March 28, 2024 AT 9:40 am
Finding lead in Stanley’s Quencher
In a remarkable story of product innovation, Stanley became, in the words of its Global President Terence Reilly, a “110-year-old overnight success.” The company’s journey from inventing the first vacuum-sealed water bottle in 1913 to becoming a TikTok sensation began with the launch of the Quencher tumbler in 2016.
More recently, the same social media enthusiasm that propelled Stanley to new heights has revealed itself as a double-edged sword. Social media influencers have discovered that lead solder is used in the Quencher’s manufacturing process, jeopardizing Stanley’s success.
But is the lead in the Quencher actually dangerous? Lumafield’s Neptune industrial X-ray CT scanner looks inside Stanley’s tumbler to understand how it’s made and whether or not lead solder truly poses a risk to consumers.
See the scans and the results in the post here.
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