Thermos bottles

[lesterl]

My wife has bought me a couple thermos bottles and by the time I get on the ice my coffee is barely warm is there a bottle that will keep my coffee hot for at least 4 hours?

[LMITOUT]

I have a Thermos brand and it does a good job of keeping liquids warm for quite a while. Fill it with hot water to get the insulation warmed up and let it sit while the coffee brews.

[cam white]

that's the trick.. fill with hot water for a while, otherwise it sucks the heat from the beverage into the insulation.

[Hoffer]

That large green type from i think "thermos" is great!

I also fill it with boiling hot water first...then pour out and refill right away with coffee...works great.

[Eelpout08]

I use my thermos every day for coffee and it is still warm (not hot) at noon when i pour the last cup, i usually fill it at 530 or 600 am. if i am heading outdoors for work or hunting i pre heat it like everyone else said and it stays hot even longer.

[irvingdog]

If it is a Vacuum bottle, and it is not keeping hot liquids hot for 4 hours minimum, it's broken.

[shizzy]

Agree on all counts. I even have a cheap $5 Wally world little thermos and that keeps coffee cold for a long time if I pre heat it.

[Bucksnort101]

My Father uses the Thermos "Nissan" bottles and swears by them. Keeps his coffee hot for well over 4 hours. He uses the small model so not sure how the bigger ones perform, but sure they are comparable.

Only drawback is they are pretty expensive.

[JimBuck]

I've got an Aladdin Stanley that keeps my beverages very warm for over 12 hours. It's been in the family for 15 years now and she's built like a tank.

The Nissan's are also quite awesome. I had one before misplacing it in a snow storm.

[superbee]

The Stanley (green) is the best thermos you can buy. Keeps my coffee hot for well over 12 hrs. Not very spendy either. The price is the same as a good Thermos brand, but the Stanley out performs them all.

[TruthWalleyes]

The Stanley (green) is the best thermos you can buy. Keeps my coffee hot for well over 12 hrs. Not very spendy either. The price is the same as a good Thermos brand, but the Stanley out performs them all.

Yes sir! I have 2 of these. Passed on from my grandpa...Put hot coffee in, 12 hours later you can still burn your tongue. No matter how cold the outside of that stanley canister is...it's still steam'n hot on the inside. I hope they are still making these. Mine are over 20 yrs old.

[shaunlenway]

get a stanley you will be satisfied. I have the green one, just warm it up with hot water before putting the coffee in.

[McCoy]

There are major differences between how a Stanley green bottle and a genuine Thermos (or Thermos/Nissan) bottle insulates the contents from the ambient (outside) temperature. The Stanley bottle uses a charcoal powder. Thermos uses a very high tech manufacturing process that draws all of the air between the two layers of stainless steel creating a "vacuum".

A good vacuum bottle should keep your coffee hot for at least 12 hours depending how many times it's opened. Another tip is to only unscrew the lid as far as you need to pour to limit the amount of heat that escapes. Tempering the inside with hot water as several posters have said is key since steel is inherently cold. Take a look around for the Thermos "Rock" bottle. It sells for $24.99 - $29.99 and unless you lose it over the side of the boat or down your ice hole it should be last vacuum bottle you will have to buy.

[jakemcarroll]

Another vote for the classic stanley thermos, I got mine at a local thrift store for a couple of dollars. The real key is to warm it up first (as has been mentioned here). I will just "brew" a pot of hot water (no coffee) pour that into the thermos, then brew a pot of coffee while the thermos warms up. Pour out the water, pour in the coffee and try not to burn your tongue out on the ice!

[RebelSS]

I got my old Thermos "Blue" solid metal in 1983 when I was a young copper on the graveyard shift. We all carried the same one... we poured bubbling hot water in 'em, and let 'em sit for a half hour or so before dumping in our coffee. These had the old blue & red "flip to pour" spout. Think I've been through 3 of those.. the plastic just [PoorWordUsage] out. Still use every ice fishing trip...keeps the java hot as I like all day.

[mnguy152]

This thread got me thinking of the old glass ones that grandma and pa had. I think I must had broke about 5 of them from dropping it. lol

[Mike Stark]

new stanley

[RebelSS]

mnguy152: THUD Tinkle!!!Sound familiar?! HAHA! That did bring back memories!!! Best part was thinking of an excuse of how it got broke....

[KG243]

My Avery Thermos works great, I dont have to pre-heat it I just throw in my hot chocolate and go and it is still warm after a 12 hour day!

[mnguy152]

sounds just like it was full of ice when it was dropped and gave it a shake.lol

[McCoy]

Hey RebelSS,

Shoot me a PM at [email protected]. I have a "copper" related question for you.

McCoy

[tisch008]

Originally Posted By: superbee

The Stanley (green) is the best thermos you can buy. Keeps my coffee hot for well over 12 hrs. Not very spendy either. The price is the same as a good Thermos brand, but the Stanley out performs them all.

Yes sir! I have 2 of these. Passed on from my grandpa...Put hot coffee in, 12 hours later you can still burn your tongue. No matter how cold the outside of that stanley canister is...it's still steam'n hot on the inside. I hope they are still making these. Mine are over 20 yrs old.

I take my Stanley almost everytime I go ice fishing. Get out around 6:00 AM and I can still open it at 10:00 AM and coffee will be steaming!

I love that thermos!

[wormdunker]

Ok so I thought I would chime in to give you a real life situation I have experienced with Nissan Bottles. Many years ago I was a MFG Rep. One of the companies I represented was Nissan. I could go on and on with technical data explaining how they are made but I am not. A regular sales ploy we used was to buy a dozen doughnuts and fill a Nissan bottle with Coffee. We would then over night it packed in a refrigerated cooler to our buyers at various retail companies through out the US. The coffee would arrive piping hot and doughnuts fresh. It worked evey time. Never a spill, never cold coffee.

There is one trick to making any insulated container work better, fill it with either hot or cold water, whatever your desired goal, prior to putting your beverage in it. This sets the metal walls of the container to the same ambient temp of the beverage and will keep it hot or cold longer.

By the way to this day I still only buy Nissan products they are just better and worth the money. I have no connection to the company.

[ameyers41]

I have a thermos brand stainless vacuum/nissan type bottle and it will keep coffee hot until I finish it off in the afternoon. I don't preheat the metal either, but it does the job. Well worth the money.

[magnum mike]

I have accidentally left my Nissan in the boat overnight during duck season and the coffee still steams the next morning. That made a believer out of me.