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Pretty sure I've seen a thread about this bottle before, but I can't find it now.
I just got my hands on a new Hydro Flask 64 ounce insulated "growler" bottle.
First impression; Holy crap
that thing is huge (and yes, that's what she said.) It holds a little over half a gallon, or just under 2 liters.
But that's not what's impressive about it. If you want a big container, you could take a milk carton.
I decided to play around with the abilities of the double wall vacuum insulation. First I filled it with room temperature water and some ice, and left it sitting out for a few hours (closed). When I opened it up again, the water was cold, the ice was mostly unmelted, and the exterior of the bottle was still room temperature and dry (no annoying condensation! Yay!) Mildly impressed, I decided to take another approach.
This time, I filled it with hot tap water and stuck it in the fridge for an hour. When I pulled it out, the exterior was freezing cold and frosted over. Ready to be disappointed, I opened it up and felt the water - still hot! An hour in the fridge dropped the temperature maybe 10 degrees, but it was hardly noticeable. Just the act of heating the inside layer of steel could have caused that.
The bottle seems to function perfectly as a thermos or an insulated drinking jug. Other reviewers claim it can keep ice from melting for several days, and I'd wager it would keep a drink hot for at least a day as well (even in wintry conditions, like inside a fridge
)
I just got my hands on a new Hydro Flask 64 ounce insulated "growler" bottle.
First impression; Holy crap
that thing is huge (and yes, that's what she said.) It holds a little over half a gallon, or just under 2 liters.But that's not what's impressive about it. If you want a big container, you could take a milk carton.
I decided to play around with the abilities of the double wall vacuum insulation. First I filled it with room temperature water and some ice, and left it sitting out for a few hours (closed). When I opened it up again, the water was cold, the ice was mostly unmelted, and the exterior of the bottle was still room temperature and dry (no annoying condensation! Yay!) Mildly impressed, I decided to take another approach.
This time, I filled it with hot tap water and stuck it in the fridge for an hour. When I pulled it out, the exterior was freezing cold and frosted over. Ready to be disappointed, I opened it up and felt the water - still hot! An hour in the fridge dropped the temperature maybe 10 degrees, but it was hardly noticeable. Just the act of heating the inside layer of steel could have caused that.
The bottle seems to function perfectly as a thermos or an insulated drinking jug. Other reviewers claim it can keep ice from melting for several days, and I'd wager it would keep a drink hot for at least a day as well (even in wintry conditions, like inside a fridge
)
