Besides its metallic good looks, the titanium straw has some decided advantages over a plastic straw. It’s non-conductive so its doesn’t get too hot or too cold. It’s strong enough to pierce an orange so you can drink the juice without firing up an expensive juicer. And those wimpy holes on juice boxes? Forget about it. Just slam your straw through the side of carton.
It’s available from our favourite geek outlet ThinkGeek for $US15. [ThinkGeek via Technabob]
Sam
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 4:30 PM“…titanium straw has some decided advantages over a plastic straw. It’s non-conductive so its doesn’t get too hot or too cold…”
Uhm, plastic isn’t heat conductive either…
Nitrogenica
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 5:28 PMPlastic isn’t especially heat conductive, but straw-thin plastic doesn’t deal with heat. Have fun melting a titanium straw by drinking something really hot…
Sam
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 4:53 PMNah, Chuck Norris doesn’t need a straw. He just stares down the drink until it jumps into his mouth.
David
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 7:16 PMI wouldn’t mind having one of these straws but it seems like this is one of those things that will become pointless very soon.
Franz
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 8:22 PMTry to take it on a plane with you and 10 cops will jump on you, slam your head into the floor and send you to guantanamo bay for possessing a weapon of mass destruction.
Graeme
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 12:22 AMNot sure about that one Franz. I mean, you could maybe suck one or two people’s brains out through their skull before you were overpowered, so maybe just “destruction” rather than “*mass* destruction”.
moey
Friday, July 22, 2011 at 12:22 AMslamming the side of a juice box carton?
MORE LIKE THE SKULL OF AN INNOCENT SQUIRREL
this is titanium we’re talking about