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Best thermos for hot coffee?

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#1 ·
What thermos is best to keep coffee very hot for long periods of time? I’ve tried Stanley’s and I’m not impressed.
 
#3 ·
The trick is, fill the thermos with hot, the hotter the better, water first, replace the stopper, and then after a little while replace the hot water with the hot coffee.
 
#8 ·
While I wait for the water on the stove to boil I fill the Stanley with the hottest water the sink can provide. When the pot on the stove comes to a full boil I bring it over to the sink, empty the thermos, and then fill it with the freshly boiled water and cap it. After twenty minutes I pour out the water and replace it with my tea.
I've sat in my blind when it was -28 degrees and my tea didn't cool down in my Stanley.
 
#9 ·
Adding an exterior insulation to a thermos helps a lot. For hunting I use my 20oz. travel thermos. It’s ok for a few hours in cold weather as is but I made a sleeve from RubaTex pipe insulation. That gave it a few more hours. Preheating it helps too. Old school vacuum Thermos holds a lot more than I can drink but lasts all day.
 
#14 ·
I will not buy a Yeti product. Personal reasons behind that. Anyways I had an old Stanley thermos made in USA. Took the bottom cap off to take out the silver thermos to clean and I dropped it. Bought a new one. Found out the first time I took it out with me deer hunting. The tea was just as cold as the outside air. Read on the thermos made in China. What a shame.
 
#16 ·
I had a Stanley like duke55 had. I did everything just like he did and 2 hours later my coffee would be cold. By contrast, my buddy had one and at the end of the day he'd pour himself a piping hot cup of coffee with the steam rolling off of it. He told me to send mine back which I did with a letter explaining that the vacumn must have leaked because it wouldn't keep things hot and I doubted that it would keep things cold in summer. They sent me a new one in 1981 and I'm still using it today.
 
#17 ·
I have a pair of 25 year old Stanley thermos’ that work great, especially if preheated like suggested earlier. And when I say “great”, I’m talking fill them both up Friday after work, drive to camp and have piping hot coffee Saturday morning AND fairly hot coffee Sunday morning.
If one ever gives up the ghost, I will replace it with a Yeti though… the newer Stanley’s don’t cut it. My wife and daughters bought into the Stanley fad, and none of their drinkware keeps stuff cold anywhere near as long as my Yeti’s.
 
#21 ·
How long are you looking to keep it hot? I’ve used the yeti bottle with the hotshot lid for years while hunting and it will keep 18 oz of coffee hot from 5:30 am til 12 or so when we get back for lunch. Only time it gets cold is when I drink most of it the last little bit cools quicker due to less mass to retain the heat.

As for price they are like $30, how cheap exactly are the Stanley’s that $30 is expensive?
 
#22 ·
I've had a Zojirushi thermos for 20+ years that is the best I have ever used. They are a maker of high end commercial restaurant equipment. I leave a thermos of hot coffee in my truck and its still hot at the end of the day when I get done hunting even on the coldest days.

My Stanley, Yeti and Yukon dont even come close.

 
#26 ·
Yeti for me, we have 6 different mugs and I have a 12 can soft sided cooler. Had it for 5 years, stays in the truck bed all hunting season and on the boat. The zipper broke last fall, they wanted a handful of pics. They sent a new cooler and a prepaid label to send the old one back. Took like 10 days and I had a new cooler for nothing out of pocket.

I have a rtic 65 that we use for the beach or parties, and I have an artic 20 in my work truck that gets abused, and works well also. Half price of yeti.
 
#27 · (Edited)
The key is the lid. What type of insulation is in the lid and is it truly leak proof? I have a Thermos brand from the late 1990s. It's the way to go. This is the most similar thermos that has the same style lid that mine does. I took the lid apart on mine. It is better insulated than any other thermos I have.

Also, preheat with boiling water. Once you get half way thru any thermos you are using, it is being filled with cold air. Doesn't matter how well the insulation works when there is less than 50% of hot beverage left mixed with cold air from pouring the first 50%. The only solution to this is to fill a thermos to full capacity that is bigger than what you need to consume. More weight and bulk, but you will have a hot beverage all day.

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