HOTLOGIC Mini Heated Lunch Box - Portable Electric Food Warmer for Men and Women - Great for Work, Office, and Construction - Cook, Reheat, and Eat on the Go - 12V - Black

I love my hot logic! It fits in my bag with no issues, easy to travel with. It’s not super thick and that’s what I love. The hot plate does its magic. It’s easy to use, put your food in a microwave safe container, covered and all! Warms my food up without having to wait my turn at the microwave 😂 (work issues). I’ve told people at work to upgrade their lunch and get one 😂 the food comes out HOTTTTT! Don’t have to worry about the middle being cold or anything. The zipper keeps it sealed and all the heat stays in. I included some pictures of my lunch today.

I decided to write this review because I just took out yet another perfectly heated lunch and realized how much I loved this product and never shared a review. It was sheer coincidence that it's the sixth anniversary of buying this product. With out a doubt, HotLogic is one of our most RELIABLE and often used products we've EVER purchased on Amazon, this little miracle does what it does simply and perfectly, all the time, every time! I almost always bring leftovers with me to work, and the first thing I do when I get to my desk is plug in my HotLogic and zip my plastic lunch container inside. By the time lunch time rolls around I have a perfectly heated meal waiting for me! Yum! I have the mini and fell in love with it so much that I bought my wife the larger one with the included glass container. One thing that bears mentioning that often gets overlooked, is the fact that this works so much better than a microwave! Because this heats with gently from the bottom, your food will heat more evenly and still taste the way you intended it to be; delicious, hot, moist, and uniformly heated. I hated waiting in line at work to share the one messy, smelly microwave, and then have to walk back with my hot food to my office. Also, if you get an inexpensive AC adapter for your vehicle's lighter port, you can have HotLogic heating your meal as you drive. It's great for long car trips, camping, or even the drive-in!

*****************************************update 11/14/2016****************************************************** This unit still works great!! I have purchased a second unit! I will tell you frozen dinners taste so much better from the mini oven than the micro wave! They come out smoother and better tasting... This product continues to heat my food and makes for a better day for me while I am at work. *****************************************original review below********************************************************************************************** This is working out so great!! I take this to work with me and to workshops!!! No more using nasty community microwaves or standing in line for the microwave!! I love this item!! Saves me money and keeps me away from the nasty microwave and nasty cafeteria! I was so tired of the long lines and attitudes at the community work microwave!!! I was tired of the nasty cafeteria food and wanted a way to heat my food instead of always taking sandwiches as an alternative! I saw this mini portable oven when it was around $39.00. Which has already paid for itself at first I thought the price was too high. The straw that broke me down was when I was in a workshop and the one micro wave that was there went out after a person had used it and left me having to eat cold food!!! I said never again, as soon as I made it home I ordered this and the on the go cereal bowl and salad unit! Working for someone else is hard as it is!!! So I said never again will I be in a position that I have to eat cold food or use a nasty micro wave that is unhealthy!!! Or pay for nasty food, that may not have even been prepared correctly! So far this unit has paid for its self, I have ate chicken, and rice, spaghetti, soups, sausage green bean potatoes, and many more! I cook in my bigger crock pots so dinner is done when I arrive home, so I take a portion of that meal and place it in the glass Pyrex ware for my lunch for the next day and what a pleasant treat for me knowing I have healthy food warming and in a clean unit!!! Someone told me that it smelled good in my work space I just said thanks because I did not want them running and telling, you know how some people can mess things up for others. (Yes, that is the type of work environment I currently have) So this unit makes my day pleasant knowing I have a great lunch waiting for me!!! I am so happy with this unit that I plan to purchase an adapter for our suv so that if I need to heat food up in the suv I can if I am out in workshops and there are no plugs etc (things do happen). I highly recommend this unit! For me it blesses my day because it gives me more time to also read my bible during my lunch instead of waiting in line to purchase food or heat my food. I make sure I always have something to heat in my portable oven even if it is just a can of soup! I refuse to go back to the micro wave or cafeteria! I don't have to stand in line any or more or watch the attitudes of people waiting for the microwave or using the microwave. I am grateful, for my current environment, just speaking on how much of a blessing this unit has been for me! Peace of mind!!!! Gives me more time to also eat the word for lunch!!

