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Diggin Jiggin · 07-20-2011, 05:03 PM

ok, so this sounds stupid as I've always kept the drain plug on my coolers closed. But which way would it hold ice better ? Am I better off with the drain plug open or closed?

I know whenever I watch survival stories they always say to stay out of the that water as it leaches heat 10 times faster than the air so it got me thinking about the water in the cooler and is that melting the ice faster than it would if it drained ?

07-20-2011, 05:03 PM	#1
Diggin Jiggin Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: plymouth,ma Posts: 1,142	Keeping cooler of ice/drain plug open or closed ok, so this sounds stupid as I've always kept the drain plug on my coolers closed. But which way would it hold ice better ? Am I better off with the drain plug open or closed? I know whenever I watch survival stories they always say to stay out of the that water as it leaches heat 10 times faster than the air so it got me thinking about the water in the cooler and is that melting the ice faster than it would if it drained ?