Just a Thermos vent

Just keep buying that pro grade drek! It keeps someone working, even though they don'e live on this continent yet!
 
After reading this thread, I just had to run upstairs and check to see which one I have and snap a pic.

When it's at least cool out, no matter what kind of outdoor activity I am involved in, I hardly ever leave home without my trusty Nissan mini-thermos filled with hot tea. Like others have stated earlier, with the neoprene cover, I have had tea stay plenty warm way into the next day.

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Trouble with this one is, it's over twenty five years old and I don't know if they still make them, or as well as they used to. (That's why I actually have two- one as a spare, just in case).

Jon
 
Don't often clean my thermos but when I do I use an old choke chain type dog collar. Small size, puppy?, will fit through the top.
Hot water and dish detergent and shake well. Takes all the black stain out of the bottom.
I remember the old glass thermos bottles....with a cork stopper. Always broke on the worst, coldest day. Love the stainless steel ones.
 
Great idea Bob, I'll have to see if I can find an old choke chain or something similar. Mine is so black now that I have to use a flashlight to see the bottom.

I know what you mean about the old glass bottles. I can still remember as if it was in slow motion the below zero day when my thermos rolled out of the truck and hit the ground - aaaaarg. After that day I wrapped my glass inserts in cardboard and aluminum foil before putting them back inside the can. Don't think any ever broke again.
 
Great idea Bob, I'll have to see if I can find an old choke chain or something similar. Mine is so black now that I have to use a flashlight to see the bottom.

I know what you mean about the old glass bottles. I can still remember as if it was in slow motion the below zero day when my thermos rolled out of the truck and hit the ground - aaaaarg. After that day I wrapped my glass inserts in cardboard and aluminum foil before putting them back inside the can. Don't think any ever broke again.

I remember like it was yesterday. 14yrs old and I knew best. Didn't listen to dad. Didn't wear thermo underwear that day when the temp went from upper 40's in the morning to 20 something in the afternoon. The old round top catalytic heater would not start and my red plaid glass type thermos rolled off the bench in the blind and broke. I couldn't wait to go home that day. Actually sat in the straw with the dog laying on my legs to keep me warm. One of those days the ducks stayed home too so the dog wasn't wet. Today a good thermos is a particular item for me.
 
You guys with the seasoned coffee thermoses really need to try a couple Polident tabs and boiling water, the chunks of black will come floating out of there.
 
Tom, - Just to reinforce the Polident use, I've been using it for years and it works great. I have been known to use a bottle brush with it, to get the especially tough aged on spots but then I'm too lazy to actually use boiling water, hot tap usually suffices.

Dave, Obviously I'm very surprised that Avery blew you off. They are a "new" post internet company, they had to know their customer service / lack of was going to be discussed.

And just to review personal thermos experiences, as I told Dave my first Stanley bottle didn't keep my beverage hot while ice fishing but my buddy's Stanley kept his HOT! I wrote a letter (that's what we did pre-internet days.) Stanley replaced my defective bottle and I'm still using it with a new plug, last plug died from old age and embrittlement after 25 years. My Nissan experience is mixed. My first, a pint sized bottle bought around 2000 still travels to work with me every day and many days in the field. It's seal died about 4 years back and I'm using an O-Ring in it's place. A camo'd quart sized Nissan bottle didn't last 10 years but did last at least 5. My second 1/2 liter size died after a few years, just didn't keep things hot any more. I have a third Nissan 1/2 liter that I leave Barb coffee in when I head out hunting. Still working after 2 years of fairly low use (compared to the daily use the other one gets). I still have my uncles glass lined Stanly with the cork with a spare plug in the basement. I have good memories of him pouring a cup of coffee out of it while trolling for land-locks at ice out on Winnipesaukee.

Scott
 
The best thing I have found to clean stainless thermos's and stainless travel mugs is the same powder I use to clean the espresso and coffee machines, works like a charm.
 
I have had the best experiences with Nissan and had a few bad Stanley and Avery thermoses. I really wanted the Stanley to work as it is a classic but just converted everything that was hot into cold quickly.
 
My wife still has 1 or 2 of the vintage Thermos black & red glass lined ones that she had up for sale on Ebay before she went overseas.
I can check to see if she still wants to sell them if anyone is interested.
 
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Didn't Avery just get bought by Banded? I had bought a lot of Avery products over the years, but never heard of Banded until I stumbled upon their poor hunting shows a year ago. Banded it sounds, has killed off a good brand, just like Cabela's killed off Herters. Now Bass Pro is going to kill off Cabelas. I guess I'll be buying more from Rogers or Macks
 
Scott ,


It is partially my fault as i do not have the sales slip nor do i remember where i bought it from but Avery did not want to hear it at all . I guess they figured i was trying to pull a fast one after all who would not want 2 thermoses that keep hot stuff cold !!LOL I will check into the Nissan though . Thanks again all for the tips



Dave M
 
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