Is this true? Is it the quality of the straws? I drink coffee & water out of a stainless steel double-wall mug & SS-water-bottle and I don’t get a metallic taste.
I’ve never used a metal straw, and was considering these, as they would probably last me until I croak…
@Achromatter@ironcheftoni@venussuz I have stainless steel straws and haven’t noticed a metallic taste. The ones I bought have silicone sleeves over the end which are really nice. Thank you MorningSave.
@ironcheftoni Are you drinking out of rusted iron straws? The entire point of stainless steel is being non-reactive, it literally can’t make anything taste like metal.
@ironcheftoni@Telanis Cuisinart undoubtedly uses a stainless steel alloy that is compatible with most things people drink.
With enough salt, no stainless alloy will survive. They don’t make stainless steel ocean going ships, because the sea would eat them.
There are many stainless steel alloys that will succumb to orange juice (with or without pulp). Factory managers sometimes substitute cheaper alloys to boost profits. If the importer doesn’t do quality control, the final customer might get metallic flavored drinks. Factories that cheat tend not to care about health effects. If enough unknown metal leaches into your drink for you to taste it, that is a very bad sign. You should stop using that straw.
@Kidsandliz I’m bad about cleaning my straws immediately but it’s not a problem at all, a hot water soak and using the pipe cleaner things cleans them easily.
Tempting. I love the set I got from Amazon last month but these are a little longer which would be great for my water bottles.
Note to anyone considering these - silicone tips help when drinking anything particularly cold as the metal gets almost painfully cold without the tips. So you might need to look for “just the tip”, to quote Archer.
I have about a dozen allegedly disposable straws that I have been reusing dutifully for as least as long as 10 years. I like them. And I run them through the dishwasher regularly. And I’m sure that there’s somebody out there who will say “Oh my god no you can’t do that!!!” Demonstrably, I not only can, but do. Every once in a while one of them gets broken, and I save a straw from wherever and put it into the bunch. And I find that I prefer these supposedly disposable straws because their flexibility makes them easier to grip. They are more satisfactory in every way than either hard plastic ones, stainless ones, or any of the others I’ve tried. And they’re also a whole lot cheaper.
@werehatrack Agree. I do the same with the cups too. My local QT also has cheap refills with their cups. And they don’t have shitty spoon combo straws (for slushies) that are pole vault length or too short to fit in a taller cup.
And they work fine in your stainless vacuum tumblers too.
@clarion47 Or the entire Trump grifter family will be using these to do rails of coke off a stripper’s ass. So good thing there’s 40 of them in the deal. A perfect gift from a doting MAGA-fan to send to the Trump dacha in Florida just in time to keep the “White” and the “Christ” in “White Christmas”.
@unksol I’m with you. I gave up my sippy cup ages ago. I can never understand why I see friends and family using straws at a diner, but I know they don’t use them at home.
And can you imagine sipping a nice Pinot Noir through a straw? Perhaps after sniffing it through your KN95 face mask?
@mike808 does not compute. Straws are way older than email. And I’m not old. I just don’t have any use for them except maybe in a car and haven’t been to fastfood in a long time just cause.
If you have use for them that’s great. This seems like a great price. I just can’t remember wanting one as an adult. A coworker drank her coffee through one. Something about stains. Sensitive teeth I get. There were some kid spill prevention cups with silicone straws.
But normal adults using them i don’t get. If you like straws and are unwilling to break your habit I agree you should do something. This seems like a good last you forever package
@mike808 also for what its worth I was in college when Facebook came out and only universities with school emails could join. I kept that garbage around but I finally deleted it a couple years ago. I don’t need it or want it. Now they want to pretend they are “meta” and they can use the word “metaverse” ugh
@rpstrong there might be some built in habit/the glass could be dirty thing there but. You’re not going to get people to bring their own straw to a diner so I assume the metal ones are meant for people who use straws at home which. Fine. You do you. But that’s weird
@unksol I use straws so that my cup doesn’t spill when I’m in the car. Or if the cat knocks the cup over in the house, it doesn’t dump out on the floor/carpet and I have a small chance to catch it before it does.
That said, I have no need for these straws. I recycle/reuse the ones I get with the cup from the convenience store (QT in STL).
@unksol This, “What adult needs a straw?” has got me thinking . I have found that I drink more water or soda at a restaurant when I use a straw. I recently started using a straw with my water at home and have found I drink more (and more mindlessly). Beer or wine, coffee (proper)… never have and can’t imagine ever wanting to. But what are the benefits, drawbacks, traditions and expectations around straw use or non-use? I am now, ashamedly, fascinated.
@akadamia I assume it’s all habit based… I’m equally confused by what some adults drink. Like why isn’t water your primary drink but some people can’t stop drinking diet coke. Not to be Judy but. Water is free and right there.
