It looks like a freezer pack is used in the top compartment with the cover, and can be used for water without the cover. Is that so?
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Yes it can be use open it actually works really well. I highly recommend it.
1552188
I only use for dry food, but it does come with two ice packs, which is to say two rigid plastic packs with screw-on lids for filling with water and freezing.
1820306
Sure. We just use ours as a fridge currently. You have the ability to make it cold enough to be a fridge or a freezer, but not both at the same time as it does not have a separate freezer compartment. You would have to use it as one or the other. Freezes great! We have used it both ways
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I purchased this item expecting a separate freezer, but got the run around when it was delivered as one total compartment. The company I purchased it from said they basically never promised two seperate compartments and that the picture they used was a stock picture. They said I should have researched the model rather than go by their stock photograph. This may not answer your question, since I never opened the box.
676862
I have filled mine with a mixture of water, salt, and rubbing alcohol. This way the water can't freeze all of the way and the ice is flexible. After use, I just put it back in the freezer for the next use. The freezing process doesn't seem to hurt the liner of the bag, because it has not leaked at all.
1452848
The part of the set that has compartments is the ice pack. You put the whole piece in the freezer and fill before you leave. Works great
233156
Yes. It is not a holding freezer. You need to empty the basket into your ice chest when full. You can turn it off and the ice will melt into the water tank below the holding basket. Any other questions let me know. C.B.
2195144
Yes as long as you do not fill it up and do not close the lid. When it's full and the water freezes, the pressure is high enough to damage the container. I found that out the hard way.
983113
I think water. The pack does have hard "cubes" throughout when frozen. Works well. I use it nearly every day since about last November.
1393628
The problem is that the freezer insert is contoured to fit 4 bottles (both 5 and 8 ounce.) I have only traveled up to 3.5 hours with just a couple of these storage containers in the bag but I always have them next to a bottle to help keep them cool.
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Hi Glenda, There is no mention on the package or their website the need for an icepack so I'm assuming no. I haven't used it with an icepack. I put a small (50mL) glass Pigeon bottle containing water in the fridge for a few hours and when it was cool enough, I placed it inside the insulator bag and made sure it wasn't opened for an hour. After 1 hour, I checked on the bottle and it was still cold. 3 hours from when I first took out the bottle from the fridge, it was cool but not as cold as when I first put it in the insulator. What I am using is the medela cooler - I find it very handy. The cooler that it comes with is made in such a way that it contours the bottles which makes them stay in place during travel and separates the bottles from one another which is perfect for glass bottles. The only negative to it is that it takes up more space than the Tomme Tippee Insulated Bottle but as far as I'm concerned, if the breast milk is cold for as long as I need it, it can take as much space as it wants. Hope this reply reached you in time.
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Dear Christopher,I've never tried playing with ice inside this bag to see whether it's waterproof or not, BUT I do love this bag for getting everything cold/frozen home from the store & it's still the way it SHOULD be by the time I get back home. I've even stopped to do other errands (within an hour or two) and the food is still the same way-cold or frozen, even during the summer.Lee
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The entire back pack is lightly padded which provides some measure of insulation. What works for me is freezing two 20oz bottles of water and laying them down in the top compartment. I can put a cup of worms and two sandwiches on top of the frozen water. After six hours at approx. 85 degrees the water is completely thawed but still cold enough for a refreshing drink. No way this could be a creel.I personally think Wild River should attach two "D" rings to the bottom of the back pack and provide a fold-up/roll-up creel bag that can be attached.
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The freezer compartment does not have a door and the space is rather small... I got this for my place of employment and we use it to keep drinks cold mainly... The freezer "compartment" hasn't really been used... Hope that helps :)
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no. it doesn't have a freezer. because of it, there are more space to store.
740837
It is a regular refrigerator/freezer. It does not have an icebox that needs to be defrosted.
2006292
It's decently insulated. It would keep food drinks cool for a couple hours without ice I'd think. We use cooler packs a lot which are nice because they don't melt