I rarely right reviews on Amazon, but this product has literally changed my LIFE. First off, this product is so simple to use, you literally just plug it in with your food (I used a frozen meal for example) and it works its magic! I knew it would take ~2 hours to fully heat my frozen meal, so I plugged it in at work ~9am. I ended up forgetting about it until 2:30pm and my food was still hot and tasted better than it ever did in the microwave!! I literally held my Hotlogic up to my coworker and told her how much I love this product then also turned to the product itself and told it, "I love you." I will no longer be doing my body the disservice of using a microwave. This product is a straight up GAME CHANGER.

This does a great job of heating up prepared frozen or refrigerated meals. I have used fresh Factor prepared meals as well as frozen meals from Clean Eatz. The size of the bag easily accommodates either, and I suspect most frozen meals from the grocery store would work as well (with the possible exception of Hungry Man and other larger portions). I place the meal in the bag, take it to work, set it on my desk, and plug it into the wall. By lunchtime, I have a nice hot meal to enjoy! It seems to me that the quality of the meals is better when warmed this way compared to using a microwave. Chicken nuggets don't get as chewy, and vegetables retain more of their crispness. It does take an hour or two to get especially the frozen meals up to temp, which is not in itself a big issue. I can plan around that usually, but I am holding back a 5-star rating because HotLogic doesn't offer a swappable power cable. Many of their competitors have a separate power cable that plugs into the heating element. This allows the same heating element to be powered by either a vehicle or a wall outlet. HotLogic's offers two models: one with a built-in car charging cord and another with a built-in wall charging cord. That is not ideal. Sometimes, I have to travel most of the morning to get to a remote office. By the time I get there, it is almost lunch time. Having a swappable power cable would allow me to start the heating process in the car, then finish the process (or hold at temp) once I get to the remote office. Brining two different bags or pulling out the heating element and putting in a different one to switch from car to wall power does not do the trick. Also, having a removable power cable would allow for easier cleaning of the heating element. I have checked with the manufacturer, and it seems that none of their products have a swappable power cord. Call it an engineering oversight. Apart from that oversight, though, this is a great product!

As mentioned in other reviews, this food warmer is really just a hotplate in an insulated bag. At first glance the Hot Logic Mini doesn't seem to be very special. However, upon closer inspection (and use) it is apparent that Hot Logic has put a lot of thought into this product and the intended use and has produced a very well-made and useful product. Plus, after much research I can't find any other product out there that comes close to matching the features and versatility of this portable food warmer. Before I get into my (long winded) review here are some specs on this unit. Specs: o 1 shelf with Smart Shelf Technology (cycles off and on maintaining optimal food temp.) o Nylon case available in four colors: Black, Blue, Green, Orange o Exterior dimension 10"W X 8"L X 3.5"H o Can accommodate food containers up to 8.75"W x 6.75"L x 2.5"H o Plugs into a 110v standard wall outlet o Heats food to a max of 212 degrees o Consumes 42 Watts o Weighs 1 lb. 4 oz. o Electric Cord is 48" long o UL CSA Certified o 1 Year Warranty I travel a lot for work, mostly by car, and after years of fast food (mostly unhealthy, expensive, time consuming, and often served from unsanitary establishments) I started looking for something to take with me on the road other than a cooler with a cold sandwich. After looking at all of the available items out there I fortunately settled on the Hot Logic Mini. After receiving the Hot Logic Mini the first thing I noticed was that it is a quality made product. The attractive double zippered nylon case opens and closes easily and the 48" electric cord is long enough for my needs. (Note: The cord can be folded and stored in the pocket in the back of the case.) Eager to try it out I simply dumped some chili in one of my many Pyrex glass containers (I prefer glass containers.), snapped on the container lid, zippered the Hot Logic Min shut, and plugged it in. 45 minutes later, I had piping hot chili. Of course your result will vary depending on starting food temperature, portion size, container size, etc. Note: You can use most any appropriately sized flat bottomed container (with tight cover) as the maximum heating/cooking temperature will not reach over 212 degrees. (The warming plate will cycle off and on maintain a maximum temperature of 212 degrees.) At this temperature food will be kept well above the recommended 135 to 165 degrees for food safety, but not hot enough to burn your food or container. After use, you simply have to wash the container you used. (Much easier than some of the warming products where the container is built in or requires that you buy disposable liners.) I did read a few non-positives about this product such as it not having an on/off switch. However, I am ok with that as a switch would add bulk and is just one more thing that could break. However, if you are using this at an office and have to crawl underneath your desk to reach an outlet, you might think about getting an extension cord with a switch or at least one placed so you can easily plug and unplug this warmer. Also, this unit only runs on 110v AC (household current), however this is not a big dealer to me either as it is only pulling 42 Watts and even the cheapest DC to AC inverter should be able to handle that. Plus, many new cars come with an AC outlet built in. Bottom line I am very happy with this purchase. I can heat up (or cook)food as I drive down the road and pull over under a shady tree and have a nice hot lunch (and a nap afterwards). When I get to a hotel I can keep it in the room to heat up leftovers or food I buy from the market. I'll also use it at home to heat up (and possibly cook)food as it uses a lot less electricity than my oven or microwave. Plus, I don't have to plan my meal times perfectly as the Hot Logic Mini will keep my hot food at the right temperature for hours. I hope this review helps!

