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The Leak Resistant Tumbler 14 oz is built with TherMax double wall vacuum insulation.
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106 of 111 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some Like It Hotter,
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This review is from: Thermos Nissan 14-Ounce Stainless-Steel Travel Tumbler (Kitchen)
As with many other products on Amazon.com, the "Ultimate" earned pretty much of a bimodal distribution: People seem to basically love or really dislike the "Travel Tumbler." Either the quality control at Nissan is terrible (i.e., people are getting tumblers that differ greatly in quality), or the reviews themselves are just not very reliable. Coffee lovers may be a pretty emotional bunch when it comes to their preferred caffeine delivery method, and some of the complaints seem steeped more in emotion than practicality. I'll try clarifying the bases of my own evaluation, which places the "Ultimate's" performance somewhere between the very good/very bad polarity I see here.
1. LEAKING: Unlike what one person said, it does NOT leak like a "colander." When you squeeze the handle-like mechanism, a small hole at the top of the lid depresses. The problem is that this coffee will drain though the "covered" hole, albeit very slowly: If I lift the cup WITHOUT squeezing the "HANDLE" as if to take a sip, a slow, very small stream of coffee comes out the apparently sealed top. Although the product description above touts that the container is spill-proof, rather than leak-proof, this slight leakage is psychologically annoying given the price and the expected performance. Practically speaking, however, it's not that important: You won't leak or spill a hot beverage if the "tumbler" is basically upright. The rubberized grip surrounding the center provides a comfortable and secure grip. 2. COFFEE NOSE: Other Nissan beverage holders have drinkers complaining that residual liquid on the top of the lid leaves a spot on their noses when they go for their next sip. It's true that a small amount of liquid is left (and this, too, will spill if, for some muckraking reason, you choose to hold the tumbler upside-down to disprove the anti-spill claims of Nissan), but it settles down far enough from where you drink that it leaves your nose alone, which is exactly what it should do. 3. TEMPERATURE: I found that it does NOT keep my beverage very hot for hours. At 45 minutes, my coffee was still very hot, but noticeable cooling occurred after about an hour. You can minimize temperature reduction by pre-warming the tumbler with very, very hot water, and filling it with the hottest possible drink possible. However, even the double steel container doesn't hold in the heat nearly as well as the Nissan thermos. This is probably the biggest disappointment, although a fairly negligible one personally (my longest drive is generally about an hour). Those who insist on very hot coffee for periods of one hour or more, however, may be disappointed. 4. CLEANING: Yes, there is a small white ring around the top of the container for insulation. I have not had any problem with accumulated debris, odors, or with other nasty things that reviewers have described. Simply cleaning it after each use should do the trick; I'll update this review if I find the tumbler particularly resistant to cleaning. However, other Nissan travel mugs either have similar problems or don't have the convenient squeeze handle. Recommendation: Resistant to leaking and unlikely to spill, the Nissan still fails to meet expectations, especially given the cost. A more important problem, then, is that its heat retention is unsatisfactory for periods much longer than an hour. My recommendation (one that I wish I had heard before) is to wait for more current reviews of the commuter mug rated #1 by the venerable "Wall Street Journal," but not yet available due to current demand: The Zojirushi Tumbler (http: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004S57G/qid=1137462602/sr=1-25/ref=sr_1_25/103-7519344-0327817?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=284507). The Nissan 14-Ounce Leak-Proof Insulated Travel Mug, though not without its critics, also looks promising.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Keeps hot stuff hot for hours,
By Francesca Rivera "Cubana Bop" (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thermos Nissan 14-Ounce Stainless-Steel Travel Tumbler (Kitchen)
This particular Nissan model keeps cold stuff cold and hot stuff hot for *hours* (which is great if you like to drink your coffee or cocoa slowly over the course of a long meetig or classroom seminar), the plastic rim protects your lips from scalding when you go to drink hot liquids, and the narrow body with the rubber grip makes it easy to hold, even for very small hands. I also like the non-spill lever (note it is NOT a handle, and don't try to hold the cup by the lever!) and it keeps the liquid in the mug for all but the most extreme upturns. The one downside to this model is keeping it clean--I find I have to wrestle it a bit to clean it. The narrow body sometimes poses a challenge for handwashing, and I usually soak the mouthpiece overnight in soapy water. You do have to pull the white ring out to get it really clean. But, franklyu, most of the commuter mugs require special handling to reduce bacteria build-up. All in all, I think it is a good buy. I've enjoyed drinking my daily coffee out of this model for years.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
If you put milk in your tea or coffee don't buy it...,
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This review is from: Thermos Nissan 14-Ounce Stainless-Steel Travel Tumbler (Kitchen)
At first I was extremely satisfied with the purchase of this tumbler. However, little did I know what was growing in the little crevices of this deceptively clean and sleek looking mug...
If you don't put milk in your coffee and tea then this is probably the travel mug for you. It keeps drinks cold or hot for hours. BUT...after just a few weeks of drinking my coffee and cream, I realized how hard it was to clean this mug. It has so many little corners that are IMPOSSIBLE to get to. (I don't understand why someone can't make a travel mug that you can take apart completely to wash thoroughly.) Basically, I had to resort to jabbing knives and forks into these corners to remove the gunk (probably from the fatty content of milk) that quickly started to infiltrate. There is this rubber ring towards the top of the inside of the mug that has a small gap on the underside. If you have one of these mugs but never thought to look under it, I warn you...you will never look at your mug the same way again. I finally decided to rip off the rubber ring, and the contents were disturbing...milky, brown, jelly looking gunk. It was a horrible moment... I dare you to buy this mug, drink from it for a few weeks and then be brave enough to peer into the dark corners of your pure (so you think) java utopia.... 2115|R2RDSMH5ETQKID;2115|R3EY7ED0OQTTBG;2115|R1T9KRIGRCCN2K;
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