Insulated Cozy

Enjoy your backpacking meals without worrying about heat loss or rehydration times. These insulated cozies are custom-designed to keep backpacking meals hot and prevent "undercooked" meals during cold and windy conditions or at high elevations. Insert the meal pouch into the cozy during meal rehydration and close it with the velcro closure. The protective pouch will keep your meal 17% hotter on average when used with a standard backpacking food pouch and 30% hotter with freezer bags (see test results below).

• Cozies are custom-designed to fit with all Outdoor Herbivore's backpacking meal pouches (single and double size) and our boil-soak rehydration pouches.
• Crafted from 100% washable, durable textiles with no resins, tapes, or glues, ensuring they can withstand the rigors of washing and outdoor adventures.
• Cozies feature a velcro closure and internally lined insulative material, guaranteeing maximum heat retention.
• Hand-sewn in Pennsylvania, USA, by Discovering Wilderness.

 

Specifications

• Dimensions: 9.5" Wide by 8" High. The top opens about 7" wide.
• Weight: 1.6 oz. (44g)

 

Temperature Reading Test Results

Temperature readings for a solid freeze-dried (FD) rice and bean meal with and without a cozy ranged from 17% to 30%. The subject poured hot water at 200F into each meal bag, stirred the contents, and closed the top. The temperature was measured again after 10 minutes. Testing medium included a traditional multilayered backpacking food pouch, Outdoor Herbivore's boil-soak pouch, and a standard freezer bag.

	Temperature reading of FD rice meal at 34°F (1°C) after 10 min dwell time. [Start temperature = 200°F (93°C)]
Pouch Type	With Cozy	No Cozy
Traditional Pouch	135°F (57°C)	115°F (46°C)
Boil Soak Pouch	140°F (60°C)	120°F (49°C)
Freezer Bag*	130°F (54°C)	100°F (38°C)

 

Temperature readings of a hot beverage with and without a cozy ranged from 20% to 37%. The subject poured hot water at 200F into each meal bag and closed the top. The temperature was measured again after 10 minutes. Testing medium included a traditional multilayered backpacking food pouch, Outdoor Herbivore's boil-soak pouch, and a standard freezer bag.

	Temperature reading of hot beverage at 34°F (1°C) after 10 min dwell time. [Start temperature = 200°F (93°C)]
Pouch Type	With Cozy	No Cozy
Traditional Pouch	170°F (77°C)	130°F (54°C)
Boil Soak Pouch	170°F (77°C)	135°F (57°C)
Freezer Bag*	160°F (71°C)	100°F (38°C)

Freezer Bag* Outdoor Herbivore does not recommend using standard household freezer bags (LDPE) to reconstitute dried meals at temperatures exceeding 170 F. Read more here.