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This unit is made in China and the only thing in common with the previously American made unit is the enormously high price tag.

My unit started leaking under the cap about one month after I purchased it. I bought a new cap only to find that it was a manufacture defect in the sealing area of the unit. This was nursed along by over tightening the cap until it eventually slipped a thread. After that I got into the habit of turning the unit upside down (allowing the unit to leak into the cap/cup) before opening it.

Soon after this, the spot weld area for the handle gave way. Welded in three spots, two of which clearly have paint on the originally intended upon welding surface.

Tonight the thing leaked all over my wife's lap as she merely intended to open it and that was the last straw. This thing is a TURD!

The only reason I did not give it one star is because it does have good thermal qualities.

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Over the weekend I bought a Stanley thermal bottle. I've been wanting a thermal carafe for a while now, and this one has the capacity for a liter of coffee, tea, soup, etc.

I was really jazzed about this specific bottle, because it is aesthetically rich in testosterone. The design seems to be straight out of the first half of the 20th century. So you know geeky-old-me, I had to perform a thermal performance test. I first pre-heated the bottle for several minutes using hot tap water. I filled the carafe to the brim with boiling water, and checked the temp using my probe thermometer. 205 degrees. This morning, exactly 8 hours after my initial measurement, I cracked the bottle for a second reading...an astonishing 177 degrees (I woulda thought 150-ish). The probe thermometer showed that the temperature of the room was 73 degrees, and I had the AC's thermostat constant the entire time.

If you run the numbers through Newton's Law of Cooling, you find a K-value of 0.029801 per hour given my environment and observations. By empirical calculation, that means that the bottle's contents would cool down to 150 degrees in about 18 hours at room temp (the temperature I would still consider a beverage or soup pretty hot). 24 hours after filling with near-boiling water, the contents would likely be near 137.5 degrees...still pretty hot, and still somewhat capable of fighting off some foodborne illnesses. It would take 53 hours for the bottle's contents to cool to 100 degrees.

Your mileage may vary, but this thing appears to be a winner.

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I filled a brand new Stanley Vacuum Bottle (1.1 liter) and a brand new Thermos Work Bottle (1.25 liter) each with boiling water and let both stand side-by-side in a 67-degree, climate-controlled room for 24 hours. After 24 hours, the water in the Stanley Vacuum bottle measured 144 degrees. Not bad. But the water in the Thermos Work Bottle measured a whopping 162 degrees after 24 hours! Needless, to say, the latter gets ahigher recommendation.

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Fact: Stanley Thermos USED to make a good product.

Fact: Stanley Thermos does NOT make a quality product anymore.

Here is a review for you. Yesterday I did a side by side comparison of two Stanley Thermoses. One was purchased 20 years ago, and one purchased last year.

The Thermoses were filled with the same coffee batch at the same time (5:00 am). At exactly 12:00 pm we opened the thermoses. The one purchased 20 years ago contained piping hot, steaming coffee. The one purchased last year contained cold, not luke warm but cold, coffee.

If you would like a durable product that will last forever that is one thing. If it needs to keep a beverage hot then spend your money elsewhere. A styrofoam cup can keep a beverage hotter than a Stanley Thermos and it doesn't cost 20 bucks.

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I am a locomotive engineer and I drink an average of two quarts of coffee a day while I'm on the job. I need a vacuum bottle that is durable, and that will easily fit into my grip. This bottle fills the bill in that department, but after a couple of months, this bottle has started losing it's heat retaining capabilities. I took it out of my grip (bag) the other day, and the whole outside of the bottle was very warm. The coffee inside was lukewarm, and I did the preheating stuff beforehand. This is my fourth Stanley bottle, and I will NEVER buy one of these again. They all start out great, and get worse as you use them. I have since ordered a Thermos/Nissan Work Series Thermos Beverage Bottle (40 oz.). These are hands down better than anything Stanley makes. I got mine from . The Stanley bottle has great potential, but the company needs to figure out how to insulate it!!