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I need something for winter camping, good enough to hold a brew hot overnight so I can have a hot cuppa first thing in the morning.

Hold a pint or so? heard Vaude may be worth a look, any others?


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 5:14 pm
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Never used Vaude but use a Stanley for work and it does it's job suggest keep away from Blacks own brand utter crap ime.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 5:36 pm
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the Thermos thermax ones seem to be good for keeping the heat in.

i'm sure i saw a double vacuum thermos flask but i just can't remember where.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 5:47 pm
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I've had my Aladdin Adventure for about 18 years. I use it every day,keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 8:57 pm
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Zojirushi (sp?) are the bling of the flask world apparently. They can occasionally be found in T K Maxx. I was on a search for the perfect flask but ended up buying a lot of rubbish ones along the way.

Have been happy with my Zojirushi cos it keeps my coffee hotter than anything else.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 9:38 pm
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Thanks for the response, I found an old TGO mag in a bothy a while ago. rated a load of flasks over time used, wish I ripped the page out now!


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 9:48 pm
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Dagnabbit - every time I come on here, I find something else to spend money on - just bought a Zojirushi flask from thediningstore.co.uk

Just over £30 inc postage. I too, have run the gauntlet of sh1t flasks for way too long.........


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:24 pm
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One reason I went for the Stanley is that it had a normal screw lid not one of those push button jobbies that always seem to go wrong.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:31 pm
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user-removed - I can't believe you paid that 😯 For a half litre one in T K Maxx, it was about £9! And it's in racing green 🙄


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:34 pm
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Yup - my last one was / is a Gelert with a funky blue 70s circle pattern. I bought it for its screw top stopper - all the push button ones I've used leak horribly as soon as they are off vertical.

EDIT: @ CG - ah well, hopefully it'll be cash well (over)spent. It was the cheapest I could find it online. And there's always spraypaint 🙂


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:35 pm
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Agreed - push button ones are rubbish!

Mind you, I have a cheap dinky little Tesco one that holds .3 litre which is ideal for a slurp and it's a screw top.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:39 pm
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The only problem I have with screw tops is that I tend to overtighten them - eventually, they just spin. I tighten it to the point where it's going to keep the liquid in, and suddenly *POP* and the thread's loosened off.

Same thing eventually happened to my two little cup-flask-things - each of them were about £11 from Ellis Brigham!


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:44 pm
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user-removed - it was only by chance that I read about recommendations for Zojirushi. Was replacing an ancient flask (Aladdin) that had been brilliant and sadly couldn't be bought anymore.

Rather depresssing to think that before too long a flask will be an essential bit of kit 🙁


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:45 pm
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Winter's the best time for cycling - no sweat! I do have and use, an Alladin food flask. Tried it with coffee and ended up with soggy sandwiches, camera and tools....


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:47 pm
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IIRC stanley do a lifetime warranty or 25 year one of them. Bloke at work must of done the same as you user-removed e-mailed them and got a new stopper through the post FOC.


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:48 pm
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Do you not put them inside a plastic bag? Or two plastic bags?

You can't beat a decent flask of coffee on a freezing cold day huddled in a wood 8)


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:50 pm
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Agree - and it makes a stop feel like a proper break. It's a bit dismal stopping and forlornly sipping away at a camelbak valve!


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:55 pm
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I have got a metal one with a push button top and it is great. Hot coffee in one morning, hot coffee out the next. Not certain of the make but think it is Thermos


 
Posted : 03/09/2009 10:57 pm
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Aladdin Challenger


 
Posted : 04/09/2009 7:17 am