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Cold Packs??

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Selling to a guy in Phoenix.

AM temps are mid 90s plus. :(

I have a first aid gel pack I used to ship from Texas to myself in S Fla last year which was fine.

But I wondered if anybody has anything better they could recommend?

It would be useful if it could be bought at a drugstore locally and not internet as well.

Thanks
 
We use the blue ice cold packs from wal-mart they are .94 cents and you just tape it to the top piece of styrofoam so the snakes don't sit on the pack and you are good to go.That is what we use and we have never had a problem.
 
I use the same ones (sometimes 2 per box, depending on what I am shipping and where they are going).

One other note - when shipping into high temperature areas, I prefer to have the package held at FedEx for pickup. My reasoning is simply because by the time the package gets to its destination city, the cold packs are already thawed and they haven't even gotten on the delivery truck.

I ran a little home experiment at one time....
I prepared a 12x8x6 box for shipping, setting it up exactly as it would go out (minus the live animals). I added the cold pack, then sealed the box. Left it on the table for about an hour, then moved it to the back porch, where the temp was about 86 degrees via temp gun. After 3 hrs there, I put it on the front seat of my truck - it was overcast, and the truck was parked in the shade, outdoor temps 82, inside the truck 101. I opened a window and left it there for almost 3 hrs. Outdoor temps were essentially the same, and the truck temp was a just few degrees warmer (had I left the windows up, it would have been warmer still). I brought the box inside, immediately opened it, and measured temps. The cold pack was 64, the sides of the box ranged from 90-95, depending on where I was measuring, and the deli cups ran from mid 80s to low 90s.
 
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