Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs
Flexible Ice
Pack Sheets or Blankets that can cost HALF as much as the average plain
gel pack!!
Your first
question is probably... "Will Cold-Stuff Ice Packs work with my product...?
If your
company ships perishable products and you are currently using gel packs as your
refrigerant and they have been working for you, then YES, Cold-Stuff Ice
Packs WILL work for you too! A pound of the gel inside a Cold-Stuff Ice
Pack holds at least the same amount* of "cold" as a pound of the gel in
found a gel pack and more than some... For
less than half the cost of the cheapest gel packs on the market "pound for
pound!" *
and holds more "cold" (latent heat
of fusion calories) than some gel packs.
If
you ship perishable products and ice has been working for you, then YES, Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs WILL work for you too! Without
the watery mess!
A 16
inch x 16 inch, 5 pound-2 ounce ice pad (shown above) costs only $1.03
each when you buy just one standard 16"
x 300' roll of Cold-Stuff Ice packs @ $221.45
(shown below). Of
course the price of each pad goes down when you buy more rolls.
One
standard 16" x 300' roll of Cold-Stuff Ice Packs weighs only 30
pounds, but yields
Cold-Stuff Ice
Pack refrigerant pads are
also more efficient at transferring their stored "cold" to your
product than gel packs. Frozen Cold-Stuff Ice Packs remain flexible and
will wrap around any product therefore keeping all sides of your product covered
and protected. Cold-Stuff Ice Packs are the most efficient ice replacement
refrigerant available today. Don't take our word for it, click
here to try them for yourself.
Pricing
- MSDS
What is the best
way to pack a box using Cold-Stuff Ice Packs? Click
here to view our animated Basic
Shipping Box Packing Instructions to see one suggested method.
Frozen gel packs
and block ice are about as flexible as a concrete block so neither of them will
ever wrap around any product! They only keep the part of your product cold that
happens to be touching them. The rest of your product has to fend for itself.
You can cut Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs to virtually whatever
size you want and place them wherever and however you need them.
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs are the highest quality
refrigerant for shipping designed specifically to assist in the protection of
temperature-sensitive and perishable products.
Temperature-sensitive
and perishable products include items like frozen meat, seafood, flowers, live
tropical fish, live reptiles, cheesecake, frozen gourmet pizzas, frozen cookie
dough, jerky, produce, gourmet salsa, epoxy and fiberglass resins, live worms,
frozen pet foods, pharmaceuticals, biological samples, live beneficial insects
for garden use, frozen bread, calzones, cheese, cosmetics, candy, chocolate,
candles, truffles, electronic components, and more.
Cold-Stuff Ice
Packs replace: gel-packs, dry ice, crushed ice, and block
ice, etc. in most shipping applications. Companies shipping products that must
remain frozen or refrigerated will reduce their packaging and
shipping costs when using Cold-Stuff Ice Packs.
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs are
like 4 inch square gel packs connected together on a sheet (or blanket) so when
you cut them to fit your box the ice packs will not shift
around and "settle" in a corner where they can do no good. During
shipping your box WILL get tossed around and gel packs can move around and
"settle" leaving areas of your product unprotected and other areas
over protected. Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs cut
to fit, will stay put! Click here
to see proof!
Pricing
- MSDS
Perishables
Packaging 101: You
must use some kind insulated box or container when shipping perishables
of ANY type with ANY kind of refrigerant whether you use gel packs, dry ice,
Cold-Stuff Ice Packs or
whatever! Would you carry your iced down cold drinks for a day at the beach, in
JUST the cardboard box your copier paper came in? NO! How long would your drinks
stay cold sitting on the hot sand with the sun-shining on them with no
insulation to keep the heat away from them? The insulated box is your shipping
equivalent of the ice chest at the beach!
What is the
inbound freight cost of Cold-Stuff Ice Packs?
A
standard 16" x 300' roll of Cold-Stuff Ice Packs weighs
only 31 pounds to ship to you and yields
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| REQUIRED
INFORMATION FOR SHIPPING RATE QUOTES |
| Cold-Stuff
Box weight |
Cold-Stuff
Box dimensions |
Our Zip
Code |
| 30lbs. |
16"
x 14" x 14" |
36693 |
Pricing
- MSDS
How Are Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs Supplied?
A standard roll
of Cold-Stuff is a continuous 300 linear foot long by 16 inch wide roll of
4" square pockets or "cells and weighs only 31 pounds." A
standard roll is packaged in a convenient 16" x 14" x 14" box.
A standard roll
comes with a 3" cardboard core in the center of the roll for easy
"roll-off" dispensing.
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs
are easily cut to virtually
any size using a utility knife or scissors. Custom Cold-Stuff
Ice Pack rolls are
available in sizes up to 48" wide! Pre-cut pads are also available.
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs can also be cut into gel ice
blankets to be used to protect palletized as well as boxed products.
See: ILLUSTRATED
INSTRUCTIONS for more details.
Pricing - MSDS
Perishables
Packaging 101:
If you are having
difficulty keeping your product frozen...
If you are new to
shipping perishables and you are having difficulty with your shipments arriving
frozen, there are three common things you can adjust to improve your results.
1
- The length of time you ship.
If you are using "Second Day" service and your product is slightly
thawed upon arrival you can go to the cheapest "Next Day" service and
pack your shipment the same way. Conversely, if you ship "Next Day"
and the shipments are arriving with very little change in temperature, try
"Second Day" service and see what happens. Assuming your customer
agrees, many customers want the perishable to get to them quickly. It is exactly
like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the beach on a sunny day.
