Leakproof containers?
 

I'm looking for leak-proof containers to bring lunch to work which could include thin soup. I've been searching but can't find any that say they are leak-proof. Ideas?

Thanks,
Greg

Mason jars! Cheap, tough and leakproof

http://www.thermos.com/
http://www.zojirushi.com/ourproducts...lunchjars.html

Your grocery store ought to carry Ziploc Twist 'n Loc containers in the aisle that stocks plastic containers, aluminum foil, Saran-wrap and the like.

The small ones (2-cup volume) come in 3-packs, usually for around $3. Pretty indestructible

siggs are nice

http://www.mysigg.com/index.asp?Page...TS&Category=22

Check Campmor site. They usually have stainless Nissan vacuum jars in various sizes on sale for less than $10 or so.

Camelbak Podium water bottles

I use these all the time when riding - never leaked or spilled once on me. Before I had these, my frame was always sticky with various flavors of Gatorade.

+1 on the Nissan. Leakproof, and keeps your soup hot too!

I've had great success with the cheap Ziploc screw top containers. Most of the plastic tubs required additional wrap or sealing to be leakproof, but these never have.

http://a1468.g.akamai.net/f/1468/580...140433/200.jpg

Lock & Lock work pretty darn well.
http://www.organize.com/lolofostco.html

http://www.rei.com/product/785021

The Fair Share mug. Leak proof and it has a handle.

I use a tupperware container for my workweek lunch. I haven't had it leak during transport. In fact, I brought soup today (but I put a rubberband and double bagged it).

put a layer of saran wrap between the lid and the vessel.

Uh, leave the soup in the can? Open it at lunch? Otherwise, check out "The Container Store," they have all sorts of bring your lunch stuff. Some for liquids, many for salads. Most liquid ones go right into the microwave.

My leftovers are not normally canned. My wife never cans her worlds-greatest Chicken Matzo Ball Soup (though perhaps she should).

+1. Cheap and good. Available at King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons here. They work as well and are a lot cheaper than anything else mentioned. Come in at least two sizes and you can buy 30 for the price of a Sigg. If I leave a dirty one on my bag for a week and it gets too gnarly I just toss it out with no regret. I've got yogurt and fruit in one today, a bunch of BBQ sauce from Brothers in another today. BBQ sauce was upside down when I got to work - no leaks at all.

The Ziploc Twist 'n' Lock containers are good until you put them through the microwave a few times. The plastic gets brittle and I've had the lids break at the outside top edge near the threads.
A stainless 500mL thermos at REI is only $25 and will last you for decades.

You might want to consider the long term environmental impact of that decision.

Ahh, but they are cheap enough to buy new ones when they get brittle.

Also, if you forget to go from rack trunk to refrigerator in the office on friday, then go out to lunch instead, then come in on monday to realize you forgot about the food still on your desk, you don't feel guilty about throwing out the container and all!

Ahh, but they are cheap enough to buy new ones when they get brittle.
Over the lifetime of the vacuum bottle, it's cheaper than having to keep replacing the plastic containers. (Although I will admit, I use the plastic at home for soup storage in my fridge)

Also, if you forget to go from rack trunk to refrigerator in the office on friday, then go out to lunch instead, then come in on monday to realize you forgot about the food still on your desk, you don't feel guilty about throwing out the container and all!
Landfills, people. If you're throwing these things out, they're sitting in a landfill until space aliens blow up the earth. (at which time, they will float endlessly through the vacuum of space as interstellar litter.)

If you're going to pitch them out, at least put 'em in the recycle bin.

I use bottles by kleankanteen.com
I have had Sigg, and they are overpriced in comparison to KleanKanteen and you have to make sure the coating stays intact.
I also have a Zojurushi and Nissin containters both of which work well, are insulated, and thus hold less because of the double-wall design.

Costco has some cheap snap lock containters that are great at sealing the liquid in tight. Cheap at <25 for a full set.

