I was not aware of these kind of products. But like you said "an example of an old, simple technology that works well enough to get the job done". I would have had no problems using that! Thanks for sharing and testing!
Helsinkipop A similar version was once popular in the American southwest years ago, especially once the automobile allowed many people to travel on vacations through the desert. Now coolers and a McDonalds or party store every 20 miles has made them obsolete. They are still useful to have. A person could actually grow the flax, weave the canvas and make one of these bags if they knew how, without using any modern energy sources.
Billofthenorth1 In the 1950s, canvas water bags were hung from the front bumper of a car. Evaporative cooling and nice refreshing water! Route 66 stuff. I was there.
The second group of numbers in the NSN is the National Item Identification Number (NIIN), which indicates the first country to codify the item (typically the country of origin). In this case, it is "99" which is the UK. The US is "00" and "01", Canada "20" and "21" and Australia is "66".
Thanks for the video! Glad I'm not the only person who remembers these. They may still be today, but 20 years ago they were easily spotted on most city municipal trucks in Phoenix, and most other type trucks, from the utility company trucks like cherry pickers to their heavy equipment like bulldozers, to garbage trucks. They usually hung them from the sideview mirrors. It's funny that most all of these vehicles had the standard 5 gallon bright orange Igloo water coolers mounted on the rear bumper...but the guys all preferred the bags!
True, a plastic bag should help reduce that and checking them every few months, adding some water won't hurt. Most of us probably won't need to freeze them anyhow for 'emergency use'.
I was not aware of these kind of products. But like you said "an example of an old, simple technology that works well enough to get the job done". I would have had no problems using that! Thanks for sharing and testing!
Helsinkipop A similar version was once popular in the American southwest years ago, especially once the automobile allowed many people to travel on vacations through the desert. Now coolers and a McDonalds or party store every 20 miles has made them obsolete. They are still useful to have. A person could actually grow the flax, weave the canvas and make one of these bags if they knew how, without using any modern energy sources.
Billofthenorth1 In the 1950s, canvas water bags were hung from the front bumper of a car. Evaporative cooling and nice refreshing water! Route 66 stuff. I was there.
The second group of numbers in the NSN is the National Item Identification Number (NIIN), which indicates the first country to codify the item (typically the country of origin). In this case, it is "99" which is the UK. The US is "00" and "01", Canada "20" and "21" and Australia is "66".
Very informative
These were and still are popular among railroaders
That's interesting information, I'd never heard that but it does make sense.
Thanks for the video! Glad I'm not the only person who remembers these.
They may still be today, but 20 years ago they were easily spotted on most city municipal trucks in Phoenix, and most other type trucks, from the utility company trucks like cherry pickers to their heavy equipment like bulldozers, to garbage trucks.
They usually hung them from the sideview mirrors.
It's funny that most all of these vehicles had the standard 5 gallon bright orange Igloo water coolers mounted on the rear bumper...but the guys all preferred the bags!
They used to freeze clothes to dry them
True, a plastic bag should help reduce that and checking them every few months, adding some water won't hurt. Most of us probably won't need to freeze them anyhow for 'emergency use'.