[url]http://www.tempratech.com/products/coldfood.html[/url]

Wonder how much more a six pack will cost for these. I'll bet a bag of
ice is cheaper.

Hmmm. Drops temp 30F in 3 minutes, which is pretty good, all things
considered, but ... if I'm out in 95F weather, I'd like something cooler
than 65F. Still, this is a pretty good start.

Cheers.

Bill Velek

In article <410D57D8.6020707@alltel.net>, Bill Velek
<billvelek@alltel.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.tempratech.com/products/coldfood.html[/url]
>
> Wonder how much more a six pack will cost for these. I'll bet a bag of
> ice is cheaper.
>
> Hmmm. Drops temp 30F in 3 minutes, which is pretty good, all things
> considered, but ... if I'm out in 95F weather, I'd like something cooler
> than 65F. Still, this is a pretty good start.[/color]

More:

"The self-contained I.C. Can� is the approximate size of a 500 ml
beverage can. This includes the beverage container itself and the
integral self-chilling device."

IOW, it takes up the same space as, but contains less beverage than, a
500ml (16.9 oz) can.

Where I grew up in western Arkiesaw, a fellow had the bright idea of a
freon coke can, c.1978. Not that he had the faintest idea of how to
accomplish it, but he figgered it was a good idea.

Not more than a year or two later, I saw a bit in Popular Science about
a patent for a freon beverage can. The theory was, a tiny pressurized
container, which was valved by the pull-tab. A tiny hose within the can
then spewed low-pressure (low-temp!) gas throughout the contents.

I can't imagine why it never caught on. ;-)

Kevin

Kevin Craig wrote:
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> In article <410D57D8.6020707@alltel.net>, Bill Velek
> <billvelek@alltel.net> wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>[url]http://www.tempratech.com/products/coldfood.html[/url]
>>
>>Wonder how much more a six pack will cost for these. I'll bet a bag of
>>ice is cheaper.
>>
>>Hmmm. Drops temp 30F in 3 minutes, which is pretty good, all things
>>considered, but ... if I'm out in 95F weather, I'd like something cooler
>>than 65F. Still, this is a pretty good start.[/color]
>
>
> More:
>
> "The self-contained I.C. Can� is the approximate size of a 500 ml
> beverage can. This includes the beverage container itself and the
> integral self-chilling device."
>
> IOW, it takes up the same space as, but contains less beverage than, a
> 500ml (16.9 oz) can.
>
> Where I grew up in western Arkiesaw, a fellow had the bright idea of a
> freon coke can, c.1978. Not that he had the faintest idea of how to
> accomplish it, but he figgered it was a good idea.
>
> Not more than a year or two later, I saw a bit in Popular Science about
> a patent for a freon beverage can. The theory was, a tiny pressurized
> container, which was valved by the pull-tab. A tiny hose within the can
> then spewed low-pressure (low-temp!) gas throughout the contents.
>
> I can't imagine why it never caught on. ;-)
>
> Kevin[/color]
I vaguely remember an uncle describing how they cooled beer in the
african desert during WWII - they'd pour petrol on the bottle and let it
evaporate (a couple of times) - not sure how cool they got the beer.
Sounds like a real waste of petrol to me. But then again I've heard
stories that they'd "let off a whole belt of ammunition" on a water
cooled vickers machine gun just to get some hot water for a cup of tea!
rb

"Bill Velek" <billvelek@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:410D57D8.6020707@alltel.net...[color=blue]
> [url]http://www.tempratech.com/products/coldfood.html[/url]
>
> Wonder how much more a six pack will cost for these. I'll bet a bag of
> ice is cheaper.
>
> Hmmm. Drops temp 30F in 3 minutes, which is pretty good, all things
> considered, but ... if I'm out in 95F weather, I'd like something cooler
> than 65F. Still, this is a pretty good start.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bill Velek
>
>[/color]
A while back I recall the same hype about the self chilling cans. It turned
out to be a scam. They got many people to invest in the initial stock offer.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:59, rb wrote:
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> Kevin Craig wrote:
>[color=green]
>> In article <410D57D8.6020707@alltel.net>, Bill Velek
>> <billvelek@alltel.net> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>[url]http://www.tempratech.com/products/coldfood.html[/url]
>>>
>>>Wonder how much more a six pack will cost for these. I'll bet a bag of
>>>ice is cheaper.
>>>
>>>Hmmm. Drops temp 30F in 3 minutes, which is pretty good, all things
>>>considered, but ... if I'm out in 95F weather, I'd like something cooler
>>>than 65F. Still, this is a pretty good start.[/color]
>>
>>
>> More:
>>
>> "The self-contained I.C. Can? is the approximate size of a 500 ml
>> beverage can. This includes the beverage container itself and the
>> integral self-chilling device."
>>
>> IOW, it takes up the same space as, but contains less beverage than, a
>> 500ml (16.9 oz) can.
>>
>> Where I grew up in western Arkiesaw, a fellow had the bright idea of a
>> freon coke can, c.1978. Not that he had the faintest idea of how to
>> accomplish it, but he figgered it was a good idea.
>>
>> Not more than a year or two later, I saw a bit in Popular Science about
>> a patent for a freon beverage can. The theory was, a tiny pressurized
>> container, which was valved by the pull-tab. A tiny hose within the can
>> then spewed low-pressure (low-temp!) gas throughout the contents.
>>
>> I can't imagine why it never caught on. ;-)
>>
>> Kevin[/color]
> I vaguely remember an uncle describing how they cooled beer in the
> african desert during WWII - they'd pour petrol on the bottle and let it
> evaporate (a couple of times) - not sure how cool they got the beer.
> Sounds like a real waste of petrol to me. But then again I've heard
> stories that they'd "let off a whole belt of ammunition" on a water
> cooled vickers machine gun just to get some hot water for a cup of tea!
> rb[/color]

If they had a stocking handy, they could put the beer in the stocking, wet
the stocking with fuel and whirl it around a bit - cools it down adequately
for thirsty soldiers :-0

Cheers
--
David Robley

Even snakes are afraid of snakes.