@awk Appliances really hate those acrylic lids too. Acrylic will snap, crackle, and pop in the dishwasher, microwave, or freezer. Just say no to acrylic food containers.
@medz Exactly! It’s like “sure, I’ll give up my autonomy of choice to someone who clearly knows better than I do, or has my best interest at heart, or got twice the amount of one color as all the others so they can’t make full sets and are trying to make taking all the left-overs ‘fun’…” or something like that.
In 5 weeks, I’ll finally be back in the classroom after 18 months. Little insulated containers like this make staying hydrated a lot nicer, and at this price, I won’t feel bad when I inevitably lose any of these
Does the bottle style open up so you can actually put a [beer] bottle inside of it? You know - like the others you have sold that were far more useful since it is in the shape of a beer bottle.
I do like this type of insulated cups/mugs. However this seems like a fairly high price for what I think is a no-name brand. You can often find similar at this price or less. I think I bought 4 for $20 of the “goblet style” at Costco a few years ago, that were pretty good quality but also not a known brand. Not these exactly but actually seemed a bit nicer.
If you want to step up to a known quality name like Hydro-flask or Yeti, yes, you’ll pay at least twice as much per item, but usually can buy individually and pick color and style you want. I decided I’d rather have smaller quantity of really high quality ones, as opposed to a bunch more of ones like this.
@pmarin
I got a set of these in a style not shown (more like regular style you see everywhere else) and there actually quite good. Gave a couple to my family and they were impressed too.
I have had the 20 oz. Primula mug for 6 months now and have loved two things about it. First, it does keep hot drinks hot provided you have the top closed. A cup of coffee is good for six hours, easy. Secondly with the top closed it is virtually leak resistant. We have a requirement at work were any mug brought into the conference room needs to have a leak proof top. Inevitably, someone manages to knock over someone’s drink or their own. Starbucks containers are the worse offender, they go all over the place. The sliding lids will pop off. But these lids screw on and the pop top has a clip to keep it pretty well closed.
Needless to say, I like 'em. Meh said.
@drraddan I would be all over this if the one you have was offered. Unlike the ones in today’s deal, yours at least appears that it fits in a cup holder.
@mwarren nary a problem. I find it gets a coffee scum on the lid opening by the end of the day that just won’t simply rinse off. It’s a bummer having to actually wash the thing.
I’d actually be more interested if the lids were of the more generic press-in-place type that can be had from alternate sources. And a 14 ounce capacity is well short of the 30 ounces that I’m using daily now. Also, “hand wash only” is a down-check even when it’s not really needed; I have a number of competing ones that get tossed in the dishwasher with no ill effects because I never use the “heat dry” option, and the non-mug ones are probably de facto safe for me to run through the machine, but it makes me less enthusiastic about them. Once in a while I have found ones whose pressed-on or glued-on base cap has a vent that allows water into a cavity, which then leaks out later. Ick.
Back at the start of the plague lockdowns, in a discussion of “how desperate for a cocktail are we going to get before this is over”, I tried to set a benchmark with the “WalMartini”; one part Everclear, three parts the cheapest boxed white wine strained through some pie spice and Italian herbs (vermouth being basically a white wine with herbs and spices), one part Great Value Lemon Flavor Sparkling Water (preferably past stale date), and the leftover ice from a drive-through fast-food cup of Sprite. Shake, strain, hold nose and swallow. Proportions can be varied to lack of taste and level of desperation. Olive onna stick optional, 6p extra.
had I read they were not dishwasher safe, I probably wouldn’t have the four that are now staring at me on my table. Has anybody put these in a dishwasher yet? any bad juju?
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What’s Included?
4x Primula Insulated Coffee Cups
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4x Primula Insulated Cocktail Cups
OR
4x Primula Insulated Water Bottles
Price Comparison
$51.70 at QVC for 4 Cocktail Cups
$59.92 (Similar) at Amazon for 4 Coffee Cups
$60.76 (Similar) at Primula for 4 Water Bottles
Warranty
90 days
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These people really hate appliances…
@awk The creators have seen Maximum Overdrive a few too many times.
@awk Appliances really hate those acrylic lids too. Acrylic will snap, crackle, and pop in the dishwasher, microwave, or freezer. Just say no to acrylic food containers.
No mystery discount?
@medz Exactly! It’s like “sure, I’ll give up my autonomy of choice to someone who clearly knows better than I do, or has my best interest at heart, or got twice the amount of one color as all the others so they can’t make full sets and are trying to make taking all the left-overs ‘fun’…” or something like that.