And in some places tap water was not right there or reliable. So. Eh
If you have use for them that’s great. This seems like a great price. I just can’t remember wanting one as an adult. A coworker drank her coffee through one. Something about stains. Sensitive teeth I get. There were some kid spill prevention cups with silicone straws.
I drink my coffee through a straw to help mitigate staining. It is not as nice as drinking it the normal way, but it’s fine. My wife and I bought a six-pack of silicone straws a couple of years ago and haven’t needed to replace any of them. I’ve had the same one sitting in my coffee mug at work the whole time.
@wilw I assume if you were a family of straw users. You should want a couple each cause you don’t run the dishwasher every day? Or if you have to manully scrub them?
Specs
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$84 at Macy’s for 40 Straws
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Nov 5 - Wednesday, Nov 10
Get your drank on!!
/giphy drink drank drunk
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@yakkoTDI
This deal sucks
Well…you have to know, not good for drinking milkshakes or anything too thick and cold.
With this many straws I could throw them away after each use…
@awk And they won’t float in the ocean!
the metal straws make everything taste metallic. very meh.
@ironcheftoni
Is this true? Is it the quality of the straws? I drink coffee & water out of a stainless steel double-wall mug & SS-water-bottle and I don’t get a metallic taste.
I’ve never used a metal straw, and was considering these, as they would probably last me until I croak…
@Achromatter @ironcheftoni I don’t have that problem with ss straws at all. Note you may need to buy tips separately as the metal gets uber cold.
@Achromatter @ironcheftoni @venussuz I have stainless steel straws and haven’t noticed a metallic taste. The ones I bought have silicone sleeves over the end which are really nice. Thank you MorningSave.
@ironcheftoni Are you drinking out of rusted iron straws? The entire point of stainless steel is being non-reactive, it literally can’t make anything taste like metal.
@ironcheftoni @Telanis Cuisinart undoubtedly uses a stainless steel alloy that is compatible with most things people drink.
With enough salt, no stainless alloy will survive. They don’t make stainless steel ocean going ships, because the sea would eat them.
There are many stainless steel alloys that will succumb to orange juice (with or without pulp). Factory managers sometimes substitute cheaper alloys to boost profits. If the importer doesn’t do quality control, the final customer might get metallic flavored drinks. Factories that cheat tend not to care about health effects. If enough unknown metal leaches into your drink for you to taste it, that is a very bad sign. You should stop using that straw.
@ironcheftoni Similarly, I cannot drink water out of a metal bottle; I experience that metallic taste there, too.
I don’t even want to think about trying to clean the insides of metal straws if anything dried out in there.
@Kidsandliz But…but…it comes with the cute little brushy thingy…
@Kidsandliz Couldn’t you just boil them to sterilize/disinfect? just sayin’…
@Achromatter You could do that. The issue would be stuff stuck in the inside if the little brush things couldn’t get it out.
@Achromatter @Kidsandliz That’s where a steam generator/pressurized steam cleaner would come in handy…
@Kidsandliz I’m bad about cleaning my straws immediately but it’s not a problem at all, a hot water soak and using the pipe cleaner things cleans them easily.
@Achromatter @ELJAY ir a maid LOL
@Telanis Wel that’s good to know.
@Kidsandliz in the last couple years I have been using metal straws, this has never been a problem.
Tempting. I love the set I got from Amazon last month but these are a little longer which would be great for my water bottles.
Note to anyone considering these - silicone tips help when drinking anything particularly cold as the metal gets almost painfully cold without the tips. So you might need to look for “just the tip”, to quote Archer.
@venussuz Thanks for the tip
@venussuz
Another reason to use silicone tips: if you get bumped, the metal straw can injure you.
@mike808 Thanks, I had forgotten how f’ing painful that was.
@venussuz finally, a way I can help
@venussuz
FTFY
/image archer just the tip
No way those measurements are correct!
@joeywolf Maybe it’s the package dimensions? Not particularly useful, other than that the straws are about 12" long either way.
@joeywolf The “comps” at Macy’s are 10.5" long, and have a lifetime warranty (vs. 90 days here)…
@ELJAY @joeywolf They have a full lifetime warranty via Cuisinart.
I have about a dozen allegedly disposable straws that I have been reusing dutifully for as least as long as 10 years. I like them. And I run them through the dishwasher regularly. And I’m sure that there’s somebody out there who will say “Oh my god no you can’t do that!!!” Demonstrably, I not only can, but do. Every once in a while one of them gets broken, and I save a straw from wherever and put it into the bunch. And I find that I prefer these supposedly disposable straws because their flexibility makes them easier to grip. They are more satisfactory in every way than either hard plastic ones, stainless ones, or any of the others I’ve tried. And they’re also a whole lot cheaper.
