@mcanavino I’d stay clear of anything I repeatedly touch and especially drink from that qualifies under proposition 65 warning which is an ingredient or composition known to cause cancer. usually it’s a plastic like product. You’ll find the warnings on extension cords, plastic fans, so probably referring to the lids.
I am sticking with my 16 and 24 ounce Bubba mugs that I got here probably a decade ago.
@mcanavino@troy steel has carbon. Iron is soft, the addition of carbon makes it harder but not too much or it becomes brittle. Cast iron is iron with more carbon. Probably like nutrition it should have been mentioned under the “contains less than 2% of” clause.
@ergomeh@mcanavino@troy Stainless only has trace amounts of carbon (<0.1%). Carbon is important to it, but there’s a lot less of it than the 4 listed ingredients.
@mcanavino Ordinary non-stainless steel is pretty much unsuitable for use as a drinking vessel material. The surface quickly corrodes, and while rust contamination has a lower level of toxicity issues than a lot of other things, the corroded surface becomes microporous in ways that can lead to it becoming difficult to keep sanitary. That’s why stainless steel is preferred; the addition of chromium (at a minimum), nickel (usually), and molybdenum (typically) in the correct ratios will result in a steel alloy that resists corrosion pretty well. But a stainless lid is a pain to make and use, so the tops are generally some kind of resin. California’s Prop65 is the perfect example of well-meaning legislation that accomplishes precisely nothing; it makes no attempt to identify any specific hazard or quantify the degree to which it is serious. Many manufacturers just routinely slap a Prop65 “may contain” label on everything they ship to California because they don’t even know if their own product is free of everything that could be applicable.
I have also had many of these for years. Two different sizes several different patterns on the outside. And when I had to close a department during covid I got one as a good luck gift for every single person in the department. I love them. And I may be think I got the first one here back when this was a new place I don’t know but I think I did I suppose it could have been the other place but I don’t think it was that long ago but if you they are sturdy there well made they Dent when dropped from a very high height but from the same height my Stanley was destroyed so bye bye bye. I’d buy them but I don’t need anymore and I don’t have anybody to give one as a gift to at the moment
I have a Contigo from a long ago Meh sale with a screw on lid which has left me with (probably irrational) fear of push on lids. Anyone know how the lids attach (and whether I should care)?
@ergomeh I have several of these. The lid is screw-on.
This is a heck of a deal on these mugs. I use one daily. Fill it with coffee at home, lock the opening button, throw it in my lunch box, usually laying on it’s side, and it doesn’t leak.
Contigo makes the best leak proof travel mugs I’ve ever used, I’ve tried yeti, Stanley, Ozark trail, Tupperware, and a few more I forget the brands of, Contigo is the only one that never caused me problems.
@sixsmith My experience is different. The Contigo mugs with tops that have a round drinking port - those are awesome. This model, however, has a horizontal ‘slit’ drinking port. Those don’t seal nearly as well. Ask the coffee-stained inside of my messenger bag for proof.
@giorgitd@sixsmith I gave up on the West Loop for the same reason, also the gasket way up in the lid gets grungy & is hard to remove & almost impossible to replace correctly after cleaning. The Snap Seal lid is much better & easier to clean although it’s more effort to snap open & closed when drinking.
Treat yourself to a Zojirushi 16oz travel mug with the high polish stainless interior. My coffee is still piping hot 8 hours after pouring it even if I leave the lid open. The lid also comes completely apart for thorough cleaning. Not to mention it is very slim and fits small hands very well.
@lrichman Nearly all of the vacuum-insulated stainless mugs and tumblers say that. I have about a dozen, of assorted brands. I put them all through the dishwasher, but not on the heat-dry cycle. Most of them have a soft metal plug that seals the vacuum chamber, and overheating it can cause it to leak and compromise the insulation. Some have powdercoat finishes that become discolored easily.
@lrichman The stainless steel (unfinished surface) has been ok for me in the dishwasher. The ones that are coated/ printed / anodized - those lose their finish in the dishwasher IME.
@giorgitd@lrichman Can confirm, dishwasher will take off print finish on these. Not sure how long a solid finish such as the black will hold up. I’ve decided I care less about the finish than mine being clean and they’ve held up for years (and they look great once all the paint has worn off…)
My dishwasher doesn’t have heated dry though.
The finish comes off even if you don’t put it in the dishwasher. It flakes off slowly. Those in an off color are less preferable for this reason (I assume the black one is like this, but probably not the other one) but in this case you don’t have much of a choice.
Contigo is a Great Product. So is Bubba!.. I’m trying not to push the Buy Button. I carried these in my work tote bag and rarely if ever had any leakage. Retired RN now, hard to justify more, I have a cupboard full.
