This came up in another thread and I have a bunch of unused Reflectix so I decided to make an offer to make some up for people that wanted one. I will have to probably get a little more foil tape and I don't know what it will take to mail these so I am open to donations but I don't mind the idea of paying it forward either.
With that, here is the one I whipped up this evening. I am sure everyone has seen the simple pouch that is essentially an envelope. I can make those also but I wanted to try this. So, I came up with a simple design for a standing pouch.
So, here it is sized for a quart ziploc freezer bag. The bag sticks out a little when empty but then again, I really didn't push it all the way down.
A view inside without the ziploc
A view of the bottom
I filled the ziploc pretty much full of water to test the fit
As you can see, it sinks down in a bit once the ziploc is full. Granted, I think this is much more water than would ever be needed for a meal.
On this one the flap was a bit too small and it wouldn't tuck in so I had to use a rubber band to hold it closed. It isn't air tight but should do the job.
Here it is all rolled up next to the full ziploc for size comparison
Overall I think it is pretty functional. It is still just a quick build so it can be refined a bit. My scale is broken so sadly I don't know what it weighs. It isn't air/water tight but I think it would still do the job. I will run a test to chart heat retention at some point. Once I get the design hammered out I can make another post with actual assembly instructions if anyone is interested.
Again, shoot me a PM if you want one as I have enough material to crank out quite a few I think.
With that, here is the one I whipped up this evening. I am sure everyone has seen the simple pouch that is essentially an envelope. I can make those also but I wanted to try this. So, I came up with a simple design for a standing pouch.
So, here it is sized for a quart ziploc freezer bag. The bag sticks out a little when empty but then again, I really didn't push it all the way down.
A view inside without the ziploc
A view of the bottom
I filled the ziploc pretty much full of water to test the fit
As you can see, it sinks down in a bit once the ziploc is full. Granted, I think this is much more water than would ever be needed for a meal.
On this one the flap was a bit too small and it wouldn't tuck in so I had to use a rubber band to hold it closed. It isn't air tight but should do the job.
Here it is all rolled up next to the full ziploc for size comparison
Overall I think it is pretty functional. It is still just a quick build so it can be refined a bit. My scale is broken so sadly I don't know what it weighs. It isn't air/water tight but I think it would still do the job. I will run a test to chart heat retention at some point. Once I get the design hammered out I can make another post with actual assembly instructions if anyone is interested.
Again, shoot me a PM if you want one as I have enough material to crank out quite a few I think.
