I just bought one of these and it has been on for 30 hours at coldest temp; one ice pack I put in the freezer is not nearly frozen. Is that normal?
1498399
i would say no but honestly my daughter uses it to keep her drinks cold in her dorm room.
1498400
I don't use the freezer, however, I has an inch of frost in it since February.
1498401
Never tried to freeze an ice pack by mine keeps frozen things frozen. I would give it another day or two and if it still doesn't freeze I would return it and get a replacement
776141
If you keep your cold packs on the frig and not the freezer you won't have any freezing problem. I have immunology serums that I keep for a trip that involves an overnight stay and the serums are still cool when I'' able to put them back in my frig.
1058856
Not that I noticed, but I always place ice in it, so by the end of the day the ice is melted. The thing REALLY keeps things cold, even when in a 90+ degree car most of the day.
52693
Hi. Mine has never come on ice and I never have refrigerated. I think if it is kept from high temperatures you are ok.
98923
Well, a lot of them. i had mine go out (as ecotemp said) and i don't think it got below 38f. if you do have a problem with yours im sure they will say it's because you let it freeze. thats what all their complaints are about it seems. and their customer service is non existent, they just said it was all my fault then (get this) he hung up on me. i never raised my voice (but he did) i tried to call back and they would not pick up my call. i will never even think about using them again. good luck!
564702
I put ice in it with the water and the ice doesn't thaw for over 24 hours. I'm in San Diego where summers are quite warm.
453638
once it gets up to desired temp it shuts off,really we don't hear it anymore and we only run it for 5 hours at night and everything stays frozen or cold for the next 24 hours most likely the freezer would last even longer. We have 2, 1 freezer 1 for fridge. A really wonderful invention,so nice to not live out of a cooler!! only uses 6 volts to start and then drops after that!!
505332
Did you make sure the wire to have it on is down? Make sure there isn't anything keeping it up when you close the freezer.
188459
I froze mine. It has special extra long lasting cubes in the gel and will stay ultra cold for an hour. You will freeze before it thaws.
2242657
I sincerely doubt it. This product has been a huge dissappointment. I would estimate that this ice pack would stay frozen for 4-5 hours.
964859
Hi. I have never tried to keep the ice pack in the cooler bag for more than 7 hrs. So im really not sure how to answer your question. I really doubt though, that the ice can last that long
805130
I leave ice in it for a couple hours...but it isn't very frozen when I dump it into my freezer. It often clumps together Once dumped in my freezer due to it having started melting. Also if I use the ice straight out of the bucket it melts fairly quickly if its been in the bucket for a couple hours. If you dump it quickly the ice is fine. I don't think you could leave the ice all day and expect it to still be chilled. A few hours at max.
726011
We had took an 8 hour trip and my milk stayed cold the whole trip. I haven't tried it any longer than that. But from what I remember the pack was still cold by the end of the trip. Hope this is helpful.
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It stays pretty cold. If you are worried at all, I would put in one or two small ice packs just for extra chilling.
679114
I load this mini packit with my son's lunch at about 9:30am. When I pick him up at 1:00pm, the bag is still cold. I own the regular sized pack it also; it says cold longer. In fact, I load my daughters lunch in it at 7:30am, and she eats lunch at 11:05. She says parts of the bag are still frozen. I keep all packits in the freezer untill I load them in the morning. Hope this helps!
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Mine had a chill pack that was shipped with it. I would still liked to have seen it insulated as I can see it sitting in the sun in the delivery truck with temperatures easily exceeding 84 degrees F. I threw the chill pack out so I don't know if it was a chemical endothermic type or not. If it was just frozen the latent heat of formation should carry it through one session of high heat early in the journey.
726010
I use it during school, leaving at about 7 AM and returning around 5, and the ice pack is usually still somewhat frozen when I return home. Granted, I'm not leaving it in a hot car, but I think 12 hours isn't too much of a stretch!