Camping can be a fun family activity for everyone.
You can go camp out in the wild with your group of friends or with you special someone any time you like.
There is a lot of equipment available that will not only your camping trip more comfortable but will make it a lot more enjoyable.
Survivalist campers like to go camping with little more than their hiking boots.
They will frown at the various equipments most modern campers use these days to make their trip more enjoyable, but no one can frown when you are sitting under the hot sun and you are able to your hands on a cool soda or beer.
This is possible thanks to the cool box.
A ice box as its name suggests is a box that can be used to keep food or drink cool.
In this article we will find out a little more about how a cool box works, what the different types of ice boxes are and what the advantages of taking one along on your camping trip are.
Normally ice cubes are placed in the ice box which is insulated and thus keeps the temperature inside the box cooler for a longer time.
Sometimes ice packs are used since they keep the liquid inside them and do not fill the ice box up with water.
There are new gel based ice packs available that stay cool for a longer time and also absorb heat as they change phase.
The modern ice boxes are made from interior and exterior shells of plastic with hard foam in between.
Ice boxes are available in various sizes.
You can get a personal cool box which is great for individual use or to take alone if it is just you and someone else.
There are larger family size cool boxes available that even come with wheels.
These are big enough to keep enough food and drink for the whole family.
Nowadays thermoelectric cool boxes are also available.
These ice boxes can plug into a cars cigarette lighter socket.
These cool boxes use the peltier effect and an external fan to keep the food cold.
They run on a 12 volt current and if this current is reversed these ice boxes can even be used to keep food hot.
They are very useful if you need to pick up take out from a very far place and want the food to stay hot till you reach home.
Thermoelectric cool boxes are a lot more effective when it comes to keeping food cold.
The only drawbacks are that these boxes are usually very small and end up using a lot of the cars battery.
A helpful tip for those who are carrying a cool box on a camping trip is to keep the box full.
A cool box is more effective if it is full and your food will stay cold longer if you fill up all the empty space.
A good idea is to fill up small bottles of water, freeze them and then use them to fill the empty spaces.
Thermoelectric ice boxes are a lot more effective when it comes to keeping food cold.
The only drawbacks are that these boxes are usually very small and end up using a lot of the cars battery.
A helpful tip for those who are carrying a cool box on a camping trip is to keep the box full.