# Keeping insulin cool when traveling: wide thermos

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-insulin-cool-when-traveling-wide-thermos/1500>\
**Category:** Tips\
**Tags:** insulin, travel\
**Created:** [July 30, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-insulin-cool-when-traveling-wide-thermos/1500 "2017-07-30T18:45:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/keeping-insulin-cool-when-traveling-wide-thermos/1500/16 "2017-08-02T19:44:44Z")

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> [@Michel](#):
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> That’s great info! Did you do anything to keep the open ones in shade?

The bottles (Levemir and Humalog) weren’t directly in the sun since they were in a soft-sided case in my pocket, but I was certainly hiking in the sun a lot. Eric posted about testing insulin in even more extreme conditions: [https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/car-baked-insulin-an-experiment-for-irish/1188](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/car-baked-insulin-an-experiment-for-irish/1188)

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