Zojirushi SW-EAE50PA Stainless Steel Food Jar, 17-Ounce, Pink

 (4 customer reviews)

Zojirushi is a brand I trust and I have been really happy with the thermos bottles I purchased from this brand. The lid needs to be re-designed -- heat escapes from the vent inside the lid and the lid gets quite warm (hence I know heat is leaking out).

I mix my oatmeal/cereal and boiling water into this food jar when I leave for work and the oatmeal/hot cereal is "cooked" by the time I get to work and ready to eat! Since I only use this to bring hot cereal/oatmeal from home to work for breakfast, the heat leak is not a problem for me. But unlike their thermos bottles that can keep ice water cold even after more than 20 hours, the performance from this food jar is not what I would expect from Zojirushi. My "guess" is that you will be ok if you eat your food within 2 hours.

Other than this issue, this is very well-made, high-quality all around, exactly as one would expect from Zojirushi.

I bought this item thinking it would work as well as an old Nissan thermos I own. I was mistaken. Although the stainless steel sides of this container are vacuum sealed, the wide mouth plastic cap has absolutely no insulation. This is like heavily insulating a house and then leaving all of the windows open. The result is that boiling hot food placed into the preheated container is room temperature within 4 hours. This is an incredibly poorly designed thermos.

My experience has been great with this lunch jar. The food stays hot until lunch and has been great for my kids. Perhaps the previous reviewer had a defective one. But will try the Nissan!