After 27 years, I've decided to try camping again. I have to gear up, but I'm not ready to spring for a stove. I'm not thrilled with the idea of buying and storing propane. The small tanks most camp stoves use are more than I'm willing to pay for or deal with. Will an electric lunchbox do the trick? I hope so...at least for a weekend excursion now and then. I have two Bluetti EB3A batteries. Each stores 268 watt hours when 100% charged. I have a solar panel, but what if it's cloudy the entire weekend? So I'm trying to figure out if I can comfortably camp an entire weekend on two batteries if I don't charge them. Yes, I could charge them with my car, but I'm there to hike...not drive so I don't drain the car battery while charging the Bluettis. With that in mind, I did a rough test to see what I can do with this electric lunchbox. I thought I'd share my results so others have a general idea of whether this could work for them. Keep in mind that this is a really rough test, and there are so many variables that my results may not match yours if you did something similar. I had 1 cup of homemade stew in an Oxo Good Grips 1.6 cup glass storage container. The stew was about an inch deep and had thawed in the refrigerator overnight. It was fully thawed when I heated it in the lunchbox the next morning. During the test, the lunchbox consistently drew 43 watts from my battery. My battery holds 268 watt hours. At 25 minutes, it had used 11% of my battery, and the stew felt room temperature when I ate a bite. At 35 minutes, it had used 16% of my battery, and the stew felt warm when I ate a bite. At 45 minutes, it had used 20% of my battery, and the stew felt hot when I ate a bite. Not piping hot, have to blow on it hot. Just pleasantly hot. At this point I stopped, because I wouldn't waste my battery making something so hot it had to cool before I could eat it. Note that the lunchbox instructions say that spreading more thinly in a larger container will heat faster, because more of the container will be in contact with the hot plate. My container only took up half the lunchbox. However, I bought a three cup Pyrex rectangular container that would cover the entire heat pad in the lunchbox. So I think if I transfer the stew to that for heating, it will use less battery power. I'm not going to bother with that test for now, as I prefer to leave myself a wide margin of error with my estimation on whether I can camp a full weekend with two batteries without charging. That said, I don't think it will cut power consumption in half, because you have to figure that there is more glass to heat in a larger container. Maybe it will save me a third, however, which is worthwhile if you're faced with a cloudy weekend and no solar charging, so you're trying to conserve energy. If I really like this lunchbox for camping and I start going a lot, I think I'll also look for a metal container. Heck, maybe I'll even do that now. Metal cooking containers are thinner and conduct heat faster, so it should use a lot less energy than the glass containers. That might work better for my purposes. I think if I were driving around all day, though, and powering off of the car, a glass container would be my preference. I like glass for storage, so in that scenario, it would nice to store meal-sized portions in glass and then pop that into the lunchbox. I hope this helps someone! Happy camping. :-)

I had the one prior to this one until I loaned it out and never got it back. It works REALLY well. Even frozen foods come out piping hot!!!