Vacuum Bottle?

[KRANE]

I would say Thermos but we all know many companies make them. I just really want one for my coffee. I got a plastic 10oz Stanley I bought from Target and it keeps liquids hot for about ten minutes. I would like something better, but don't want to pay a mint for it.

Any suggestions?

[HairyScandinavian]

I have an Element 5 and it's been great. Last time I used it I got to my hunting stand around 5 AM at 17 degrees and my coffee was still hot on my last sip around 11 AM. I know 6 hours isn't all that long but it was pretty durn hot even after sitting for a while with only an ounce or two left.

I don't remember paying this much though.
http://www.shopthermos.com/detail/TMS+E20600
http://www.shopthermos.com/imagesEdp/p88363z.jpg

[Nainoa]

I would say Thermos but we all know many companies make them. I just really want one for my coffee. I got a plastic 10oz Stanley I bought from Target and it keeps liquids hot for about ten minutes. I would like something better, but don't want to pay a mint for it.

Any suggestions?

I actually bought an insulated pump pot vaccum bottle for my coffee... Been using it now for 3 years... And as it was this weekend out on the ice while I was ice fishing... As it was when I bought it on a 93 degree day, it loses 2 degrees per hour.

Cost me $20... But it's a nameless knock off brand that I got through a whole saler that was going under. (I used to work in Advertising, where I could get these kinds of pre-production samples.)

Basically if you're looking for a thermos... It needs to have a vaccum... Not an insulation... And for that you need metal.

One thing that will REALLY help you is to prime up the thermos before you use it...

Say in the case of coffee...

Boil up some water on the side... And pour it in and let it soak in the thermos while the coffee is perking...

This way the walls of your thermos are like 130 degrees when you pour your 120 degree coffee in there... And thus there is no heat loss from the coffee to the thermos, like there is if your thermos is say 60 degrees when you pour your 120 degree coffee in... Which just causes your coffee to drop 10 degrees right at the pour to create a thermal equilibrium.
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[KRANE]

I have an Element 5 and it's been great. Last time I used it I got to my hunting stand around 5 AM at 17 degrees and my coffee was still hot on my last sip around 11 AM. I know 6 hours isn't all that long but it was pretty durn hot even after sitting for a while with only an ounce or two left.

I don't remember paying this much though.
http://www.shopthermos.com/detail/TMS+E20600
http://www.shopthermos.com/imagesEdp/p88363z.jpgThe claim is to retain hot or cold for 24! Although without a true temperature, that could mean almost anythings. Still, that's an expensive Thermos.

Anyway, even if it kept hot for half that time, it would still be more than long enough for me on an average day. Just got to shop around for a better price; $25 is about my limit.


Cost me $20... But it's a nameless knock off brand that I got through a whole saler that was going under. (I used to work in Advertising, where I could get these kinds of pre-production samples.)Where's a good promotion when you need one? I had one of those old tall green Stanley's for years but lost it in a move. From what I see, the price hasn't changed much.

[Nainoa]

The claim is to retain hot or cold for 24! Although without a true temperature, that could mean almost anythings. Still, that's an expensive Thermos.

Anyway, even if it kept hot for half that time, it would still be more than long enough for me on an average day. Just got to shop around for a better price; $25 is about my limit.Where's a good promotion when you need one? I had one of those old tall green Stanley's for years but lost it in a move. From what I see, the price hasn't changed much.

True...

The measure of a thermos is not "Keeping things Hot or cold for X duration" it's temperature change over time.

Like I say... Not accounting for hot or cold prime (Which will buy you an extra say 3 hours) the best thermoses that I've seen lose around 2 degrees per hour in modest temp environs. (Call it 50 to 80 degree weather.)

[HairyScandinavian]

I didn't pay that much for mine, pretty sure it was $19.99. I got it from BPS here locally, lemme see if I can dig up a link.

[Travis71902]

Not sure which stanley you bought, but the stainless steel ones work great. I've been on hundreds of jobsites and thats all ive ever seen.



http://s7d3.scene7.com/is/image/DWR/f_14559?$detail$

[Travis71902]

Just got to shop around for a better price; $25 is about my limit. I had one of those old tall green Stanley's for years but lost it in a move. From what I see, the price hasn't changed much.

Oh, now I see the problem.

[Ultra_Magnus]

Not sure which stanley you bought, but the stainless steel ones work great. I've been on hundreds of jobsites and thats all ive ever seen.



http://s7d3.scene7.com/is/image/DWR/f_14559?$detail$

I dont know if they make em crappier now or sumtin, but my father usd one ever day for like 20 years. And coffee was still hot after his 8 hours work day

[Travis71902]

I dont know if they make em crappier now or sumtin, but my father usd one ever day for like 20 years. And coffee was still hot after his 8 hours work day

They work fantastic, they just cost more than $20, which is more than OP is willing to spend. You get what you pay for.