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lynxss1 t1_j5dsxiu wrote

Check the bottom, new stuff is mostly made in China :( not quite as good as the old Stanley. Mine have had paint flake off and start coming apart within a year, where as my grandfathers that I inherited look beat to hell and one even has a rebar handle welded on it and paint is chip free, all still good condition.

I do have 4 of the soup thermoses that are 1/3 that size for my kids school lunches though. In the morning I'll cook up some chicken or pork, sometimes with rice and put it in hot off the stove and it'll stay hot till their lunch. My kids are so spoiled lol, I was lucky to get crappy sloppy joe or meatloaf from the cafeteria at school when I was a kid.

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FoleyisGood t1_j5eglot wrote

Mine is made in China and 24 hours later liquids are still warm after going in boiling hot

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uChoice_Reindeer7903 t1_j5f3aj1 wrote

I guess it depends on if you trust Chinese products with what you are investing. For example, there are articles out there claiming that China recycles engine blocks and uses them to make cast iron pans. Idk how true it is and idk how strict their regulations are and for that reason I avoid at all cost anything made in China for stuff that contacts my food/water.

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stavrosisfatandgay t1_j5eu4bp wrote

Same I have like a half dozen Chinese made Stanley products that are still tough as nails and keep stuff hot forever

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hacknix t1_j5f87el wrote

I find this anti-China thing a bit frustrating to be honest. Almost everything is made in China, even some really good stuff. It's not where it's made that dictates the quality. There is pure crap made in the UK and US too and plenty of the world's biggest brands are manufactured in China. It's all about quality control, not nationality.

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lynxss1 t1_j5fawmu wrote

I'm not anti-China, I have plenty of great stuff made in China and some amazing brands are based there like Grant Stone boots.

I am anti quality cutting and well known brands using their name to sell inferior products. I gave an example of this above: 3 vintage Stanley's I inherited that were used hard on construction sites for 40 years still holding up still functional and still looking good, save for the one with a new handle welded on. 2 New stanley's used for motorcycle touring and commuting for 5 years, staying mostly in a saddle bag and much lighter use than the originals, already have paint flaking off, gaskets failing and plastic cup top cracking. The quality is just not the same.

I'm not the only one saying this, there are YT reviews stating the same.

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