Insulated drink flasks.

I bought a Chillys bottle this year and thought it was probably overpriced and just the same as the cheaper ones. Can't speak for them all but I played 36 holes in 30 degrees heat and the Chilly was used for the second round. It was still nicely cold and I was pretty impressed.
 
Go to your nearest TK Maxx. They always have a variety of metal flasks on sale there at much cheaper prices. I bought this exact bottle in TK Maxx, but instead of £34 as it's listed on their website, it was only £13 if I recall correctly. And that's for 750ml. They always have loads of 500ml Chillys-style ones in there.
 
No, go Chilly's.

I bought a cheaper one and it did an okay job if the temperatures were okay. The moment it became hot, for cold drinks, or cold, for hot chocolate :), it didn't last more than 4-5 holes. I then bought a Chillys bottle and it will keep the drink hot or cold for as long as it takes you to drink it.

At the moment I take my cheaper bottle for the front 9, start my Chillys on the back 9. Fill it with cold water, add 2 ice cubes, and it will still be cold by the time I am finishing it on the 16th. It will easily keep my hot chocolate hot in winter until the same point.

Pay the extra, it is worth it. The difference is really not that much when you rationalise it.
 
I have a couple of SHO bottles and they are superb , work just as well as a chilly. In the recent heat wave the drink was still cold at the end of the day
 
Another vote for Chilly's from here, just make sure that your ice cubes are small enough to fit in, ours sometimes need a little "encouragement" :-)
 
yandabrown said:
Another vote for Chilly's from here, just make sure that your ice cubes are small enough to fit in, ours sometimes need a little "encouragement" :)
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I've started to only fill our tray 3/4 full in height to allow for this. I did feel silly the first time when i realised the regular sized cube was too big.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
No, go Chilly's.

I bought a cheaper one and it did an okay job if the temperatures were okay. The moment it became hot, for cold drinks, or cold, for hot chocolate :), it didn't last more than 4-5 holes. I then bought a Chillys bottle and it will keep the drink hot or cold for as long as it takes you to drink it.

At the moment I take my cheaper bottle for the front 9, start my Chillys on the back 9. Fill it with cold water, add 2 ice cubes, and it will still be cold by the time I am finishing it on the 16th. It will easily keep my hot chocolate hot in winter until the same point.

Pay the extra, it is worth it. The difference is really not that much when you rationalise it.
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Just ordered one. It had better be good! ?
 
Mine came from Wilkinsons (Wilco) around £6 each. (350 and 500)
and I have one from LIDL about £4.

The former I often use for coffee and it stays hot for many hours.
 
I have tried to find the USP that Chilly's has for their technology. If it is just vacuum then I am not sure what the difference is between Chilly's and other vacuum flasks apart from quality of construction and integrity of the vacuum. If there is other technology inside that (such as super-insulation), then that could make a difference and may explain the difference in price. But that kind of technology is usually used for liquid gases down to -196C, so I doubt they'd use it for keeping water hot or cold.
 
will one keep my ice lolly cold and my coffee hot?


Anyway, my daughter insisted on a hydroflask for her b'day. i think that's the even more expensive version to these chilly ones! metal,
 
We've got loads of £4 from Aldi. They are perfectly adequate for keeping things hot or cold for the length of a round of golf. They will do their job for quite a long time if heated or chilled prior to filling them.
 
Lots of courses are trying to cease/reduce use of single use plastics. The Bar at Saunton filled up my flasks with filtered water and ice and didn't charge... RND had a tap for this purpose too.

I always use a 740ml flask for golf... last week I had 2 of them as it was so hot. I got a "Sho" for xmas...expensive but keeps stuff hot or cold for ages,
 
Robster59 said:
I have tried to find the USP that Chilly's has for their technology. If it is just vacuum then I am not sure what the difference is between Chilly's and other vacuum flasks apart from quality of construction and integrity of the vacuum. If there is other technology inside that (such as super-insulation), then that could make a difference and may explain the difference in price. But that kind of technology is usually used for liquid gases down to -196C, so I doubt they'd use it for keeping water hot or cold.
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Chillys are not unique, they don't use magic tech. They just use good quality material that works that little bit better than the standard bottles. A few have mentioned SHO and they look to be a similar quality. I suspect it is about quality of the metals, thickness of metals, gap to create the vacuum. Marginal stuff but it makes a difference.

Many years ago I worked for a plastic bottle mfr, all types but mainly pharma and beauty. The designers could shave 10's of a mm off a wall thickness, maybe more, to save material costs but that was at the expense of strength, rigidty etc. Quality products wanted a bottle that was solid, no collapsing, no rejects etc. The cost was covered by the healthy margins they made. Cheaper products wanted the walls as thin as possible, would accept the problems it came with as their end margins were tight and every fraction they could save counted (think plastic supermarket milk bottles as an examples). Insulated bottles will work in the same way.
 
Thermos Ultimate Flask - these are the best performing by size and weight IMO. The only downside being they don't fit into drink holders.

Chilly's are heavy for their size and not as efficient but their form factor is quite good in that they do fit into drink holders. They're overpriced but the quality of the stoppers is top notch and they don't leak - unlike many of the cheaper copies.
 
I have 2 Sigg bottles, I know they aren’t insulated but one fits in the insulated pockets of my H2NO cart bag and the other goes in it’s own Sigg insulated sleeve. Both stay perfectly cold for as long as need them;)
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Chillys are not unique, they don't use magic tech. They just use good quality material that works that little bit better than the standard bottles. A few have mentioned SHO and they look to be a similar quality. I suspect it is about quality of the metals, thickness of metals, gap to create the vacuum. Marginal stuff but it makes a difference.

Many years ago I worked for a plastic bottle mfr, all types but mainly pharma and beauty. The designers could shave 10's of a mm off a wall thickness, maybe more, to save material costs but that was at the expense of strength, rigidty etc. Quality products wanted a bottle that was solid, no collapsing, no rejects etc. The cost was covered by the healthy margins they made. Cheaper products wanted the walls as thin as possible, would accept the problems it came with as their end margins were tight and every fraction they could save counted (think plastic supermarket milk bottles as an examples). Insulated bottles will work in the same way.
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That was my thought as being the difference. It has to be in the quality of materials and manufacture. Our company deals in cryogenic liquid gases, so we have to deal with extreme low temperatures. They have to keep liquid nitrogen/argon/oxygen/helium in the liquid state while stored outside in all temperatures. The quality and integrity of the tanks and their materials is critical. Also, the special insulation between the inner and outer vessel and the quality of the vacuum are critical to the job. You will never see this in standard vacuum flasks as they are not having to deal with such extreme temperatures.
 
Bunkermagnet said:
I have 2 Sigg bottles, I know they aren’t insulated but one fits in the insulated pockets of my H2NO cart bag and the other goes in it’s own Sigg insulated sleeve. Both stay perfectly cold for as long as need them;)
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Maybe a bit off subject but...I do remember having 2 (or was it 4? ) lovely cool glasses of white wine at the halfway house at Royal Dornoch a few years ago( hic)!
Didn't help the golf, but helped me enjoy the day ( was good stuff too,I think?):LOL:
 
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