I buy US made goods whenever I can. But when it comes to a thermos, it's Nissan. I've been using one for over 10 yrs. now everywhere from work to Alaska and I've never found a better one.
Asked the wife for their small (2 cup) model for Christmas. Thought it would be great to stick in a jacket pocket or pack for hunting, hiking whatever.
Well, should caught a cold recently and her new workplace didn't have a kitchen or anyplace to brew her "special" tea for colds. I offered her my new thermos to brew up at home and take it with her. Well, I have lost my new thermos now.
She uses it every day and I doubt if I'll get it back now.
Oh well, glad I could turn her on to something that's good.
I'll get another one I guess.

I have two older Stanley thermosi . They work beautifully, but are heavy as heck. I even dropped the big one and put a nice dent in the bottom of it, and it still works well.
The Nissan's are also great. Nissan's are much lighter in weight (good) but are usually smaller than the mongo Stanley I use, which is not good. Daddy needs lots of coffee.

I have 3 of the Aladdin Stanley 1 Qt standard mouth and 1 wide mouth and they are great. But Dad and I each have a 1950's Aladdin 3 Qt ceramic jug type thermos. These have a very wide mouth and with pre heating or pre cooling keep large quantities to temp for up to 10 hours, like a large batch of stew or chili or a batch of sweet tea! We picked them up at yard sales or household auctions for a few dollars each. They are heavy and breakable , but with reasonable care, will be doing their thing for another 60 years. Ivan

I'm old and set in my ways and when I find something that works I tend to stick with it. I've used the Stanley stainless steel thermos for about 45 or 50 years. I have one that was my dad's and one he gave me about 30 years ago. They both came with a leather carrying case w/shoulder strap.

This Nissan mentioned in the OP is likely better or at least as good but I'll never know for sure. Both of my Stanleys will last way past my life time and they will go to my son and grandson and last them theirt time as well. Stainless steel and leather.....two forever materials. I'm with Stanley for the duration.

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Zojirushi.

Amazing thermos. No word of lie, one afternoon I tried to take a drink of my tea that I left sitting at home all day..... 11 hours later it was still steaming and too hot to drink.

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Stainless steel.

The Stanley's are good. I used them before I got the Nissans. I think the jap ones are better though. They'll burn your mouth the first day and still be pretty warm after 24hrs.
My large one is all dented up too but still works as new.
The Nissans are stainless also, but don't come with a holster unfortunately.

Never put a Stanley in a dish washer or in the sink with hot dish water...If you do you may break the vacuum?
Always clean inside by placing a couple of table spoons of backing soda inside, then fill with hot water. Let sit over night then rinse.

I have a few different sized Nissans that I have been using for several years.

They have been most impressive.

They work great.

I've used a Stanley thermos for decades, but my first experience was a dismal failure...

The label said it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold, so I put a Popsicle and a cup of coffee in it.

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I found one about 50 years ago. It uses a cork stopper and it has worked great for a long time. It does not have a handle, so is difficult to carry to the woods. I don't think I have used it in over 20 years.

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A couple of dryer hose clamps and a piece of leather will fix it right up,

My son had a Nissan for several years. He dropped it off his motorcycle at about 50 mph once - no damage. One day we hiked into a high lake to fly fish. It was COLD and windy. He had brought along the Nissan full of coffee, and I opened it up mid-afternoon and took a big gulp. Thought I had boiled my tonsils! Anyway, I bought a couple for myself, gave some more to friends for Christmas and never talked to anyone who didn't love them. One other thing - if you do happen to break one, which ain't easy, retailers will replace it for free, no questions asked. Best thermos I've ever seen.

Yer blonde, aincha?

Another Stanley fan here, got it as a gift 30+ years ago, also dropped it from the back of my bike at 60 something and only a small dent. Use it every day to keep morning coffee hot til afternoon..

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I have a Thermos brand thermos and a Stanley thermos. Both are good and keep the coffee hot for 36 hours, and can take a beating I carried Thermos brand bottle for 8 years while in the Air Force and it was dropped, in fact I used it to chock the wheels on my truck so I could change a tire. When the wife and I travel we take both of the vacuum bottles.

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Best in the world? .. thats easy!
.. My 1968' (4th grade) "Rat Patrol" thermos*

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Blonde goes into a hardware store to buy a Thermos. The salesman recommends the Stanley, saying it is guaranteed to keep hot stuff hot, and cold stuff cold.
The next day, a coworker sees her and says,"Hey, I see you have a new Stanley thermos".
Blonde says,"yep' it's guaranteed to keep hot stuff hot, and cold stuff cold.)
Friend says "whatcha got in there?
Blonde says, "two cups of coffee and a Popsickle."

Sigh.........

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For the record, the item is a vacuum bottle. There's no generic thermos. Thermos is a registered brand name. Like Kleenex is just one famous brand of tissue paper.

Of course, people use the names indiscriminately. But technically, you can't have a Nissan thermos.

That said, I haven't used my old Stanley in years. This topic has made me decide to try that baking soda idea, then wash it out with hot water and use it again. I mostly filled it with hot water and took along both tea bags and instant coffee, and sugar. Thus, I could have whichever beverage I wanted at the moment.

Anybody have model numbers for the Nissan? I, too, have a 1 qt Stanley SS one, but would like a "good" 16 oz one.

Joke -Question, Whats the greatest invention ever?? Japanese national answers the circuit board of course! . The Russian says The satellite, we started the space race! THE Polish guy says the thermos!, keeps hot things hot and cold things cold. Everyone else says so what! That's nothing special. The Pole replies yeah but how does it know!

