Bubblope = Ready to go freezer bag cozy

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

Thanks!

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

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.

It also works as a nice sit pad.

So, let me get this straight…

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

–B.G.–

'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.

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.

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

"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.

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

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

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!

>"(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.

"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.

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.

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.

Edited for clarity

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

Got around to weighing it this morning. 23 grams.

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.

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.