Anyone seriously considering ordering “Mystery Colors”?
Now if they came in the black they show for the mystery set…
@ybmuG I went mystery because why not?
@tyler524 The perfect reason to buy anything on Meh
Do we get a prize if we guess the mystery colors?
@mexicantacos Other than the satisfaction of knowing you did it, you mean?
You have a 1 in 1680 chance, so it would be quite the accomplishment.
@mexicantacos I will guess chipped and scratched as the mystery colors.
I get my cheap, mystery color cups for free at places that sell me food, fast.
In 5 weeks, I’ll finally be back in the classroom after 18 months. Little insulated containers like this make staying hydrated a lot nicer, and at this price, I won’t feel bad when I inevitably lose any of these
/giphy arid-mousy-governor
Who else remembers the “Drinking Terrible with Meh” video series?
I would absolutely buy if there was a mixed-type pack. No use for four of the same, though.
@bigscary my thoughts exactly! I would do a 2-2!
@bigscary
I was hoping there was a mystery, mystery pack. Mixed cups and colors.
Does the bottle style open up so you can actually put a [beer] bottle inside of it? You know - like the others you have sold that were far more useful since it is in the shape of a beer bottle.
@sdansmith
I’m gonna say no, it’s just to pour your beer into so it will stay cold.
I do like this type of insulated cups/mugs. However this seems like a fairly high price for what I think is a no-name brand. You can often find similar at this price or less. I think I bought 4 for $20 of the “goblet style” at Costco a few years ago, that were pretty good quality but also not a known brand. Not these exactly but actually seemed a bit nicer.
If you want to step up to a known quality name like Hydro-flask or Yeti, yes, you’ll pay at least twice as much per item, but usually can buy individually and pick color and style you want. I decided I’d rather have smaller quantity of really high quality ones, as opposed to a bunch more of ones like this.
@pmarin
I got a set of these in a style not shown (more like regular style you see everywhere else) and there actually quite good. Gave a couple to my family and they were impressed too.
It keeps the beef hot and the cool crisp!
@msayler I wonder if that made it to Jason’s “the roles I’m most proud of” list
@ybmuG It certainly made it on someone’s list of something
Needless to say, I like 'em. Meh said.
@drraddan I would be all over this if the one you have was offered. Unlike the ones in today’s deal, yours at least appears that it fits in a cup holder.
@drraddan How is the lid holding up? Has it gotten those acrylic craze lines yet?
@mwarren nary a problem. I find it gets a coffee scum on the lid opening by the end of the day that just won’t simply rinse off. It’s a bummer having to actually wash the thing.
@steeltoesenator Exactamondo. But I had to buy the handle separately.
Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like…hot or cold liquid
I’d actually be more interested if the lids were of the more generic press-in-place type that can be had from alternate sources. And a 14 ounce capacity is well short of the 30 ounces that I’m using daily now. Also, “hand wash only” is a down-check even when it’s not really needed; I have a number of competing ones that get tossed in the dishwasher with no ill effects because I never use the “heat dry” option, and the non-mug ones are probably de facto safe for me to run through the machine, but it makes me less enthusiastic about them. Once in a while I have found ones whose pressed-on or glued-on base cap has a vent that allows water into a cavity, which then leaks out later. Ick.
Back at the start of the plague lockdowns, in a discussion of “how desperate for a cocktail are we going to get before this is over”, I tried to set a benchmark with the “WalMartini”; one part Everclear, three parts the cheapest boxed white wine strained through some pie spice and Italian herbs (vermouth being basically a white wine with herbs and spices), one part Great Value Lemon Flavor Sparkling Water (preferably past stale date), and the leftover ice from a drive-through fast-food cup of Sprite. Shake, strain, hold nose and swallow. Proportions can be varied to lack of taste and level of desperation. Olive onna stick optional, 6p extra.
Bonus points if the plonk was left over from a New Year’s Eve party.
@werehatrack
/youtube i wanna party with you, cowboy
@werehatrack I forgot to add everything but the vodka.
Everything always tastes tinny in metal cups and mugs, no thanks
@sum1 as someone who is picky sometimes about such things, I disagree. Some mugs can, but definitely not all.
I let the universe play roulette with my beverage container colors and was rewarded with a matching ruby set! I am pleased
had I read they were not dishwasher safe, I probably wouldn’t have the four that are now staring at me on my table. Has anybody put these in a dishwasher yet? any bad juju?
@docflash
I think the colors will probably fade, or wear off.
The water bottle version of these seem to want to leak down the sides of my mouth. Maybe I have a drinking problem.