Thermos Nissan 34 Ounce Stainless Steel Carafe

 (41 customer reviews)

We just bought ours last week. This was a bit of a surprise because of its size - very small compared to insulated carafes using conventional technology. But, after all, shape determines surface area and the closer to a sphere you get the less surface area you have across which to exchange heat. A good thing. But I was somewhat skeptical about the insulating properties of its all metal design. Here is what I found:

Rinse and fill carafe with boiling water. Ambient temp 72 F.
Temperature at filling: 211 F (We live close to sea level.)
1 hr 15 min: 200 F
2 hrs 15 min: 194.9 F
3 hrs 15 min: 189.9 F
6 Hrs: 177.3 F

But who fills a carafe with boiling water? I rinsed the carafe with hot tap water (138.8F). More like what I'd actually do. I took coffee from our old Krups coffee maker which holds it at 175 F on its hot plate and filled the carafe about 3/4 full.

Temperature at filling: 173.0 Ambient temperature 72 F...Read more

This is the carafe you need for any beverage you want to keep hot or cold as long as possible. Thermax insulation is a vacuum space where all the air has been removed from between two layers of stainless steel. It is the most efficient and compact form of insulation you can get in a carafe, and it's unbreakable.

This type carafe beats any of the foam or glass models hands down, but it's more expensive, too. I had a glass model for years and years, and this one holds more liquid in a smaller sized pitcher and it keeps it hot for much longer. As an example, I've gone back to the carafe after about seven hours and poured the last cup of coffee that was just as flavorful and almost as hot as it was when it went in the carafe.

Now here are some things to think about. First, the within described product (the Nissan TGS1000) is a 1 liter or 34 ounce size. It will NOT hold 10 to 12 cups of coffee; the standard measure for a coffee cup is 6 ounces so this model will hold...Read more

We owned both Thermos Nissan and Zojirushi Premium Thermal Carafe. Here is a comparison of the two products:

Heat retention:
Some people claim that Thermos Nissan keeps heat better. We did a careful head to head comparison -- hot water in each, and then tested after 1 hr, 2hr, overnight. We did not notice much of a difference until we were exhausted and gave up on further testing.

Size & weight
Both hold 1 liter (34oz). However Thermos Nissan is half of outside measure of Zojirushi (mainly the height). Zojirushi's bulky size is due to its inside glass unit plus outside shell. For the same reason, Thermos Nissan 34oz is also much lighter.

Pouring:
W/ Thermos Nissan, you need to continuously push down a lever while pouring. This is not a problem for 34oz one, but is a bit inconvenient when holding a bigger size Nissan. Zojirushi's open/close button does not have this issue.

Durability:
Thermos Nissan is made of steel, so...Read more