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Craig 18 Nov 2004
Hi

Some time ago Trail magazine did a gear test/review on a whole range of Thermos Flasks with the winning flask being........???????

Exactly, I've forgotten!

I do remember that the manufacturer had a Japanese sounding name

Can anybody help?

Craig
 Lbos 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig: I wouldn't base a purchase on anything that magazine said. Poor mag.
Craig 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Lbos:
OK mate.

To that end can anyone reccomend a top quality thermos, I'm fed up to the back teeth with my hot drinks becoming luke warm drinks after only a few hours on the hill.

Cheers
 Outdoor Eddie 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig:

I seem to recall Vango came top in the test. In any case I wouldn't recommend flasks with a fancy pop up opening as I've seen them break. Vango and Thermos probably good bets. The cheapy ones don't keep things that warm.

OE
Jules 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig:

It's something like Zorofzugi and although it sounds Japanese I think they're actually from finland. I got mine from George Fishers in Keswick but they don't have them on their website anymore.
 Martin W 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Jules: Zojirushi? They are Japanese: http://www.zojirushi.com/aboutus.html

The flasks are a tad pricey, though, compared to some: http://www.roofbox.co.uk/zojirush.html

This thread: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=100804 has some other recommendations.
 dart 18 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig: Trail did a test in dec 2003. Tatonka (Hot and Cold Stuff) from Vietnam came best in test and Aztec(Stainless Steel Flask) was best value.
 Simon Caldwell 19 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig:
Mines a bottom-of-the-range Aladdin metal thing, keeps stuff hot all day (still warm 24 hours later) if you pre-heat the flask. The more expensive Aladdin ones have fancy pouring contraptions etc which are prone to breakage and hard to operate with gloves on.
 TRJ 19 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig: I agree - Aladdin flasks seem to work well. I've got a stainless steel falsk actually made by Thermos and that's also good. But the Aladdin versions are more compact, from what I've seen.
 Ridge 19 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig:
I've got a flask actually made by Thermos, called something like 'Strong and Light', stainless with a blue finish. It was fairly expensive, 20-odd quid, but it's the absolute mutts nuts. Best flask I've ever had, stuff still hot 24 hours later.
 GrahamD 19 Nov 2004
In reply to Craig:

For everyday use, I'm happy enough with a 1l metal flask I got from a filling station for £4.99. Depends what you need from a flask, I guess.
2pints-sam 19 Dec 2004
In reply to Craig:

Mine is a £5 cheapo millets one and is shit after bout 4 hours, anyone got any ideas how i could keep it warmer?

Or should I just admit that you buy cheap buy twice?
In reply to 2pints-sam:

I believe that butchering a cheap roll mat and taping this to the outside is the done thing.

Doesn't work with a thermarest mind.

djviper 19 Dec 2004
In reply to Craig: i brought a cheapy £5 one from asda of all places and me tea was still hot after 8 hours on snowdon this weekend
 kevin stephens 19 Dec 2004
In reply to djviper:
shape is important, short and stubby beter than long and thin

A simple screw top is best (can pour from without fully removing)

Asda stainless works fine for me
psd 19 Dec 2004
In reply to 2pints-sam:
> (In reply to Craig)
>
> Mine is a £5 cheapo millets one and is shit after bout 4 hours, anyone got any ideas how i could keep it warmer?

Could you stuff it down your top/pants? Might as well get some use out of the escaping heat.
 david norton 20 Dec 2004
In reply to psd:
Actually Zojirushi flasks rock - I've got 2 of them easily the best ever used and keep in the heat excellently - way better than aladdin.
Stuart Robinson 20 Dec 2004
In reply to Craig:

I have an el-cheap stainless flask I bought in Tescos.

if you pre-heat it it does keep my soup hot enough to drink most of the day as it is, in a foam caddy (made out of bits of foam mat, it is better.

I have noticed the stopper gets warm and the other day the plastic insert on top of the stopper fell out, and no wonder it gets warm, the stopper is hollow. I reckon filling the stopper with foam, ought to improve the performance of the flask quite a but.
 Wibble Wibble 20 Dec 2004
In reply to Stuart Robinson:

I vote for the cheap tesco's option. £5, years old and keeps my coffee warm all day. Think it was actually a thermos one.
Removed User 20 Dec 2004
In reply to Craig:
I've got a Vango one that seems to work OK; was still hot on Sunday after 5 hours. AS someone else pointed out preheat; first kettle goes in the flask to heat it up and the second makes up the drink.
Damien O'Flaherty 11 Jan 2005
In reply to Craig:

I bet the brand name was TATONKA. I haven't read Trail magazine but it came top in another walking magazine I read. The trouble is that I can't find anyone who stocks them.

Regards,

Damien
 Martin W 11 Jan 2005
In reply to Damien O'Flaherty: Indeed it was Tatonka - as pointed out in the seventh post on the thread.

This place offers the 600ml model in their online shop: http://www.cortex.co.uk/scmastershop/catalogue/index.cfm?&Items=3248&am... or you could try calling 01436 820947 as they seem to be the UK distributor. To be honest from the picture it looks very similar to the Vango flasks you can get in Blacks or Millets for under a tenner.
 George Fisher 11 Jan 2005
In reply to Craig:

I have a Tatonka flask, very gooood.

I can't believe i'm passing comment on flasks.

Removed User 11 Jan 2005
In reply to George Fisher:

Yer flask is a much maligned and unloved pal. You only notice him when he f*cks up.
 George Fisher 11 Jan 2005
In reply to Removed User:

Thinking about it i'd quite like a second, smaller flask, mine's great for days bouldering but a bit heavy for carrying in the hills.

There I go again...
dominic_s(not logged in) 11 Jan 2005
In reply to Craig: i got a boss alladin one years ago, came from a farm rep, about a litre and a half with a really wide mouth on it, very good for taking food (stews, casseroles etc) on the hill, in a kayak etc. turns out it was originally designed for storing bull juice... got one from the garage now for a fiver, as long as you prime the thing an hour or two before filling it keeps stuff piping hot all day.
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