, 2015

DIY Home made Ice Packs

Items needed - 

  • ice pack containers - bottles, zip lock bags 
  • Isopropyl alcohol 
  • water
  • ice box 

  • Mix 1 part isopropyl alcohol to 4 parts water 


  • Put ice pack bottles in fridge till it completely freezes [ it doesnt completely freeze because of the alcohol in the water ]  


  • Put ice pack to ice box together with your beverage [ to be cooled ] and enjoy !!!


  • Chilled beverage [ in this case, a water glass bottle ] remained chilled even after 7 hours later as seen below 


  • Put second ice pack into ice box while first ice pack is put back in the fridge for re freezing

  • Test #1 29/12/2015 10:40 pm -  frozen ice pack + Ginger Beer 


  • Test #1 29/12/2015 10:55 pm - extra Ginger Beer bottle to load balance the ice pack. Also to check IF 1 ice pack can chill 2 glass bottles 


  • Test #1 30/12/2015 01:25 am - Chilled drinks [ mist on glass bottles ] 


  • Test #1 30/12/2015 10:16 am - crap !!! it REALLY WORKS. Drinks COLD to the touch 12 hours later with huge chunks of ice in the ice pack





  • Test #2 30/12/2015 07:51 pm - 1 frozen ice pack + 2 Ginger Beer bottles + 1 ice tray of ice


  • Test #2 31/12/2015 02:45 am - Half melted ice cubes + half frozen ice pack = chilled Ginger Beer = 7 hours later 



  • Test #2 31/12/2015 02:45 am - Half frozen ice pack 7 hrs later


  • Test #2 31/12/2015 01:38 pm - Chilled Ginger Beer + ice pack = 18 hours later 



  • Test #2 conclusion = having just 1 ice pack = 12 hrs chilled drinks. 1 ice pack + 1 ice tray of ice + beverage = 18 hrs  chilled drinks


Ice packs & beverage bottles from 100% recyclable items at home


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