Yeah I have some and they 100% require a koozie/beverage sleeve.
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alternategait@lemmy.world 2 days agoAlso aluminum is super great at conducting heat! which means your drink will rapidly move toward whatever temperature it is.
MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Most people think “oh, cup so cold, my drink stay cold!”
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.
alternategait@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s a two way street. Your hand is reciprocally warming the drink.
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.
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.
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.
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.
alternategait@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ahh, here’s my problem, a beer lasts me like 45 minutes or more
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.
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.
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.
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.