VViCKiD Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Hi guys, I hate paying $25 for ice every time I head out on a boat. Just wondering if any one uses a portable freezer to make ice over night? Are these things even capable of doing that? Massive thx in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) could you get a chest freeze and a load of ice trays and make your own? My local place has a ice vending machine which charges $2:99 a bag or you put you esky under the shoot and it fills it up (depending how big it is and how many beers you have in it) for you for the same price. Edited June 3, 2014 by antonywardle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VViCKiD Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Wow! 2.99 for a full esky! That's awesome. Yeh I'm in 2 minds as to weather I want a chest freezer or a portable freezer. The advantage of the portable being lower power consumption and the ability to take it camping and BBQs etc I just don't know if it has the grunt to do what I want Edited June 3, 2014 by VViCKiD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, I hate paying $25 for ice every time I head out on a boat. Just wondering if any one uses a portable freezer to make ice over night? Are these things even capable of doing that? $25 !!! Bags of ice are normally well under $5.00 / bag. Do you take 5 or more bags on an outing?? There are quite a few options available. Check out the camping & caravan places , they sell a variety of portable freezers which can operate on either 12V , 24V or 240V Waeco & Engle come to mind but there are several others. Waeco claim their freezer will cool down to minus 30 degrees but not sure how long that takes. They can cost up to $600 which is a lot of money just for ice. If you are buying around 5 bags / trip these small portable would not , from a size aspect , be capable to provide that much ice I have a small freezer in the garage just for bait & ice. Buy 6 or so ice cube containers & have them frozen for your next trip. Also , plastic drink bottles filled with water & into the freezer is another cheap option but leave some ullage to allow space for expansion as the water freezers. Geoff Edited June 4, 2014 by Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VViCKiD Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thanks Geoff. Yeh I wasnt certain that these portable freezers had the grunt to freeze ice. I'm planning to buy a small second hand freezer I can leave in the garage for the same purpose. Something maybe with 100L capacity. I buy my ice at the servo and normally would head out with 5 or 6 bags. I'm planning to fill drink bottles with salt water and freeze them (they take longer to freeze) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Little chest freezes are good. When you open them, the cold air doesn't fall out so they are a bit cheaper to run. The only downside is that usually the thing that you are after is right down the bottom ;-) I'd stay with fresh frozen water not ice so that if you have a problem, you've got something to drink. Edited June 4, 2014 by antonywardle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorski Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Fill a few ice cream containers with water and freeze them, pop them into the bottom of the esky and chuck a bag of ice on top! Lasts much longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VViCKiD Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks guys.. yeh I just picked up a chest freezer on ebay for $76 glad to have the ice costs go towards fuel instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Is the ice for Beer or the fish caught? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VViCKiD Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's for both.. Life couldn't get better than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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