I work from home and drink from mugs and I don’t tiktok, so this whole trendy cup thing is really confusing me.

Do they uncurse bad water or something?

  • Transporter Room 3
    22•11 months ago

    I got my last insulated cup from a hardware store. $7 and change.

    No branding at all, just “insulated stainless steel cup”

    It’s the best cup I’ve ever had, and I can’t even tell people what to look for because the packaging was generic black text on white cardboard, around the base of the cup for stability. That’s it.

    It was basically xkcd’s Brand Identity https://xkcd.com/993/, in cup form.

    I forgot I made some hot chocolate one night last week, and when I woke up in the morning, all I had to do was stir it to get the chocolate mixed up well, and it was still warm. Not hot mind you, but warm enough to get me to work. I’d say hot time is 2-4 hours. 5-6 if you slide the lid closed.

    Now I want to run some temperature tests but I don’t have any temperature sensor and logging programs to do them though.

    It’s kept ice for 24 hours. I dumped it so no idea how long it CAN hold ice.

    Also I have no idea how these times compare to the expensive brands, since I’ve never owned one. They could be sub-par. But they’re infinitely better than the ceramic mugs or Styrofoam/plastic insulated cups I used before, so… Yeah. They’ve got that going for them. Which is nice.

    • @[email protected]
      4•11 months ago

      Do you know what hardware store? I got a Thermos brand thermos for Christmas but it has a weird screw style stopper that makes it a hassle to drink from or open up, would very much like a solid insulated cup/bottle.

      • Transporter Room 3
        2•11 months ago

        I wanna say Lowe’s? I think? It was a couple years ago in Michigan, while I was visiting in-laws.

        They were sitting on their own generic white cardboard display, the kind the store cuts the top off and everything is already shelved and priced.