What are the thermos-bottles and how to choose them?
The history of the invention of the thermos begins almost 150 years ago. This very useful thing is simply irreplaceable in our modern life. Thermos for drinks and food, for keeping them hot or cold, for travel or at home - in any case, this unique type of tableware makes our life easier. For example, a thermos bottle is very convenient to use.
Peculiarities
The name itself says that this vessel is intended for drinks, hot or cold. Modern thermoses-bottles are made of safety glass, stainless steel, and also combine a glass inner flask with a steel outer layer... The double wall of the thermo bottle with a vacuum between the layers keeps the temperature of the contents unchanged for several hours.
Thanks to the convenient screw caps, liquid does not spill out. Therefore, such a thermos can be taken with you to work, to study, on a trip, for a walk, to the beach.
The convenient shape of the thermos bottle allows you to hold it in your hands, put it in your bag, in your briefcase or even in your pocket, drink from it on the go during the competition or while sitting somewhere in the park, at the stadium.
Species overview
A huge assortment of thermal bottles presented in online stores, in specialized stores and on the market allows you to choose exactly the model that matches the age, type of activity or personal preferences of the buyer.
There are bottles for water, juices, fruit drinks and fruit drinks, there are for brewing tea or coffee, special thermal bottles for children at school, for babies, for sports.
As an example, we can consider several copies of different manufacturers and different in purpose.
- White (silver) Asobu Central park travel bottle - Thermo bottle of the Canadian manufacturer, made of durable stainless steel, equipped with a tight screw cap. Resistant to mechanical damage, retains heat well for 24 hours and cold for 8 hours. Bottle parameters: height - 26 cm, diameter -8 cm, which makes it easy to hold in hand, weight - 360 g, volume - 510 ml. Useful when traveling or hiking.
- Valhalla Sports Thermal Bottle, copper, with a stainless steel body, supplemented with cork elements, which provides convenient unscrewing of the lid, and a non-slip bottom, which will be convenient, for example, for a hockey player during a break or on the bench. Due to the special design, condensation does not form on the body. The vacuum allows you to keep the temperature for a day. Weight - 395 g, volume - 600 ml.
- Antibacterial thermal bottle Lexand LUV 1000 very relevant lately. It is interesting for its lid, which contains a removable ultraviolet sterilizer powered by a battery. With this device, you can disinfect not only the liquid inside, but also your personal items or the doorknob indoors, at school, in transport, the handle of sports equipment in the gym. We can recommend this thermos for schoolchildren, as it has a low weight (345 g) and a body diameter (7 cm), as well as a good volume of 500 ml.
- Alfi Lillebi Sterne baby thermos bottle made in Germany has a unique patented lid with a special system for drinking small children. The bottle with a shockproof iron body and a plastic lid, painted in gentle tones with a childish pattern, is suitable for both infants and older children.
Selection Tips
Since thermos bottles are designed for long-term storage of drinks at high enough temperatures to exclude harmful secretions and impurities from entering them, it is recommended to purchase products from high-quality materials from well-known manufacturers who have the appropriate certificates.
It is undesirable to choose glass products, even from durable ones, since thermal bottles are mainly used while driving, on trips, at sports events. Moreover, this rule applies to young children and schoolchildren.