OT: foam can insulator thingys

[BogMonster]

I need to get hold of about a dozen or so of the foam things that you can get to put a 330ml can of (ahem) non alcoholic beverage (officer) into, to keep it cool. Google mostly seems to be trying to sell me loft insulation on this one, but what I really want to know is if it is something you can buy in shops in the UK, and if so which shops? (then I can add them to my shopping list for coming over in July)

Possibilities might be camping shops I suppose, but can't remember ever seeing them, rather than spend ages looking when I get there, I wondered if anybody knows for sure where you can find these things? I have a couple, but I nicked them off stands at various trade shows and you can only go back so many times before they get suspicious

Land Rover content? Beer makes such a bluddy mess on the floor of the vehicle if the bottles bang together too much inside a cool bag when you are going over rough ground (or hit a buffalo ditch), so I figured it would be a good way of keeping the bottles apart and the carpets dry

Ta very much

[MogLite]

Ah beer

These do ya ?

[Guest diesel_jim]

Definately... not too sure about the drinks coolers though. B)

[istruggle2gate11]

Definately... not too sure about the drinks coolers though. B)

But surely they are for SHANDY drinkers only? i.e. Those that drink slowly and need to keep their pop cool with the added benefit of performance at the end of the night

[snailracer]

Wouldn't something like the polystyrene trays that plant pots come in be easier to use.

sit in the bottom of your cool bag. ready made holes for the cans.

Lot cheaper as well, probably free from B&Q or similar

snailracer

[BogMonster]

I was thinking about it while I was away today, and I wondered about getting a block of polystyrene and boring holes through it, if I could find a hole saw big enough!

But I think the coolers would be more robust, and anyway they are made of neoprene, and something made of rubber with beer in has absolutely got to be a good combination

Just ordered a six pack from www.englandcoolers.co.uk (can't register on Ebay) and I also asked them to send the two assistants in order to show me how to use the coolers in case I couldn't figure it out

Thanks Andy

Edited May 7, 2006 by BogMonster

[02GF74]

I was thinking about it while I was away today, and I wondered about getting a block of polystyrene and boring holes through it, if I could find a hole saw big enough!

if you're gonna do that, then why not wrap plastic sheet around the cans, stick them in a box and squirt some expanding foam stuff; this will take up the gap; the plastic sheet means it won't stick to the cans so you can get them out.