Stanley Adventure Vacuum Food 18oz Reviews Summary

Temperature Retention

Pros:

• "Keeps the food warm for hours! My daughter is super happy with it! She says her lunch is still very hot even after 5 hours."
• "Keeps my food very warm, just preheat it with hot water for five minutes, your food will stay hot all day long or all night long."
• "Put soup in this baby and it was still hot 6+ hrs later."
• "Keeps my soup just as hot as when it was put in. I fill mine at 6am daily and stays hot till at least 7pm."
• "Stanley Classic Legendary Vacuum Insulated Food Jar works great. I fill it with hot soup before I go to work and when I eat dinner 5-6 hours later my soup is still piping hot."
• "Keeps stuff hot/warm for HOURS, like the whole day."
• "Made noodle soup for husbands lunch, and almost 7 hours later he said it was still so hot he had to blow on it!!"

Cons:

• "This does not keep things heated as described. I Pack it at 8am and by 11:30 lunch it is no longer hot."
• "Both times the soup was luke warm in 6 hours."
• "The soup has been luke warm after only a few hours in the thermos."
• "Kept food warm but not hot as expected. More like a 3hour window after that food and beverages stayed Luke warm."
• "It only keeps the food warm for 2 hours max."
• "This does not keep anything hot for more than an hour."
• "Six hours later and the soup is barely warm at all."

Design and Usability

Pros:

• "This is a great design for kids because the lid can be used as a bowl or you can just eat out of the thermos because it has a wide opening."
• "The outer 'lid' doubles as a small bowl, and the inner seal/lid has a small compartment which would hold packets of salt and pepper or maybe some sugar quite easily."
• "There's a chamber in the insulating lid for storing crackers or whatever for adding to your soup."
• "It has a storage compartment in the lid."
• "The size is perfect, the mouth is wide enough to eat comfortably."
• "The wide mouth is easy to clean."
• "The wide opening makes spooning food out with no mess."

Cons:

• "Sometimes it is difficult to open the container when it has something hot in it."
• "The only issue was that initially I could not figure out to get the spork off the side of the thermos."
• "While the contents did remain hot, the exterior (bottom) is far from durable."
• "The spoon holder feels like it's going to fall off."
• "The spork keeping area was loose and not fitted to the flask tightly..looks like it may come out any time."
• "The mouth of the jar is narrower than the base so kids sometimes struggle if I give them a soup spoon."
• "The little tab on the side is very obnoxious and annoying."

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "Quality of the mug feels very solid."
• "Stanley products are the top tier in thermal food products, in my opinion."
• "Stanley is a solid brand name for quality."
• "Stanley is built to last! I even have green ones that were passed down from my grandpa that I still use."
• "Stanley makes some of the best thermos type containers."
• "This wide mouth thermos is durable and I expect it to last as long as my Tall thermos has (many years and still going strong."
• "This little thermos is tough, and works well for holding soup for our daughters to take to work."

Cons:

• "The quality is poor and the heat escapes through the steel, so it becomes too hot to handle."
• "Also it came in damaged. Very poorly packed. Dented all around the bottom."
• "It needs an outside covering so you can handle it and keep it insulated."
• "I don't recommend this product unless you want to invest in an outside insulation carrier to put around it."
• "But after about 2 months the insulation is gone."
• "Defects right from opening (as shown in pictures) how disappointing after spending good money on brand name."
• "Food jar looks great, but unfortunately the product was demaged during the shipping."

Accessories and Extras

Pros:

• "I love the spork that attaches to the side too."
• "The attached spoon is a perfect addition to this food jar."
• "The spoon on the side holds really well and won't fall out."
• "The included spoon is a real nice bonus."
• "Cute spork that fits snugly in the side holder."
• "The addition of the spoon on the holder on the side of the thermos is really convenient."
• "The built in spork is super helpful! Cleans easily too. Perfect size."

Cons:

• "The Utensil. It is a little flimsy and short."
• "What I dislike is the cheap plastic spork that was broken when I opened the package."
• "The accompanying spork is stainless steel. It’s not—it’s surprisingly flimsy plastic."
• "Only down side is the spork is a bit flimsy and I usually end up using my metal spork."
• "The spork and its holder are futzy."
• "The spoon attachment is very difficult to put back on once you take it off."
• "The spoon is really hard to get out and feels very cheap."