Kent Hodgson is the mastermind behind this potential breakthrough that might have the folks at Coleman shaking in their boots. Can you imagine not having to lug a large cooler full of ice to your next tailgate party? How much room in your tailgating vehicle would now be free if you could cool down your beers one at a time? The simplest way to describe the gadget, called the “Huski”, is that it makes dry ice instantly, in small quantities and makes it portable.
The Huski has plastic cooling cells which are pressed down into the dock which houses the liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid CO2 expands and is pressurized into dry ice in the base of the cooling cells. You then insert the unit into a warm bottle of beer and within seconds, you have an ice cold beer.
The Huski produces a surface temperature of negative 173 degrees Fahrenheit so it will cool your warm beer down in the blink of an eye. The best part is the cooling power is almost instant and is utilized for several minutes. Also it doesn’t dilute your beer like placing ice in your drink does. One Huski canister can fill 30 12 oz. bottles at a cost of $0.07 each. A large bag of ice at the local 7-11 can cost around $3.50. If you are trying to cool down 30 beers, that price breaks down to more than $0.11 a beer. With that comparison, the Huski takes up less room, doesn’t melt and spill in your trunk, costs less per beverage and cools faster than a conventional ice chest filled with ice.
The Huski has not made it into production just yet and Hodgson is looking at patenting his invention. The Huski, if it makes it onto the consumer’s market is expected to retail for about $50.
Read the entire news article from The New Zealand Herald.