I’m Christel from Diabetes Strong in this video I’ll be showing you a new insulin cooler as well
as a new insulin cooler mini-fridge and these two are brilliant options for hot summer days for long
car rides for camping or if you're traveling so I’ll of course show you the insulin coolers but
I’m on vacation this week I’m in very beautiful very warm Italy so I’ll also be giving you a
download of my experience using these two products and the reason why I talk about insulin coolers is
that we have to prevent our insulin from becoming too hot or too cold because it can go bad so what
that means is that if it goes bad it loses its ability to lower our blood sugars as much as
expected I’ve talked about insulin coolers before but this this is a completely different product so
this is a mini-fridge with this one it completely eliminates the need for a fridge completely
it eliminates the need for access to water or for a freezer for that matter and what's really
unique is that that it's temperature controlled so that means that if you use this product your
insulin or other meds will never become too cold or too hot so let me start by showing
you all the components of the mini-fridge so I unpacked it before I left for Italy
let's just have a look so this is the box that comes in so let's just have a look let's unpack
it first you see these are all the items that are in there it's a bio gel it's the actual cooling
case this is what turns it into a mobile fridge there's a container the lid the carrying case
and then I don't know what that is let's have a look I’m gonna open it up okay here you see all
the stuff so that was a carrying case for the cooler little patch for electronics see that
here this is you pluck that into the lid that's what it you know you pluck that into an outlet
but yeah this part is what really makes this exciting because this is what turns it into
mini-fridge so you just pop in your insulin in here pop it into the container and then pluck that
into the outlet and then it's up and running and let's just see what this is what is this
huh it's like a door hanger do not forget your supplies I guess you could put that on the door
but let's just have a look in that so this is a container that's just a brand
just screw off the lid I just here you go so this is the bio gel this part then goes in the freezer
and I mean if you use this one you don't even need the outlets you just
plop that in and then you put your insulin next to it just see how much insulin can fit in there okay
so this is supposed to fit 6-7 insulin pens a pre-filled pen or eight insulin vials
so 6-7 pence or eight viles I use cartridges and I use pens
so that's how I would be using it um this is kind of like all the I only have four pens right now
so see that's four pens they fit easily um I would then put I guess I could take them out of foil
that would be the easy way to do it wouldn't it let's just stop that in there huh perfect cool I
could definitely see six to seven pens in there or eight vials I guess so I just showed you all the
components but let's talk about the actual product so what I’m most excited about is this part so
this is the one with the middle cylinder this is the actual mini-fridge so the way they use it the
way that I’ve been using it this week in Italy is that you again so it kind of showed you you put in
your insulin here see how much insulin I have left I have a few there we go you put it in like this
and you plug it in so here's the plug I’ll show you what it looks like in a second what is really
cool is it then turns into a mini-fridge so it will keep a constant temperature of 36
to 46 Fahrenheit so that's two to eight degrees Celsius and it's great and nice that I tell you
that but what's really cool is that it'll actually tell you in this little display
you know what the temperature is inside of the cooler so I’ve been using I kept
going overlooking you know how much is it and it kept that steady temperature between 36 to 46.
