mschauber wrote:Paying 160% of the product price for shipping is a definite pass, unless the product comes filled with hundred dollar bills......

So you're the guy that I sold a used car worth $20K for $32K because I threw in two crisp $100 bills on the passenger seat and delivered it to you.

Oh yeah, and for future reference, the shipping on this deal is 125% of the product price (less if you buy 2 or 3). And you need to put it in perspective vs. buying elsewhere and compare total price rather than how much is the shipping price as a percentage of product price.

ivanivanovich wrote:It's the shiny stuff. It reflects cold.

If the cold is on the outside and tries to get in, it gets bounced away and scattered. If the cold is on the inside, any cold that tries to escape gets bounced back inwards.

The concave walls tend to focus and concentrate the cold rays, keeping them active longer. Under certain conditions, if the cold passes through enough ice cubes and bounces off the wall of the cup enough times, it's theoretically possible for the contents to actually get colder !

That's crazy talk, getting colder than cold. Anyways- Thanks a lot for the explanation!

I would have just assumed Bluetooth if it weren't for you

The description really should have linked instead to the classic Stevie Wonder live performance of "Superstition" on Sesame Street (!), not only a high point of Sesame Street but one of the best live versions of any song on any show evar.

i dont think it will, since they use the metric system canadian coffee is not stanley mug compatible

I love these cups. I've owned 2 for the past several years and I'm so glad that I found them on woot for so much cheaper. I just purchased another 3. They are so much easier to clean than regular mugs since the lid is just a piece that screws right off of the mug itself. There aren't many nooks and crannies unlike those other lids from other mugs that slide off or pop up from a hole or what not = less bacteria to fester in. But the only downfall is that they don't keep liquids hot that long so it isn't as good as those other Stanley Vacuum Thermos (which I own two of, too); so, I wouldn't recommend them for after a nice round of snowboarding. But it's great for your morning coffee for your daily commute.

techbargains dot com got 2 fer 12.99 with shipping . I vote to boot da woot!

In for 3. I figure they're worth the $3.99 just to see if I like them. If not, $3.99 is a cheap gift for someone else that doesn't yet know they don't like them either.

Are they dishwasher safe?

Trendkill7577 wrote:It keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold.

so i can keep my coffee hot and my soda cold at the same time?? its like magic!!!!

Spill proof? Yes
Insulated? Not very well. Coffee cold in 30mins in cold weather, im sure it will keep your cold drinks cold this winter.

I made the mistake of buying three sets last time they were on Woot. They are pretty crappy. The silicone gaskets easily fall off and get lost, making them no longer leak proof. Changing from "sealed" to "open for drinking" is nothing you want to attempt while driving, it takes a bit of trial and error and observation and is in no way intuitive. The don't insulate well and you can feel the heat of hot coffee escaping from the sides rapidly. They DON'T fit in the the cup holder of a Honda Odyssey van, they are a strange in between size, and in my van they tip over. They don't feel particularly comfortable in the hand. The inside is plastic, not stainless steel. Hot drinks cool off pretty fast. All in all, they pretty much suck. You are much better off with the cheapest thing you can find at a discount store compared to this (because there you can at least verify that the closed/open-for-business mechanism works well and can be operated safely while driving). I'm thoroughly disappointed. Probpably one of the worst Woots so far.

Just what I need.another cup to lose under my var seat.What the heck.It's cheap!

Bought a couple the last time they were up and love 'em. I tried to drink a low-pulp orange juice from one and found the pulp to clog it up a little as well as get in the sealing ring at one point.

As others have pointed out, when I drink a normal beverage out of it (coffee), I find it a little difficult to balance "getting coffee out of it and into my mouth" and "keeping the lid from falling off."

skywarrior3 wrote:Are they dishwasher safe?

Yes, as posted in the 'features' section at the Woot page.

I definitely think they're worth $4/ea., and as for the shipping, well at some point I'm sure I'll get a TV or something that would cost like $40 in shipping from Woot for $5, so it balances out in the long run.

HA!!!
I found one of these on top of a ATM last week.

Can't imagine how it got there... LOL Finders Keepers.

works great though. can't beat it for free.

CHA CHING.

Nicely done. And bravo to Dr. King!

I am in for one, so tired of dribble cups ruining my day first thing.

Define leak proof. If you fully submerge this mug or put it in the dishwasher, water can seep between the metal outside and the plastic inner portion. When you add hot coffee you get a little ring of bubbles around the outer seam. Technically, they're leakproof . . . but liquid dribbling down the outside the cup is just as bad.

