Keeping iPad in a truck all day

If you don't mind condensation all over your iPad along with condensation tripping the moisture sensors. Think how a pair of glasses steams up when you go from an air conditioned building to outside on a hot day. This is exactly what your iPad is going to do when it goes from a cooler to a hot environment.

Not the best nor suggested solution in my mind...

I would steer clear of placing items that give off condensation in a cooler with iPad...if you must find a solution...maybe an electric cooler that keeps a steady temp...but as stated, gong from that to heat will cause moisture on iPad....and that's always a risk

Why not try an experiment before you get an iPad and find that you can't use it the way you would like.

I suggest getting a thermometer and an insulated bag/sleeve. Put the thermometer in the bag, out of the sun, in the truck, and after it has been there for most of the day, check to see what the temperature is. If it registers high, then you know the iPad won't work.

Also bear in mind that an iPad in the sun will heat up very quickly because of the black screen.

Hi Tommy,

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would think that as long as you don't leave it in the direct sun in the truck, then even though it will get hot and won't work, the heat won't really hurt it. But I don't know how long it will take to cool down from, say, the 100 degrees of a closed truck. But I wouldn't think that 100 degrees would do any permanent damage. But again, I may be totally wrong here.

Also, I do think you could put the iPad in the cooler. Just don't let it get too cold. Put the iPad in a zip lock freezer bag and seal it with as much air as possible out of the bag. When you want to use it, take it out of the cooler and leave it sealed in the bag until it's not cool anymore. That shouldn't take too long. Then you can take it out of the bag and there'll be no condensation problem. Heck, who knows? Maybe you can even use it while it's still in the bag. I know some bags allow it. I just don't have one of those thick freezer bags to check it out. It's worth a try.

Steve

You can get solar powered window vent fans for the truck. It will at least keep the rain out and the temp down. But I'd keep a thermometer in the truck a few days to see what temps you are dealing with.

What about trying an experiment where you put a thermometer inside an empty cooler, and see how hot it gets. I'm wondering if the insulating properties of the cooler would keep the internal temp moderate, even without ice. Maybe it could act as a tool to take the extra edge off the heat, while not making your iPad too cold, either.

I feel certain that there is a way to make it work, somehow!

What about trying an experiment where you put a thermometer inside an empty cooler, and see how hot it gets. I'm wondering if the insulating properties of the cooler would keep the internal temp moderate, even without ice.

I would think this might work for you.

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I suppose it depends where you are.

In Phoenix the inside of a closed truck will hit 160 very quickly.

In San Diego it might never hit a 100.

The former I wouldn't chance, the latter wouldn't concern me.

I didn't say it was connected, merely that it runs a few inches below the floorboard. Look under your car sometimes and also touch the inside of the floor after driving for awhile and see how warm it can get.

It doesn't really matter how hot the car gets. The point is that Apple has a heat sensor in the iPad that will shut it down or prevent it starting up if the sensor says it is too hot. Where that point is I don't know but judging by Apples operating temperature range in the documentation, I would say it is well below 120 degrees.

Hey. I've lived for years in very hot weathers and also work most of the day in the field. Although I've not subject my iPad to that treatment yet, I suspect it would behave similarly to other electronic equipment (such as computers and digital cameras) that I do take to the field with me.

What have worked for me......I keep all of them out of direct sunlight, and whenever possible, inside a case or bag. Never in many years doing this have I had any electronic fail on me.

Just my 2 cents. Hope it helps!!!

You should search some of the "iPad overheating" threads. Based on what owners have said in those threads, I wouldn't consider keeping an iPad in an enclosed non-air-conditioned car during the summer.

A small six pack cooler with nothing in it but the iPad should be good enough insulation from the heat of a car.

With going into to much detail:
Years ago I used to have to pack very large telescopes with sensitive electronic. We would pack some of the equipment in cooler. Optics can take several hour to thermally cool to the right temp before we could use them. Coolers did protect the equipment from the ambient heat in the van.

Placing something cold in a cooler would be counter productive, it would cause more harm than good for the iPad. Pulling the iPad from a cooled ice chest would cause condensation inside the iPad. The iPad might not die today. But over time it will.