I’m still using the old Bubbas. I’ve since added several sizes of ThermoFlask bottles from Costco. They work great, don’t leak, and the price can’t be beat.
I would buy but I still have a spare from years ago. My current one has lasted longer than my previous ones. (Knock on wood). It looks like heck because the paint is chipping off from years of use, but it still keeps my coffee warm.
@Bumplepimp This is why I’m fond of the 30/32/40 ounce Arctic-clone tumblers and mugs. They use lids that are pretty much interchangeable, and there are decent inexpensive third-party lids that work perfectly well on most brands. Caveat: They are not so leakproof that they can be carried on their sides, no way. But since I don’t do coffee, and I want my cold beverage at hand all the time, the ones I use are a very useful solution for me. You should use what works for you.
I have one and like it, though I usually drink from it with the lid off. And they seem to breed a black gunk in the lid at a miraculous rate that is hard to eliminate with all of the devices under there.
But there’s another lesson here, one beyond business talk: if you’re gonna buy these things, you should buy as many as you can.
Mostly because despite the fact that they have been reliably available for a good while now, inevitably the idiots who run manufacturing and marketing decide that the old product, which is in many cases the standard of an industry, needs to be replaced by something New!! and different. And usually “new and different” means cheaper to make and more profitable to market. So get the good stuff while the good stuff exists. As long as you’ve got a place to stash it until you need it, it’s a reliable way of making sure that you have what you like, if this fits that bill for you.
@werehatrack If you can find a shoe company that doesn’t do this please let me know. Once I find shoes that I like and are comfortable I will buy them forever… Luggage is the same way except for Olympia who continue to make these fine carry on bags
@ergomeh@werehatrack
1.) as I am of wide wide wide extra wide feet, if I find a shoe that fits, I immediately order 8 (or whatever stock the store has)
2.) I could use some rolling duffels; I’ve had a terrible history of them though. What’s this one weight rated? My previous skate wheel duffels all collapse, either under center (the plastic bar functioning as an “axle” for the wheel wells splits and the bottom of the bag drags) or on the wheel (the wheels explode), while under 30 lbs of potatoes being dragged across town.
@pakopako@werehatrack I’m a fan of that particular rolling duffle but you might struggle to get 30lbs of potatoes in it. Olympia make a bigger duffle that I don’t like as much. It’s really light (a good thing if you’re going to check it) but not too stiff. The only real consequence is that the material between the wheels gets scuffed on curbs. I’d add some leather there but the fabric glue I bought here a long time ago has dried up.
@ergomeh@werehatrack Indeed. I used to take these grocery shopping (they were small enough to carry into a bus and light enough to lift into my lap) until I realized the material between the wheels became a hole (because said produce were sagging that area).
@Bifwak every single one I own has been through the dishwasher multiple times with no issues. I know what it says. And my red one or maroon whatever color it is has faded a little bit none of the others have it’s color fade not the material
@Bifwak Right. I’ve got a number of these and eventually run into issues after dishwashing them. I just received these from this deal and was disappointed to see they’re hand-clean body only. They’re good enough to get despite this, and I’m going to chuck them in the dishwasher until they degrade enough for me to get another set from Meh. (grin)
@Bifwak@KabukiOrigin If your experience is typical, that may take a while. Just don’t put them in the bottom rack, and don’t use the heat-dry or extra-hot-wash cycles with them.
@rjquillin Given that the photos seem to show it being used with a 64-ounce bottle (half gallon), the 8" radius overall could be accurate. If so, it’s uselessly overlarge for any water bottle I’d carry clipped to my belt.
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Contigo 16oz West Loop Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Travel Mugs
Model: 2013292
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$39.99 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jun 24 - Monday, Jul 1
“Can they make a margarita: No, but they can hide a margarita”
can confirm
I’ve had one of these for years. They don’t leak a drop and the way the moving parts swing away for cleaning is pretty rad.
“This product contains Stainless Steel (Iron, Chromium, Nickel, Manganese), Styrene, Formaldehyde, and Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxan”
So… no actual steel?
@mcanavino what do you think steel is?
Brawndo
@mcanavino I’d stay clear of anything I repeatedly touch and especially drink from that qualifies under proposition 65 warning which is an ingredient or composition known to cause cancer. usually it’s a plastic like product. You’ll find the warnings on extension cords, plastic fans, so probably referring to the lids.
I am sticking with my 16 and 24 ounce Bubba mugs that I got here probably a decade ago.
@mcanavino @troy steel has carbon. Iron is soft, the addition of carbon makes it harder but not too much or it becomes brittle. Cast iron is iron with more carbon. Probably like nutrition it should have been mentioned under the “contains less than 2% of” clause.
