Just wondering if anyone uses dry ice for there trips. I have used it car camping and it work's great. I can have stuff frozen solid for up too six day's even icecream

Where do you get it from?

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In Toronto you call the Iceman!

http://www.the-iceman.com/dryice.html

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I get my dry ice from liguid air here in Windsor near the airport.
And if you in the states you can get it at a Meyer store

Praxair is where I get mine from. Call whoever locally is selling compressed gasses. I don't normally use it camping, I use it at work. However, if I wanted to eat steaks on day 6 of a trip, that's the way I'd certainly pick up a couple of kg of dry ice. I get lots of shipping container coolers at work so I'd use one of those - they are quite good quality.

If you use dry ice, you should know that it off-gasses CO2. Therefore your container should allow for some venting. Also, don't try to bring it on an airplane with you. Bush planes are probably OK, but don't take it on an Air Canada flight unless you know what your are doing (TDG rules and all that).

If you want to take it up yet another notch, get liquid nitrogen (something else I use regularly at work).

Cheers,
Bryan

Really, I'm kidding about the liquid nitrogen. Don't even think of it.

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I just can't imagine anything to eat being worth all that extra weight on the way in.......

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Yes, we have used dry ice. Works well for days , but don't pack fishing worms in the same cooler!!!

eeewwwwwwwwww.........

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Before you commit yourself to dry ice, check the cost.
A few years ago, I spent about $50 at Praxair just to put dry ice about 4 inches deep into my cooler.

I get university pricing, but I think it's less than $3 per kilo, delivered!

I've often thought about using it, but it comes down to being more weight than I normally want to carry. The cooler is also pretty bulky and you can't carry your veggies in the same cooler. Maybe for this summer on the Cree River with NO PORTAGES!

Bryan

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I use it when I don't have to portage - Labyrinth and Stillwater canyon's on the Green river in the southwestern US would be a good example. On that river a portable toilet is also required, so there isn't much point on trying to go light.

dry ice can be bought at almost any grocery store.
You dont need much...its very cold.
A small block of d i will keep you regular ice blocks frozen all week long.

use about a small handfull of broken d i OR regular ice(use a quart). In a ziplock put heavy whipping cream, flavoring such as vinilla or fruit, some sugar and CLOSE.

Put INSIDE another zip.
repeat so the cream mixture is inside two zipz. now on the outside and final ziplock add the ice and rock salt. SEAL in the final bag. SO you now have 3 bags in one. Now toss around the camp like a game...the kids love it...toss...toss...over the head, under the legs....have fun....In 10 minutes of tossing (mixing) you will have home made ICE CREAM!!!! Great for canoeing, car camping, the kids show and tell...or the weekend party.

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Paddle, you should post that in the "Food and Recipes" section. That's too good an idea to risk getting lost.

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My paddle partner and I tried DI last year for a trip into the WAB. we bought about 10lbs and had it in a cooler inside a canvas pack. We thought that it would be great for keeping things nice and cold as we had planned nice fresh meals like steaks, turkey breasts, sausages and some frozen stew and chili. It worked fantastic for a one day and then it completely dissipated. I dont think the weight was worth the trouble. after the first five ports both of us were cursing the food bag but loving the steaks. We decided that it might be worthwhile to use it to "flash" freeze items before our trip rather than carry the extra weight. I dont think we will ever use dry ice again. The other thing is that the size of 2-5lbs bricks is fairly large taking up a huge amount of precious space in our packs.

as an aside we purchased ours at praxair in thunder bay

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I saw this guy perform in Chicago, and it's one of the "coolest" (uh oh) things I have ever seen. Strange and other worldly sounds, it was a spectacular performance. Click on the tag to hear the radio story on line!