CRESIMO2.2L Airpot Thermal Coffee Carafe, Keeps Beverages Hot for 12 Hrs & Cold for 36 Hrs Stainless Steel Dispenser, Easy One-Handed Dispensing for Office, Home, Party, Easy to Clean Hot Water Flask

I previously had a different make of push-down style airpot/pump flask which was quite hard to push down. The reason for replacing that one was that after 7-8 months of daily use, it lost its vacuum and the water didn't stay hot.This flask is stylish and the pump leaver makes it very easy to dispense water. You can choose to keep the leaver up or down between dispensing water. I prefer to leave it up, ready to use. When the flask is full, a mug will take one or one and a little bit of pumps to fill a standard 250ml mug. As the water level gets lower, it does take more pumps. Towards the end, it takes 4-5 pumps, but that's to be expected with any pump flask.It keeps water hot for at least 12 hours. Probably longer, but I've used all the water within that time. I drink plain hot water or black tea, and for at least 6-7 hours it's too hot to drink the water straight from the flask. After that, it does lose a little heat, but that is because there is less water in the flask. If it was left full, it would keep the temperature longer. Even so, it's still hot enough to make a hot drink, but more the temperature is similar to if you added cold milk to the drink.I often see people complaining on flask reviews (all flasks) about water not being hot enough to make tea. Kettles boil at 100C. Black tea should be made with water at 90-98C but white and green teas between 70-85C, so you don't need the water to be kept at boiling if you're making tea.I'm very happy with this flask and hope it lasts longer than my previous (different make) flask. I shall update this review if anything changes.

Use this regularly and happy with it

I bought this for my elderly mum to use as she has dementia and was struggling to use the kettle etc and I asked her carers to fill it twice a day. Until you are used to the mechanism even for myself it was a bit confusing as the pumping handle lies flat and as you lift it away from the pot a small flap of plastic hinges down and slots into a groove, allowing the sea saw effect of the subsequent pump action. What I'm saying is the lever to pump the tea out isn't permanently up (as in the picture) so if you are buying this for folk with a disability affecting their hand use or, like my mum, dementia/ processing issue you need to take this into account. As we say in Scotland it's "footery".The carers have all reported that the tea is warm but not hot when they go in and this is only 5 hours apart, so it doesn't stay drinkable hot for long. Saying that maybe it's expected that you would fill it with black tea and coffee and add the milk after it's in the cup. I'm not sure, but I can say I've made hot milky tea in it and it's not hot all day.Cleaning is another difficult task. The entire lid doesn't come off just a circle in the middle of the lid. Maybe im just a bit of a clean freak but I worry about not being able to get into it all after it's had milk in it all day.Would I recommend this? It's unfair to say no because if I'd a business and was serving coffee at fast pace it would be ideal, it's large and hot on the spot. Just not a flask for use with the more vulnerable folk.

I bought this for my elderly mother to use during the night. She doesn't sleep too well and likes her cups of tea when she's up and about. For the last few years we've been getting her carer to fill a flask of boiling water for her to use during the night. Recently my mother has broken her wrist, which made using her large flask difficult (near impossible), and a small flask was the ideal size for her to use, but unfortunately after her first cup of tea the temperature dropped quickly on the remaining water in the flask which made the chances of her having water hot enough to make a brew a few hours later nigh on impossible.I ordered this Airpot so as she can operate it with her good hand and due to the efficiency of it she can have as many hot cups of tea as she wanted.Only downside I can see is that the capacity of this is much greater than is actually required, but on the plus side the hot water still left in it in the morning is used to wash the breakfast dishes, and even although the water has been in it for anything up to 14 hours the water is too hot and cold water needs added to it so as not to burn yourself. Her morning carer then fills the pot for her to use during the day.All in all, I wish I'd thought of this sooner, as although my mother is elderly she wants to be as independent as she can be, this helps a lot and eliminates any risk she may have using the kettle etc

We bought this item for our office in November 2024 and although it worked well initially, it has now stopped keeping water hot enough which makes it completely unfit for purpose. The returns window has also closed so we're unable even to raise an issue with the Seller to give them the opportunity to resolve this issue. All in all, very disappointing - particularly as we are a small charity with lots of volunteers and limited funds to waste on things like this that were supposed to make our lives easier.

Bought this as a possible way of saving energy usage by filling it up in the morning thus avoiding kettle use throughout the day. It holds about two full kettle fulls and I've found it stays hot enough for a tea/coffee for about 10 -12 hours.Would advise to fill with hot tap water to start with and leave to stand for ten minutes to create the thermal effect - I then use the tap water to wash the breakfast dishes so it's not wasted before filling it up.Very easy to use and keep clean - I live in a hard water area so descale it with distilled vinegar once a week.Definitely worth the investment.My husband drinks coffee like it's his last day on earth but he's not managed to drain it completely yet!