@ergomeh @mcanavino @troy Stainless only has trace amounts of carbon (<0.1%). Carbon is important to it, but there’s a lot less of it than the 4 listed ingredients.
@mcanavino Ordinary non-stainless steel is pretty much unsuitable for use as a drinking vessel material. The surface quickly corrodes, and while rust contamination has a lower level of toxicity issues than a lot of other things, the corroded surface becomes microporous in ways that can lead to it becoming difficult to keep sanitary. That’s why stainless steel is preferred; the addition of chromium (at a minimum), nickel (usually), and molybdenum (typically) in the correct ratios will result in a steel alloy that resists corrosion pretty well. But a stainless lid is a pain to make and use, so the tops are generally some kind of resin. California’s Prop65 is the perfect example of well-meaning legislation that accomplishes precisely nothing; it makes no attempt to identify any specific hazard or quantify the degree to which it is serious. Many manufacturers just routinely slap a Prop65 “may contain” label on everything they ship to California because they don’t even know if their own product is free of everything that could be applicable.
@mcanavino @skrubol @troy like spray oil that is 100% oil but 0% oil per serving
I have also had many of these for years. Two different sizes several different patterns on the outside. And when I had to close a department during covid I got one as a good luck gift for every single person in the department. I love them. And I may be think I got the first one here back when this was a new place I don’t know but I think I did I suppose it could have been the other place but I don’t think it was that long ago but if you they are sturdy there well made they Dent when dropped from a very high height but from the same height my Stanley was destroyed so bye bye bye. I’d buy them but I don’t need anymore and I don’t have anybody to give one as a gift to at the moment
@Cerridwyn https://meh.com/forum/topics/contigo-autoseal-swish-17oz-water-bottle
First one is actually a water bottle not the coffee cup or travel bug or whatever you want to call it but that’s what got me into them
I have a Contigo from a long ago Meh sale with a screw on lid which has left me with (probably irrational) fear of push on lids. Anyone know how the lids attach (and whether I should care)?
@ergomeh Looks like it’s threaded, so it screws on.
@ergomeh I have several of these. The lid is screw-on.
This is a heck of a deal on these mugs. I use one daily. Fill it with coffee at home, lock the opening button, throw it in my lunch box, usually laying on it’s side, and it doesn’t leak.
I’m thinking both reviews are from the same household. Mr. Hayes who thinks everyone is taking his mugs and his wife who knows better.
Contigo makes the best leak proof travel mugs I’ve ever used, I’ve tried yeti, Stanley, Ozark trail, Tupperware, and a few more I forget the brands of, Contigo is the only one that never caused me problems.
However, the lids are vulnerable to fall damage
@sixsmith My experience is different. The Contigo mugs with tops that have a round drinking port - those are awesome. This model, however, has a horizontal ‘slit’ drinking port. Those don’t seal nearly as well. Ask the coffee-stained inside of my messenger bag for proof.
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
@giorgitd @sixsmith I gave up on the West Loop for the same reason, also the gasket way up in the lid gets grungy & is hard to remove & almost impossible to replace correctly after cleaning. The Snap Seal lid is much better & easier to clean although it’s more effort to snap open & closed when drinking.
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: efficient-pure-degree
/showme efficient pure degree
Treat yourself to a Zojirushi 16oz travel mug with the high polish stainless interior. My coffee is still piping hot 8 hours after pouring it even if I leave the lid open. The lid also comes completely apart for thorough cleaning. Not to mention it is very slim and fits small hands very well.
Not true that “You can run them through a dishwasher”. Product description says only the lid is dishwasher safe and that the body is handwash only.
@lrichman Nearly all of the vacuum-insulated stainless mugs and tumblers say that. I have about a dozen, of assorted brands. I put them all through the dishwasher, but not on the heat-dry cycle. Most of them have a soft metal plug that seals the vacuum chamber, and overheating it can cause it to leak and compromise the insulation. Some have powdercoat finishes that become discolored easily.
Your mileage may vary.
@lrichman The stainless steel (unfinished surface) has been ok for me in the dishwasher. The ones that are coated/ printed / anodized - those lose their finish in the dishwasher IME.
@giorgitd @lrichman Can confirm, dishwasher will take off print finish on these. Not sure how long a solid finish such as the black will hold up. I’ve decided I care less about the finish than mine being clean and they’ve held up for years (and they look great once all the paint has worn off…)
My dishwasher doesn’t have heated dry though.
The finish comes off even if you don’t put it in the dishwasher. It flakes off slowly. Those in an off color are less preferable for this reason (I assume the black one is like this, but probably not the other one) but in this case you don’t have much of a choice.
