Simons Maison
Rigid Lunch Box With Cooler Bag
CA$29.00CAD
In Stock
This rigid bento-style lunch box features a watertight lid with silicone seal and a removable stainless steel tray, keeping meals fresh and organized without spills. Made of durable, easy-care polypropylene, it is dishwasher safe (do not microwave) and measures 8.25 x 7.5 x 2.5 inches (21 x 19 x 6.5 cm). A Simons Maison exclusive designed in Canada, it comes in a glossy maroon and navy colorway with pink side latches.
- Material
- Polypropylene, silicone, stainless steel
- Style
- minimal
- Category
- Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Food & Beverage Carriers > Lunch Boxes & Totes
Color
BlackGreenNavy/Midnight Blue
Size
ONE SIZE
Specifications
Watertight bento-style lunch box with removable stainless steel tray and cooler bag.
Bento-like watertight design; Durable polypropylene container; Watertight lid with silicone seal; Removable stainless steel tray; Dishwasher safe.
- Material
- Polypropylene, silicone, stainless steel
- Secondary
- stainless-steel
- Style
- minimal
- Occasion
- work, travel, everyday
- Gender
- unisex
- Condition
- new
- Dimensions
- 8.25x7.5x2.5 in
- Category
- Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Food & Beverage Carriers > Lunch Boxes & Totes
Additional Attributes
- watertight
- bento-like
- practical
- durable
- easy-care
- dishwasher safe
- removable stainless steel tray
- silicone seal
- polypropylene container
- exclusive Canadian design
Product Insights
The Simons Maison Rigid Lunch Box with Cooler Bag is a 2.6L adult-sized bento system (triple the capacity of kid-focused boxes) that uses a watertight silicone-sealed lid and a stainless steel tray to prevent leaks from dressings and yogurt while resisting stains. The insulated cooler bag keeps food cold for 3–6 hours, aided by pre-chilling the tray to cool berries and cheese without an ice pack. The tray doubles as a separate serving plate but is too shallow for bowls, and the polypropylene structure is dishwasher-safe (top rack) but not microwave-safe, offering a durable, BPA-free lunch solution at $29 CAD.
Verified claims
- Liquid containment
- Contains liquids like dressings and yogurt without leaks.
- Durability
- Silicone seal remains effective after frequent dishwasher cleaning.
- Cooler bag
- Included insulated cooler bag keeps food cold for 3-6 hours, saving $10-20.
- Bento design
- Watertight lid prevents leaks; stainless tray resists residues and chills fruit.
- Capacity
- 2.6 L capacity fits a full adult lunch in one layer, triple the size of Smiggle.
- Cold retention
- Pre-chilling and two cold sources keep food safe for 3–6 hours.
- Tray as cool plate
- Freezing the tray keeps berries and cheese cool without an ice pack.
- Bag fit
- The cooler bag fits snugly, reducing dead air space.
- Compartment separation
- Liquid-tight tray compartments isolate wet foods and, when pre-chilled, cool produce.
- Size and layout
- 8.25 x 7.5 x 2.5 box serves as a bento with tray or a 2.6L container without it.
- Separate serving dish
- Removable tray doubles as a snack platter but is too shallow for bowls.
- Stainless steel tray
- Stainless steel tray resists staining and odors, a material upgrade over plastic at $29 CAD.
- Care instructions
- Dishwasher safe (top rack); avoid microwave for 5-year lifespan.
- Material
- Polypropylene is inherently BPA-free for safe food contact.
- Removable tray
- Tray lifts out for full-volume use or stands alone as a serving plate.
- Adult design
- Designed in Canada for adult packed lunches with triple the capacity of kid-focused boxes.
- Watertight seal
- Silicone-sealed lid prevents leaks, even with dressings and yogurt.
- Bento layout
- Shallow 2.5-inch depth and wide 8.25x7.5-inch footprint enable a single-layer bento arrangement with intact components.
- Tray versatility
- Removable stainless steel tray acts as a liquid-tight divider, passive cooler, and separate serving plate.
Product record
- Title
- Rigid Lunch Box With Cooler Bag
- Brand
- Simons Maison
- Price
- 29 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Deep Research
Getting the most from the cooler bag
- Packing the cooler bag tightly — filling empty space with extra ice packs or a chilled towel — prevents air convection that warms food faster than a full, dense pack; the FoodSafety.gov guideline notes that a full cooler holds its temperature significantly longer than a half-empty one.
