Efficient Cool Box

[CompairHolman]

We always have a box of catering UHT individual milk pots in the larder for emergencies , we never run out of milk, ever. 

 

We order them from eBay in boxes of 120 and collect at the nearest Argos store. 

 

Don't buy the discounted ones though , they are short dated and taste of the plastic pots. 

[rusty69]

UHT longlife milk here too,a mixture of 1/2 litre and litre cartons. 

 

ETA. No, that doesn't make it a 1.5 litre carton. 

Edited August 27, 2019 by rusty69

[MtB]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

My involvement here is that I've been asked by a friend to recommend a powered coolbox that won't goose their batteries in double quick time on an outboard-powered grip cruiser.

 

Why is she insisting on a powered box when a good quality unpowered coldbox will do the job she asks of it, admirably? 

 

 

[Tumshie]

Just now, rusty69 said:

UHT longlife milk here too,a mixture of 1/2 litre and litre cartons. 

I always have UHT milk for when out gallivanting, I know it's a lot more expensive but even if I wasn't lactose intolerant I would still use the Lactofree stuff. Best UHT ever. 

[rusty69]

4 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

I always have UHT milk for when out gallivanting, I know it's a lot more expensive but even if I wasn't lactose intolerant I would still use the Lactofree stuff. Best UHT ever. 

Ouch, that ain't cheap, is it! 

[Tumshie]

Just now, rusty69 said:

Ouch, that ain't cheap, is it! 

I'm a cornered market. 

[tree monkey]

3 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Ouch, that ain't cheap, is it! 

It's all gopping, uht or not the only way it's edible is cheese and clotted cream and at a push yogurt

 

To add the best way to ruin a good brew is pour cow squeezings into it

Edited August 27, 2019 by tree monkey

[rusty69]

2 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

I'm a cornered market. 

It is cornered packaging too. A pyramid scheme started by nefertiti in 1370BC

Edited August 27, 2019 by rusty69

[Tumshie]

Just now, tree monkey said:

It's all gopping, uht or not the only way it's edible is cheese and clotted cream and at a push yogurt

Not like the milk then Monkey?

 

3 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Ouch, that ain't cheap, is it! 

Holy Schnikes - you pay 55p for a litre of UHT milk... 

 

[tree monkey]

Just now, Tumshie said:

Not like the milk then Monkey?

 

Holy Schnikes - you pay 55p for a litre of UHT milk... 

 

How did you guess

[rusty69]

Just now, Tumshie said:

Not like the milk then Monkey?

 

Holy Schnikes - you pay 55p for a litre of UHT milk... 

 

Yep, Aldi. 

[Tumshie]

Just now, rusty69 said:

Yep, Aldi. 

Snot fair  You get an allergy and suddenly everything is 3x as expensive. 

 

[rusty69]

Just now, Tumshie said:

Snot fair  You get an allergy and suddenly everything is 3x as expensive. 

 

Simples, just drink 3 times less. 

[Tumshie]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

Simples, just drink 3 times less. 

Can't be Tumshieing around with no sustenance. 

[TheBiscuits]

9 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Yep, Aldi. 

I was quite cross when it went up from 48p to 49p.

 

Still buy it at 55p though!

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said:

I was quite cross when it went up from 48p to 49p.

 

Still buy it at 55p though!

..... And I thought I was a tight arse

5 minutes ago, Tumshie said:

Can't be Tumshieing around with no sustenance. 

That is not a word. 

[Tumshie]

1 minute ago, rusty69 said:

That is not a word. 

Is too - means food 

[MtB]

25 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

It's all gopping, uht or not the only way it's edible is cheese and clotted cream and at a push yogurt

 

To add the best way to ruin a good brew is pour cow squeezings into it

 

If not milk, I gather posh peoples squeezes a lemming into it....

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2019 by Mike the Boilerman

[rusty69]

5 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

If not milk, I gather one squeezes a lemming into it....

 

 

 

And ginger. Ti's the only 'tea' Mrs Rusty will drink. 

 

On a hot day she much prefers lemming aid

Edited August 27, 2019 by rusty69

[David Mack]

31 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

It is cornered packaging too. A pyramid scheme started by nefertiti in 1370BC

 

Frank Muir once told a lengthy joke that concluded with refererence to a nine-breasted egyption goddess called Neufertitti. A bit much for the 1960s BBC!

[rusty69]

1 minute ago, David Mack said:

 

Frank Muir once told a lengthy joke that concluded with refererence to a nine-breasted egyption goddess called Neufertitti. A bit much for the 1960s BBC!

Titter ye not! 

Oh, that was Frankie Howerd 

Edited August 27, 2019 by rusty69
H

[Murflynn]

.....................................  and a titter ran through the audience.

[system 4-50]

8 minutes ago, Murflynn said:

....................................  and a muffled titter ran through the audience.

it was cold.

[Sea Dog]

14 hours ago, Tumshie said:

You said your friends needed something for the odd night or three and cool boxes like Rusty's Icey Tek and the Waeco Cool Ice Box are used by a lot of lumpy water sailors, they are not to be muddled with that blue Colemans crap that folk use to get their weekly shopping home, these types of boxes will keep things frozen for 3 days even in warmer weather. You asked what plastic boat sailors use well this is it. If your friend needs something then these are well worth looking into but they are not cheap. If they are on a canal and can get to the shops to buy more bags of ice these boxes will go on indefinitely.

 

 

Yep, I think this is the solution too. Thank you

 

 

13 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Why is she insisting on a powered box when a good quality unpowered coldbox will do the job she asks of it, admirably? 

 

 

 

It's not really insistence so much as not knowing there was a viable alternative. My own feeling, which I had expressed, was that a powered cool box was likely to prove unsuitable due to the continuous power draw. After that had sunk in, the question then basically became which powered cool box is the least worst, which is why I consulted the 'hive'.  I think we've now got the best solution in these super insulated jobs and that's what I'll be recommending. 

 

Thanks to all for your contributions; I think your answers will also prove useful to many others seeking similar advice in future. 

[CompairHolman]

You can get cool boxes for free , they are used in chilled food packaging, fishmongers throw away loads of them. You buy them for peanuts anyway.