- rekabis ( @rekabis@lemmy.ca ) 7•5 months ago
I would be interested in one of these… but only in the default/traditional Stanley Green. Call me square, but I really do prefer to run unobtrusively stock, at least from a visual perspective. If I get one, it will be purely for the quality of it’s build and it’s functional attributes. I wouldn’t even care to be noticeably seen with one, I would just care that it works and fulfils its functions in an exemplary manner.
45$ is way too expensive - I can’t figure out why Stanley and Hydro Flask are on the expensive range. 25$ is more than enough for a high-quality vacuum thermo-flask. I got myself two 1l bottle from Borosil for about 755₹ (9$) per bottle. It’s been more than six years, there’s a few dents and scratches, but it works just fine.
- lud ( @lud@lemm.ee ) 4•5 months ago
Isn’t everything (at least domestic stuff) way cheaper in India?
- emptiestplace ( @emptiestplace@lemmy.ml ) 3•5 months ago
How much lead?
Apparently, almost all mass-produced bottles have lead-based solder in them, including the expensive ones. Lead-free solder is expensive, so there’s not a lot if brand that exists with safe solder. Also, the solder dot is on the outside, at the bottom of the flask, so as long as it is protected from erosion by use of a cap-like structure, you’re safe.
- emptiestplace ( @emptiestplace@lemmy.ml ) 3•5 months ago
I’m talking about the steel in general. There have been many recalls of items made using stainless steel that was contaminated.
Updated my old comment. Lead is present as a solder dot in most of the expensive flasks, including the Stanley. Mine happens to have a cap over the sealed area. My particular flask is made of stainless steel grade 304.
- ebikefolder ( @ebikefolder@feddit.de ) 7•5 months ago
I simply use a cup for my coffee (https://pngimg.com/uploads/mug_coffee/mug_coffee_PNG16835.png)
- autumn (she/they) ( @autumn@beehaw.org ) English6•5 months ago
some of us are (very) slow drinkers but still want hot coffee. i usually make my coffee at 9am and don’t finish it until just before noon.
granted, i don’t have one of these tumblers. i do make my coffee in one of their camping french press thingies though, then move it to a different thermos vessel for drinking.
- Pyr_Pressure ( @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ) 6•5 months ago
I’ve got an hour commute into work. It’s nice to have hot coffee throughout the drive and not for just the first 10 minutes.
- ThenThreeMore ( @andthenthreemore@startrek.website ) English1•5 months ago
I got a Stanley classic trigger a few years ago because the job I was in was so frantic I’d never get to drink a hot drink hot otherwise. It’s been doing we great since.
I can’t understand collecting the damn things though!
- emptiestplace ( @emptiestplace@lemmy.ml ) 1•5 months ago
Sorry, you do what?
- oxjox ( @oxjox@lemmy.ml ) English5•5 months ago
I watched a similar video this past week by Phil Edwards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrUWQ56GeyU
Fads and trends and novelties aren’t anything new. The speed and prevalence that they spread today has been propelled because of TikTok and YouTubers and other “social media” either specifically promoting things or generating content in order to capitalize on existing trends. So, when you search the internet or YT for “Stanley Tumbler” because you want to know why it’s a thing, content creators can make money off of your curiosity.
Consumerism is certainly a big part of this but there’s also something driving us to want to belong to (or not be left out of) a group/trend. And Capitalism is right there hovering over us waiting to take advantage of it and spread the story even further for their own gain.
It’s an obvious formula. If you’re not in favor of it, how do you propose we deal with it?
Edit: I don’t want to speak badly against reusable containers though. This particular one isn’t my “cup of tea”, so to speak, but refilling a container with (filtered) tap water is vastly better than getting a case of single-use plastic water bottles from the grocery store. The thing is, I don’t know why but I feel like the same people collecting these tumblers are the same people who buy bottled water. Consumerism / capitalism / marketing have convinced a lot of Americans that tap water is gross or dangerous. Granted, Flint Michigan and articles like this haven’t helped tap water’s reputation.
- library_napper ( @library_napper@monyet.cc ) 2•5 months ago
See South Park episode about influencers for more info