My kid's lunch box has an ice pack built into the lid, so yes. I rinse it every night and into the freezer it goes. The ice pack is super thin.

This is what we have: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Fresh-Removable-Containers-Insulated/dp/B00OLBR9AI/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1493216889&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=bento+box+ice+packlid

Growing up in the 70s, we never had ice packs in our lunch-- and those were the days before insulated lunch boxes. Tuna salad or deli meat with mayo sandwiches packed in a cartoon-themes tin box (elementary school) or paper bag (middle school). Yum! This was standard practice.

I have never considered this in my life. But OK ice-packers, you've won me over. Off to Amazon...is there a particular type you recommend for a child's lunch bag that doesn't have a ton of spare room?

I never had an ice pack in my lunch growing up. I've never packed an ice pack for my son's lunch. I don't put anything in there that would require it. I don't really see how fruit sitting in his lunch box would go bad after three hours.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, if there's mayonnaise but no for PBJ.

You know in Europe they keep mayo out all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:of course


how lazy are you that you can't do this?

I don't pack an ice pack during the school year - their lunches are in a Yumbox, inside of an insulated bag, inside of their cool, dark locker. When they go to summer camp, and the lunch is outside, I pack an ice pack.

yuck. would you want to eat a sandwich with cheese and lunch meat under those conditions? I would NOT. Put an effing ice pack in there. It takes 2 seconds.

Weird. I actually prefer room temp sandwiches. I pack them in my own lunch for work and do not put them in the fridge. No problems in about 10 years. The only thing I put in the fridge is yogurt, and that's not because it goes bad, I just prefer it cold.

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how lazy are you that you can't do this?

How stupid are you that you think this is actually necessary?

Wait what? People do this?! Are these lunches sitting in the hot sun all day? Every school has air conditioning. The lunch is sitting in a 72 degree room for maybe 3 or 4 hours? This is not a thing that is a problem. Deli meat does not go bad that quickly.

The only way I'd do this is if the lunch was being stored out side.

I never had a single ice pack in a lunch growing up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:of course


how lazy are you that you can't do this?

I don't pack an ice pack during the school year - their lunches are in a Yumbox, inside of an insulated bag, inside of their cool, dark locker. When they go to summer camp, and the lunch is outside, I pack an ice pack.

yuck. would you want to eat a sandwich with cheese and lunch meat under those conditions? I would NOT. Put an effing ice pack in there. It takes 2 seconds.

Anonymous wrote:of course


how lazy are you that you can't do this?

I don't pack an ice pack during the school year - their lunches are in a Yumbox, inside of an insulated bag, inside of their cool, dark locker. When they go to summer camp, and the lunch is outside, I pack an ice pack.

of course

how lazy are you that you can't do this?

Yes, and certainly if I've packed a meat sandwich.

Not for school but when my DS went to camp and the lunches were often kept in a bag outside, I would include an ice pack.

No. They are in an air conditioned school. My kids went to school in Florida for several years and even there, I never used ice packs. It doesn't really matter what the temperature is outside. Their lunches are in an air conditioned building.

lpotts wrote:I do, my kids like their fruit cold and I don't want to risk anything with deli meat.

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