The longer your ice chest sits on the beach the warmer it gets inside until
finally all of your ice has melted.!
2
- The
foam insulation thickness. If
you want to add time to your shipping or decrease the amount of thaw you are
experiencing, but you don't want to increase the amount of ice packs you use or
ship it faster, use thicker insulation. The foam insulation thickness
is what controls how fast the heat around your box is allowed to come into the
box and melt your ice packs and your product. Again,
it is exactly like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the beach on
a sunny day. An ice chest with thin walls will let your ice melt faster than a
better ice chest with thicker walls.
The
one-inch of insulation you used in the boxes you shipped with in April will
hardly be adequate to use in August. The 70 degree Fahrenheit weather you
shipped in during April is 38 degrees Fahrenheit above freezing. The 100 degrees
Fahrenheit you must endure in August is 62 degrees Fahrenheit above freezing,
that’s 24 degrees Fahrenheit MORE above freezing!
That translates into 63% degrees MORE HEAT above freezing. As a rule of
thumb you can estimate that you will need at lease 63% THICKER INSULATION in
August to get approximately the same performance as the one-inch gave you in
April! This means you would have to use between 1.5 inches and 1.75 inches of
insulation in August for you to use the same amount (weight) of gel packs (or
ice packs) as you did in April, for the exact same shipment.
3
- Add more ice packs. If
you want to add time to your shipping or decrease the amount of thaw you are
experiencing, but you don't want to increase the insulation thickness you are
using, add more ice packs.
Again, it is exactly like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the
beach on a sunny day. The more ice you put in the ice chest the longer your
drinks will stay cold!
Benefits of
Using Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs?
Almost
eliminates inbound freight costs compared to gel packs
Costs
less than 1/3 as much as most gel packs “Pound for Pound”
Keeps products fresher longer
Can
be cut to fit any size box, container or pallet
Long lasting frozen coolant properties
Environmentally
friendly, safely disposable
Non-toxic,
safe ingredients
Flexible when frozen
Easy to use, handle and prepare
Provides uniform cooling, eliminating "hot spots"
Reduces spoilage during shipping delays
Uses WAY less warehouse space than pallets of gel-packs
Pricing
- MSDS
PRODUCT
SPECIFICATIONS
|
PRODUCT
SPECIFICATIONS
|
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs
|
|
OUTER
CASING
|
NONWOVEN
FABRIC/FILM
|
|
CELL SIZE
|
4" X
4.18" |
|
ABSORBENCY
|
140gr. / 5oz.
+/- 2% per cell
|
|
ROLL
DIMENSIONS
|
16" X 300'
|
|
CELLS PER
ROLL
|
3440 |
|
DRY ROLL
WEIGHT
|
30LBS |
|
ROLL
WEIGHT AFTER SOAKING IN WATER |
1,100lbs /
500kg |
|
SQUARE
FEET PER ROLL
|
400 |
|
ROLLS PER
PALLET
|
36
|
|
ROLLS PER
20' CONTAINER
|
450 |
|
ROLLS PER
40' CONTAINER
|
900 |
COMPETITIVE
COMPARISON CHART
|
Features
& Benefits
|
Wet
Ice
|
Dry
Ice
|
Gel
Blocks
|
Cold
Stuff
|
|
Low
Inbound Freight Cost
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Small
Storage Footprint Before Use?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Easy
to Process & Use to Pack Outbound Cases?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Safe
for Employees, Shippers, Customers?
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Flexibly
Wraps Around Product Being Shipped?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Can
be Used to Layer Product in Shipping Case?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Dry
to the Touch When Thawing?
|
No
|
Danger1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Low
Outbound Freight Cost?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Eliminates
Hot & Cold Spots During Shipment?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Eliminates
Water Mess When Thawed?
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Significant
Advance in Shipping Technology?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Long
Term Cooling?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
After
Thaw Absorption Capacity?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Cut
to Virtually Any Size?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Adds
Insulation?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Product
Cushioning?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Aids
in Humidity Control?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
1 - Dry Ice
can be
hazardous to the touch if adequate precautions are not taken by the individuals
handling the product.
Pricing
- MSDS
Can
un-hydrated Cold-Stuff Ice Packs be used as an Absorbent Pad?
Yes... Dry Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs can be placed in the bottom of
a box or container to absorb spills that may result from your products. Many
bottled products like some pharmaceuticals must have an absorbent pad in
the box in case of spills.
Dry Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs are the perfect "cut to fit"
absorbent product for most liquids. A single cell (one packet) one 4" x
4" pad will absorb over 1/2 cup of liquid.
For information
on specialty applications like direct food contact applications click
here...
NOTICE:
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs / Ice Pads are designed to be used as an inexpensive replacement for
wet ice, dry ice, gel ice, gel ice blanket, gel packs or any other ice pack in
normal every day shipping of perishable products.
Cold-Stuff
Ice Packs / Ice Pads are made of non-toxic and disposable materials that will
not harm the environment. For more information see the Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on our website or call 251-602-4893 to request a
copy to be faxed to you.
Any
application other than as a shipping refrigerant as described in this website,
must be evaluated by the user for acceptability and compliance with all
regulations that apply to the intended alternate application. We accept NO responsibility for damages whether real or imagined
arising from any misuse of Cold-Stuff Ice Packs.
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