Got 4 last woot . . . because of the issues I'm having with the bubbling around the seam, they aren't good for commuter mugs. So, I've turned two of them so far into "ranch mugs" and plan to beat the crap out of them . . . so far they are standing up well

Looks like a good deal and Stanley is a good brand, I've got several of their thermoses which work great, but who only drinks a pint of coffee at a time? If it were a bit bigger I'd be all over this.

picky, picky but the ultimate coffee bottle is the Thermos Nissan JMW-500, which is a) a true Dewar vacuum bottle (and will stay hot a long time), is absolutely leak-proof and c) can be easily opened and closed with one hand. True, it's 4x the price. The JMW can just be dropped on the seat, needs no cup holder and is leak-tite to 2 atmospheres, 1000 RPMs, 5Gs and 3 Presidential elections. Maybe I'll spend the next 12 years inside and see how things worked out when the lid pops

spacemart wrote:there are no such things as cold rays... cold can only be thought of scientifically as the absence of heat. so it can only make your contents colder by deflecting incoming heat rays.

But unless you are talking about absolute zero even "cold" can be considered "heat." So it's still containing heat - just a much lower level than the heat it is reflecting from the outside.

I have "collection" of stainless mugs and the ones I have from Stanley are among the best. However, the key word in the specs for this POS is "stainless steel exterior". The inside is plastic and not worth owning. If you want a good double-walled stainless mug for the same price, get one at Costco--absolutely dripless and single-handed operation.

I got the two pack also. It looked perefect but was not for me. It does not keep coffee warm as long as my other mugs, it doesn't fit in my auto's cup holder (slightly too large around) and doesnt fit in the top rack of my dishwasher (too tall). It is leak-proof.

ivanivanovich wrote:It's the shiny stuff. It reflects cold.

If the cold is on the outside and tries to get in, it gets bounced away and scattered. If the cold is on the inside, any cold that tries to escape gets bounced back inwards.

The concave walls tend to focus and concentrate the cold rays, keeping them active longer. Under certain conditions, if the cold passes through enough ice cubes and bounces off the wall of the cup enough times, it's theoretically possible for the contents to actually get colder !

Three Laws of Thermodynamics:

1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't quit the game.

The "explanation" should be repackaged and sold in the next Bunch of Carrots. Good spoof though...

picked a pair of these up from past woot. DEFINITELY worth the price but a couple things worth noting:

1) yes, it is absolutely leak proof, but only if you are able to screw the lid on correctly, which can be surprisingly tough. lining up the threading so it evenly tightens and properly seals isn't as easy as you'd expect.

2) to those complaining that it doesn't keep your drink hot long enough: before filling with your beverage, fill it first with hot (as hot as possible) tap water and let it sit for a minute. this will bring the temperature inside the mug up before you pour your drink in, thus causing it to sap out less heat.

I bought 4 of these as Xmas gifts and am sorry to say they do NOT keep hot drinks hot for more than 1/2 hour.. very, very disappointed... Sorry guys...

I thought its other way around. Keeps hot drinks cold and cold to hot... he...he...

I got two of these last time. On the "pro" side, they don't leak and are well-made. On the "con" side, they don't retain heat very well. If you have a Keurig, it's not going to keep your coffee at a good drinking temp for more than a few minutes. The "hook" handle is good because it's too big for the stupid wire cupholders on my commuter train, but you can dangle it off there and, as I said, it doesn't leak. Overall, I'd get a Contigo for $10 instead of one of these for $9, if you can find one.

fzeppelin wrote:But will it work with a Mac?

Yes, 200% MAC compatible with a special dongle...

Yesila wrote:If it takes you more than an hour to drink 16 oz of coffee, your doing it wrong.

My doing it wrong *what*?

I bought six of these last time and gave them to co-workers for Christmas gifts. The one I kept for myself doesn't keep the coffee very hot for long--and it doesn't fit my car's cup holders. but since it doesn't leak I can lay it down on the seat next to me.

Nobody has complained though--one girl is a pepsi drinker and I see her using it daily so maybe it works better for cold drinks.

ivanivanovich wrote:It's the shiny stuff. It reflects cold.

If the cold is on the outside and tries to get in, it gets bounced away and scattered. If the cold is on the inside, any cold that tries to escape gets bounced back inwards.

The concave walls tend to focus and concentrate the cold rays, keeping them active longer. Under certain conditions, if the cold passes through enough ice cubes and bounces off the wall of the cup enough times, it's theoretically possible for the contents to actually get colder !

There is no such thing as a cold ray. In fact, there is no such thing as cold. "Cold" is merely the absence of heat. The insulating medium impedes the transfer of heat through the wall of the cup, as any insulation does. It is NOT theoretically possible for the contents to get colder unless there is a mechanism for extracting heat from the contents and moving it outside of the cup.

