Our Thermos flask is used regularly, we take it when we treat ourselves to a picnic and it is a regular visitor to our allotment. Cleaning a Thermos flask properly can be a bit of a nightmare, the hot tea always seems to stain the inside of the flask and you can soak it until the cows come home and those stains are still there. I have a good long handled bottle brush which does seem to cope reasonably well and I will often fill the flask with nearly boiling water and pop a Steradent tablet in and leave it to soak for a couple of hours. Of course the major problem is that you cannot see inside of the flask, you pour in your fresh hot tea and hope for ...  Read the complete review

I just wanted to mention a really great product which I came across in the Lakeland catalogue last year when I was off on holiday to Scotland. In the chaos of the packing I retrieved a large flask from the depths of a box of camping items and decided to fill it for the journey with steaming hot coffee. When I took off the lid the smell was not the best. I had cleaned the flask thoroughly before packing it away as it isn't something we use that often and when I opened it the aroma was distinctly unpleasant-certainly not the vehicle to house my delicious freshly brewed beverage! I quickly remembered I had some Milton tablets in the cupboard and decided to make ...  Read the complete review