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Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by thedougd »

jofzar wrote: post #30
x______________ wrote: post #2

Initially assumed it was due to some sort of contamination or production defect. Turns out people leave perishable and fermenting foods in the thermos, and after a while when opened, the pressure lifts the lid of the thermos at quasi-unimaginable speeds, striking the curiously unsuspecting humans straight in the face, with some instances causing permanent damage to vision. Coffee is hot, but a pressure release system…

I really hope we get a video out of this to see how bad it actually is and how much "pressure" is needed for this. > Incidents/Injuries: Thermos has received 27 reports of consumers who were struck by a stopper that forcefully ejected from these containers upon opening, including complaints of impact and laceration injuries requiring medical attention. Three consumers suffered permanent vision loss after being struck…

I'm guessing pressure is not allowed to escape before it's on the last thread.

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by myself248 »

roel_v wrote: post #39

That sucks. I have both and the ones with the pressure relieve valve are a pain in the ass to clean. You have to pull out the rubber inner thingy, you can't get a towel inside the hole that thingy goes into, and in general the rubber thing gets lost easily. I wish Thermos would send me a few of those 8 million stoppers, I'll promise I won't be a dumbass with them :(

I wonder if they track how many people are sickened by the difficult-to-clean valve, because I bet it's a lot more than 3.

Luckily I got one of the valveless models, and you bet your ass I'm keeping it. Maybe I'll stick an "open away from face" label on top or something, but I'm not about to go increasing my risk of food contamination.

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

_trampeltier wrote: post #37
thomascountz wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The malfunction is due to multiple models of containers missing a pressure relief function in the center of the stopper. They have a well-known solution, but it was not implemented.

You have to activate it manually?

No, it's activated by pressure

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by data-ottawa »

baq wrote: post #42
jofzar wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really hope we get a video out of this to see how bad it actually is and how much "pressure" is needed for this. > Incidents/Injuries: Thermos has received 27 reports of consumers who were struck by a stopper that forcefully ejected from these containers upon opening, including complaints of impact and laceration injuries requiring medical attention. Three consumers suffered permanent vision loss after being struck…

> I wonder what about the design makes it a rocket compared to what I would assume is a pretty standard design? Injuries nonwithstanding, the quality of the seal means it was an exceptionally well designed item for the purpose of storing 99% water. side note: there's a reason you get a visit from the FBI if you buy ten pressure cookers (e.g. if you find a great Black Friday deal and have a large family and plan Chris…

I’ve exhausted the branches of my imagination, what is the danger of 10 pressure cookers?

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by masfuerte »

data-ottawa wrote: post #65
baq wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder what about the design makes it a rocket compared to what I would assume is a pretty standard design? Injuries nonwithstanding, the quality of the seal means it was an exceptionally well designed item for the purpose of storing 99% water. side note: there's a reason you get a visit from the FBI if you buy ten pressure cookers (e.g. if you find a great Black Friday deal and have a large family and plan Chris…

I’ve exhausted the branches of my imagination, what is the danger of 10 pressure cookers?

They make great bombs.

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by peterfirefly »

RobotToaster wrote: post #49
jmalicki wrote: post #7

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Why is there an expectation that it should be a required feature?

Because blinding people is bad and causes expensive lawsuits? How is this even a question.

And you also shouldn't put your dog in the microwave to dry it.

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

numpad0 wrote: post #56
jofzar wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really hope we get a video out of this to see how bad it actually is and how much "pressure" is needed for this. > Incidents/Injuries: Thermos has received 27 reports of consumers who were struck by a stopper that forcefully ejected from these containers upon opening, including complaints of impact and laceration injuries requiring medical attention. Three consumers suffered permanent vision loss after being struck…

Thermos jars have interior threads for an inner plug and an exterior thread(singular) for the cosmetic cap that doubles as a drinking cup. Maybe there's a condition where the external cup would be holding the inner plug from releasing, and then upon removing the cap, the entire lip starts tapering outward and lets go of the plug without gradually relieving pressure. (to be fair, I don't think an externally threaded c…

All they need is a section of threading that gets looser to release pressure while it is still retained in the top.

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by walrus01 »

data-ottawa wrote: post #65
baq wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder what about the design makes it a rocket compared to what I would assume is a pretty standard design? Injuries nonwithstanding, the quality of the seal means it was an exceptionally well designed item for the purpose of storing 99% water. side note: there's a reason you get a visit from the FBI if you buy ten pressure cookers (e.g. if you find a great Black Friday deal and have a large family and plan Chris…

I’ve exhausted the branches of my imagination, what is the danger of 10 pressure cookers?

there's tons of material online from religious radical groups on how to turn one into an IED

Re: Over 8M Thermos jars and bottles recalled after 3 people lost vision

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Post by Hobadee »

data-ottawa wrote: post #65
baq wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder what about the design makes it a rocket compared to what I would assume is a pretty standard design? Injuries nonwithstanding, the quality of the seal means it was an exceptionally well designed item for the purpose of storing 99% water. side note: there's a reason you get a visit from the FBI if you buy ten pressure cookers (e.g. if you find a great Black Friday deal and have a large family and plan Chris…

I’ve exhausted the branches of my imagination, what is the danger of 10 pressure cookers?

You can make bombs out of pressure cookers. Since they are so good at holding pressure, you seal off the over-pressure release valves and then pressurize them until they burst (usually via some stupid or illegal means to begin with) then when they burst there is a ton of excess pressure. Big pressure = big boom.
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