Fighting The Heat!!!

[vharrison]

Pictures?

 

[MasterBlaster]

No, my camera's on the fritz. Besides, I couldn't take any better pics than what the website already has.

It's pretty cool.

 

[squisher]

Any more news on this thing? Is it working?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Tomorrow will be my first in the field test. At home, it worked like gangbusters.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Interested in the results there boss. It can get a tad warm up here in these hills.

 

[Al Smith]

It's been a little toasty here the last few days .Set a record as a matter of fact .

It was actually hotter here than Alexandria La , although the humidity wasn't as bad .94 with a 97 heat index Sat .It was hot today too until maybe 8 pm then it was just nice .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ya'll really wanna drop 550+ dollars?

I thought I was the only crazy person here...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Heat effects me worse every year MB. Sort of an after effect from living in AZ for 10 years and getting heat exhaustion.

 

[PCTREE]

You can buy the vest for $150. How hard can it be to make an insulated backpack with a pump.....

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ha! Knock yourself out there, buddy, and good luck!

I'll be trying it out today.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Hope you come home with your teeth chattering.

 

[Reddog]

I know a couple guys in TX that use them for summer motorcycle trips. They love them and have not had any issues, but they don't the rough service like tree work.

 

[sawinredneck]

Yesterday was 96, heat index of 101, today it's 83 but the dew point is 60 and it feels hotter than yesterday already! I hope we don't have a repeat of last summer, my body can't take two in a row like that!

 

[Al Smith]

I guess I'm just lucky or somethng because it doesn't seem to bother me as much as some people .Poor Mrs. Smith suffers terribley in the heat .

 

[sawinredneck]

I did alright with it until I had my heat stroke, once you go there you don't come back!

 

[MasterBlaster]

And The Report Is In!

It cools great, but only stays cold for about 45 minutes. I'm sending it back. Bummer...

 

[SkwerI]

Yeah, I was looking forward to a good report. I need one that's good for 4 hours, starting about 3 hours after I leave the house.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was quite disappointed.

 

[Jack]

Yeah, bummer! Sorry, Butch ... I was hoping you found the trick.

You could buy 5 more ... that'd be enough time, right?

 

[bonner1040]

Was it the water that got warm?

Did you wear a hoodie?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yes, the ice melts and the water warms up. I wore a tee shirt over it.

 

[bonner1040]

Bummer, I was SO hot today, it is in and out of the 90's today and I am thinking: I hope that vest is working for 'the Blaster...

Maybe if you filled the reservoir 20-30% and froze that into a block the cold would last longer? I do that with a camel back on occasion, just carefull to freeze it 'in' the right side of the bladder to not gum up the flow and such.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Bummer, MB, false advertising disappoints.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Even if that worked, how would I do it again when it melted?

I wasn't using ice cubes - I had blocks of ice as big as the mouth of the bladder would allow.

And it's not even REALLY hot yet!

 

[lumberjack]

How much ice/ water did you put in it? The latent heat capacity of water can't be changed, there's only so much heat that can be absorbed, and high temps+ high exertion= lots of btu. Recharging it sounds fairly quick and easy though. I was considering one for off roading in the summer as well as for tree work if the backpack isn't in the way of operating the loader.