Originally Posted by
gobicycling
Good luck on your knee replacement. My wife has had two. I have had none. Our experience with an ice machine is that they drive you nuts refilling them keeping ice etc. A really good ice bag can be just as effective how much less trouble. We have two or three. We like the ones that are filled with some sort of liquid, and can bend but stay very cold good luck again
For the ice machine, one can fit 4 soda bottles into it. I don't remember the exact brand or size. I seem to think it was Dr. pepper, 16 oz that we had, but it may not matter. Add soda bottles, then fill with adequate water.
Get at least a dozen of the bottles filled 3/4 full of water. Loosen the cap, and freeze.
Thus, an ice change simply is retrieve 4 bottles from the freezer, pull the warm bottles out and put the frozen ones in. Put the bottles back into the freezer. The change can be done by one's helper wherever the ice chest is.