@werehatrack Agree. I do the same with the cups too. My local QT also has cheap refills with their cups. And they don’t have shitty spoon combo straws (for slushies) that are pole vault length or too short to fit in a taller cup.
And they work fine in your stainless vacuum tumblers too.
How much energy does it take to make and clean a metal straw? Woops, sorry, I forgot. These are not about energy.
these easily double as catheters
really an amazing bargain
@TheStas in fact it’s early enough, take the whole thing down and re-write it as a catheter event
@TheStas Just make sure you keep the drinking and catheter ones in different drawers, or you might get a funny taste.
Starting a restaurant supply business, Meh? 40 straws is enough for like, a family of 12.
@Telanis Or a family with one kid who loses everything in the grass and you find it with the lawnmower, she says about a kid she knows…
Better grab this up quickly as Hunter Biden will certainly buy all for producing his “Art Works”
@clarion47 Or the entire Trump grifter family will be using these to do rails of coke off a stripper’s ass. So good thing there’s 40 of them in the deal. A perfect gift from a doting MAGA-fan to send to the Trump dacha in Florida just in time to keep the “White” and the “Christ” in “White Christmas”.
@clarion47 dumbest comment ever. Congrats!
/giphy crusty-gaunt-bug
No way. Steel straw freak me out. I’ll take the nice, flexible silicone type, thank you very much.
To hell with stainless steel; I’m waiting for the Lodge cast iron versions (pre-seasoned).
I do not understand straws. Is your cup broken?
@unksol Do you shake your fist at email too and ask “Is your pencil broken?”
Get off my lawn, old man.
@unksol I’m with you. I gave up my sippy cup ages ago. I can never understand why I see friends and family using straws at a diner, but I know they don’t use them at home.
And can you imagine sipping a nice Pinot Noir through a straw? Perhaps after sniffing it through your KN95 face mask?
@mike808 does not compute. Straws are way older than email. And I’m not old. I just don’t have any use for them except maybe in a car and haven’t been to fastfood in a long time just cause.
If you have use for them that’s great. This seems like a great price. I just can’t remember wanting one as an adult. A coworker drank her coffee through one. Something about stains. Sensitive teeth I get. There were some kid spill prevention cups with silicone straws.
But normal adults using them i don’t get. If you like straws and are unwilling to break your habit I agree you should do something. This seems like a good last you forever package
@mike808 also for what its worth I was in college when Facebook came out and only universities with school emails could join. I kept that garbage around but I finally deleted it a couple years ago. I don’t need it or want it. Now they want to pretend they are “meta” and they can use the word “metaverse” ugh
So maybe I have some old man built in
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@rpstrong there might be some built in habit/the glass could be dirty thing there but. You’re not going to get people to bring their own straw to a diner so I assume the metal ones are meant for people who use straws at home which. Fine. You do you. But that’s weird
@unksol I use straws so that my cup doesn’t spill when I’m in the car. Or if the cat knocks the cup over in the house, it doesn’t dump out on the floor/carpet and I have a small chance to catch it before it does.
That said, I have no need for these straws. I recycle/reuse the ones I get with the cup from the convenience store (QT in STL).
@unksol This, “What adult needs a straw?” has got me thinking
. I have found that I drink more water or soda at a restaurant when I use a straw. I recently started using a straw with my water at home and have found I drink more (and more mindlessly). Beer or wine, coffee (proper)… never have and can’t imagine ever wanting to. But what are the benefits, drawbacks, traditions and expectations around straw use or non-use? I am now, ashamedly, fascinated.
@akadamia I assume it’s all habit based… I’m equally confused by what some adults drink. Like why isn’t water your primary drink but some people can’t stop drinking diet coke. Not to be Judy but. Water is free and right there.
And in some places tap water was not right there or reliable. So. Eh
@mike808 this implies a lid so…
@unksol
yeah, I caught that too!
@mike808 @unksol
I drink my coffee through a straw to help mitigate staining. It is not as nice as drinking it the normal way, but it’s fine. My wife and I bought a six-pack of silicone straws a couple of years ago and haven’t needed to replace any of them. I’ve had the same one sitting in my coffee mug at work the whole time.
Wait. They’re reusable, but I’m going to need 40 of them?
@wilw I assume if you were a family of straw users. You should want a couple each cause you don’t run the dishwasher every day? Or if you have to manully scrub them?
@unksol @wilw Well, and it’s the Meh way to sell multiples of things, which is why I have two or more of several things that I only really need one of.
@Kyeh @unksol @wilw
It’s the concept of having a backup for your spare whatever…
Be careful using these with children.
There have been cases of kids falling while drinking, causing the straw do do damage.
I prefer paper straws.
/giphy cliched-striped-gelato
