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It’s a bummer when your hot drink loses steam because it’s cold out or, well, your mug just sucks. If you’re a big coffee (or tea!) drinker, we might’ve found the mother of all insulated bottles to keep your hot drinks hot and your cold drinks cold. Made by Zojirushi, who also makes every sushi’s chef’s favorite rice maker, this stainless steel mug is leakproof, tough-as-nails, well insulated and, best of all, up to 27% off (depending on color) its usual price of $29.99. And reviewers are absolutely going nuts over it.
It’s garnered a near perfect 5-star average rating based on over 21,000 reviewers who sing its praises as being the “a perfect mug,” the “best travel or commuter mug made” and a “hidden gem.” It’s also so confidently leakproof, one reviewr swears it can be “used as a football.” If you’re on the hunt for that end-all-be-all travel companion, grab this one while it’s on sale!
This 16-ounce travel mug features stainless steel vacuum insulation for keeping beverages hot or cold for hours, plus it has a BPA-free plastic lid flip lid for one-handed use and a wide mouth for accommodating full-size ice cubes. It’ll fit in your cup holder, thankfully, and so many users believe it’s truly the best out.
Take this review, for example: ”This is the hands down the best travel mug made. It is so good that my coffee from two days was still warm when I poured it out. It is so good that you have to be careful to get the beverage to the right temperature BEFORE you close the lid.”
Or this rave one, who says it’s the best they’ve tried: “I have also bought many mugs of various brands, including Yeti and Contigo [and many] others. My Zojirushi mug outdoes all of them.”
Although it’s available in several colors, the lowest price is on its frosty blue model. But if you’re on the hunt for something more colorful, check around the product listing to see other on-sale colors!
Keep your cold drinks cold and your hot drinks hot and grab one of these under-the-radar stainless steel mugs today. Check out what other reviewers had to say about it down below.
“This is the hands down the best travel mug made. It is so good that my coffee from two days was still warm when I poured it out. It is so good that you have to be careful to get the beverage to the right temperature BEFORE you close the lid. Otherwise you have a very hot beverage that is difficult to cool without taking off the lid. I have two colors, flat black and the pink. I will say that the pink from my wife’s mug has worn down a bit after three years but it still looks great. My flat black one is going strong after two years. Both go through the dishwasher day after day. This mug is well worth the slightly higher price. It never leaks, not once. Sipping is easy and there is no splash factor as you sip. Plus they just look cool and you get a satisfying pop every time you open the lid.” — C. Drake
“[…] This really is my idea of a perfect travel mug. You can’t make it leak (even when you throw it sideways into a purse for a few hours), you really can use it one-handed, and it really does keep the drinks hot. I’ve done tea in this as well and it was just as good an experience; Never tried hot cocoa as zojirushi advises against milk products being used (If I recall correctly, it was something to do with the pressurized, sealed containers being able to build pressure due to milk doing what milk does). Regardless, what I’ve asked of it, the mug has proceeded to do with flying colors. I cannot recommend this mug strongly enough. If you ever find yourself wanting to have a small, reliable, and easy-to-use travel mug, then you cannot go wrong with zojirushi.” — Emily (This review has beeen edited for length. Read the full review.)
“This bottle is game changer. I purchased millions of bottles only to abandon them after a few uses. This one is a keeper! I actually stopped drinking from my mugs at home as they do not hold temperature well. Heated mugs ruin the taste. This one holds temperature forever. It is sleek and attractive design. Beautiful lavender color. 16oz is perfect size. I purchased 20oz before and returned it as it was too tall and I never could finish the tea I make in these mugs. Another important feature is the mouth of this mug. It is non-drip and it does not pour out like crazy, but at the same time, the drinking reservoir is rather wide. There are other models with very narrow mouth and I wasn’t big fan of the narrow design as it stresses my mouth somehow. This mug is perfection!” — Oxana S.
“This is by far the best thermos I have ever owned. I work in the trucking-logistics industry and I go into work early in the mornings. This thing keeps my coffee warm all the way until lunch with the top open! Not just warm but up until around 10 am I still have to be careful not to burn my tongue. I love it. Doesn’t leak. Easy to wash. The only draw back is the top is a little hard to get apart to hand wash but once you learn how it works it’s no biggie. Definitely worth the money. If you’re looking to buy one I don’t think you’ll be disappointed in this one at least this old trucker thinks so, lol if that means anything.” — Billy
“I bought my Zojirushu from Amazon in 2013 and bought one as a gift for my boss the following Christmas. Since then I have also bought many mugs of various brands, including Yeti and Contigo among others. My Zojirushi mug outdoes all of them. I like my coffee screaming hot from the first sip to the last, and I have a tendency to linger an hour or more over my first cup of the morning. Often I’ll set my cup of coffee down, then get busy and don’t get back to it for several hours. I have also left my coffee in the car until the end of the workday. In all of these instances the Zojirushi has kept my coffee very, very hot. Everything about it is First Class!!” — VFL