If it were me, I would buy a Yeti or one of the knock offs. My Yeti coffee cup is unreal at keeping thing hot or cold.

 

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.

 

My yetti cup is reficulously great. I haven't seen a thermos by them. My 31 year old Stanley is better than my kids new one. Have to agree, they went downhill.

 

USA made ones are a problem, seems we can't make them here except maybe Stanley. My yeti was a gift. Are the new Stanleys better than the old ones?

 

I carried Stanley thermoses underground for many years. Filled it up with coffee at 5 am in the office, coffee was still hot at the end of the shift. They could take beating too.

 

My yetti cup was a gift too.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Armaflex for the Dew😊

 

My yeti coffee mug is great so I bought a yeti thermos. It’s complete garbage I don’t have a good recommendation but I’d steer clear of yeti when it comes to a new thermos.

 

Always been a Stanley guy . Had one that I took hot soup to work for lunch in the winter. Kept it in my vehicle til lunch . Was still hot.

 

I used an old Stanley today made in 1983. Preheated the hot water like everyone said and still after 2 1/2 hrs my coffee was room temperature. Supposedly the older Stanleys are better, but can't prove it by me. Sorry but I'm not paying the prices that Yetis go for.

 

Something is wrong with it.

 

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.

 

Yeti Rambler (pick your size) and a hotshot lid.
If you like a cup they make one for the Ramblers.
Not a big cup fan, drink is cold in a minute plus it’s just extra steps I don’t see the point of.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Yeti or a similar type. The old Stanley’s don’t even compare.

 

Always been a Stanley guy for my thermos. Hot thermos of coffee every morning on the logging job. Even beat wedges with one to tip a tree, lost my axe that day. They take a beating...

 

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?

 

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.

17 oz. Stainless Bottle SV-GWE50

Elegant and compact in design, this highly durable all stainless steel Stainless Bottle offers superior heat retention. Unique slim body is designed to occupy minimal space.

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I’ve got a zojirushi too and they are truly incredible.

 

Stanley replaced my 1 liter bottle 2 times till I got one that worked, stayed hot. They have lifetime warranty. Also found silicone gaskets online that fit Stanley bottles. They're tighter than the original ones. I think that's what goes bad.

 

are you talking about a insulated mug or cup or a thermos. ive used Stanley and Thermos both and never had problems with either. when i worked in the coal mines they both kept my coffee or tea as hot as when i put it in there.

 

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.

 

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.