I have 2 or three thermoses (thermi?) and none of them work worth a darn. My Stanley only keeps coffee hot for about an hour, and that is in warm weather. Any good ones out there?

My Nissan vacum bottle has kept it hot a day and a half.

I had an insulated cover made for mine and it extended the "hot" period from three hours to all day. The outside of the cover is old jeans material which helps it stay on the seat.

I belive you can't go wrong with Coleman for example. The trick is to first fill bottle with boiling water, let absorb heat a then fill tea or cofee or what you want. On the other side, if you would like to store something cold, fill it before with ice, let cool down (inside of bottle) and then put drink inside . . . this will help you store you drink at right temperature for extended period of time.

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Jiri

Hello;
I finally gave up. I used a Stanley, made in America it said, every day for about 25 years before it finally stopped keeping my coffee hot. Since then, I've tried every name brand out there I could find. Now of course they are all made in China and the warantee aint worth a shit. I think I took 4 Thermoses back to Walmart, before they started giving me funny looks. Other than not keeping things hot, the hardware wouldn't stand up to even light use. The handles came off and the plastic parts cracked. in contrast, I once saw a Sranley that hsd been run over by a Cat. capacity was about half, but it still kept the guys coffe hot. I finally found one of the old Stanleys at a garage sale.
Grizz

I was having the same problem. While browsing through the local Walmart I spied a Thermos brand thermos for $17.95 and decided to try it.
Filled it full of hot water and forgot about it for a full 24 hours. I don't think the temp dropped more than 10 degrees. I have no idea how it will hold up to use but initially it seems to be a good deal. The drawback is it has a molded handle so it is somewhat bulky.

I worked in an industrial supply business a looong time ago. Anyway we were very generous giving warranty on things that were sold as having a lifetime warranty. No skin off our butts, we'd just send them in to the supplier and get new ones, it was good for business. Anyway word got out that if you brought in your old stanley we'd replace it on the spot for a new one. You should have seen the ones that came in it was funny as hell. Totally beat up and not a bit of paint left on them from riding on the floor of some guys gravel truck or whatever for the last decade or so. Stanley replaced every last one that we sent in, no questions ever.

That's the mark of a fine company if you ask me. My old stanley has never been replaced, I prewarm it twice if I want it to really hold for a long time.

the chef

I had an ALLADIN STANLEY thermos that I used for years. I would fill it at 400am, the next morning at 400 am when I went to fill it again, the coffee was still hot. I loved that thermos. Then, Newton struck, the thermos crashed on a rock, it broke, and I had the dangest time trying to find a thermos to replace it. I bought a stanly, it sucked. I sent it back to the factory, they sent me another one that sucked.
After trying two three different thermoses(never tried the Nissan, too darnb expensive), I found someone selling an ALLADIN stanley on EBAY-it was camo, it was never used, got it for 5 bucks. The thermos is fantastic. If you can find an old alladin stanley thermos, grab it. Locak sporting good store has one that is a half gallon, been sitting in their shop for years, its got a $50 price tag on it. Everytime I go in there, I think about offering the guy $30 for it-but when the heck am I going to need a half gallon camo thermos?

My favorite is a uno-vac that I got in 8th grade. Unfortunately they aren't made any more because mine needs a new cup and a new stopper. Last winter during second deer season I filled it with hot tea (loaded with milk and sugar) to keep in the stand with my 10 year old son. We only drank 1/3 of it in the morning so I left it there and it was still pretty warm that evening about 10. At any rate, I have a stanley too but the nice thing about the uno vac is it has a luggage style handle so it lays flat but is also easy to carry or tie it to something.

A big mouth thermos has a unique function for law enforcement as it's used to provide protecion for pepper spray canisters to keep them from exploding in a locked car in the hot weather,learned that in a continuing LE ed pepper spray class.

Had an Old Stanley (Classic) for around 15 years , paint was worn off , dented in , really looked bad , but the coffee was always hot , Wife decided it just looked too bad , threw it away (with out asking me) and picked me up a New Stanley the bolt - what a piece of junk - e mailed Stanley , and complained they offered me a new one my choice , opted for the Classic, and they added as I had two they would replace both of them , may be made in China but they do keep things hot , no complaints , great service from Stanley and they were delivered to my door in a little over a week , as for the bolt (they did not want it back) will see if the .338 WM can warm it up a little ; )

if you have ever put bleach in your thermos, you need to polish the inside of it again, chlorine leaves a film and dulls the finish. i use a polishing cloth and a drill and polish it back up when my stanley quit keeping my coffee hot. Works every time

I have the same one as Reloader2 and am quite happy with it. If you pre-heat it, it keeps coffee hot all day.

The build up inside from stain and minerals acts like an insulator but not in a good way. The heat from the bottle can't get to the liquid and keep it hot.

The Nissan bottles are good. I had a smaller one, but didn't take it very often because it held so little. Nate

I have one that is in the family for 40+ yrs.It is over a foot long,has a big red cap that fits smaller drinking cups inside,and has a chrome body that looks like the North Fork bullet.It keeps liquids warm for long.I bought another thermos from Dunkin Donuts bought I lost that while caribou hunting.

Standley all the way. Have two: one narrow and other wide mouth. The narrow is 42 years old. Last trip to the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, filled the thermos with really hot water, let stand for 5 minutes, emptied and filled with hot coffee and placed in saddle bags. 8 hours later had hot steaming coffee I had to let sit before drinking. The newer wide mouth only kept soup hot for 7 hours. Damn it!

I have a Zojurushi or spelled somelike that: When I want to drink my tea 24 hours after inserted cooking into the bottle, it has just the temperature to drink it stright out of it!!!

