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Hi there,

I'm looking into buying a flask (metal) which must be small enough to fit in my Berghaus jacket and can hold hot drinks. I was wondering whether you knew any where where I could purchase one.

Thanks in advance for your help!!

Rob

Sorry meant flask not flash!

Most of the chains will sell metal flasks. They tend to come in sizes from 0.3L to 1.5L.

http://www.blacks.co.uk/blacks.storefront/43beb985000fcc3227400a0000020596/Search/Run

searched for "flask" on Blacks.co.uk

Vango do a .3L stainless steel flask.
Lifesystems (or Lifeventure, I never know which one) and Alladin also do a stainless steel thermal mug which keeps drinks hot for a 2/3 hours.

Cheers guys!

Hehe, that reminds me. I got a cool little thermal mug free from Berghaus! Just thought i'd brag a little.

Got a Killy skiwear one too.


Ahhh, the benefits of a part time job in an outdoor store.

For best value, go to Tesco, Sainsbury or Morrisons. You can pick up a 0.3l flask for about £4. Much cheaper than you'll find in 'outdoor shops'.

Failing that, TK Maxx usually have a selection of Aladdin and Thermos flasks. (I once spotted a couple of women looking at the £20 flasks in Blacks, and had a quiet word pointing them at TK Maxx, having just seen the very same product going for about £6).

Just wondering whether a 0.3L flask will fit in my pocket do you know if they do any smaller ones?

What I really after is the size of a big mug but in flask format.

Thanks

think of it like this: 0.3L is a little less than a can of coke, and therefore about the size of a largish mug. I think the flask will fit in your chest pocket, though it won't be particularly comfortable. Probably best to get a small daysack.

Cheers for that I will go to the shops and check them out.

Kind Regards,

Rob

I got mine from the Range.

Great they are too !

I've got a beef about metal flasks; they conduct the cold too easily.

Last winter I took a plastic and metal 0.5l with me in my rucksack. The plastic one kept much warmer than the metal one. Trouble is, a few weeks later I landed on my backside after slipping and smashed the glass inner of the plastic one.

The 0.5l metal ones would fit easily into an inside jacket pocket. You'd probably keep each other warmer than it being in your rucksack.

Try these. Use the flask on the hill, the mugs at camp :-)) Zip-up carrying bag may even help keep the contents warmer.

Many thanks Ian

I may be being controversial..... but......

I have a big thing for brewing up a fresh drink on the hill as the psychological advantage is huge.

If you are carying a day sack it is well worth getting hold of a jetboil (OK I know that it's 10 times more expensive {needle sports //£45}) but the advantages are MASSIVE!!!

Stopping for a few minutes to brew up is great excuse for a break and I tend to find that a 10 minute stop is about the most refreshing thing that I can do......


well worth the extra over a flask

In some cases I'd agree, Mark, but we stopped for a break between Ben Vorlich and Stuc a' Chroin the other day to make a cup-a-soup and by the time that was ready on the Jetboil we were absolutely freezing.

We'd have been better with a flask methinks.

I can't think of anything much worse than sitting on a summit in a wind shelter with the wind howling and precipitation about, waiting for a jetboil (or any stove) when the alternative is whipping out a flask.

In the summer I'm sure it's a better proposition, but in winter I'd rather do without.

I have a Lifeventure 0.33L vacuum "mug" which is basically a wide necked mini flask. I don't know for how long it will keep liquid hot because I have always opened it and drunk the contents within about 4 hours of filling and my coffee or tea has always been piping hot.
I never venture on to the hill without it.
I tend to only cook when camped so a hot drink is a welcome boost on a midday snack stop.

God! Who needs a jetboil? I have a Gosystems stove (<90 grams) with curved pan supports that, when I want to put it away, fold right in to form a small cylinder around the burner, I have an extremely light 0.85L stainless steel mug I bought in Hypervalue for £1. I use a 250 cannister of 70/30 gas and carry a big wodge of folded alu foil, all kept in a small stuff sack in the top of my rucsac. It weighs next to nothing but is a complete, albeit basic, cooking system for a day's hike. Boils ~ 0.7L of water in about 2.5 minutes on a mild Spring day, less when I enclose the mug and burner with the alu foil as a sort of windshield.