Does anyone use this to send milk to school for a child? Is the milk cold (safe to drink) after 3-4 hours?
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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.
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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.
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I dont think you are ever supposed to microwave breastmilk. If you dont have a bottle warmer then warm up a pot of water and place the bottle (sealed) in the hot water for about 5-7 mins and it will heat the milk up that way.
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Hi. It would stay fresh if you put it with a cool pack in an insulated lunch bag. It will not stay cold by virtue of the bottle and the rubber around it. Also, specifically, because your putting milk in it, you should know that the bottle needs to be kept up right. The rubber cap, though it does help keep the liquid in, is not a sealed cap.
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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!
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It depends on the environment. In a normal office, it has kept milk cold in the side pouch up to 8 hours. Food in the containers about the same amount of time if not longer. The side pouches are susceptible to surrounding heat far more than the main compartment. In the office, I would say food would be kept cold for up to 10 hours. I would say if you are keeping it in the car all day during the summer, maximum of three hours.
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I use it when I go to work trainings out of town, which results in about 12 hours away from home. The breast milk is still cool by the time I get home.
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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.
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I put a boiling water as instructed, leave it for 5 minutes, empty, then add HOT food in it at 7 AM. The food is always almost cold there after 3.5 hours. Also, the surface of the container after adding food is pretty warm, so we can't pack it in the same lunch box with yogurt etc. Unfortunately, this product doesn't work for us :-(
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It will keep it hot, but not sure how long milk can be kept like this without it spoiling. I would google how long milk can be kept hot without going bad.
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Not sure about warm liquids....as our youngster ONLY drinks cold items. Good Luck.
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You can use it to serve cereal to your kids. Use cold milk. I don't think if the material is hard enough for hot or even warm liquids.
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We use ours in the Dr. Brown's bottle warmer that heats the same way. We heat a cold bottle straight from the fridge for 3 minutes. I use the sealing disk on the bottle instead of the nipple. I don't think the bottle gets uncomfortably hot. The milk doesn't get too hot.
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Depends on your time frame and ambient temperature. It is not better or worse that other similar coolers on the market. If you are serious about keeping stuff frozen for more than a few hours you are going to need to pack with dry ice or invest in a freezer that can run off a car battery. For my purposes it keeps milk and meat cold for several days but I change put the ice every 48-72 hrs depending on how hot it is.
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I usually fill it 1/2 way with water the night before and then put that in the fridge with plastic wrap over the top so it will get cold INSIDE. The next morning I fill it the rest of the way with ice and put the real lid on. My son then takes it to an UNaircondioned school. When he gets home there is usually still ice rattling around in the bottom. That's about 8 to 8.5 hours after it was first filled with ice in the morning.
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My 7th graders don't put milk in, but yogurt and it stays great till about 2:00pm. (From 6:00am ish)
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I have only used it for cold items. With an ice pack it stays cold for about 6 hours.
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HI! It is good for travelling, it does keep the milk cold, and fits in the hotel mini freezers. However during my first work trip with it on the return flight TSA confiscated the ice pack since it was not frozen (the freezer was not that good) and "they could not confirm what was inside". There was no issues with the milk. For my recent trip, I was not willing to loose another one (I bought a replacement) , hence I took one of those ice packs that look like bags. This time I had no issue at all through TSA. The bag was a almost forzen this time, still they did not mention anything about it. Hope I helped!!! HI! It is good for travelling, it does keep the milk cold, and fits in the hotel mini freezers. However during my first work trip with it on the return flight TSA confiscated the ice pack since it was not frozen (the freezer was not that good) and "they could not confirm what was inside". There was no issues with the milk. For my recent trip, I was not willing to loose another one (I bought a replacement) , hence I took one of those ice packs that look like bags. This time I had no issue at all through TSA. The bag was a almost forzen this time, still they did not mention anything... » Read More HI! It is good for travelling, it does keep the milk cold, and fits in the hotel mini freezers. However during my first work trip with it on the return flight TSA confiscated the ice pack since it was not frozen (the freezer was not that good) and "they could not confirm what was inside". There was no issues with the milk. For my recent trip, I was not willing to loose another one (I bought a replacement) , hence I took one of those ice packs that look like bags. This time I had no issue at all through TSA. The bag was a almost forzen this time, still they did not mention anything about it. Hope I helped!!! « Show Less