That old thermos I found in my dad's garage still keeps coffee hot 8 hours later

Picked up my dad's old Stanley thermos from the 80s this weekend, the one with the dented bottom and scratched paint. Figured it was just junk but tried it out yesterday morning before my shift. Poured boiling water in it for 5 minutes to preheat it, then filled it with fresh coffee at 4:30 AM. Drank my last cup at 1 PM and it was still warm enough to burn my tongue a little. Guess they really built stuff different back then. Anyone else find some old gear that blows away the new stuff you've bought?

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kevin_martin1d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy Dan found his grandpa's old Coleman camp stove in a barn. Thing looked like it survived a tornado but that stove cooked bacon and eggs in 5 minutes flat with no issues. His new $200 propane stove can't even simmer right without a fuss.

kevin_martin23h agoMost Upvoted

Is it just me or does finding something like that make you wonder what else we threw away that was actually better? My neighbor was cleaning out his pop's basement last spring and found one of those old metal hand-cranked eggbeaters from the 50s. The thing weighed like 5 pounds and looked like it could survive a nuclear blast. He tried it making scrambled eggs and said it whipped them up so fluffy you could eat them with a fork no problem. Meanwhile his $40 electric mixer from Target smokes after 3 months of light use. Makes you think maybe we got sold on fancy new stuff that's actually worse.

betty_white391d ago

Wait, you used to think old stuff was junk too? This totally changed my mind lol