How To Use Your KoolerCap
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Pre-cool or freeze as many perishables and drinks as possible before loading your cooler.
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Load your cooler with the desired amount of perishables and drinks first. Put your ice on top of and around your perishables and drinks. Make the top of the ice and perishables as level and flat as possible.
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Once your cooler is loaded, insert the KoolerCap into the ice chest cavity, placing the edges of the KoolerCap against the interior walls and corners of your cooler. Push the KoolerCap down until it just rests on top of your ice and perishables. Reposition the edges and corners of the KoolerCap until it is sealed against the walls and corners of your cooler. Close the lid.
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Keep your cooler in the shade, or coolest place possible. Your ice will last much longer.
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Use a combination of crushed, cubed and block ice. Crushed or cubed ice will chill items faster and block ice will keep things cold longer.
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Place items that shouldn't get wet in sealed containers.
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Be sure to drain your cooler every day. My testing shows the KoolerCap is much more efficient when the cooler is drained regularly. Please see my: "To Drain Or Not To Drain" Video for more information.
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If possible, use separate coolers for drinks and food. Most people open and close a cooler more often to retrieve drinks. Put the bulk of your food in a separate cooler that won't be opened as often.
For information regarding how to clean and store your KoolerCap:
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If your cooler is not full, the KoolerCap provides two temperature levels. I place items like sandwiches I'm going to eat soon, chips, cookies, etc. on top of my KoolerCap. The top level will be cool (and dry), but not nearly as cold as the lower level.