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The product is built solidly, and really does keep drinks well insulated. I bought the first one for my wife for Christmas. I own 2 of these mugs. The lid is easy to clean, unlike that of a competitor's product.My only complaint is that the handle is too heavy and messes around with the center of gravity, especially when the mug is empty. She loved it, and I liked what I saw. So I decided to get myself a second one. But that's a minor complaint. This product is worth every penny, and I highly recommend it without hesitation.
It is truly spill proof as long as you remember to twist the lid up tight. This thermos is perfect. It fits in my car's cup holder and travels very well. I like to sip on my morning coffee throughout the day and even at 3:00 pm , the coffee I made at 8:30am is still relatively warm and satisfying. I use this product at least 5 days a week at work and it is still holding up after several months of frequent use. I take it with me everywhere. I am very happy with my purchase.
I may fill it before leaving for work, hang it on my backpack, toss the pack in my trunk, drop it on the floor at work before going into a meeting, and then pick it up an hour later to find my drink is still hot and hasn't leaked a drop even though it hasn't been upright all morning. It keeps my drinks hot for hours and won't spill. This mug is everything it claims to be. The lid twists down to seal, and you loosen it a turn or two to drink. It has a good comfortable weight and rubberized grip. The keyring and carabiner make it great for clipping onto anything. Sometimes after tightening down the lid, it can take a little effort to open it again, but I guess that comes with the solid seal this offers. Fits comfortably in my car's cup holder, but I can see in some cases where the handle could get in the way of some deep and narrow car cup holders.
This travel mug is a replacement for one I left in a rental car when I returned it last month. Both of these issues together mean that the contents can be consumed in four or five full sips - not all that much for a commute.Another issue is that, because of the screw-in top, it requires two hands to take a sip: one hand to hold the mug steady and one hand to reach in and turn the top 180* to loosen it for a sip and then to tighten it again, which becomes a problem while driving.With the mug that I lost, and seems to no longer be in production, the top had a tiny rectangular hole for sipping that was the perfect size for a straw. To look at it, one assumes that the interior of the mug is contoured the same way the exterior is; that is, that it's wider (and therefore holds more liquid) at the top, but that's not so. However, my car doesn't have cup holders and my lost mug was uniform from top to bottom (allowing for more liquid inside by at least four ounces) and fit snuggly between the hand brake and the driver's seat; this one is too narrow at the base and falls over if put there. Of all the travel mugs I saw, this one, made by Thermos Nissan, most closely resembled it in appearance and I read each and every of the 247 reviews of this product on Amazon. Finally I purchased it and realized that a few issues were not addressed in any of those reviews.The most glaring issue not mentioned is that the design is deceptive. It's a little unfair to assess one product against another that may no longer be in production. The old one could spill if knocked over but only as much as could come out of the straw, which was usually only a few drops, whereas this mug won't spill at all when fully closed.Another issue is that this mug has a tiny base that will fit in most cup holders - a `plus' for most users.
All in all, even if I'd seen this review, I'd probably have bought this mug anyway. This worked well because the mug could be sipped with one hand and the height of the straw retained heat as well as or better than this mug. But make no mistake - it's no `lucky mug' (but close).If anyone recognizes the `lucky mug' from my description and knows where to get one, let me know. Also, the mug is sealed closed by a screw-in piece that, when closed, extends about a-quarter-of-an-inch below the black plastic top that the handle is attached to. All I wanted to do was to replace the mug I lost with the same one I bought maybe 15 years ago and I spent two solid days on the web checking every site I could find or think of looking for it but to no avail. So I wind up laying it on the passenger seat and have to reach across the car to grab it for a sip.Finally, with the `lucky mug' that I lost, sipping through the straw meant that I never had to block my vision while driving.
The interior is a cylinder uniform in diameter that doesn't widen at the top and therefore holds less liquid than one would assume. Therefore the top of the fluid, when full, must be below that or it gets pushed up around the top. With this, when one gets to the bottom, one has to tip it up in front of one's eyes.This may be more information than you want to know, yet it's the review I would like to have seen (out of 247) and didn't. I'll buy it in a flash.
Where the Germans screwed up, though, is in the height: the front console comes down to within a few inches of the front cup holders, so most travel mugs are too tall to fit.This one fits. As other reviewers have said, this is a great mug that doubles as a Thermos bottle. That's a problem, because European car makers have a complete mental block about cup holders. The Beetle is slightly better, having actual cup-shaped holders that can theoretically hold actual cups. You'd almost think the VW engineers had designed the holder for precisely this size cup, with the low-hanging console helping to keep it in place. They just don't seem to understand the dimensions of an American cup of coffee.
You have to tilt it slightly and angle it in from the side, but then it drops right into the holder and stays put. I hesitated before ordering it, though, because I own a Volkswagen Beetle. Barely. It's not hard - the Big Three (who get almost everything else wrong) all figured it out years ago, and the Japanese have practically turned cup holders into an art form. On my old Volvo, though, the cup holders were a bizarre sculpture of folding plastic that couldn't hold anything without falling apart. Once you get the hang of inserting and removing it, it's fine - and actually quite secure.
More likely, it's just a lucky coincidence.I'm ordering a new one now, as my wife (who drives a Honda with sensible cup holders) has taken the first one.
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