@lowlypeon What a wonderful reply! I was hitting refresh,refresh,refresh, thinking "Am I high? Weren't these for sale a hundred times already?", and I saw your perfect reply. I wish I lived as healthy as I envision you living.
@everyone Holy shit I am really that big of a idiot. I just went downstairs and it's amazing how much bigger they are when you EXPAND THEM. Good fucking lord.
Hide your teenagers, I will be teaching them biology in a year when I finish my Master's. I swear, they'll give a degree to anyone these days.
@cation Quite a few years ago, I was working with a guy who was wearing an oddly-designed t-shirt at lunch. It had a big design covering the whole front, and a small emblem on the right shoulder-blade. I asked him, "Are you wearing your shirt backwards?"
"Oh, no," he insisted. "It's just a weird design."
Ten minutes later, I looked up and saw him with a very thoughtful look on his face. He pulled his arms into his shirt and turned it around, then again, then once more. As his eyes raised and met mine, he said, "Shit! I've been wearing this shirt backwards for five years! No wonder it never felt comfortable!"
So, you didn't think to expand them. At least you haven't worn a t-shirt backwards a couple of times a month for five years. (I hope)
@cation@mirthmgr Thank you two so much, this made my day. You found a truly unique way to make this item entertaining today, many props. Stars all around...
Bought this last time. It's excellent. The expandable containers hold a ridiculous amount of leftover dinner... far more than I should be eating at lunch.
I have them and when I worked outside in the hot southern summer with sweat dripping off my eyelashes I had to then put these inside another bag where the bag had cold gel in its sidewalls to get this stuff to last from 7am until noon or 1. The bag alone didn't cut it nor did these alone. On the other hand it was like in the 90's all day so likely they will work fine alone in an office, school or similar.
Meh is just too damn delightful to miss a single day regardless of how hot I am for your latest vacuum cleaner. Must be that amazing copywriter, what was his name again?
I like the idea of these but I've sworn off plastic as much as possible. Sure the glass containers are insanely heavy but I feel better about using them.
Ok, trying this again using Dropbox since I can never get images to post here! (and I made sure it ended in jpg too) :'-( (how do I delete my prior post to minimize exposure of my ignorance??)
@mehmerized imgur is your friend. Dropbox, onedrive, google all like to use special characters that don't play well with the markdown here. The URL should be simple and end in the file type. (Gif, jpg, png)
Got these last time around. I bring lunch every day, so they're pretty perfect. HOWEVER, ice packs are pretty heavy as compared to everything else. Quite a bit of extra weight to lug if I'm not driving to work (it's a few miles walk for public transport)
Got these last time. I use the Bento Box for my lunch. My adult daughter grabbed the green set for her daily salad. Have not used the steamer box yet. I am on a diet and the bento box helps control portion size. Excellent product.
I didn't even check to see if coolgear had a model called a bento...... I still use my previously purchased set when I need to for work this isn't quite an upgrade more of a "take up my space"-grade so I will meh and move on I guess..... FeelsBadMan
Specs
Steamer:
Salad Kit:
Bento Box:
Condition: New
Warranty: 90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery: 2/1 - 2/3
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
Bento Box:
1x Collapsible bowl with lid
1x Freezer tray
3x Containers with lids
Steamer:
1x Collapsible bowl with vented lid
1x Steamer tray
Salad Kit:
1x Collapsible bowl with lid
1x Freezer tray
1x Dressing container
Pictures
Boxes
Retail box
Back of retail box
Salad closed
Open salad box
Vented steamer
Open vented steamer
Bento closed
Open Bento
Horrible Salad
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Estimated Delivery
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Eat up this deal--packing away the deals tonight..meh??
Gotta get me some of that expandable food that these boxes store
Boooo
@beergut ...x There, I finished it for you.
@robm
gracias
Do not need. To keep my food fresh I'll stick it in the 3 ft of snow out my door.
Bought these last time and I have not used it yet. But I do know that all 170 lbs of me requires more food than these hold.
@riceatusc ummmm.... They expand.
@discmaster not far enough.
I do enjoy the fuck out of these. Use them daily for lunch.
@lowlypeon What a wonderful reply! I was hitting refresh,refresh,refresh, thinking "Am I high? Weren't these for sale a hundred times already?", and I saw your perfect reply. I wish I lived as healthy as I envision you living.
It's a nice set so far, unfortunately I do not need another one.
Again?
I got 2 sets of these last go round and they are WAY smaller than I expected. Too small for the kids lunches. Big ol' meh to that!
@cation Are your kids giants?
@cation Man I'm a morbidly obese adult and these things are too big for my lunch, what the heck are you packing your kids?
@gnol maybe @cation forgot to expand them?
@cation
Didn't you read the description? You gotta put expandable food in them.
@cation did you not expand them? My wife did this the first day, said she had a tiny lunch and i joked that she was truely american.
@everyone Holy shit I am really that big of a idiot. I just went downstairs and it's amazing how much bigger they are when you EXPAND THEM. Good fucking lord.
