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The four nesting layers of these lunch pails were inspired by an Asian design of stackable lunchboxes. They are made of food-grad stainless steel, and are a very adult way to take your lunch to work.
The advantages to such a lunch box are mostly that the things in each container are kept separate and that the containers can be joined together and carried as one unit. While you could achieve the same type of separation with Tupperware, you won't end up with the same easy-to-carry stack. If you're not taking a lunch, the containers can be used for snacks, like M&Ms, nuts or dried fruits to get you through a long after noon. On top of that, the design is simply beautiful. The disadvantages are that you'll have to find things that fit in the boxes, so sandwiches might be out, considering each layer is 5-1/4" in diameter and 2" deep. The boxes are also not insulated, so they will have to be refrigerated if you are carrying anything that cannot be stored at room temperature. Whether the bad outweighs the good is up to you, but it's definitely a better choice if you tend to take salads and leftovers for lunch, rather than chips and sandwiches.
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9-14-2006 @10:55PM mamacat said... Yvonne, hun, you need to put your reading glasses on. No where are they refering to this as new. In fact, if you'll re-read (after you put your glasses on):
"The four nesting layers of these lunch pails were inspired by an Asian design of stackable lunchboxes."
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9-14-2006 @11:39PM Marti said... New?? We Cubans have been using these "cantinas" since the 60's. We have had our food catered in these for years to our homes from Cuban food caterers calles, cantinas. New???
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9-14-2006 @11:43PM Marti said... (sorry about the mis-spell above and punctuation)
Should be:
Cuban food caterers called cantinas.
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9-15-2006 @12:19AM KAY KAY said... YOU CAN ALSO SAVE ALOT OF MONEY BY PURCHASING THEM FROM THE BEAUTIFUL INDIAN STORES IN JACKSON HEIGHTS!! FOR 40 DOLLARS, YOU CAN BUY ATLEAST 5 !! MUCH WISER THAN TO BUY FROM AN INTERNET SITE WHO SAY THE IDEA IS INSPIRED BY INDIANS. NOTE: THIS IS TOTALLY COPIED FROM INDIA...
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9-15-2006 @12:12AM Navz said... I completely agree with the comment above..my mother still packs food for my father in these "tiffans", just as it has been done for generations. i'm sorry but you need to be a little more original next time..p.s..like the comment above said..go check out jackson heights, queens where you will find great deals on products like these and many others
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9-15-2006 @3:51PM jo said... these are similar to the Coal Miner's lunch box. My granda had one, and I was fascinated by it. Always wanted one.
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9-15-2006 @2:29AM Michael Carollo said... I think that there pretty useless especially since they cant be microwaved. There not to attractive either. Also you can only put things in them taht fit, so sandwiches are out. Left overs from last nites steak dinner, too small wont fit. There completly useless. M grandmother said that these have been around for years and back in the day no one wanted them either.
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9-15-2006 @3:07AM shell said... Wow, the dumbest lunchbox I've ever seen!
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9-15-2006 @3:13AM qnofhrtz said... My GRANDFATHER had a set of a similar design in copper, and we still keep it in the family (though we now use it for decoration). The original design is definitely from asia (although my family is italian, so go figure) and made from bamboo, which is great for the microwave and refrigerator, but not well insulated. If price is your main concern, asian groceries will distribute this product for $10-$15 in bamboo, and $25-$45 for insulated, microwaveable, dishwasher safe products. "Specialty" items are availabe online for more, but, honestly, not worth it unless you live in an area with few to none asian markets of quality.
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9-15-2006 @3:57AM Mike has an attitude said... OMG, LOL
I bought one a these at a garage sale for .50 cents, Not only is it not micrwaveable, messy, and not insulated. It conducts heat and cold. I mean Your food will be at the same temp the outside is... and If you happen to leave this in direct sunlight for anylength of time YOUR M&M's Will be SOUP- wich is cool if you happen to have a bowl of ice cream handy LOL.
I would Not call this a lunch box for adults, i would call it a curiosity and nothing more, set it up on a fancey little table in a corner with marbles or beads in it and maybe a few dried flowers or perhaps poperi or what ever you call that smelly flower stuff. LOL
But don't put your lunch in that unless you are so cool it doesn't matter how stupid you are or you don't mind being called a morn behind your back LOL.
That link to the 42.00 microwavable bad boy was cool as heck though eh? I might get one one for fish bait and what not LOL.
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9-15-2006 @4:08AM lou said... And!...There's the domino effect of valuable resource preservation. Time is saved because there's no going to and coming back from lunch. Food wrapping paper and containers are saved instead of thrown away. And landfill space is saved because there are no waste paper and containers thrown away. Which ultimately saves our Mother Earth and...'K...Enough hippy crap speak.
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9-16-2006 @9:36PM Matthew said... I have one, and use it all the time. I work in a factory, where there is a big industrial heater. I put the box on the heater and its warm at lunch time. Microwaves are bad anyway. As for making things fit in it, I was baking brownies and cornbread (the envelope kind) right in the lunchbox.
They are mentioned in the hagakure - book of the samurai, used on the occasion of "flower viewing" and then destroyed shortly after.
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9-16-2006 @9:46PM Fazileh Nemazie said... This Tiffen carrier has been in use since /before the 50,s in India.In fact if you wanted to bring home a Vegetarian meal from a resturant, this is the container you would carry; and the take-home meal is refered to as "Carrier meal." My mom was from Burma. There they used lacqure ware ones .I have seen the lacquare ones in Japan since the 70's in square shapes too.They come in all sizes.Nostalgic past ...its used extensively in South India and I use a 3teir one even today.
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9-22-2006 @2:20PM Maria said... Tupperware did have a stackable lunchbox and it was microwavable. I had one about 10 years ago, but a "friend" liked it so much that she "misplaced" it after borrowing it for a trip. Haven't seen her or my lunchbox since!
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