SHO Food Flask - Ultimate Vacuum Insulated, Double Walled Stainless Steel Food Flask & Food Container - 8 to 12 Hours Hot & 18 to 24 Hours Cold - 800ml - BPA Free (800ml, Original Stainless Steel)

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Best for big meals – SHO’s Ultimate Food Flask is not the biggest flask out there, but it is bigger than most. 2 sizes are available for the Ultimate, both of which are bigger than comparable flasks. The smaller is 600ml, which beats out other similarly sized flasks which are usually around 500ml, and the 800ml compares with others usually around 700ml. So unquestionably, if you’ve got a big appetite (or are carrying food for two) then the Ultimate should be your flask of choice. An honourable mention does go out to Pioneer’s 1000ml food flask, however. We're extremely confident in our products quality & our aftercare service. Our Lifetime Guarantee which applies to every SHO product is a true representation of this faith. INSULATED food flasks are perfect for hiking trips where you don’t have anywhere to heat up your meals but they can also be great for the office or school. It’s on the smaller side though, with a capacity of just 300ml, so depending on how hungry your kids are, it might just be part of a meal rather than the whole thing.

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The leak-proof design also promises to keep your food hot for up to six hours or cold for up to eight. This food flask is one of the most affordable around for its size and we especially loved how lightweight it was. It also did a great job of keeping our food warm for the full 9 hours. The vacuum flask also has a screw-top lid with a seal that helps to stop heat from escaping from the opening. The only downside we could find was that the opening was a bit more tapered compared to some of the other options, which meant cleaning up wasn’t as straightforward. We don’t think it’s a huge problem but obviously it depends on how long you’d need to keep your food warm. For a camping trip where you might not eat for hours, it’s not ideal but for the office, the keep-warm time should be sufficient.The lid can be a major functional part of any kind of flask. Just like drinks flask which utilise the lid as a miniature cup/mug, so do food flasks have convertible lids. It might be a pertinent consideration, especially if you’re getting a food flask for camping or hiking trips, to have a flask with a lid that doubles up as a bowl. Some also come with foldable spoons, meaning cutlery becomes one less thing that you have to bring. Materials

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It’s lightweight and compact, with insulated walls that are designed to keep your food hot for 9 hours or cold for 14. In testing, we found that the contents of the jar had cooled significantly by the end of the 6 hours. It was still warm to the touch, but you would probably want to reheat it depending on what you’re storing. You can laser engrave 10 characters per line, with up to 5 lines of text onto your SHO product (letters & numbers only). You get a foldable spoon with this food flask, which is stored on top of the inner lid. The inner lid also features a secret compartment just below the spoon, which can be used for storing salt and pepper if needed.

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Plus, the tapered top of the flask means it’s much easier to drink out of - but of course, you can use the foldable spoon as well. How does a vacuum flask work? In testing, we found that the jar lived up to its promise of keeping our food hot for six hours and cold for up to 7.

SHO Food Flask - Vacuum Insulated, Double Walled Stainless SHO Food Flask - Vacuum Insulated, Double Walled Stainless

You get an outer lid that can double as a cup while the inner lid is sealed for waterproofing and insulation. The inner lid also holds a foldable spoon so you have everything you need to take it on the go. Sandwiched between the inner and outer layers is a void - this vacuum stops the heat from the inner layer reaching the outer layer as heat can only be conducted through particles, whether it’s in the air, through liquids or solids. The Ultimate Food Flask by SHO is a colourful range of flasks available in 2 sizes; 600ml and 800ml; and the 5 different colours pictured; ‘Brilliant Blue’, ‘Sunset Orange’, ‘Gorgeous Green’, ‘Original Stainless Steel’ and ‘Perfect Pink’. The large carry handle makes it a convenient choice for even the tiniest hands, and provides a solid lever to open the flask with. Using a layer of vacuum insulation between two walls of stainless-steel, the Ultimate promsies to keep food hot for between 8 and 12 hours, and cold for between 18 and 24 hours.Obviously heat loss is still possible from the point where the two layers join up, and the seals, which is why even the best vacuum flasks will lose heat eventually. How much are food flasks? The SHO promises to keep your food hot for 10 hours or cool for 20 and it lived up to its promise for us. For hot food, it was noticeably cooler after 10 hours but still hot enough to eat without reheating. Food flasks vary in price depending on how big they are and how long they will keep your food warm. The cylindrical jar has a wide base with a lid that’s coated in a grippy material that makes it much easier to unscrew. This food flask from VonShef is an uncomplicated and highly functional food flask. Featuring a double-walled insulation system, which combines layers of stainless-steel with a middle layer of vacuum insulation to keep food warm, or cold, for a good amount of time. The lid is also wide mouthed so as to allow you to fit almost any kind of food in with ease.

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Some flasks are also designed with the intention of maintaining a low temperature for cold food. While not fully refrigerating them, flasks designed for this purpose will usually keep things cold longer than they keep things hot. But, some flasks are not meant for this, so bear that in mind.

Next, think about how long you would need to keep your food warm for. Look for ones that will retain heat for at least six hours. This SHO Bottle is the perfect reusable water bottle. It will keep your drink cold all day, reduce the amount of single-use plastic you use and help you stand out from the crowd with it's vivid colour & style.