As a dad of a growing family, my boilies now 'take up too much room and spend too much time (due to not being able to get on the bank) in our freezer', so I've been tasked with finding myself a mini freezer that I can run to my shed.

Whilst browsing I noticed they obviously the ltr capacity, which doesn't help when boilies are in KG's so does anyone know what sort of size I'd need for 10kg of boilies?

Most options I've been looking at are 30-35ltr capacity.

Cheers

In reply to Post #1
You're probably right with those sizes. If your shed isn't heated and might experience cold conditions not all modern freezers can be used in those situations, buy one that can, something to do with refridgerants and oils becoming too viscous at those low temps.

EDIT, I'd rec a larger one personally, I use to have a 95ltr standard small....it's amazing how wives start using them as overflow

In reply to Post #1
The size I think you mean are too small I used to have a 35 litre for when we raw fed the dog, I got rid of it when we lost him and got a small chest freezer (99litre) for about £120, I had 30kg in it comfortably before a french trip and it's kept in the garage, Some are rated at being able to stored up to -15 degrees

I've just measured a bag of 15mm boilies, Tesco zip lock bag 1150g, it's 18x18x10cm, that's 3240 cubic cm or 3.24ltr.
So 10kg is 10000g/1150=8.7 x 3.24ltr = 28.17ltr capacity required.
Those bags are packed very tight and aren't totally square so there's less capacity required in reality if packed in bigger bags. (EDIT, because multiple small bags have gaps)

Disclaimer...different boilies will occupy dofferent volumes, mine is just a example....the things I do

In reply to Post #1
If it helps, I've got a 36cm wide slimline chest freezer in my shed, purely for bait. It's got a 51 litre capacity and I can get somewhere between 20-25kg of 20mm boilies in it, all packaged up in 1kg batches in resealable bags.
Mine is a SIA model (Ship It Appliances) which I bought with category C damage (the box was damaged and the tiny grille on the rear was dented, took 2 seconds to straighten it) for £70 brand new off eBay.
Hope that helps a bit.

In reply to Post #1
A cheap under counter 60L will take 20kg easy so you should be fine. Get a vac sealer and bag em up in 1kg bags and you'll probably squeeze even more in!

Vossy is right about the other half trying to re-claim territory - she'll soon retreat however when the kids moan their pizzas / yorkshire puds / ice-cream all taste like Salty Squid

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Thank you for all the replies chaps.

I'll look at getting one rated down to -15, I think they are a little bit more expensive but also capacity is bigger, it will pay it's way as ruining 10kg of boilies wouldn't be cheap either so better to just spend the money first time and get the right one.

As previously said if shed room allows get a standard sized chest freezer,
A bait freezer ain't just for boilies, I've also got frozen maggots,hemp and mixed particles as well as room for deadbaits and ice packs for the cool box.

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If there's too much space left fill some 2tr pop bottles with water, it'll help keep it cooler for longer, the compressor won't kick in as much, saving money

After seeing the quality of shelf lifes would/could that be an option get some of those big blue buckets with black lids and metals clamps and you can store them very well.

A very quick simple way to work it out which I used to use a lot in the past was: -

Get a bucket, fill it with water to the brim, weigh it in kilograms and grams and make a note of it

Immerse your kilo of boilies in the water completley, if it floats, push it down with a thin object as you do not want to disperse more water than you can out of the top of the bucket

Then weigh the bucket again and subtract the weight from the original weight and that will be the size in litres your kilo of boilies will be.

Basically, a litre of water will weigh one kilo and one mil of water will weigh one gramme