Does anyone use this to send milk to school for a child? Is the milk cold (safe to drink) after 3-4 hours?
495139
I use it to transport my smoothies from home to work and by the time I open the container for lunch, the smoothie is still frozen hard. So I can imagine that milk will stay cold for lunchtime.
495140
I think it would work great. My coffee stays very hot and my ice water has I've at the end of the day. The hook top seals the theos much tighter than than the one you can drink from.
1610917
If you are wqilling to put a little ice in it. perhaps......if the milk is cold when you put it in it will not be hot at the six hour mark
2017254
It would NOT keep milk cold outside of a lunchbox or other insulated bag with ice packs. I leave it on the outside pocket of a backpack for day camp filled with water I froze the night before. These are really only made for water.
1620101
Pretty much the 12 hours it says. I microwave my child's lunch for 3,5 minutes at 7 am and it last really hot till 1.30 pm. But once she did not eat it and at 7pm it was still warm. It is by far the best thermos I had. I bought 3 other thermos for this purpouse and none of them is this good. My advice: go for it. Sorry for my english.
1050431
As others said, it would depend on (a) whether or not the breast milk started frozen (needs to start that way) and the outside temperature. In 90 degrees everything not starting frozen is probably close to 90 after 3ish hours.
2058826
Yes it is! I would carry bottles of breast milk with ice packs around them and then use this to hear up the milk. You just dropped the bottle into the hot water and it was ready to go in less than 5 min! It was a life saver!
1283741
I used this for my toddler 5 years ago when she was 1 to 3 years old. As far as I can remember when my daughter was 2 years old and would drink less milk because her diet was changing to accommodate more solids, an opened can (the big one) would last 30 days and would stay good. Unopened and in a cool, dry place, should be good until the date on the can.
335179
I've used mine for over two years almost 5x a week. I usually use it for breakfast: oatmeal. After I cook the oatmeal, I immediately put it in the thermos, screw the lid on, and it seems about 20-30 mins later, it's luke warm if not cold (been like this for about 6+ months). The spoon also broke, too, which makes it difficult to still use. The black paint on the out side also has chipped off. I only have ever hand washed mine.
800766
Thankfully my daughter drinks her milk at room temp. I personally wouldn't since there is a piece that goes in the bottom part that is made out of the same material as the nipple.
1713043
If you had ice packs in with the bags of milk, yes you could do two days. However without ice packs I wouldn't store milk in it for more than a few hours especially in hot temperatures.
327826
I only used breast milk which was cold. Warm milk spoils fast so I traveled with cold milk.
2034485
I never tried that but I'm sure you could. It works fantastically keeping my drinks cold the entire day. I'm a teacher and I fill my bottle the night before and put it in fridge over night. I take it out before I leave next morning and it stays cold for me at school all day.
1811278
My cooler keeps the milk very cold and the milk lasts for several days: I just measured the milk at 34F which is comfortably lower than what is required to keep milk from spoiling. There is a push button on/off switch on the back that also controls the blue light. I think your machine may be defective and you should consider returning it. Measure the milk temperature and if it is not lower than 38F the milk will not keep long. Safest to always use pasteurized milk.
1335122
According to all the experts, you should never microwave breastmilk because it can cause hot spots that burn the baby. As an earlier person mentioned, these thaw very well running them under warm, running water for a few minutes. They only hold 2.5oz, so there's not much milk in there to begin with. You might also be able to put them in a bottle warmer, but I haven't personally tried it.
2253262
I don't think this would fit three days worth of milk. You're going to want to use the ice pack since that's what really is keeping the milk cold, and it takes up a bit of space.
306612
Do you mean that you want to leave milk in it all day? I wouldn't. It doesn't keep it hot or cold. And, as the previous poster says, it is very hard to clean and you will get mild solids in the lid that won't come out.
1610915
It will more than likely stay cold, especially if you prechill the thermos with ice cold water or in the freezer and/or add ice to your milk. The issue that some people have brought up is the possibility of bacteria when milk is not kept at the appropriate temperature.Personally I have not kept straight milk in the thermos, but I have kept iced coffee with milk for over 10 hours and still drank it. I would, however, suggest that you look up information on milk before decided if there is risk doing such a thing, and what any risks may entail so that you do not end up ill.