- Direct sunlight on the cooler bag's exterior can overwhelm the insulation, even with ice packs; parking the bag under a desk or on the car floor (not the trunk) stops the shell from heating up and prolongs cold retention significantly on hot days.
- Every time the bag is opened, warm air floods in, cutting into the 3–6 hour safe window; limiting access to a single lunchtime opening and zipping quickly helps preserve the cool pocket, especially if the bag is used for afternoon snacks.
- Pre-chilling the empty cooler bag with a frozen gel pack for 30–60 minutes before packing can add 1–2 hours of effective cold retention, because the insulation lining doesn't waste initial cooling energy on bringing the bag's own thermal mass down from ambient.
- With a pre-chilled bento and at least one gel pack, the cooler bag can keep contents safely cold for 3–6 hours — enough to cover a morning commute through lunch break, provided the bag isn't left in a hot car or opened frequently.
- The USDA explicitly recommends at least two cold sources (gel packs, frozen water bottle) for any lunch with perishables; a single ice pack often can't maintain a safe sub-40°F interior through the full morning, so doubling up is the single biggest reliability upgrade.
Meal ideas and using the stainless steel tray
- The stainless steel tray can hold vinaigrette-dressed salads, sliced fruit, or oily antipasto within the sealed container, keeping dressings and juices contained to one zone while dry items like crackers or veggie sticks stay crisp — a trick that replaces additional plastic containers or wax paper.
- With outer dimensions of 8.25" x 7.5", the box offers about 62 square inches of surface area — roughly 20% more than a typical 32oz container’s 7" x 5" footprint — so a full sandwich, wrap, or grain bowl sits flat without bending, and there’s still room for the tray of side dishes alongside it.
- A brief stint in the freezer turns the removable stainless steel tray into a cool plate that keeps grapes, berries, or cheese closer to fridge temperature during the commute without the bulk of an ice pack — metal’s conductivity does the work while the tray’s flat surface doesn’t waste interior height.
- The 2.5-inch depth matches the shallow bento format that Japanese recipes rely on for compact, horizontal layering of rice, protein, and vegetables — a deeper container would force stacking or mashing, while this height lets each component stay in its place and look deliberate.
How polypropylene holds up over time
- Thanks to polypropylene's inherent flexibility and good impact resistance, the container body can survive accidental drops from a counter or table without cracking or shattering, unlike more rigid polystyrene or polycarbonate alternatives.
- Polypropylene's robust resistance to acids, alkalis, and solvents means the container body strongly resists absorbing stains and odors from typical packed-lunch items like tomato sauce, citrus dressings, or oily foods, keeping it fresh with basic cleaning.
- Polypropylene softens at temperatures well below its 266°F melting point, and the intense heat of a dishwasher's drying cycle can cause warping; placing the container on the top rack, away from the heating element, significantly reduces that risk and extends the box's usable life.
- According to supplier data, a well-maintained polypropylene lunch box can last up to 5 years; because this model is not microwave-safe, it avoids the repeated high-heat exposure that degrades PP and can slash a typical lunch box's life to just 1–2 years, putting it on track to achieve its full lifespan potential.
Value compared to other budget bento boxes
- The included insulated cooler bag — absent from the standalone $26 Smiggle All Stars and $38 Bentgo Modern — turns this into a complete cold-lunch system for 29 CAD, saving the $10–$20 a separate insulated lunch tote would add and ensuring the box slips directly into a temperature-managed carrier designed to fit it.
- A removable stainless steel tray at 29 CAD introduces a non-reactive, scratch-resistant eating surface — a material upgrade over the plastic trays inside the $26 Smiggle All Stars (microwave-safe inner plastic tray) and $38 Bentgo Modern (microwave-safe plastic tray), making this one of the few sub-$30 bento boxes to offer a metal contact surface that resists staining and odor absorption over repeated use.
- Designed in Canada as a Simons Maison exclusive, this box reflects intentional local design — not a generic import — with a watertight seal and stainless tray that directly respond to the adult packed-lunch challenges of the Canadian market, giving it a sense of place that mass-market alternatives lack.
- The silicone-sealed watertight lid targets a zero-spill standard that directly addresses liquids, not just damp foods; the Smiggle All Stars explicitly rates its seal for wet foods but not liquids, and an owner review of the $35 Bentgo Kids reports leakage from cut vegetables, meaning this box’s seal performance aligns with the $50 Yumbox Original’s proven Greek-yogurt containment at nearly half the price.