I hope that ivanivanovich's bit of pseudoscience was just a joke in keeping with the general Woot milieu.

howker wrote:There is no such thing as a cold ray. In fact, there is no such thing as cold. "Cold" is merely the absence of heat. The insulating medium impedes the transfer of heat through the wall of the cup, as any insulation does. It is NOT theoretically possible for the contents to get colder unless there is a mechanism for extracting heat from the contents.

I hope that ivanivanovich's bit of pseudoscience was just a joke in keeping with the general Woot milieu.

Clearly- I'd think the bold italics made that plain.


However, for those actually wanting a thermos mug that keeps drink hot-

Of the modes of heat transfer, conduction is what will affect your hot (or cold) drink [note, convection is how the heat will dissipate from the drink to/from the mug and to/from the mug from the air]. With insulated wall thermoses, there is insulation and air between the walls of the thermos which conducts heat to your cold drink or from your hot drink. By getting a vacuum sealed thermos, there is no material between the inside and outside walls of the thermos, so the only way for heat to escape from your hot drink or get to your cold drink to warm it is either A)through the lid of the thermos or B) b conduction through the interior wall of the thermos up to the top of the thermos where the interior wall meets the exterior wall. This is significantly better that simply using insulation, by orders of magnitude (napkin math says around 10x better- i.e. your drink will "stay" hot or cold 10 times longer than with insulated mugs).

Conclusion/ TL;DR-

If you just need a mug that can get beaten up on the go and you drink your coffee/whatever within about 40 minutes, get this mug- it meets your needs. If you're taking your coffee/whatever for later in the day, though, and/or like to sip your coffee/whatever through the morning, fork out the cash for a vacuum thermos. You'll be much happier in the end.

Right before Xmas they had 2 of these mugs for sale for about $6.99 plus shipping. I looked at reviews/prices on other sites and liked what I saw, so I bought a pair. My husband says they are his FAVORITE mugs!! They hold more coffee than other mugs and he loves the handle, so I say buy a few to save some on shipping!!

ivanivanovich wrote:It's the shiny stuff. It reflects cold.

If the cold is on the outside and tries to get in, it gets bounced away and scattered. If the cold is on the inside, any cold that tries to escape gets bounced back inwards.

The concave walls tend to focus and concentrate the cold rays, keeping them active longer. Under certain conditions, if the cold passes through enough ice cubes and bounces off the wall of the cup enough times, it's theoretically possible for the contents to actually get colder !

Yeah...it's the punch line from a VERY old joke.

TMYK

sixiam wrote:Did you try taking out the spill guard of the Keurig?

Even if you remove the little grate at the bottom of the Keurig, these mugs will still not fit. They are VERY tall. Note that this is in my home model Keurig. I have not tried in the institutional-style Keurigs that we have at the office - maybe it would fit into those. But the point is generally to fill my mug at home for the commute to work. ;-)

That being said, even though they don't fit in the Keurig, they're still AWESOME! By far the best travel mug I've ever had, because:

1. You can put it IN THE DISHWASHER
2. When closed, it WILL NOT SPILL

Seriously, I put in my flavored creamer, then pour in my coffee (I use a separate mug or measuring cup under the Keurig, then pour it into the travel mug), tighten the lid, then I shake the hell out of it! Not a single drop spilled.

Anyone know if the lid thread is compatible with nalgene/camelback lids?

wapratesi wrote:Clearly- I'd think the bold italics made that plain.


However, for those actually wanting a thermos mug that keeps drink hot-

Of the modes of heat transfer, conduction is what will affect your hot (or cold) drink [note, convection is how the heat will dissipate from the drink to/from the mug and to/from the mug from the air]. With insulated wall thermoses, there is insulation and air between the walls of the thermos which conducts heat to your cold drink or from your hot drink. By getting a vacuum sealed thermos, there is no material between the inside and outside walls of the thermos, so the only way for heat to escape from your hot drink or get to your cold drink to warm it is either A)through the lid of the thermos or B) b conduction through the interior wall of the thermos up to the top of the thermos where the interior wall meets the exterior wall. This is significantly better that simply using insulation, by orders of magnitude (napkin math says around 10x better- i.e. your drink will "stay" hot or cold 10 times longer than with insulated mugs).

Conclusion/ TL;DR-

If you just need a mug that can get beaten up on the go and you drink your coffee/whatever within about 40 minutes, get this mug- it meets your needs. If you're taking your coffee/whatever for later in the day, though, and/or like to sip your coffee/whatever through the morning, fork out the cash for a vacuum thermos. You'll be much happier in the end.

The important thing to note here is did they use a refurb woot Dyson to create the vacuum?

Easy to clean, fits great in my cup holders, but not that hot at keeping things, well ...., hot. I own two, proudly purchased from Woot!