Coffee Carrying Happiness

[7rider]

I'll third the contigo coffee cups.

That does look like a nice one.
20 oz vs. 16 means...um...more coffee for me! DH can't wonder why I left him "so much" coffee in the pot anymore! LOL!

Can you drink right out of it? I pour my coffee into a mug at work - as I don't care to drink out of those little caps my thermos has (too small) - but if this is vacuum sealed, leak proof, AND you can drink right from it - that means one less thing to wash. Yay!

[7rider]

But for that creepy looking growing stuff... I regularly fill my bottles with warm water, drop a denture cleaner tablet in and let it sit for 20 minutes or so. Cleans, kills bacteria and removes any lingering smell from my electrolyte drinks, so I haven't had to toss any bottles due to aliens growing in it, or funny smells. I get the denture cleaner at the .99c store so it is cheap to do.

This works great for plastic water bottles and Camelbak bladders. The "creeping crud" I referred to in my first post was in the pop-top of a insulated stainless steel thermos. I took it apart several times and scrubbed with various what-nots, but frankly the level of effort I kept putting into keeping the thing clean was getting to be a hassle. The staining and general icky-ness wouldn't go away with any amount of soaking. Plus, my constantly taking it apart was making the top start to leak, as I don't think they ever intended it to be taken apart frequently like I did.

[climbergirl]

Can you drink right out of it? I pour my coffee into a mug at work - as I don't care to drink out of those little caps my thermos has (too small) - but if this is vacuum sealed, leak proof, AND you can drink right from it - that means one less thing to wash. Yay!

Yep, it's got a spring loaded trigger button on one side of the lid that opens a little drinking spigot (not sure what else to call it?) at the other side. One-handed operation FTW!

Also, if you stay on top of rinsing it right after use (especially if you favor cream in your coffee or mocha-type drinks), their not too bad about the creeping crud. I've occasionally cleaned mine with q-tips in the hard-to-reach-bits when I've forgotten and left coffee+ in it.

Also, contigo makes water bottles that are BEYOND awesome.

http://www.amazon.com/Contigo-AUTOSE...5562588&sr=8-1