Best Travel Mug

What is the best travel mug?

A recent comparative study conducted in August 2013 has come to answer that question.

This study compared the most commonly utilized types of travel mugs and water bottles, to what is known as the advanced generation travel mugs (Brand Name: Easy & Cool).

The results proved that the advanced generation travel mugs were superior. They were able to keep the drinks cold for up to 15 hours and hot drinks for at least 7 hours, while conventional travel mugs and water bottled underperformed.

These are some of the extracts from the study:

Title: Advanced Generation travel mugs vs. conventional mugs and water bottles.

A comparative Study. 

August 2013 by Beuses et al.

Summary:
The advanced generation travel mugs (Easy & Cool) demonstrated superiority by sustaining the temperature of cold liquids for more than 15 hours when conventional mugs could not exceed the 2 hours mark.
In the second part of the study, advanced generation travel mugs also proved to keep the temperature of hot liquids beyond 7 hours while conventional mugs could not maintain hot liquids warm for more than one hour.

Methods:

Cold Liquids Arm. Assessment of temperature retention.

7 different travel mugs where added cold water at 38 degrees F (3C) and their lids where closed immediately after.

Water temperature was measured in each travel mug and water bottle every hour for a period of 11 hours and the findings recorded.

Hot Liquids Arm. Assessment of temperature retention.

Hot water at 174 degrees F (78 C) was added to four different travel mugs designed to hold hot liquids.

Temperature of the water was measured every hour for a period of 5 hours and results were recorded.

Results:

Cold Water Assessment:

 

 

Registered Temperatures (°F) 0 Hours 1  Hour 2 Hours 3 hours 4 Hours 5 Hours  9 Hours 10 Hours 11 Hours 12 Hours 13 Hours 14 Hours 15 Hours Double Wall Plastic and Aluminum  35 51 59 62 67 70 Copolyester 35 57 64 66 69 72 Easy & Cool  35 42 44 47 49 50 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 Copolyester cycling bottle 35 55 64 65 69 72 Plastic Travel Mug 35 53 60 63 67 70 Swiss Aluminum Bottle 35 58 65 65 69 72 Aluminum Water Bottle 35 59 66 66 70 73 Travel Mug with Lid 35 54 62 64 69 72

Hot Water Assessment:

Registered Temperatures (°F) 0 Hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 Hours 5 Hours  6 Hours 7 Hours Easy & Cool  174 165 148 135 126 119 109 104 Plastic Travel Mug 174 135 112 99 90 87 Travel Mug with Lid 174 129 107 94 87 83 Double Wall Plastic and Aluminum  174 139 115 101 93 88

The new advanced generation travel mugs Easy & Cool demonstrated better temperature retention than the average travel mug or water bottle.

Visit their page here: http://www.easy-and-cool.com or if you prefer their Facebook page at Advanced Generation Travel Mug