A cunning way to avoid ice-box odor
Issue 37 : Jul/Aug 2004
Tired of sponging out the ice chest or draining all that melt water (and what else?) into the bilge? When a yard worker changed our drain so it was really hard to use, we bought two Rubbermaid 15- x 9- x 5-inch plastic boxes with press-on lids, filled them 85 percent with water (room for expansion as it freezes), put them in our home freezer for 48 hours (24 won’t do), and had instant, portable, mess-free ice. These two keep our ice chest cold for two to three days (our weekend), travel to the boat in their own cooler, and get refrozen for the next round. In a pinch, they’ve been known to provide a source for ice cubes, if your ice pick is handy and you wield it very carefully (yes, we had to buy a third box — the one with the “X” marked on the bottom is now used for spare parts).
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