what should i look for in a flask?

ariba10

You can buy Food Flasks that have a wider mouth and some have a plastic liner to stop you damaging it with a spoon, but they do not seem to keep the so well.

camelot1001

Would go with the stanley food flask. Have found that the cheaper supermarket flasks cool too quickly.

jammy_dodger

if you are normally using canned soup do you have a heating up facility at work and could put soup in a sealed comtainer like a look and lock one and heat it up in there ? just a thought

flutterbyuk25

Hey all

I'm wanting to buy a thermos flask so I can start taking soup to work in the winter (boo!) months. I've never had one before so can anyone recommend a good one for me. Doesn't need to be massive, just to hold enough for one.

Cheers

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zippychick

Hi Flutterby

I would be interested in this myself - we have a microwave in work but sometimes i would prefer not to use work fascilities as people don't seem to care what state they're in!:eek:

These threads may give you some food for thought - pardon the pun

What to look for in a food flask

Lunches to go in a food flask

I'll pop this over to I wanna later on when you get some more input - and keep an eye on what responses you get! I have no idea where to start and from recent reading i remember people saying the food doesn't stay piping hot so maybe I am better using the filthy microwave


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zippychick

Uh oh, i've just looked up "food flask" in ebay:eek: Why do kitchen gadgies excite me so much?!:rotfl:

Ebay food flasks

SallyForth_2

I had one of those really wide ones once. There was just one problem with it and was when you came to open it. Because it has hot food in it, it would form a really tight seal which was great for keeping the food hot. But, I found, because I had small hands, I couldn't twist the top off, and neither could my most of my male collegues.

flutterbyuk25

Thanks zippy! we have a dodgy looking work microwave too, but I'm rarely office based so a thermos is better option for me.

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kittiej

Can you put food in a normal flask or would it taste funny?

Was thinking soup

dannie

Hi, I have four old flasks that I may declutter as unsure that they do not retain their heat efficiently (e.g. the first flask's hot water contents went semi-warm in under an hour). At what point, if ever, would you throw away a flask?

Thanks.