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Thanks for the advice guys. Sounds like Contigo will fit the bill as it gets a general thumbs up on this thread too.
No need for insulated mugs with these:
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Co-irker with expensive tastes (and a slightly over the top analytical sensibility) swears that they do exactly what they say on the tin.
STL
Just in case anyone has an octavia and is thinking of getting a bodum mug.
It fits in the center rear holder but not the center front holders.
Worked great for taking advantage of the free drinks machine at the factory i visited today too. 🙂
Contigo ordered, thanks all.
I find I have to make my coffee and let it cool without the lid on for about 5-10 mins before I leave otherwise it stays too hot to drink. Oh and coffee always seems to taste better than tea, which I find stews a bit in a travel mug or is that just my poor preparation!?
Do any of them fit a bike bottle cage? Mrs Average would like to cycle to the station with hot tea.
Get the Kleen Kanteen on the previous page. Comes with a leakproof top, fits in a bottle cage for the ride to the station, switch to the sippy top when I get there. Contents normally still dangerously hot by the time I get to the office, 90 minutes later.
Found the pics of the Contigo....
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That's a Spesh Rib Cage and it fits nice & snug.
The Contigo seals watertight so it can go in any orientation and nothing will spill out. Mine won't fit in the cup holder in my car, so I put it in the space between the seat and the door on it's side and it's never leaked. Just have to be careful when you pick it up you don't squeeze the button.
My wife got a Bodum one a couple of weeks ago and nice as it is she can't get the lid to stay on, I would guess it may have been over tightened once and now it won't stay put, so be careful it may be the weak spot in an otherwise good design.
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Morrisons seem to have some stock of their "On the go flask". Just picked up another one. £4. Same one PePPer refers to earlier.
Best insulated flask Ive owned. However, while it does "fit" in a bottle cage, it's not a snug fit. You might want to consider wrapping it in an inner tube for example to stop it rattling.
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Well, after reading through this thread, and weighing up the options, I thought I'd pop into Morrison's yesterday afternoon and have a shufti at the travel flask Stoner posted up. Looked good, only four squids against sixteen to twenty-odd, what's to lose.
Tried it this morning, made up some tea in a jug, heated the flask and put the tea in, this at 7.40am.
Finished the last dregs, still quite warm, at 10.20am, made another, and that I finished, again last dregs, still warm enough to be drinkable, at 2.00pm! Most of the time the drink was too hot to do more than sip, thus lasting such a long time. Colour me bloody impressed!
Going to get another one, in fact I might get a couple, just in case, because at that price they're a steal.
I did have a though re: fitting into a bike cage; get a large capacity water bottle, cut the top off, and stand the flask in the centre of the water bottle, and fill with expanding foam, then you could just pull the flask out of the bottle, leaving it secure when riding. Just a thought.
Great flask/travel mug, thanks for the heads-up, really chuffed with mine, thanks all!
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OK, so these mugs keep things hot, but do they make the coffee taste strange, and do they drip coffee down your shirt?
I've got a ceramic travel mug with a silicone lid at the minute. No taste, but it does like to drip coffee all over the place...
Tron, nope, and nope. The Morissons one is all stainless steel, the only plastic is the lid, and the lip bit where you drink from, doesn't drip. Certainly the two lots of tea I had in mine today only differed in the make of bags used, which changed the taste slightly, otherwise, just tasted of milky tea.
Four quid? Absolute bargain.
superb! 🙂
I think I said in the earlier post, if I make a coffee brew, I have to leave the lid open for a long time until its cooled enough to drink 🙂
If it wont fit into a bottle cage securely then try one of these
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