Choosing How To Keep Seafood Cold When Shipping In Foam Coolers

Keeping Seafood Cold When Shipping Long Distances – Dry Ice Vs. Gel Packs

As To Whether You Should Use Gel Packs or Dry Ice When Shipping Seafood Catches or Purchases… Assuming you’re going to use a foam shipping cooler to ship home your most recent catch from the charter fishing boat or from the great adventure you recently enjoyed at the local seafood store, the one thing you want to make sure of is that your cargo doesn’t go bad on you while in transit.  This means you need to choose the appropriate refrigerant. Did you know that using dry ice is a bad idea in certain seafood shipping scenarios?  What’s more, did you know that using cubed ice could be the worst …

Are you ready for the next tropical storm or hurricane - use this checklist!

A 23-Point Hurricane Preparadness Checklist

Tropical Storm or Hurricane Aftermath – Nothing Worse Than Being Caught Unprepared! Our most recent article discusses 23 basic supplies that can help you make it through the aftermath of a tropical storm or hurricane with a greater advantage than people who fail to prepare – and it all begins with the right foam cooler ice chest that’s thick walled, superior-grade, light-weight, low cost, and allows you to have several of them to share if you wish and still have plenty of money left over for other supplies.  This checklist is practical in that it ensures you have what you need in advance so you won’t have to rely so …

Hurricane Season – Why You NEED Thick Wall Foam Cooler Ice Chests

Foam Ice Chests – Much More Affordable, Keeps Ice Longer, Recyclable – Just A Few Reasons To Stock Up Before Hurricane Season When you’re watching the local and regional weather news with tropical waves coming off the coast of Africa, that’s about the time you start ticking off the list of things you ought to have on hand just in case you need them in the even of a tropical storm or hurricane landing in your area.  On that list of must-have items, ice chest foam coolers with extra thick walls should be right near the top of your priorities.  A recent article launched on the web by the LoBoy …

A Choice Between Thick Walled Foam Ice Chests Vs Thin Wall Foam Coolers

We Invented The Thick Walled Foam Ice Chest To Replace Thin Walled Breakable Coolers For Good Reason… In 1967, the founder of our company  had endured enough frustration from having cheap ‘styrofoam’ coolers break or leak when he went out fishing off the coast of Destin, Florida.  In those days, many fishermen would load their catches into such coolers to take back to the dock, with a high likelihood of suffering a ‘foam cooler disaster’ because they simply were not well made enough to handle that kind of a pounding. So, Charles Watkins decided to do something revolutionary and create a foam cooler that could be packed full of ice …

Three Ways To Tell A Quality Foam Cooler From A Cheap One

Prevent Foam Cooler Disasters By Knowing How To Tell Quality From Junk – The Beach Will Thank You For many years, innumerable American Citizens have braved backed up traffic, high gas prices, and screaming kids yelling, “Are we THERE yet”, all to realize the ultimate dream of sitting in the sun, soaking up rays, and forgetting their troubles.  These bold pioneers annually set forth to the beach during the Summer and survive endless war for a good parking spot only to suffer the piled-on indignity of helplessly watching tasty snacks, sodas, and beer packed in cheap form coolers go crashing to the ground as said flimsy containers lose what little …

Shipping Your Seafood Catch or Seafood Market Purchases

The LoBoy Foam Coolers Team Discusses How To Ship The Seafood You Catch Or Purchase There are three very important factors that can determine whether your seafood shipment arrives ready to prepare or ready to throw away. The most recent informative article released on the web by the makers of the legendary LoBoy foam cooler explains this triad of vital considerations when deciding how to ship seafood across long distances.  This covers seafood you catch when out on charter fishing trips or seafood you buy from a local seafood market while traveling. Shipping perishable seafood across entire states and over long distances requires the right tools for the job; otherwise …