- The 21 x 19 x 6.5 cm exterior translates to a roughly 2.6-litre form factor, over triple the 758ml Smiggle All Stars total capacity, enabling a full adult lunch with a sandwich, sides, and fruit in a single layer — and the removable stainless tray can be lifted out to reclaim the full volume for a voluminous salad or grain bowl, a scale that child-oriented bento boxes cannot match.
Image Analysis
3 images- 01
Product
Open rigid lunch box with a removable stainless steel divided inner tray, glossy maroon outer shell, dark navy inner lid, and pink side latches; tray contains cherries, apricots and pretzel snacks.
- Overall shapeSquare-ish rounded-corner rigid box shown open with a shallow base and a hinged lid; interior holds a removable metal tray with two visible compartments.
1 region
x 0.06 · y 0.36 · w 0.88 · h 0.58 (high) - Exterior shellGlossy maroon plastic outer shell with rounded corners and a thin rim where the lid seals onto the base.
1 region
x 0.06 · y 0.54 · w 0.64 · h 0.34 (high) - Inner removable trayShiny metal (stainless-steel looking) removable tray inserted into the base with a vertical divider creating a larger left compartment and a narrower right compartment.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.56 · w 0.76 · h 0.34 (high) - Left compartment contentsLeft compartment contains dark red cherries with stems and two orange-yellow apricots resting at the rear corner.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.58 · w 0.39 · h 0.26 (high) - Right compartment contentsNarrow right compartment filled with light beige pretzel-shaped crunchy snacks.
1 region
x 0.53 · y 0.58 · w 0.35 · h 0.26 (high) - Lid interiorInner face of the lid is smooth dark navy blue plastic with a single small raised circular mold mark near center and glossy surface reflections.
1 region
x 0.30 · y 0.02 · w 0.58 · h 0.46 (high) - Side latchesTwo visible exterior side latches in matte pink plastic that extend from the lid edges and latch onto the base rim.
2 regions
x 0.01 · y 0.22 · w 0.16 · h 0.32 (medium); x 0.84 · y 0.18 · w 0.15 · h 0.32 (medium) - HingesThree small black hinge pieces along the rear rim connecting lid to base, visible at the top edge of the base where the lid opens.
1 region
x 0.36 · y 0.28 · w 0.30 · h 0.10 (medium)
Other
Studio-style product shot on a reflective flat surface with a wood-textured vertical backdrop; soft directional lighting from upper left producing mild reflections and shadows.
- BackgroundVertical light wood panel backdrop behind the product occupying the upper half of the image.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 0.36 (high) - Supporting surfaceReflective muted metallic or laminate surface under the lunch box that shows faint reflections of the box and a curved bright highlight line.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.36 · w 1.00 · h 0.64 (high) - Lighting and shadowSoft directional lighting from upper-left creating subtle shadow on the right-lower side of the box and highlights on glossy surfaces.
- Image framingProduct centered and cropped so the lid and base are fully visible; slight top cropping margin above lid but no major elements cut off.
Colors
deep maroon· exterior shelldark navy blue· lid interior#04132Dpale pink· side latchesstainless steel· inner tray#9B836C- Overall shapeSquare-ish rounded-corner rigid box shown open with a shallow base and a hinged lid; interior holds a removable metal tray with two visible compartments.
- 02
Product
A square rigid lunch box shown open with a dark navy lid held by pink side latches, a glossy red outer shell, a removable cream/white embossed insert with a snowflake motif, and a separate two-compartment stainless steel inner tray placed in front.
- Outer shell geometrySquare-cornered rigid outer container with rounded corners and glossy finish, visible in a deep red color; the rim is slightly raised and continuous around the top edge.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.34 · w 0.56 · h 0.35 (high) - Lid and latchesDetached/open square lid with a very dark navy translucent-looking interior surface and three visible pink plastic latch pieces attached at the lid edges (one at top center and partially visible side latches).
1 region
x 0.25 · y 0.03 · w 0.50 · h 0.38 (high) - Removable insertCream or off-white rectangular insert with rounded corners that sits inside the red shell; top face has a recessed snowflake-shaped embossed motif and two semicircular thumb notches at opposite edges.
1 region
x 0.18 · y 0.39 · w 0.45 · h 0.30 (high) - Inner stainless traySeparate stainless steel two-compartment tray with a larger rectangular compartment on the left and a narrower compartment on the right; tray has rounded internal corners and a gently raised outer lip.