Thanks Max for starting this thread. As a result, I bought a quart size USA Stanley in perfect condition off ebay for $6.00. Love it.

My Stanley is probably about 10 years old. It has always worked great. As someone said above, you need to preheat it.

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get an old vintage NIB one from ebay. you wont be sorry.

I have a no name and it works fairly well. What I can't find is a wide mouth (for soup or semi-solid food) that really keeps stuff hot. Tried every brand I could find and 3 or 4 hours in cold weather and the contents are cold.

I recently bought a Thermos/Nissan backpack bottle. It holds 16 oz and has a flip-open lid. It works so well I've found myself unscrewing the lid to let the contents cool so I could drink it.
My search is over.

Is it necessary to 'polish' or really shine the inside of the bottles? I keep mine clean but I don't go overboard with polishing. Would that help to keep it warmer longer?

The old Stanleys were guaranteed forever and seemed to last that long. The newer ones have a shorter warranty and their quality aint so good.

Backpackers in Europe seem to buy the SIGG brand thermos. It's a Swiss company but the thermos is made in China, I think. Any users out there who can confirm their value?

I have the old Uno-Vac from 1984 till now and it still keeps stuff hot all day and night. A friend found a new one on E-Bay and bought it on my recommendation. He loves it.

Last summer, I found my long lost small Nissan after losing it while blowing beaver dams 5 years ago in bottomlands that flood every spring and a lot of winters. I was checking water levels on a levee about 1/4 mile from where I lost it off my 4 wheeler. It was just laying at the foot of the levee where the water's edge was after Hurricane Ike. I just happened to look down and see it. I was really excited. It still keeps stuff hot all day and then some.

I would like to have a GPS map of the path that thing took during each flood and where it rested each summer. I just had water in it at the time and it still looked fine.

So I can recommend Nissan. Merg

Know a guy who's got an old Stanley with a D-6 cleat mark across it. Still goes to work with him every day.

Hard to beat a Stanley.

I have had good service from Nissan products.

I drink coffee every day out of my Nissan mug.

I've got one of the "new" Stanley's from Walmart. I think it is a poor performer but haven't run side by side tests to objectively prove it.

I have a half gallon Stanley that I've used for twenty years. Pre-heated, it's good all day.

Have you ever considered how mystical a thermos is? I mean, it keeps my coffee hot, and my tea cold.

How does it know the differance?

Two good choices: an old Stanley (if you can find one on ebay, etc.) or a newer Nissan. I have a couple of each, and they are all top notch products. I've given some Nissan themoses as gifts, and all have resulted in great comments months and years later.

I bought a Thermos brand in 1975. Used it for years. Coffee was still hot the next morning. I later purchased 3 USA made Stanleys and by 4 hours you have luke warm coffee. I wonder if the new China made Thermos are any good?

Well, I looked at the new Thermos-cheap feeling. I bought a stainless (Not green) 2 quart stanley and will report back with results.

I have used this thermos a couple of days and really love it. i fill it up at 0630AM and at 0630PM I find it is still hot. I preheat it overnight. I find the main problem these days is the lack of a decent coffee maker that will actually get the stuff hot to start with. I have a Bunn and it aint great but better than most. Scale of 1-10 i give it an 8+.

Element 5 made by Thermos serves me few years now and keeps the coffee hot as necessary:

http://thermos.com/Product_det...ryID=1&ProductID=524

they sell them at target now.

I have a bunch of Stanleys. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give them a 5. I bought a Nissan thru Cabelas and it gets a "10". Excellent equipment!

I have had the Stanley 2 Qt. awhile now and still like it. The first 2 (1 quart) would not keep my cofee hot all day. This one is great. Preheat it first. I do it overnight. I had a thermos brand one time that was a 10+. I left it on the bed of my truck one time and looked in the mirror in time to see it tumbling down the road at 60mph. it was bent to hell but still worked fine for years.

I have two Nissan's and they are the best I have used in the last 5 years. On the road, I will fill with hot coffee before going to bed and it will still be piping hot when I wake up. After 12 hours the contents cool. Of course, it depends on how many times you open it as to how long it retains heat. Pre warming is a necessity.

I have a 1litre Hi-Gear stainless steel flask that has been used & abused on a daily basis for more than 15 years.
It has survived a 20' fall from boat dock to deck & enough other incidents to cover it in dents & dings.
Keeps my tea hot for at least ten hours - after which I don't know, as I've invariably drunk the contents.

HUH!!

I have 4 Stanley stainless steel ones, the youngest of which is about 15 years old. They are a 2 qt., two 1 qts., and a wide-mouthed half-qt.

All four work extremely well. The wide-mouthed one keeps my soup hot, and my yoghurt cold. (If you scoff at yoghurt, try using it when eating SriLankan food. It is the only thing I know that will instantly put out the fire the hottest of that stuff builds in your mouth.)

My 2 qt. will keep coffee hot enough that at night when I come home from a hunt, it still is too hot to drink straight out of the thermos. The two 1-quart ones will do that for 6-8 hours, but not for 14 or more like the 2-quart does.

And, my Stanleys were not expensive. They are covered with dents and scratches, but just keep on truckin'. Good enough for me.

BTW, though a bit off subject, I didn't use a thermos until I moved to the 'States in '82. In Canada, I'd just stop at lunch time or thereabouts and "Bile the kittle". That is, boil some water over a small fire and make some nice refreshing tea. Much more invigorating than coffee and better at abolishing thirst too. But then, everyone's mileage varies somewhat.

Hi. I have never seen/heard of Nissan thermos. I looked it up and they are made by a company called Thermos Nissan. Clicked on 'where to buy', but it didn't work. Could someone here suggest a store(s) where I might find these? I thank you very much in advance.