The new bottle keeps coffee steaming hot for most of a day (8 or 9 hours), and hot enough to drink all day. Better looking welds, better precision on the handle mold, and better looking hammered paint finish. Fit and finish on the old bottle are better. They are nearly identical in weight, at 2 lbs, 9 oz, and 2 lbs, 10 oz respective. *UPDATE - I was able to aquire an older Stanley Aladdin in mint condition! Here's to hot coffee and emergency cooking again! I've never been a fan of bogus Chinese junk being sold under trusted names, but this has recently taken the cake for me. That's not simply a difference in quality as far as I'm concerned - it's really a different product. In any case, I can tell you from first hand experience that the older thermoses would hold hot liquids up to 8-10 hours, while the current models are lucky to hold a temperature 3 hours. Also, there is anecdotal evidence (unfortunately, nothing verifiable) that says the older thermoses also had a thin layer of charcoal sandwiched between the two steel shells which provided added heat absorbtion. You can test this out by holding a "vintage" model in one hand and a newer model in the other - notice the newer model feels like a feather. Ah, the devil is in the details! Let this be a warning to any unwary readers!įrom all information I could find, it appears the previous Stanley Aladdin models were built in the USA (specifically, Nashville, TN) and were made of a thicker steel.
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