- Sales Rank: #1015 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Color: Silver
- Brand: Zojirushi
- Model: SL-JAE14SA
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.00" h x
6.00" w x
10.00" l,
1.00 pounds
Features
- Round jar with 4 food bowls for hot or cold lunch storage
- Vacuum-insulated stainless-steel construction keeps food warm
- Microwaveable bowls measure 15.2, 10.1, 9.5, and 6.8 ounces
- Easy-to-clean container washes quickly
- Includes convenient carrying bag for transport
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
1461 of 1475 people found the following review helpful.
By Thomas E. Tweedel
It's a great "lunchbox" if you adapt your menu to it.First the descriptionThe lunchbox is a Thermos Jar with a non-insulated plastic top. There are four containers that fit into the jar in a specific order.-The bottom container is a insulated bowl. It has a gasket sealed screw on top, insulated side walls and a small vent for pressure. The most insulative of the bunch it is designed for soup or other liquids-The next container is the biggest. It has a slide and lock insulated top.-The third container is notably smaller and has a Tupperware like pop top.-The fourth container is smaller yet and has the same top.You stack the containers in the jar and then clip the top on with little side clips. The whole thing then goes in a nice nylon carry bag that also has a pair of chopsticks in a narrow plastic box. There are little pockets on the side for extra sauce packets or condiments (or I-pod video's to watch while your eating lunch).This unit is optimally designed for the Japanese style lunch. A soup, Rice, entrée and pickled/salted vegetables. Normally you'd put your soup in the bottom container, fill the middle container up with rice. Your entrée would go in the third and the veggies in the fourth. Since the soup and the rice container both have insulated tops they stay warm. The other containers are not insulated and neither is the top. This allows some heat coming off the bottom two containers to escape so that your veggies are at room temperature. Understanding this is important. Its not supposed to keep the entire meal at the same temperature. Its supposed to keep one part hot and the other part at room temperature.I've found that in real use the soup container stays steaming hot. The stuff in the rice container stays warm (but not hot) the stuff in the top two containers heats up to room temperature, maybe a little bit more.Naturally you don't have to use it as designed (soup/rice/entrée/veggie) but departures require a little bit adaptation and creativity. You need to balance both amounts and what you want to keep the hottest vs coolest. Also if you have access to a microwave at lunch it kind of makes this not quite as useful since you could just heat your food up there (as opposed to heating it up in the morning before you go). You could use the whole thing as a cooler (everything remains cold/cool till you heat up what you want). That might be a better way to go if your using it for the office.The size of the room temperature containers is not large enough to handle American sized sandwiches and breads, so if your looking to take that traditional lunch box stuff this isn't the best unit for that.If your looking to make the most of this unit you might check out some Bento Box cookbooks. They give receipies and menu sets more in line with what this is designed to handle. In particular I enjoyed the book "Bento Boxes" by Naomi KijimaBento Boxes: Japanese Meals on the GoI'll cook something up out of that and thrown in a packet of instant miso soup for a Japanese style lunch.Pros-Compact and efficient use of space- It all goes in the tube, no bag full of different containersAllows for two temperatures in the same container - Allows for flexible combinationsLots of interesting comments from your co-workersCons-Cleanup is a bit of a pain - Not dishwasher safe. The soup top is a little tricky at times.Soft plastic will eventually pick up strong smells/StainsTwo temperatures in the same container - Requires a little creativity, doesn't keep everything uniformly hot/cold.Conclusion-As long as you understand how it works and adapt it's a great product. Might encourage you to cook a bit more healthy food and eat more vegetables.
316 of 319 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Kunkel Beidermeyer
I bought one of these not too long ago. I thought it was a little expensive,* but I can see that I will get many years of service from it.The construction of all the components are very sturdy, and the container is very well insulated. The bag has an outside pocket that you can use to store a napkin (or teabags, as I do) and comes with a detachable shoulder strap and an attached short carrying strap. Inside the bag, along with the thermal container, is a utensil box that holds a pair of chopsticks. Everything is quality construction - even the chopsticks, which have a textured surface on the business end of them making it easier for you to pick up food with them. Whoever designed this package gave it a lot of thought.The bottom two containers are intended for holding rice and soup; the rice container has an insulated cap, allowing you can to store hot & cold items in the same container.Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase and would recommend one of these to anyone who needs a lunchbox.My only complaints (which are minor, but included here for the sake of completeness): the instructions are in Japanese (as if you needed them), and no western utensils (you can pack your own fork). But outside of that, it's a perfect product.*Expensive? It paid for itself in 2 weeks - after I bought it, I stopped eating fast food for lunch.** It's been 2 years since I bought - yet to show any sort of appreciable wear and tear. I love this thing!*** It's now been about 5 years. Still using it, still in darn good shape.*** It's now been about 10 years. Still using it. No appreciable wear.
602 of 632 people found the following review helpful.
By Munkee
The picture doesn't show that each bowl has a lid. The two smaller bowls have snap on tuperware type lids.The rice bowl has a thick, insulated lid but it's not airtight. Instructions say to use it only for rice as other contents may spill.The soup bowl has a twist on lid that has a valve on it. However, the instructions say not to microwave the bowls with the lids on, so I'm not sure why the valve is there.You're not supposed to put the pieces in the dishwasher, nor put any food directly into the outer container.My lunch jar came with both English and Japanese instructions.
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