I always make the container to below the lid fully, so not much air stays inside. I can imagine that if only half full, the food then cools faster.
- The minus star comes through the inner lid which has a crack (at the screw so is a kind of shell, and between them is a thin air space), you can not really clean, I sink the whole container actually directly from, and therefore I have not had a problem with fixed-dried food in the gap.
If one missile? The container properly, he also does not leak. He has such a pressure release button, but until now I never had.
I find the reservoir great, and will also buy one for my friend, who are 4/5 ehere a note to the manufacturer nor optimize the inner lid to clean.