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Electric lunchboxes

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  • 29-08-2018 06:15AM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone else take their lunches to work in them? They heat up for 45mins to an hour so your food is nice and hot.

    I swear I'm blowing minds since I've been back at work since no one has seen them before. Are they popular back home?


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    #2
    jacksie66
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    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,375 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    jacksie66 wrote: »
    What witchcraft do you speak of? I've never heard of this contraption..

    Google is your pal

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Heating-Separate-Detachable-Stainless/dp/B06XCB37N5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535520045&sr=8-1&keywords=electric+lunch+box


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    #4
    [Deleted User]
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    jacksie66 wrote: »
    What witchcraft do you speak of? I've never heard of this contraption..

    The metal container inside is removable and under that is an element that heats up. It's nicer than a microwave.


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    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Looks like a portable slow cooker. I appreciate it'd heat food nicer but really couldn't be dealing with the faff assuming I had access to a microwave.


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    begbysback
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    That would proper fcuk up my egg and mayo sandwiches


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Looks like a portable slow cooker. I appreciate it'd heat food nicer but really couldn't be dealing with the faff assuming I had access to a microwave.

    Faff? Plugging it in?


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    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,705 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Faff? Plugging it in?

    Finding a plug, timing it so you can call back to staff room to plug it in 45 minutes earlier, and the follow up cleaning... (dried on reheated food not as easy as rinsing a cold food container)

    In my situation anyway it would be hassle alright.


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    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Faff? Plugging it in?

    As above, carrying it too and from work (it looks a reasonable size), plugging in somewhere (in an office do you leave it in the kitchen or under your desk? Does the smell of your heating food waft out for 45 minutes annoying your workmates? Cleaning it.

    I don't really see the benefits outweighing a reusable plastic container for me personally. If someone else gets value out of it then fair enough.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    Yeah fair enough, I could see it annoying other people. I would be just plugging it into the inverter in the back of the van and letting it heat while I'm going along.


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    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,703 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    begbysback wrote: »
    That would proper fcuk up my egg and mayo sandwiches

    Yeah fcuk that.

    You are meant to heat them up in the sun!


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    McMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Google is your pal

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Heating-Separate-Detachable-Stainless/dp/B06XCB37N5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535520045&sr=8-1&keywords=electric+lunch+box

    If I walked into work with that thing in the pic, the workmates would laugh and point at me and prob give me a wedgie.

    I'm good with the Jacobs USA Biscuit tin with the rubber band around it to keep the lid on.

    Proper old school.


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    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    "whatever next!" as an old lady I knew used to say..


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    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Google is your pal

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electric-Heating-Separate-Detachable-Stainless/dp/B06XCB37N5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535520045&sr=8-1&keywords=electric+lunch+box

    Ok; does not ship to Ireland...


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    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    What's wrong with a microwave?


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    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,925 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    yeppydeppy wrote: »
    What's wrong with a microwave?

    Ooh, stab in the dark, but I'll take a wild guess that they're designed for tradesmen/drivers/people without access to a microwave.


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    Graces7
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    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Ooh, stab in the dark, but I'll take a wild guess that they're designed for tradesmen/drivers/people without access to a microwave.

    I was wondering that too...


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,304 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    yeppydeppy wrote: »
    What's wrong with a microwave?

    Another issue maybe some people say they give you cancer.


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    Billy86
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    yeppydeppy wrote: »
    What's wrong with a microwave?
    As well as tradespeople etc, some offices don't allow microwaves, ovens, or anything of the sort so this is a handy workaround.


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    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Excellent band.


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    Neyite
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    You just know that you'll have it plugged in at 12.15 in the canteen and salivating over the lovely lunch you'll have at 13.00 and then find out Derek the Office Wanker will have unplugged it at 12.20 to charge his phone as it was at 85% even though there were seven other sockets he could have used.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I suppose everyone would get a few days off when this eBay special burns down the office.


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    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,304 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Neyite wrote: »
    You just know that you'll have it plugged in at 12.15 in the canteen and salivating over the lovely lunch you'll have at 13.00 and then find out Derek the Office Wanker will have unplugged it at 12.20 to charge his phone as it was at 85% even though there were seven other sockets he could have used.

    I was actually thinking off the guy who's unplug your phone to heat up his lunch!


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    MonkeyTennis
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    Health and Safety nightmare.


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    #25
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    MonkeyTennis wrote: »
    Health and Safety nightmare.
    Excellent album.


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    #26
    Derrick Ambitious Mill
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Derrick Ambitious Mill


    I'd say it'd be handy if you're on the go... and can plug it in somewhere


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    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Another issue maybe some people say they give you cancer.

    What...but...I...nope.

    People are stupid - that is all.


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    #28
    [Deleted User]
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    Mixed reception.. Not what I was expecting. Anyways I love mine.


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    #29
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Buy a flask. It keep hot things hot and cold things cold.

    Mine has veg soup and a choc ice in it right now!


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    miezekatze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭miezekatze


    Sounds like a good idea in general. In my office we aren't allowed any unauthorised/untested devices that need to be plugged in though, and I would assume it's the same in many big offices. You certainly wouldn't be allowed to use this at your desk, probably not in the cafeteria either.


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    #31
    [Deleted User]
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    Sky King wrote: »
    Buy a flask. It keep hot things hot and cold things cold.

    Mine has veg soup and a choc ice in it right now!

    I bring coffee from home as well. Love the old Moka pot.


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