Trusted no more, Stanley Thermos

[Basfis]

Dents are the nemesis of a thermos. Change the volume of the “jacket” and it changes the vacuum. decrease vacuum and you increase thermal transfer. 
 

I have a floating thermos that has stood the test of time. Turns out the floatation protects it from drops. No idea if it floats..😁 

[MOPanfisher]

One if my old ones has the hollow our through plug/cap and it won't keep coffee hot nearly as long, the plug on the new one has interrupted threads but still the insulated cap, which I like.  The other old one has the plain on take it out to pour plug cap.  And somewhere in the maze of sheds etc. (If it still exists here) is an OLDER version that has a rubber stopper with a cam deal on it.  The cup is plain ulined steel, don't know if stainlessor chromed, and was dented and roughed up.  You had about 2 seconds to put the cap down before it burned your fingers and about 30 seconds before the 2 coffee cooled off.  Wish I could find that one, dad gave it a rough life, and heck it may actually be at the bottom of a lake or buried in a hayfield too for all I know.  If I get a chance (bored enough) I might heat up a couple qts (sorry liters on the new one) and let them.sit over night.

[Flysmallie]

I have one that’s at least 25 years old. It’s the plastic one. Still has the glass inside. You can leave that thing all day long in sub freezing temps and when you get back it will still be smoking hot. I’m not sure where it was born. 
 

I have a Yeti koozie that is supposed to keep a beer cold a long time. Absolutely pointless. Plus it’s a pain to use. 

[fishinwrench]

8 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I have a Yeti koozie that is supposed to keep a beer cold a long time. Absolutely pointless. Plus it’s a pain to use. 

 You open a beer and it's gone in 1 minute and 45 seconds.     So yeah a koozie is pointless for you. Yeti or otherwise. 😂

[jdmidwest]

8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Maybe in Thermos's, but Stanley tools are junk.  

Yep.  Garage door openers were junk too. 

[MOPanfisher]

Stanley tools are lesser quality, but handy to have throw in tool boxes and shops for guys like me who think nothing of badging a curve it one for a one time use, or using it in place of a linch pin in an emergency.  FWIW I did fill the new thermos with coffee this morning and drank about half of it on way to spfld, then left the second half unit till I got home, still plenty hot enough to drink.  Hardly a serious or severe test but good enough for most uses.

[Jerry Rapp]

Stanley spinnerbaits are good

[Flysmallie]

13 minutes ago, Jerry Rapp said:

Stanley spinnerbaits are good

We can agree on that. 

[Terrierman]

I've had several Stanley's over the years.  Had several go bad assume they lost vacuum somehow.  Had one for years that was beat to hell but still worked great.  Where it is now nobody knows.

The ones with pour through stoppers did not hold heat as long as the ones with the insulated stoppers.  I've got a Thermos brand thermos now with insulated stopper that still lets you pour with it partially opened.  Bigger cup than Stanley and cup is plastic lined so your hands don't get burned and the coffee stays hot long enough.  It's my new favorite.

[BilletHead]

              Good thread thanks @MOPanfisher,

  Here is a blast from the past Stanley Super vac thermos. Was my dads and as long as I can remember he used it. Anyone seen a yellow one?

Works to this day great. Non insulated cup, warmed your hands as you drank from it. Cork stopper but sometimes hard to get correct size. I found a silicone one. Made by landers, Frary and Clark in new Haven Britain, Conn. Did some research it will date between 1953 and 1965 when Aladdin took over and moved the manufacturing to Nashville Tennessee . I cherish this thing. I see my dad every time I look at it. 

              I have been through multiple of the green ones. Some work , some don't. This wide mouth one worked real good and I carried many of soups and stews to work in it. One of the made in Tennessee ones. The outer part of the lid, cup was metal. It rusted off and I wrapped electrical tape around it. 

     Made in USA is the best!