1 region
x 0.18 · y 0.66 · w 0.64 · h 0.28 (high) - Surface finishesGlossy plastic finish on the red outer shell and lid components; matte or slightly textured finish on the cream insert; reflective metallic finish on the stainless tray.
Other
Studio-styled shot with a wood-grain vertical background and reflective metallic horizontal surface; soft shadows visible to the right of the lid and container; image is well lit from the left-upper side.
- Background and surfaceVertical light wood-grain panel behind the product and a reflective metal or stainless surface beneath that creates reflected highlights of the product.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 1.00 (high) - Lighting and shadowDirectional lighting from the left-upper side creating soft shadow to the right of the open lid and container and specular highlights on the stainless tray and glossy red shell.
- Shot compositionThree-quarter downward angle showing the open lunch box interior and the separate stainless tray in the foreground; product centered slightly toward the left.
Colors
dark navy· lid interior#0A1124muted pink· latches#C19E7Adeep red· outer shell#5A0A1Bcream white· removable insert#F7F2ECstainless silver· inner tray- Outer shell geometrySquare-cornered rigid outer container with rounded corners and glossy finish, visible in a deep red color; the rim is slightly raised and continuous around the top edge.
- 03
Product
Rectangular rigid lunch box with rounded corners, glossy maroon base, glossy dark navy lid, and three pale pink snap clips (front and two sides).
- Overall shapeLow-profile rectangular box with rounded corners and a flat top lid visible from a slight frontal elevated angle.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.30 · w 0.76 · h 0.52 (high) - Base material and finishDeep glossy maroon rigid base with rounded vertical side walls and a continuous glossy finish that reflects light.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.60 · w 0.76 · h 0.22 (high) - Lid material and finishGlossy dark navy lid with a faint woodgrain-like visual texture across its surface and smoothly rounded edges.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.30 · w 0.76 · h 0.30 (high) - Front snap clipWide pale pink snap clip centered on the front edge of the lid that overlaps the lid and base; clip face is slightly curved.
1 region
x 0.36 · y 0.55 · w 0.28 · h 0.14 (high) - Side snap clipsPale pink side clips on both left and right corners that project slightly over the lid edge and appear identical to the front clip.
2 regions
x 0.05 · y 0.48 · w 0.17 · h 0.12 (high); x 0.78 · y 0.48 · w 0.17 · h 0.12 (high) - Lid-to-base seamVisible narrow horizontal seam where the lid meets the base, with the lid slightly overhanging the base rim.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.48 · w 0.76 · h 0.12 (high)
Other
Studio-style product shot on a reflective metallic surface with a wood-grain vertical background; soft directional lighting creates highlights and reflections of the lunch box on the surface.
- BackgroundVertical light wood-grain panel filling the upper background of the image.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 0.52 (high) - Supporting surfaceReflective metallic tabletop surface below the product showing a soft mirror reflection of the lunch box and highlight bands.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.52 · w 1.00 · h 0.48 (high) - ReflectionsClear reflection of the front clip and base visible on the tabletop surface, slightly distorted and darker than the object.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.70 · w 0.52 · h 0.22 (high) - Lighting and shadowSoft top-front lighting that produces mild specular highlights on the lid and base and a subtle shadow under the rear edge of the box.
- Shot compositionProduct centered horizontally, photographed from a slightly elevated front angle showing front and right side faces.
Colors
glossy maroon· base#8A052Ddark navy· lidpale pink· clips#BA8C8B- Overall shapeLow-profile rectangular box with rounded corners and a flat top lid visible from a slight frontal elevated angle.
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Q&A
4 answered- Does the cooler bag actually have insulation to keep food cold, or is it just a carrying case?
- Yes, the included cooler bag is designed with insulation to help keep food cold, though specific insulation details (type or thickness) are not provided in the product listing.
- Is the polypropylene material BPA-free?
- Yes, polypropylene (PP) is inherently BPA-free. Healthline confirms polypropylene is one of the safer plastics and does not contain BPA [1], and industry sources state PP is naturally BPA-free since BPA is not used in its production [2].
- Can the removable stainless steel tray be used separately as a small bowl or plate?
- Yes, the removable stainless steel tray can be used separately as a small serving plate or tray. It is not deep enough to function as a bowl, but it works well for snacks or side dishes.
- How durable is the silicone seal with daily use and frequent dishwasher cleaning?
- The silicone seal is designed to be durable and the entire lunch box is dishwasher safe, which includes frequent cleaning cycles. Silicone is known for its longevity and resistance to high heat, so it should hold up well with regular dishwasher use.