Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping--international

2003-07-24 Thread Julie Bergman
Hi Neil, I usually use newspaper (styrofoam retains heat more) and cool packs for hot weather packing. I would use a large cool pack as the destination is good and hot. Evaporative cooling works in your favor too, even if the cool pack melts before the gex get there. What kind of boxes do you

Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping--international

2003-07-24 Thread Neil A. Meister
Hi Julie, Nice packing tips, thanks. I use styrofoam boxes made for shipping seafood. Most of them are a good inch thick. I normally poke on pencil size hole in 4 sides and make a few cross ventilated holes in the cardboard outer. I give the gex a spritz of water in each container, but not

Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping--international

2003-07-24 Thread ElizabethFreer
, has an R factor of about 5.0, and insulates far better (hot or cold) than the typical pre-made boxes I have used. (I am currently still using boxes from Tech Pak.) I have not tried this yet, but Frank swears by Insulfoam! Elizabeth the great Pacific Northwest Subj: Re: [gecko]Summer Shipping