um of course you need to have it plugged in so you can plug it in well in the car outlet you can plug
it if you have a solar panel you do that if you're in a house like I am you can just plug it into the
outlet and the cool thing is if it's again if it starts to get too hot or starts to get too cold it
will adjust so if it's getting close to that 36 it'll shut off if it's getting close to that 46
it will turn on so that's the way it regulates so that's one way that you can use the cooler
the other way to use the cooler is to use the buyer gel so that was the one I showed you
when I did the unpacking of the product um it's more of a traditional way of using it I’d say
the way that you do it is that you freeze this and then you take it out 10 to 15 minutes before
you're about to use it or you can plop it into water for 30 to hot water for 30 to 60 seconds
the reason why you want to do that is you want it to acclimate you don't want to freeze your insulin
and the duration and how much this product will cool will kind of depend on the environment
so let's just have a look at that it maintains inside temperature range of 36 to 46 Fahrenheit
that's 2 to 8 degrees Celsius 33 hours and below 80 Fahrenheit and 36 Celsius for 52 hours when the
outside temperature is at 86 Fahrenheit or that is 30 degrees Celsius and it maintains inside
temperature range of 36 to 46 Fahrenheit 2 to 8 Celsius for 30 hours and below 80 Fahrenheit
26 Celsius for 48 hours when the outside temperature is 95 Fahrenheit that's 35 Celsius
and finally maintains inside temperature range of 36 to 46 Fahrenheit that's two to eight degrees
Celsius for 28 hours and below 80 Fahrenheit is 26 degrees Celsius for 46 hours when the outside
temperature is at 104 Fahrenheit that's 40 degrees Celsius the way I’ve used my mini-fridge on this
trip um to Italy was that well I use the bio gel on the flight so I bought it in Copenhagen
I flew to Milan so I used a bio gel for that part of the journey when I got to my hotel
I took out the bio gel and I switched it over to the mini-fridge this is the fridge in the hotel
so nice I love that there's a fridge it's gonna hold my water but you know I don't quite trust
it I don't know if it'll keep my insulin the temperature it should be so I have the cooler
see listen you can hear it there's a little motor going um but again it's plugged into the outlet
and you see the temperature here it's 39 and there's temperature control is going
to keep it between 36 to 46 Fahrenheit so that's two to eight degrees Celsius
and basically I have my insulin in here I’ll show you in a second
it's a portable fridge it's what it is
brilliant okay see I just took it apart so you can see this is a cooling part so you have all
the insulin in here and simply just I only have one hand free but let's do it like this instead
screw it off
there we go and just be careful if you have a vial so that they don't break just screw it on again
pluck it in mobile fridge brilliant we only spent one night in that hotel so the next day we went
and got a rental car and because again this outlet fits in the outlet in the car I just plucked that
in and it kept refrigerating all the way to our house and once we got here um again I’ve just
had it plugged in actually in the bathroom I just had it plugged in there for the whole trip and it
it's worked perfectly so although I really do enjoy this product and I will be using it for
most of my trips it's not all unicorns and rainbows there are a few things I wish were
a little different so first of all it's not completely silent so that is one of
the reasons why I had it in the bathroom it's not loud but the little motor you can hear it
the other thing is it's fairly heavy it's not super heavy but if you're flying like I
wear on this trip you will have to carry this in your carry-on so I had it in my purse that
means I had it over my shoulder then it just adds a little bit of weight to my luggage but
the good thing is it's TSA approved I brought it through the security screening nobody asked
any questions and that's with the bio drill with the motor everything so this portable cooler and
mini-fridge it's from for all family it's just one of many of their products but it's by far the
one I find is the most unique um it's the one I brought with me along with this one so let's just
talk a little bit about the other product so for example if you don't want to run around with the
whole fridge part so this is the heavy part they actually have a USB lid so the cylinder is not
there it's only the lit and if you hook that up to a power source and it does require that the
temperature does not get over 86 Fahrenheit which is 30 degrees Celsius but with that and the lid
hooked up to a power outlet it will keep your insulin at the right temperature well forever
and if you don't want to use a product with a power outlet there are also some different options
including this which is a one pen lightweight case and this one holds well one insulin pen
and it's only 0.45 pounds and it's cooling using the bio gel so it will keep your insulin or other
meds at 80 degrees Fahrenheit so 26 degrees Celsius for 10 to 18 hours they also have other
options if you do not want to use a power outlet and you want to be able to bring more insulin
along than just you know the one pen so one option is the nomad and that comes in a medium and a big
and the medium one can hold three insulin pens, four Novolog vials, or 22 Humulin vials
and the big one can hold seven insulin pens eight Novolog vials, or 42 Humulin vials
you can get all the coolers from the 4AllFamily brand on their website which is 4AllFamily or you
can get them on Amazon and the prices vary quite a bit so the most expensive one is this one which
is the portable cooler and that one is $199.99 while the other coolers I showed you goes from
everything from $29.99 to $79.99 and all of them include a biogel and I’ll of course leave links
to the website as well as to the Amazon shop down in the video description so you can easily find
the products thank you so much for watching this video where I showed you my floral family portable
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