Stainless Steel Lunchbox - Elephant Box

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Tiley

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if this was air tight I'd buy one now.

I wonder if a line of silicon seam sealant around the inner edge of the lid would do it. It might improve the seal just enough to do the job... Or is there a self-adhesive silicon tape available anywhere?
 

Robson Valley

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I have and use several "East Indian" stainless steel meal kits. Two sizes of round nesting tins with lids and locking hinged handles.
Sorry, but I can never recall the name for them. They are the best I've found. Plan B would be a Sudbury (Ontario) Miner's lunch box =
heavy riveted aluminum and a hinged lid big enough for an Alladin thermos bottle.
 

tombear

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I saw something that took me back to the 70s last week, a bloke going off for a early shift with his snap swinging in yesterday's loaf of bread bag. You could tell who's wife was dieting by if they were using a " Nimble " bag....

atb

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British Red

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I saw something that took me back to the 70s last week, a bloke going off for a early shift with his snap swinging in yesterday's loaf of bread bag. You could tell who's wife was dieting by if they were using a " Nimble " bag....

atb

tom

Or Slimcea. Proper bread was Mothers Pride :)
 

Swallow

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I wonder if a line of silicon seam sealant around the inner edge of the lid would do it. It might improve the seal just enough to do the job... Or is there a self-adhesive silicon tape available anywhere?

Then it would be a really big tabacco tin.
 

Graham_S

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Zebra make some nice stacking tiffin tins, 10, 12 and 14 cm win 1, 2, 3, and 4 layer sets.
I can pick them up at the local supermarkets fairly cheaply.
Some come with snap on plastic lids too
Very popular with the compound staff over here.
 

woof

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Purina is the food of choice Ian..

As Robson says, the one's that can hold a flask are good, Stanley do them but they are expensive.

Rob
 

scoops_uk

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I'll have to confess to not having looked for anything elsewhere, as I mentioned, it's a friend of mine starting the venture and I thought it was a great product and wanted to help get the word out for her crowdfunder. A key feature of the Elephant box I believe is that it is taller and will take an apple, as an example.

With regards to the ethics, I know my friend is pretty passionate about that sort of thing. She has family in India and travels there regularly. The factory producing the boxes is a small one that she chose for the way in which it is owned and operated. Stainless steel is fully recyclable and indeed a significant proportion of new steel now comes from recycled sources.

Whichever way you feel about the boxes, I'm pleased at the interest it's generated :)

Scoops
 

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