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Metal Storage Tins by Stanley and Sigg

The Useful Box and the Lunchbox Plus L

By Rain Noe - July 29

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Two companies with century-plus histories are selling updates to a decades-old product.

Stanley's $35 stainless steel Classic Legendary Useful Box measures 25cm / 9.8" x 16cm / 6.3" x 5.6cm / 2.2". Throw it in a backpack, filled with whatever you don't want getting crushed.

Nowadays it's offered in neon colors, in case you're worried about losing it on a jobsite or wherever.

Swiss company SIGG, which has offered a competing product for decades, has upgraded their aluminum Lunchbox L not with new colors, but added functionality: They feature microwaveable silicon inserts. These have been rebranded the Lunchbox Plus L.

SIGG's product is slightly smaller in depth and width than Stanley's offering, at 22.9cm / 9" x 14.5cm / 5.7" x 6cm / 2.4". They're also cheaper at $22.

Both weigh about a pound. It's subjective, but I think SIGG's looks better, and to me those latches scream "Switzerland."

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Dee An

3 months ago

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Haha, Sigg have used a selection of sushi to illustrate their lunchbox... I don't imagine it would look that neat and tidy after being bounced around in a rucksack over the course of a morning's hike!

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Scott Carpenter

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I have an old Sigg box. It's fine, but the old latch design was problematic and I don't use it for food anymore. It looks like they've improved the design(plastic latches), but increased the use of plastic.

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Alan Nomoto

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Looks like a Japanese Bento Box.

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  Yep. However, I'd expect the Sigg and the Stanley boxes to be stiffer for the same weight due to their corrugations.
  
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