Serum Drops and Travel

[Max52]

I just started taking serum drops and have a 10 day trip to California coming up. I'm looking for some advice as to what people do when they travel. Do you just not take them for however long you're away? Is it possible to keep them frozen for what could be 10 hours? If so how do you do it?...thanks

[DryInDenver]

In the U.S., you can carry on a small amount of dry ice on an airplane as long as it is not in a sealed container (so that pressure doesn't build from the dry ice evaporating). If you get an insulating and vented container, you could probably keep them frozen for a while.

I tried this traveling on a 4 hr flight from Denver to Florida using the insulated carrying case from Rebecca's store (http://www.dryeyeshop.com/insulated-...case-p212.aspx). It kept the drops cold but they were thawing when we got to Florida. So, I'd recommend more insulation and more dry ice than I used. If done right, dry ice can keep things cool for a long time. I've got friends that ate ice cream on the 3rd day of an overnight rafting trip. If you have enough time before your trip, I recommend experimenting with containers and quantities of dry ice ahead of your trip so you know hos long you can keep a vial frozen. Had I done that I'm pretty sure I would have had frozen drops when I got to Florida.

Just make sure you check the dry ice air travel requirements in both Canada (which I am not familiar with) and the U.S. Good luck.

[Max52]

Thanks..that's amazing...3 days and still had ice cream..but probably would have to have more than a small amount in an unsealed container. Thanks very much for the tip

[Guest]

An alternative method that I've used:

Bought an insulated soft-sided insulin carrier from Amazon.com - put in 2 icepacks, sandwiched the frozen serum drops between the icepacks and voila! I filled up the empty space around the serum drops with crumpled paper towels for added insulation, as well as to keep the serum drops positioned in the middle (coldest part) of the insulin carrier during transport. Drops stayed mostly frozen for a almost 24 hours of travel time (ie. when you take into account when you leave home for the airport, waiting at the airport, flight time, waiting for your luggage, and transport time to your hotel or vacation rental where your drops can finally be put back into a proper freezer).

Note: prior to transferring my serum drops to the insulin carrier, I had them stored in my deep freezer, set to a temperature of approximately -20C (-4F) so they started off very, very frozen (and would therefore take longer to thaw compared to if I stored them in the freezer above my fridge for example... wouldn't have been as cold in there.)

This isn't the exact insulin carrier that I bought (can't find it on there, sorry!), but it's about the same size, so you'll get the idea: http://www.amazon.com/Icy-Diamond-To...nsulin+carrier

Mine came with 1 icepack, I added a second one (purchased separately) of similar size for extra cooling ability.