This is a great food container that has a removable internal pot perfect for cooking in. Plus, it has a lockable handle to help you carry your latest frozen treat to friends and family!
Buffalo Vacuum Sealed Thermal Food Container Review
The Good
- Vacuum Sealed
This product uses a vacuum seal between the inner chamber and the outer wall of the food container. This is the most efficient way to retain heat in a thermal container, and this means that your ice cream is sure to maintain a steady temperature over a long period of time. The listing promises that the container can maintain a temperature for six hours!
- Convenient Inner Pot
The inner pot itself can be completely removed from the outer case and can be used for cooking, freezing, and storing. This is convenient so that when you finish making your ice cream, you can scoop from the ice cream maker into the inner pot, where the ice cream can freeze before being moved from the freezer to the thermal outer pot. How handy!
- The Size
The smallest size of this pot is 3.2 liters, which is quite large indeed! This means that you can easily take a lot of ice cream with you in the inner pot, or some hot food if you would prefer. If you want an even larger model, a six-liter version is available too!
The Bad
- The Price
This product is extremely expensive. This is understandable given the technical difficulties of manufacturing vacuum-sealed products, but it is quite alarming to see, considering the reasonable cost of some of the other items that we’ve reviewed. The base model costs just under $140, so you’d certainly hope that the item would last a lifetime!
- Not Dishwasher Safe
Surprisingly, this item isn’t dishwasher safe! This is because the materials that maintain the vacuum seals are very temperature-dependent, so allowing them to be as hot as some dishwashers get is a recipe for disaster. This isn’t too big a deal, but it’s certainly inconvenient if you’ve gotten used to using your dishwasher for virtually everything.
- Easily Damageable
The stainless steel of this item is resilient to the kind of damage that would decommission the product, but it is quite weak to aesthetic damage. The case is likely to get scratched or scuffed in the process of being carried from place to place, which would certainly not be ideal for a long-lasting item. Of course, being more careful is always a solution, but you might feel like you don’t want to be careful with something that is supposed to function as a portable tool.
The Verdict
The product itself does seem to be particularly wonderful. It would be a great way to make ice cream directly in the inner pot because taking it out to friends and family to enjoy somewhere in public, or at a friend’s house. Our only real reservation is the price, though the build quality is high, and the product is likely to last for a long time.
To sum it up – we would certainly buy this product.