Hide your teenagers, I will be teaching them biology in a year when I finish my Master's. I swear, they'll give a degree to anyone these days.
@cation Quite a few years ago, I was working with a guy who was wearing an oddly-designed t-shirt at lunch. It had a big design covering the whole front, and a small emblem on the right shoulder-blade. I asked him, "Are you wearing your shirt backwards?"
"Oh, no," he insisted. "It's just a weird design."
Ten minutes later, I looked up and saw him with a very thoughtful look on his face. He pulled his arms into his shirt and turned it around, then again, then once more. As his eyes raised and met mine, he said, "Shit! I've been wearing this shirt backwards for five years! No wonder it never felt comfortable!"
So, you didn't think to expand them. At least you haven't worn a t-shirt backwards a couple of times a month for five years. (I hope)
@cation i got the bike lights here a few months back. Just realized they slide out and i dont have to uncrew the damn things to charge them.
@cation @mirthmgr
Thank you two so much, this made my day. You found a truly unique way to make this item entertaining today, many props. Stars all around...
Bought this last time. It's excellent. The expandable containers hold a ridiculous amount of leftover dinner... far more than I should be eating at lunch.
I got these last time, they are the best! I used to have to lug around both a tupperware and a freezer pack, like some sort of goddamn animal.
Guys, nopales are MUCH better if you remove the spines first. Then use them to skewer the anchovy eyes, it's perfect!
Go Bento yourself Meh!
@Stallion oh, go put a lid on it. :-)
@Stallion
Bento-ver, here it comes!
@thismyusername Poochies dead and it's all your fault.
C'mon guys....get bento!
Was in for one last time, wife uses them everyday - she gives them 5 thumbs up :)
I got one last time for my wife. She absolutely loves it. So I'm getting one for me.
Been there... Done that.. 'Nuff said (I hate re-runs).
I will give these a try. I just hope my meals make me this happy.
obstinate-pensive-owner
@yakkoTDI Come on!
I have them and when I worked outside in the hot southern summer with sweat dripping off my eyelashes I had to then put these inside another bag where the bag had cold gel in its sidewalls to get this stuff to last from 7am until noon or 1. The bag alone didn't cut it nor did these alone. On the other hand it was like in the 90's all day so likely they will work fine alone in an office, school or similar.
Meh is just too damn delightful to miss a single day regardless of how hot I am for your latest vacuum cleaner. Must be that amazing copywriter, what was his name again?
I have 2 similar sets from meh without the extra pieces besides lids and containers, they're sometimes hard to close the lids but otherwise very good
I bought these last time, for me and a couple kids.. we all LOVE these.. BUY them.. awesome
So, this was basically the clip show of write-ups?
I like the idea of these but I've sworn off plastic as much as possible. Sure the glass containers are insanely heavy but I feel better about using them.
@mehgrl What specifically worries you about plastic containers?
@radi0j0hn Over time plastic wears down and I've learned the hard way to never put any tomato sauce in there. Glass is just easier to live with.
Ok, trying this again using Dropbox since I can never get images to post here! (and I made sure it ended in jpg too) :'-( (how do I delete my prior post to minimize exposure of my ignorance??)
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@mehmerized I give up! I'm going to just go drink my unknown-runny-gin now. 🍸
@mehmerized imgur is your friend. Dropbox, onedrive, google all like to use special characters that don't play well with the markdown here. The URL should be simple and end in the file type. (Gif, jpg, png)
@Thumperchick Thanks! I guess I'll have to give it a try!
The many layers of these containers represents how many items of clothing I'm currently wearing.
Got one for my sister for Christmas, and she really likes it.
Got these last time around. I bring lunch every day, so they're pretty perfect. HOWEVER, ice packs are pretty heavy as compared to everything else. Quite a bit of extra weight to lug if I'm not driving to work (it's a few miles walk for public transport)
Got these last time. I use the Bento Box for my lunch. My adult daughter grabbed the green set for her daily salad. Have not used the steamer box yet. I am on a diet and the bento box helps control portion size. Excellent product.
snagged one for mom last time around and she loves the set. the cool pack was cold enough to make accidental froyo.
also the little dressing bottle in the salad container means your greens aren't all sad and wilted by the time you eat 'em.
@Lotsofgoats accidental froyo is a pretty decent band name!
So is all sad and wilted actually...
An old girlfriend ruined much of my kitchen-stuff enthusiasm years ago when she suggested I always ask, "Is it hard to clean?"
I didn't even check to see if coolgear had a model called a bento...... I still use my previously purchased set when I need to for work this isn't quite an upgrade more of a "take up my space"-grade so I will meh and move on I guess..... FeelsBadMan
Why do weekend deals suck more than weekly deals?
@somf69 I think they take it easy on the warehouse for monday this way :)
@somf69 So that no one has to pay attention to the site on their day off.
@Thumperchick I don't believe that people don't pay attention to Meh.
EVER