Hasta La Ideas

Two companies with century-plus histories are selling updates to a decades-old product.

Stanley’s $35 stainless steel Classic Legendary Useful Box measures 25cm / 9.8″ x 16cm / 6.3″ x 5.6cm / 2.2″. Throw it in a backpack, filled with whatever you don’t want getting crushed.

Nowadays it’s offered in neon colors, in case you’re worried about losing it on a jobsite or wherever.

Swiss company SIGG, which has offered a competing product for decades, has upgraded their aluminum Lunchbox L not with new colors, but added functionality: They feature microwaveable silicon inserts. These have been rebranded the Lunchbox Plus L.

SIGG’s product is slightly smaller in depth and width than Stanley’s offering, at 22.9cm / 9″ x 14.5cm / 5.7″ x 6cm / 2.4″. They’re also cheaper at $22.

Both weigh about a pound. It’s subjective, but I think SIGG’s looks better, and to me those latches scream “Switzerland.”