Bubblope = Ready to go freezer bag cozy

[Benjamin Meadors]

I was going through The Container Store with the Mrs. when I found this little gem. I got the 9.6" x 7.3" version, I believe.

It even has a velcro closure!

For $2.50, I picked one up. You guys ever used these as a freezer bag cozy before?

[Steven Hollifield]

There is a container store on my way home. I'll have to pick one up and upgrade my bubble mailer.

Thanks!

[Zorg Zumo]

Will it hold a quart-size freezer bag 1/2 full of water?

[Benjamin Meadors]

[David Thomas]

If you get the next size up, you can multi-purpose it as:

– a cozy for keeping pots, hot-drink cups, and steeping noodles warm longer.

– a mini ice chest for taking perishables on the trail for your first night's dinner.

– a emergency glove (in a pinch).

– a rain hat.

– when used as a hat, it also prevents the government from scanning your brain waves.

[Eric Lundquist]

It also works as a nice sit pad.

[Bob Gross]

So, let me get this straight…

You put your food bag into the freezer bag cozy, and then you sit on it?

–B.G.–

[Gerald L]

'You put your food bag into the freezer bag cozy, and then you sit on it?'

I guess this would be a 'no cook' method of heating your food. Good thinking.

[Eric Lundquist]

Bob,

In the same vain as David, my recommendation of using the cozy as a sit pad would be without any food inside. I doubt David meant he was wearing it as a glove or hat with a freezer bag full of food inside.

[Benjamin Meadors]

It might also make a good head vapor barrier for those with smallish heads.

[Marko Botsaris]

"You put your food bag into the freezer bag cozy, and then you sit on it?"

Humm, we had a thread a week or so back about how long it would take to rehydrate your food with cold water – answer ~ 1.5 hours. I think we now need someone to check how long it take if you sit on it like an egg.

[Miner]

I don't suppose you have the weight on that?

[Kelly G]

Well that would be an alternative to getting a cozy without purchasing multiple feet of reflectix, which is the only way it's available around my parts.
Kelly

[Zorg Zumo]

There are a couple downsides to this material – (1) High altitude will cause it to over-inflate and go flat, so don't expect it to last for years (2) Using it as a sit pad will ruin it's insulating ability for a cozy. Small chunk of CCF for a sit pad is better anyways, IMO. Otherwise it is a great cozy – thanks for sharing this!

[David Thomas]

>"(1) High altitude will cause it to over-inflate and go flat, so don't expect it to last for years "

I've got some that I've used many times to transport frozen fish in my checked luggage. So it goes to the equivalent of 7500 feet 4 times on each trip and seems just fine after many such trips.

At some elevation, that would be an issue, but it's higher than 7,500 feet.

[Sharon J.]

"Humm, we had a thread a week or so back about how long it would take to rehydrate your food with cold water – answer ~ 1.5 hours. I think we now need someone to check how long it take if you sit on it like an egg."

This might be difficult to quantify, depending as it does on metabolism, personal insulation, and consumption of GORP.

[Steven Hollifield]

I picked one of these up yesterday. It is only silver colored plastic. Its considerably thicker than standard bubble mailers and the price and included Velcro are both nice. I was previously using used bubble mailers, but I'll give this a try and see how in performs compared to that.

[Will Webster]

I've been using a bubblewrap pouch (made for shipping bottles) as a FBC cozy for a couple years now. I often use it as a sit pad while I'm waiting for the water to heat and I've never had a bubble pop. Maybe you should take the tent stakes out of your back pocket.

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[spelt with a t]

I want an Attenborough-narrated special on the rare and beautiful Bubblope.

[Benjamin Meadors]

Got around to weighing it this morning. 23 grams.

[Eric Blumensaadt]

For me a bubbleope is still to 'fat' to carry.

I made a cozy from some fleece and Velcro – folds up nicely but keeps freezer bags nicely hot.

[James Couch]

who needs a cozy? Single use item. I have been using my sleeping bag or puffy for over thirty years as a 'cozy' for my re hydrating food. Old climber's trick.

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