What flask?

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Pale Rider

Legendary Member
A change at work means I now operate out of the boot of my car.

I like my coffee and decided a flask was the way forward.

My weapon of choice is a steel one made by Stanley.

Good in most respects, but I am a bit disappointed with its thermal qualities - the liquid goes lukewarm quicker than I expected.

I pre-heat the flask and zap the milk in the microwave to make the liquid going in as hot as possible, can't do a lot more than that.

Is there a flask that would out-perform Stanley?
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
 

jazzkat

Fixed wheel fanatic.
About 30 years ago I bought an Aladdin stainless steel one after breaking conventional flasks. I still use it daily and the liquid stays red hot until you first open it then it does cool down a little as you'd expect.
I believe the new ones aren't as good, but the old ones do pop up on ebay from time to time.
 
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snorri

Legendary Member
I've tried several stainless steel flasks..........all equally useless:sad:
The only plus feature they have is an ability to bounce on a concrete floor without contaminating the contents with broken glass.
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
A change at work means I now operate out of the boot of my car.

I like my coffee and decided a flask was the way forward.

My weapon of choice is a steel one made by Stanley.

Good in most respects, but I am a bit disappointed with its thermal qualities - the liquid goes lukewarm quicker than I expected.

I pre-heat the flask and zap the milk in the microwave to make the liquid going in as hot as possible, can't do a lot more than that.

Is there a flask that would out-perform Stanley?

Always be careful about not placing the flask's cup on the rear bumper. I too operate out of a car boot and the number of times i've crushed a cup by shutting the hatchback i've lost count!:cry:
 

the snail

Guru
Location
Chippenham
I used to use a Stanley flask when I worked on building sites - lukewarm coffee is better than stone cold coffee with broken glass in it. I used to take a pint of milk with me rather than putting milk in the flask. It survived falling off the back of my motorbike at 70mph one day:banghead:
 

Peteaud

Veteran
Location
South Somerset
Me too. I don't put milk in either - take some with me if it's necessary. always pre heat the flask overnight the night before if I know I'm going to be using it.

I preheat the flask and make the coffee in a pre heated jug.

To be honest it works ok.
 
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