I have 3 different size Nissan for every thing I do....best ones I have ever owned....I can use them for two days if needed

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I have a Stanley thermos that my uncle use to carry on our fox hunting trips in 1949 when I was 8 years old. And yes, I drank the Louisiana Community Coffee Dark Roast that came with it. Been drinking coffee since age 6. It is the quart size green thermos with the silver cup, no handle. The old 1948 Willis Jeep that we hunted in was a thrill ride for an eight year old. The back woods along the Red River produced many nights of good fox races. The old thermos has a few dents, but still keeps Cajun coffee steaming hot on a cold night! Every time I get it out I remember "Old Joe" and the sound of the hounds as they glided through the hills and bottoms on the chase. My uncle knew each hound by his lonesome howl. Fond memories!

Makes me miss my Dukes of Hazzard lunchbox and thermos from when I was a kid. Especially considering what they are worth now.

Never really had too many thermos over the years, but I can tell you I picked up an old lunch box at a thrift store last year that is as tough as nails. Got it for $1. It's actually made by Thermos. There are guys at work older than me who tell me their fathers had one like it years ago. I haven't found anything better yet. It was a dull grey paint job but I sprayed it some nickel paint on it and added some black stripes to dress it up and actually make it look metal.

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I beg to differ:

I don't think they use model numbers, just quantity size. Google Nissan and you'll find what you're looking for.
It looks like maybe its owned by Thermos now.
The address on the box is Thermos. Com

Still pondering the Thermos.

It keeps hot things hot, and cold things cold.

How do it know?

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I bought an old Thermos brand thermos NIB from an antique shop once. It's a jumbo size with cork and we use to take it duck hunting in cold weather and it's keep coffee hot when my buddy's had gone cold. It'll handle over a large pot of coffee but no handle either. It was green so no camo needed and has a few dents now but still works great.
I'd love a smaller version as my Thermos brand one isn't so hot. I'll check out some recommended here, thanks.

I have a couple of lunch boxes like that that retired when I did.

The trick is to cut a round hole in the end of the lid so the Stanley cup will stick out. That way you can carry the Stanley 1qt. bottle inside the lid.

I believe Stanley moved from Nashville to overseas like everything else?

Just remember to never put your stainless bottle in the dishwasher or hot water in the sink!

Two table spoons of baking soda in the bottle then fill with hot water.. let sit over night.. then rinse out with hot water.
This way you'll get a clean bottle without any soap taste!

I killed the vacuum on two bottles before an old man said..
"bet ya put it in the dish water or dishwasher, didn't ya?"

If you send your Stanley back.. keep the cup and cork...
they'll send you a new one. They are lifetime warranty.

I have an add-on handle that I got for mine. Been about 25 years ago so I can't remember if it is a Stanley product of after market item from another company. It isn't fancy, just a plain black plastic handle attached by two wide, heavy duty plastic cable ties but it is a great help in conditions/situations where the leather case may not be just what you need. I'd try to Find something on line because I just have a feeling it's out there somewhere just a waitin' for ya.

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But how many miles to the quart will the Nissan get??

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I don't know about your stainless bottles, but I have a Nissan that has been washed many, many times in soapy hot water and I've never had a problem.....

I love those Nissan bottles, and I don't think anything out there is better......

I have tried every thermos known to man. This one takes first place in my book!

Two places I won't use soap... cast iron cookware and anything my coffee will be in!

That's why YOU are a moderator!

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I have one guy that works my site once a week, a year and a half ago he left a perfectly good 1 quart Stanley steel thermos at work when he left. Being the considerate boss that I am I rinsed it out and sent him an email stating I had it and would return it to him the next week.
The next day I got a reply stating that he didn’t want it and I was to throw the Stanley away. So I took it home scrubbed it out real good and kept it he came in the next week with a cheap Aladdin and told me again he wanted a new thermos anyway. I Googled it once just for the Hell of it, they want 40 bucks for those. Wish I had that kind of money that I could just piss away 40 bucks

I also have a Stanley coffee cup made like their steel thermos that one on my wife’s former employer’s clients left in their office (25$). She cleaned it and kept it in her desk for 6 months to give them time to come back for it and I’ve been using it ever since.

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I have a Stanley and it works for me. I usually finish my coffee within 6 hours from fill and it stays hot enough. I suppose if I needed to keep coffee hotter for longer I might consider the Thermos Nissan.

As for cleaning, I use denture cleaner: drop a tab in and add hot water. Let it do its thing for a few hours then rinse. I have a hard time removing soap or bleach taste from a thermos.

I use thermos's for instrument calibration. Aladdin brand keep water temps @ 32 +-3F for longer than any other brand. They are much better at keeping cold than Stanley and either of the two will keep 130F water above 100F for a 10 hour day in 15F temps while being opened at least 6 times a day averaging 10 minutes each time. My wife won some Nissans almost 10 years ago they are good for hot but don't keep colds cold as long as an Aladdin.

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I thought i saw a Nissan before and there it was in the basement. Its a touch-n-pour model 1.9 lt, that's a half gallon for the metrically impaired such as my self. Any way i filled it with boiling water at 1 pm yesterday and the last i checked (9 am) its still burned my fingers when i pumped some out!

I bought a Stanley back in the mid 60's, I bought it for duck hunting, it's still going strong, I thought Nissan made cars.

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Stanley for durability (I haven't tried the Nissan), Aladdin glass-lined for long-term heat-holding.

My old Stanley bottle is damn near bullet-proof and does a good job. But the more fragile Aladdin will keep stuff scalding hot for many hours.

When stand hunting in cold weather I'd fill a quart Aladdin bottle with hot tomato soup laced with hot sauce. Less diuretic than coffee and even more warming.

For fishing and knocking around in a boat, it's the unbreakable Stanley every time.

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Had a Stanley way back when that I left sitting on the track of a dozer I was using that particular day and ran over the sun of a gun but except for a dent in it No other problems.