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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Great at conduction, but with not a lot of thermal mass, meaning that actually your drink will usually just make whatever it’s touching (your hand, often) super cold or hot.

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  • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a two way street. Your hand is reciprocally warming the drink.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We’ve been storing and drinking beverages in aluminum cans for like a century now and this hasn’t been a big problem.

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      • blackbrook@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Well, plastic lined cans, though i’m not sure that affects the thermal properties significantly. And beer coozies exist for a reason.

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sure but isn’t it mostly for camping equipment? Don’t really see why you would use it when strength/weight isn’t much of a concern.

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    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, for sure. Though if you drink it fast enough, it won’t warm the drink noticeably before it’s gone.

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      • alternategait@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ahh, here’s my problem, a beer lasts me like 45 minutes or more

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used to make, consume and share a lot of frozen beverages. I had a set of aluminum cups that I loved, but everyone else hated them because they started frosting over as soon as the frozen drink was poured in. My then girlfriend, now wife, would only use them with a towel wrapped around them for insulation.

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    • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oof. I think I lean more toward her side, to be honest. I don’t like having cold hands.

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I didn’t begrudge her the right to be warm, but it did make the cups look a lot less pretty. The ones I had were shaped differently, but basically this:

        Aluminum cups example

        I got them at a thrift shop, so no clue what brand they were. I think I technically still have them somewhere but have only used them once any time even remotely recently.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you’re sitting in hot bleachers, the cooling effect on your hand or forehead is pretty nice, and you’re gonna drink the drink before it’s warm anyway. Hot is more of a problem unless you’re cold enough to be wearing mittens.

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• MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah I have some and they 100% require a koozie/beverage sleeve.

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• DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Most people think “oh, cup so cold, my drink stay cold!”

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