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.
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Bill Velek
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"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
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
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.
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
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