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- Terrible Lid DesignWhen I was shopping for my son to start preschool, I was thrilled to find these thermos bottles. He will only drink ice water, so I thought the straw design was wonderful for him. We wanted to be kind to the environment by NOT sending a plastic bottle every day. When the Thermos cups work properly, the cups do keep the ice water cold all day long, and the straw design is okay. Plus, they do give you an extra straw when you purchase it. I thought it was the perfect cup...
HOWEVER, I am so frustrated with the Thermos lid design that I could scream!!! These cups, by the cute character designs, are geared towards younger children. My son dropped this cup once, and the lid broke. When the lid breaks, the cup is no longer spill-proof, and it cannot be used in a lunch box again (water leaked everywhere). These cups are very expensive--around $15 each. I bought him one replacement cup, and he had it for about 3 weeks before he dropped that one, and the lid broke on that one also. I cannot find any place to purchase replacement lids. And I am never going to buy another one of these cups until they change the design of the lid--or make them easier for young children with small hands to carry by adding a handle or something.
If you are lucky enough to never drop this cup, then it's great! If you ever drop it on a hard surface, then it's terrible.
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- Best out there for cold drinks.There is a major hassle getting these clean. I wash these in the dishwasher too, they are certainly a nuisance to disassemble and position properly in the dishwasher, but there isn't anything out there that isn't. Once washed, the metal containers go into the freezer so that it is ready for drinks in the morning. The caveat with this method is that as the liquid starts to warm up a bit during the day, pressure builds and liquid can shoot out if you open the lid too quickly...minor issue.
The bottom half of the straw is polypropylene, the sippy part is silicone and there is a silicone ring sealing the lid to the container. All these parts need to be disassembled gently for cleaning. If you yank and pull, the silicone straw can rip, its happened to me once, but I've learned to twist rather than yank. As for the general durability of the straw? Its fine. You just have to watch your kids and explain to them that its not a good idea to chew on things that isn't food and then replace the straws as soon as they show teeth marks. My kids use to chew the heck out of the playtex straw sippy cups too, but they are older now and we no longer have this issue.
When assembling the parts together, you must be sure to line the sipping straw to the front where the lid clamps down, this will also cover the air pressure release hole so that nothing leaks. Otherwise it will leak, but once positioned, it isn't likely to budge out of position. So just be careful to position it properly. Our containers never leak once I figured this out.
Sometimes I'll add a couple of ice cubes to their milk or drinks to keep it extra cold. Lately I started bagging their containers in the NYBUILT neoprene bags for the 1 liter size bottles before putting into their insulated lunch bags. It keeps everything extra cold for a long time. This way if my kids don't finish their milk at lunch, they can still sip cold milk after school. Otherwise the milk will warm up if the container is half empty.
The straws do become stained and they do wear out after repeated use. I purchase extra sets directly from Thermos for a dollar a set. This includes the top and bottom portion of the straw. I'll purchase a half dozen at a time and start fresh every school year.
Btw, keep the straws away from the dishwasher if you are cleaning anything with tomato sauce, the tomato pigments are highly attracted to plastic and can stain the insides of the straws.
If you are trying to avoid using bpa plastic products out there to transport drinks, you can't go wrong with these. I've purchased 7 of these over the last 4 years and use it daily for my kid's milk for school.
It sounds crazy that I go through this daily so my kids can take milk to school, especially since the school provides milk practically for free, and I can afford to buy the tetra pak milks.
But I am very particular. I insist on Organic, Grass Pastured, non UHT, Whole milk. Since my kids drink so much milk, its the best I can do for them and there is no other way for me to provide it without these containers. To try and avoid the daily hassle of disassembling and cleaning ---- I've looked high and low for alternatives --but this is it.
update --- 10/06/08
I went to get the star wars design b/c my kids are crazy for star wars just realized that thermos has updated the design of the thermos. its a little easier to clean now. 2 pieces instead of 3 and much easier to remove.
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- Great idea but leakyI bought two designs of this product because I thought it was such a good idea. I still like the idea of a non-plastic thermos for my kids' lunchboxes, but these are now strictly at-home items because they leak so badly. A lunchbox saturated with milk is not something I look forward to cleaning every evening! Both of ours leaked, and we tried tightening them as much as we could. I recommend the Kleen Canteen over this item, even though the KC is not insulated.
If anyone has any suggestions for an insulated lunchbox sized metal thermos that does not leak, please comment my review. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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- Great for the Lunch Box - a review of Thermos' Kid's ThermosWe don't have the "Spidey" version of this product, but two other designs --one for a girl, one for a boy. I bought them last year because I was sick and tired of buying expensive box/bag drinks, the exteriors of which are not recyclable.
And I have to say I'm pleased with these. They didn't fall apart through a year of hard use by a second grader and a kindergartener. They also kept their drinks cool. Even milk that came home at the end of day wasn't spoiled (although it was tepid).
Both the exterior and inside liners are stainless steel. The cover is hard plastic, while the sippy-parts are human-grade plastic.
The only downside to these little thermoses are that it's hard to keep track of the little plastic sippy part and the internal straw. The Thermos people give you an extra set but we've still managed to loose two sets, and as far as I can see there are no replacements offered.
Anyway we're going to buy two more for this year as we expand our no-plastic containers policy.
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- My 3 Yr old loved it!!My 3 year old son had this thermos and loved it and so did I b/c it kept his water cold for even longer than the 12 hours it states if you put ice in it. Unfortunately I lost it and had to replace it but didn't recieve the same black thermos with the cool "Spidey" on it. They shipped a blue one with a different picture - not a big deal to me but to my 3 year old it's a VERY big deal. I'm sure he'll get used to it and love this one too. I just didn't like that the seller (Deals Only Web Store) showed a picture that was not the item that they were selling.
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