Our first average we look at for Polar Gear Lunch Pod is to judge it against other products from the same brand, in this case it’s Polar Gear. This tells us that there are a total of 32 Polar Gear products at The Range. Overall, though I thinkit looks really greatI was disappointed with the heat retaining qualities of the lunch pod. I would onlyuse it for warm foods if it was for ashort trip out (a picnic for example, or to carry warm porridge for breakfast), and sadly it isn't going to bethe rightsolution for sending warm food forSmall Child's lunches.Setting that aside, Ithink the fact that it ismicrowavable definitely redeems it as a lunch container. It looks smart, is easy to carry and most importantly isa pleasureto eat from. Iwill be happy to useit in thefuture for my husband's microwavable lunches and for cold salads in the spring. Following on from my review of the Polar Gear Bento Box last week, I have another product from Polar Gear to share with you today. This is the Polar Gear Lunch Pod, a round container that is designed to carry hot or cold food. It's my belief that the hot food creates some kind of vacuum, causing the lid to jam- if that's the case the product needs some kind of air release like a pressure cooker or some travel mugs.

Polar Gear Insulated Microwave Bowl – Double Layer Soup

However, we then like to go a little deeper to explore more detail about the product by looking at products in the same category as Polar Gear Lunch Pod. That then tells us that there are 2392 products in the Cooking category at The Range. I bought 2 of these lunch pods with the intention of using one for myself and one for Mr vandaley's lunches. It is virtually impossible to over tighten the lid as the (flimsy) handle is the only way to screw on the lid. I decided that I needed to test the pod further at home to give it a really fair review, so yesterdaymorning I filled it up with homemade soup with the intention of seeing whether it would still be warm for my lunch. I read the instructions a bit more closely this time, filling the pod with very hot water from the kettle to let it warm through first and heating the soup to as hot a temperature as I dared in the microwave. I also filled the pod right up, so there was more food in it this time. I waitedtwo and a halfhours then opened it up to see what the temperature was like. This time it was vaguely warm, but not as warm as I'd hoped. I had to heat it up again in the microwave before eating, so not ideal. Today, Mr vandaley decided to test pod number two (believing, I guess that I had over tightened the lid)- at first, after a couple of hours, success- the lid was off. But he admitted that the contents hadn't really been that hot and had only bee in there a couple of hours. So he tried again, with hotter liquid. The lid on pot number 2 jammed solid too! I now have 'un-openable' pods on my work surface!!

Don't forget,I have a fantasticgiveaway of the Polar Gear Bento Box running on the blog at the moment, so hop over to this post to enter! The giveaway will finishthis comingSaturdaynight, and there are six chances to win! My first impressions of the lunch pod were very good. It looks really smart, feels nice and sturdyand has somegreat features, like the fold down carryinghandle built into the lid and the little compartment containing a handy folding plastic spork. Inside, it has a dividedbowl that can belifted out to make one big bowl. The pods capacity is 500ml, which means it canhold a decent amount of food for both an adult or a child.