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Thirty Below Road Trip
Last winter, I left my home in Ohio and filled my big Stanley thermos with hot water for tea for the trip. It's a twelve hour trip from Ohio to Minneapolis. When I got to Minneapolis, I emptied my car, but forgot the thermos. Air temperature overnight was thirty below. Windchill was colder than that. I remembered my thermos the next morning and went out to get it and not only was it not frozen solid, but the water inside was still hot enough to brew a brand new cup of tea. Incredible.
Topics: Built for Life, Travel
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Even a car crash can't stop this bottle.
I was delivering some copiers for my job on the morning of December 14th, 2006. That morning I had already had two fresh cups of coffee from my Stanley Vacuum Bottle. Thirty miles from my destination, I encountered a cross-wind that sent our company van out of control. I ended up in a horrible car accident that broke both of the bones in my right forearm, fractured my c6 vertebrae, and broke my jaw. After a one hour extrication from the local fire department, I was on my way to the local hospital lucky to be alive. Eight days after my accident I was released from the hospital with pins in...
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Baby Water
I was trying to find a way to keep water hot until I needed to make a bottle for my 3month old baby girl, my husband tells me I use my stanley to keep my coffee hot you might want to try it for the babies water. So here it is I use my stanley everytime I go out the house to make sure I have hot baby water when needed to make a bottle its the best ever I just wish it came in pink so it could match her diaper bag! Thanks you saved my life and I will never need a mircowave around to heat up a bottle when I am out and about. P.S Those heating elements they make for babies bottle don't work worth a...
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READ FULL STORY USA Paratrooper and Stanley Thermo
I was in the Army for 20 years and half of my time in the Army I was in Jump Status, in other words, I was in the Rapid Deployment Forces, where we have to be ready to go any-where in the world within 18 hours of been notified. So, I always tried to take my Stanley Thermo with me where-ever I was sent, any way, My thermo was always full of coffee ( Go-Go Juice ). It was a surprise to my fellow Paratroopers to see me in the Drop Zone, after making sure my M-16 Rifle was ready to go and i had all my equipment, drinking a steamy-hot cup of coffee and asking me, '' A sarge, where did you ge...
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Vacuum Bottle vs. Caraf
In 1968, aboard a Submarine in the Pacific Fleet, we were using Aladdin/Stanley stainless steel vacuum bottles to carry coffee from the galley to our work space. The bottle held almost 8 cups and kept the coffee hot for many hours. One day, the officers decided the large vacuum bottle was not appropriate and they decided to purchase carafs, those being more in keeping with the officers presence. My co-worker and I then appropriated the vacuum bottles. After I retired from the Navy, I took my bottle on many trips to shooting matches and other venues. It had been cross country and up and down...
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READ FULL STORY Extreme Durability
I bought my Stanley 1 Qt. steel thermos in Anchorage, Alaska in 1979 at Pay-N-Save. I got used to having coffee at 165 degrees when I was outdoors at 80 degrees below zero. I took it with me to Ft. Jackson, SC(100 degrees@90% humidity(CAT-4 wetbulb)); Ft. Benning, GA(100 degrees@90% humidity(CAT-4 wetbulb)); Ft. Ord, CA(140 degrees@50% humidity(CAT-4 wetbulb) at Ft. Hunter-Liggit/Camp Roberts(Jolon,CA)); Ft. Lewis, WA(140 degrees@90% humidity(CAT-4 wetbulb) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico/Oro Gande,TX) and Eilson AFB, Fairbanks,AK(-35 degrees). That is a 240 degrees difference in atmo...
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My Rugged Stanley Thermos
I bought my Stanley 28 yrs ago after I met my wife. I am a truck driver so it was always with me even after it was ran over by a truck and thrown off the roof it is still working. It looks rough but it still keeps my coffee hot. I just got a new one from my truck driving brother in law it is really hard to let ole faithful stay home. Thank you Stanley for such a great truckers friend.
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Built Army Strong
I Spent 20 years with the U.S. Army, and early in my career (1981) picked up this Stanley thermos. It became as important to me as my weapon, and being in Armor - I was able to keep it onboard my tank. Well, it traveled with me and my crew through Kentucky, Germany, Louisiana, Germany again, Texas, Southwest Asia, Texas again, Colorado, and now is retired along with me in Ohio. What amazed people (and still does) is that I can fill my thermos up and the next night it is still hot. I've only placed black coffee in it, and once during Desert Storm, one of my crew decided to hide my thermos...
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READ FULL STORY Going strong despite whatever is thrown at it!
Throughout 2008 I'd seen the 'Bolt' series in various shops over the year and scoffed at the idea of needing such a monstrous drinking vessel such as the Bolt mug. I was more than happy with my Mountain Equipment/Aladdin/Lifeventure slim design mug. OK so I was replacing them about three times a year throughout 2006-2008, but I was using them nearly everyday and they kept my Tea warm, mostly. However on one visit to a US Military base in Germany I popped into the base PX and again saw the Bolt mug. On a whim four of us all bought a Bolt mug with the intention of using them throughout our i...
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READ FULL STORY Couldn't break it, but I wore mine out
For several years beginning in about 1977, I used to go sailing with a friend a lot. Getting out on Puget Sound for most of the year often meant cold, rough water and you want HOT coffee. We would stash the vacuum bottle in the most secure part of the boat, belowdecks. Inevitably, we'd tack and there would be this big CRASH from below. It never seemed to matter how well we had things secured; the Sound was so rough in parts that it would knock everything loose, sooner or later. As soon as we got settled on our new tack, I'd go below and find the vacuum bottle. You know it's a bad sign when...
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