Product Description

The Zojirushi Mini stainless thermal lunch box is has a vacuum insulated main bowl and two microwaveable side bowls. It collapses into half its size when empty. Includes chopsticks, chopsticks holder and easy to care insulated bag. Attractive green and orange carry bag.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2526 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Green
• Brand: Zojirushi
• Model: SZ-BA03GA

Features

• Washable vacuum insulated main bowl
• Stacks into half its size when empty
• Capacity: 22.1 oz, 27.8 oz.
• Includes chopsticks and holder
• Great easy to carry insulated bag

Customer Reviews

This is a great set ...
I have really enjoyed taking this bento set with me to work. It is cute, has enough space and is incredibly well made. The previous reviews really gave this product a hard time. If you are concerned about the size of this bento, there are many sites out there that can tell you what capacity bento is recommended for different age / weight / heights based on official Japanese nutritional guidelines.

Although it feels small at first, if it is used as it should be - no empty spaces, junk foods or fatty foods then it really gives you a good satisfying meal. This set would not work for someone who wants to have a great big salad for lunch - there just wouldn't be enough space. This may not be the right size for you, if not check out the Zojirushi Mr. Bento Stainless-Steel Lined Lunch Jar, Silver it has been the perfect size for my husband, though he wishes the set came with chopsticks instead of a metal spoon. There are also the Zojirushi Ms. Bento Stainless Lunch Jar, Beige and the Zojirushi SL-XB20HG Classic Stainless Lunch Jar, Metallic Gray.

For this model Zojirushi Mini Stainless Thermal Lunch Box, Green there is a :
9.8 oz rice capacity (uncooked) main bowl,
5.6 oz sm. side bowl and a
6.7 oz lg. side bowl.

The next model up, the Metallic Stainless Vacuum Lunch Jar (Lavender) has slightly larger portions at :
12.7 oz rice capacity main bowl,
7.0 oz sm. side bowl and a
8.1 oz lg. side bowl.

I have had great lunches with this set. The chopsticks that come with it are plastic but are good quality with a rougher surface at the bottom to help grip food. My set did not come with English instructions but they were easily downloadable as pdf files from the manufacturers website.

Overall, I am very satisfied.

Adorable, perfect-size, and insulated : what not to love?
First I would like to point out a few things about this adorable little set:

Its supposed to be small, that is why it is called "Mini Bento" it is the mini version of Zojirushi's lunch jars. Now, compared to many Japanese bento boxes its not really very small at all, you just pack densely. I am a female high school student and this leaves me full but not bloated every day.

Secondly, Only the main jar is supposed to be insulated, not the okazu/side dish containers. I tend to use these for salads, or desserts and just pack the meat/etc on top of the rice in the main jar (or under the rice in the case of curry). If you press rice down a bit its surprising how much can actually fit and its a lot easier to pick up with chopsticks that way anyhow :3 For example today I had gyu-don (beef bowl) with sides of salad and sliced apple.

Thirdly, English instructions are available from Zojirushi's website. One helpful tip from them is to heat the main metal container (with out the plastic bowl) first with hot water to warm it up, keeping food hotter longer (I never do this but my mother always does with her set).

Overall, I love this lunch set and greatly recommend it and the rest of Zojirushi's products as I have their thermos and small rice cooker also.

too tiny for me
This particular lunch tote is designed to carry "hot" rice and 2 sides at room temperature. No soup. That's the way they are designed.

This size is designed for a woman around 5'2" and weighs about 110 lbs.
That's why it's so tiny. (But it is soooo cute and adorable).

For all you gals who are bigger than that size, I recommend the regular Mr. Bento or the Nissan Thermos lunch tote. Both are larger in size.

The Nissan Thermos keeps all 4 containers hot, while the Mr. Bento only keeps hot rice and hot soup (or liquid) and the top 2 containers at room temperature when you are ready to eat.