Comments on: Miss604 Poll: The Travel Mug Issue

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:11:45 +0000

Anybody know when the travel mug was introduced to the consumer market? I’m doing a short paper for a creative writing class, and i need some facts!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:35:42 +0000

If you’re going to get a travel mug – check what it is made of! Don’t get a plastic one for putting hot drinks in – Bisphenol A is a likely leachable of plastic travel mugs. I just discovered today that I should probably get a new one, as I have the ominous #7 on the bottom of mine!

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:51:52 +0000

I’ve become pretty regular using a travel mug, though I did switch to one with a metal inside to get rid of the plastic taste. But, I really want to try out this ultra-low-tech travel mug that probably gives the same taste as a ceramic mug. There are a few downsides, but overly insulating is not one of them!

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/my-ultra-cool-r.html

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:22:52 +0000

I have the same issue you do with the general laziness regarding the ever-eco-friendly travel mug. And the lids! Oh the lids that get lost/misplaced/snatched by gremlins. I must have a half dozen lidless travel mugs at home (which pretty much makes them “mugs”).

The only travel mug I use regularly is the one on my desk for the water cooler; because it’s only water it doesn’t require cleaning as often.

I never considered a large ziploc bag for transporting any less-clean travel mugs. I might have to try that now. Simple and ingenious, Chris!

By: Chris Magnusson

Chris Magnusson — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:11:04 +0000

I usually go for cold bevvies in a Sigg bottle but when I want warm, I use a travel mug similar to what Gregg described. I stick it in a large Ziploc when I'm done with it, so that the contents of my bag do not end up sporting whatever was in the mug.

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By: Gregg

Gregg — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:59:58 +0000

You need to spend around $35 for a good travel mug. 3 Vets sells a Nissan one that keeps liquid too hot to drink for 2 – 3 hours.

The whining that it ‘doesn’t taste the same’ or ‘I’m too lazy’ that I hear from people simply falls on deaf ears to me. This isn’t about you. It’s about what energy your children’s children’s children will have to expend to clean up after lazy, selfish you.

Starbucks as any fast-food franchise is a major contributor to landfill.

By: phaedra

phaedra — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:51:10 +0000

I find the travel mugs, no matter what make, have a weird taste when drinking from them. At school I have a mug from home that I use. When I do go to a coffee shop, I am guilty of using a paper cup. I never take a sleeve though, as I feel my drink shouldn’t be so hot that I need one.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:26:54 +0000

I answered yes to your poll but the truth is I probably only use a reusable mug about half the time. I have a regular mug on my desk at UBC and am a stone’s throw from the Salt Spring location here, so I try to use that mug if I’m buying a coffee on campus. I also own several travel mugs but am awful with keeping track of them, and don’t always have one with me when I decide I want to buy a coffee.

Here’s an interesting compromise:
http://www.contexture.ca/bentwood/cuff.php

It’s a wooden bracelet that doubles as a cup sleeve. So if you’re using a paper cup you can at least save a bit of paper by forgoing the cardboard sleeve.

By: Percy

Percy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:44:55 +0000

Bus ride to work in the morning = more sleep!
If your favourite coffee place is really close to work, then try arriving to work, getting your mug you left there, and go get your coffee. Then, when you return to your office/desk, unlid the travel mug and let it cool.

Alternatively, get two travel mugs. Take one from home, get coffee, wash in office dishwasher. Next morning, bring second mug, get coffee, wash in office dishwasher. Here’s the important part: when you wash the second mug, REMEMBER to retrieve your first mug (which should now be clean) and take home. Rinse, lather, repeat.