Contigo is a Great Product. So is Bubba!.. I’m trying not to push the Buy Button. I carried these in my work tote bag and rarely if ever had any leakage. Retired RN now, hard to justify more, I have a cupboard full.
@Mandamm me too. All the above
I’m still using the old Bubbas. I’ve since added several sizes of ThermoFlask bottles from Costco. They work great, don’t leak, and the price can’t be beat.
I would buy but I still have a spare from years ago. My current one has lasted longer than my previous ones. (Knock on wood). It looks like heck because the paint is chipping off from years of use, but it still keeps my coffee warm.
My favorite travel mug! If these were the 22oz I’d definitely grab them! I’ve got enough of the 16oz.
These mugs are great as minimizing spills, easy to use, easy to clean, and just all around great. This 2 for 1 deal is definitely worth it.
Meh! I just end up losing the lids and using them as regular drinking cups.
@Bumplepimp This is why I’m fond of the 30/32/40 ounce Arctic-clone tumblers and mugs. They use lids that are pretty much interchangeable, and there are decent inexpensive third-party lids that work perfectly well on most brands. Caveat: They are not so leakproof that they can be carried on their sides, no way. But since I don’t do coffee, and I want my cold beverage at hand all the time, the ones I use are a very useful solution for me. You should use what works for you.
I got this one from Meh almost a decade ago and it’s still my favorite travel mug
@abmille nice handles
I have one and like it, though I usually drink from it with the lid off. And they seem to breed a black gunk in the lid at a miraculous rate that is hard to eliminate with all of the devices under there.
@IAMIS Try soaking the lid in a 50/50 vinegar solution overnight.
/showme Adult sippy cups.
As backups to the one I use meow.
/Buy
@narfcake It worked! Your order number is: straight-awake-toddy
/showme straight awake toddy
@narfcake Appropriate order number, kind of!
Mostly because despite the fact that they have been reliably available for a good while now, inevitably the idiots who run manufacturing and marketing decide that the old product, which is in many cases the standard of an industry, needs to be replaced by something New!! and different. And usually “new and different” means cheaper to make and more profitable to market. So get the good stuff while the good stuff exists. As long as you’ve got a place to stash it until you need it, it’s a reliable way of making sure that you have what you like, if this fits that bill for you.
@werehatrack If you can find a shoe company that doesn’t do this please let me know. Once I find shoes that I like and are comfortable I will buy them forever… Luggage is the same way except for Olympia who continue to make these fine carry on bags
@ergomeh @werehatrack
1.) as I am of wide wide wide extra wide feet, if I find a shoe that fits, I immediately order 8 (or whatever stock the store has)
2.) I could use some rolling duffels; I’ve had a terrible history of them though. What’s this one weight rated? My previous skate wheel duffels all collapse, either under center (the plastic bar functioning as an “axle” for the wheel wells splits and the bottom of the bag drags) or on the wheel (the wheels explode), while under 30 lbs of potatoes being dragged across town.
@pakopako @werehatrack I’m a fan of that particular rolling duffle but you might struggle to get 30lbs of potatoes in it. Olympia make a bigger duffle that I don’t like as much. It’s really light (a good thing if you’re going to check it) but not too stiff. The only real consequence is that the material between the wheels gets scuffed on curbs. I’d add some leather there but the fabric glue I bought here a long time ago has dried up.
@ergomeh @werehatrack Indeed. I used to take these grocery shopping (they were small enough to carry into a bus and light enough to lift into my lap) until I realized the material between the wheels became a hole (because said produce were sagging that area).
A little false advertising. Only the lid is dishwasher safe
@Bifwak every single one I own has been through the dishwasher multiple times with no issues. I know what it says. And my red one or maroon whatever color it is has faded a little bit none of the others have it’s color fade not the material
@Bifwak Right. I’ve got a number of these and eventually run into issues after dishwashing them. I just received these from this deal and was disappointed to see they’re hand-clean body only. They’re good enough to get despite this, and I’m going to chuck them in the dishwasher until they degrade enough for me to get another set from Meh. (grin)
@Bifwak @KabukiOrigin If your experience is typical, that may take a while. Just don’t put them in the bottom rack, and don’t use the heat-dry or extra-hot-wash cycles with them.
/buy
@candiedisilvio1 It worked! Your order number is: glossy-weighty-mole
/showme glossy weighty mole
I need a translation for that “W” dimension…
@rjquillin I’m assuming it’s diameter? (Width)
@pakopako @rjquillin
@rjquillin @sammydog01 Now that’s an 8" radius.
@pakopako @sammydog01
circumference; now that I could believe
@rjquillin Given that the photos seem to show it being used with a 64-ounce bottle (half gallon), the 8" radius overall could be accurate. If so, it’s uselessly overlarge for any water bottle I’d carry clipped to my belt.