HTH

blech! It's nasty! I have my own bowl, plate and silverware here at work where everyone else uses paper plates and bowls and plasticware that all gets thrown away. I suppose it could get smaller but my waste footprint compared to the average population is quite small, thank you very much!

I've had mine a long time and gone through quite a few microwaves and they're doing pretty well. And again - I'm gonna lose that $30 Sigg thermos LONG before I go through 30 ziploc containters!

Avoid the various Ziplock products. I've done that before and they break easily and end up leaking around the top. Go to your local camping store and invest in a good, leak-proof container. They're pricier than anything you'd find in the grocery store, but you'll get your soup to work hot and not all over your bag.

Not to pick on ya, but how the heck do you lose a thermos? :wtf: I think I've still got one that I had in high school, and I know my dad still has a super-old one from 30+ years ago with a glass liner.

SIGG bottles have a 'biner cleat built right into the stopper so you can clip 'em to stuff. The 500ml REI vacuum bottle fits (slightly wedged) in a water bottle cage. It's a big honking tube of metal and makes a ton of noise if you drop it.

Landfill footprint. LMAO!

Climate and environmental issues will NEVER be solved by individual action - yours, mine, or any other Moonbeam Loveearth out there.

It is large scale game theory and billion-person collusion is not possible.

Harsh government policy is the only thing that will work (and I'm in support of it). Until that time, whether I use paper or plastic or throw away a ziplock doesn't make a rat's-***** difference.

The ziplock twist n' lock containers work well, are cheap, and disposable. Use them, love them.

I'm a moron. KMA.

Landfill footprint. LMAO!
Go ahead and laugh it up, but I didn't intend it to be a joke.

Climate and environmental issues will NEVER be solved by individual action - yours, mine, or any other Moonbeam Loveearth out there.
To quote the infamous botto... "Correct"

It is large scale game theory and billion-person collusion is not possible when so many people have the same convenience over long-term effects attitude I do.
FIFY

Harsh government policy is the only thing that will work (and I'm in support of it). Until that time, whether I use paper or plastic or throw away a ziplock doesn't make a rat's-***** difference.
So you'd be in favour of having trash police enforcing fines if recycling was made mandatory by law?
You're right about one thing: The single plastic container (or even all the plastic containers you'll throw away in a lifetime) have a minimal impact on the overall scale. When you combine them with everyone else's plastic containers, aluminum cans, EPS packing molds, and all the other junk that everyone doesn't recycle because "what difference does it really make?" it becomes non-biodegradeable mountains of stuff that generations from now, people will have to deal with. But that's not your problem, is it? Just like the impact of CFCs or sub-standard storage of nuclear materials wasn't the problem of much of the generation that generated it, but we're stuck dealing with it now.

The ziplock twist n' lock containers work well, are cheap, and disposable. Use them, love them.
They work well for a little while, which is why they're cheap. Yes, they're disposable and everyone loves stuff that they can just go out and buy a 3-pack of new stuff for $3 when the old ones break... but there are more environmentally responsible choices which can be made.

A culture of people glaring meaningfully at people throwing away plastic containers and tsking meaningfully can generate the sort of collusion necesary, by creating social costs to counter the damnfool wastrel behaviour.

I would argue that's the only way to make a difference. If you wait around for a big solution to just appear you'll get it. Of course, that solution will be the end of life on earth as we know it.. but don't fret, it will definitely solve the problem.

A forest grows one tree at a time. You're gonna have a hard time finding a forest seed.

Thanks from OP
 

Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions! I make a big pot of chicken soup for lunch for the week so these suggestions will really help.

PS: The secret to good chicken soup is celery leaves!

-Original Poster

I've seen these in the Container Store:
http://www.containerstore.com/browse...3&PRODID=59736

The display model is full of colored water and is either upside down or on it's side. I'd say that's pretty leak-proof.