Elemental Artisan Insulated Tumbler, Triple Wall Coffee Travel Mug, Reusable Stainless Steel Coffee Tumbler with Ceramic Lid, Thermal Coffee Cups for Hot (6 Hrs) & Cold (18 Hrs), 12oz - Teak Wood

This is absolutely wonderful! If you’re a fan of hot coffee and tea, this travel tumbler is a must-have. I promise you’ll taste your coffee or tea as if you were sipping from a ceramic mug (just make sure to wash the lid well before you use it for the first time), and it will stay hot. It’s all thanks to the ceramic lid on top of the inner ceramic coating. You might find other tumblers with an inner ceramic coating and a hard exterior, but they all come with a plastic lid that ruins the taste and aroma of your coffee. I’ve been on the hunt for tumblers with a ceramic lid and an inner coating/metal exterior for ages, but after discovering this one, I’m done looking. I bought two this time, but I’m planning to get more for my camping trips and work. If Elemental could offer additional designs, such as a mug with a handle or a wine tumbler, that would be fantastic as well. I’m not too worried about the tumbler breaking, but the lid might crack if I accidentally drop it on a hard floor. The good news is that Elemental sells the spare ceramic lid. Elemental, please don’t stop making this product line. This tumbler is absolutely beautiful and of exceptional quality, and we can’t find it anywhere else. I highly recommend it.

I've been using this travel coffee tumbler for about 2+ months now. I get complimented on the color and style, often. It does really well when it comes to keeping my cold brews cold over the course of the day. As well, it keeps my hot coffee hot over an extended period of time too. I love the silicon band across the middle of the tumbler as it makes it great for gripping and holding on to it. There's also an anti skid pad at the bottom so it stays stable on desktops, etc. My only criticism is that there is a small venting hole in the lid (so that liquid can get out easier, when you drink through the mouthpiece--- yay physics!) Well this tiny hole makes it difficult for me to mix in my cream/sweetener by shaking the tumbler. So you don't have a flawless seal on the tumbler. The soft rubber/silicon stopper for the mouthpiece is good at preventing spillage and splashes. However, the cap stay in place in the tumbler due to a soft rubber/silicon ring (grommet) that creates a seal. This seal works well but it is not kept in place via a screw or locking lid mechanism. I did just drop my tumbler (on accident) from countertop height about an hour ago, and the lid popped off and I spilled the remainder of my coffee. This was on hard floor, but I imagine it wouldn't happen on soft flooring or if fallen from a lesser height. The good news is that the tumbler didn't dent and the lid did not break. Which bring me to my last note. The lid is ceramic, where the tumbler is double-walled insulate steel (metal). It makes for a classy look with the two different materials coming together. Yet, I imagine if the cup were ever to fall on concrete, then the lid would break.

Solid coffee mug for the price, mostly bought it due to the real wood look. I like everything but the lid. It's a bit too easy to take off, the lip is too fat, and the silicone plug is awkward to open/close. Other than that it keeps coffee warm and is comfortable to use, grips on the side and bottom are great.

This is a great cup. Keeps his coffee hot for several hours. The material didn't add any wired taste to the cup. My husband likes the size, he got this to down size from his massive one after finding out his BP is high and needed to cut his caffeine intake, but the capacity is still enough to satisfy. The wood color/design is very nice too. Stylish too and easy to clean.

There obviously is an issue with this version, compared to the one we've got few years back. Seal is very loose and the lid doesn't stay in place. Not only the new cup itself is 1mm wider than the old one, but also the lid/rubber seems to be different (new lid is loose on the old cup). I was able to find a workaround to fix this, by folding the rubber seal in half, as shown on the photo. Other than that, it's a good thermos, keeps heat for a long time.

The idea for this coffee mat is that your coffee will not contact with plastic and give you that plastic taste along with the micro plastics in it. because of that, this seems to be the only travel mug I found that would allow you to do this. As a trade-off, it will not be completely leak proof if you throw it around. The other benefit of this is that if you drink milk/sugar with your coffee, this would be much better than those complicated plastic lids where the milk or sugar we get stuck and it would be very hard to clean. Especially if you forget it one say in the car like me! In summary, you get a good tasting coffee in a mug that is very easy to clean but it will not be leak proof. What I do think the design could be improved is the drinking well. When you're driving at night, you basically have to stick your finger around to find where the hole is because there's no marker for it.

This review I hope will help those that are considering purchasing this cup and I hope will help the manufacturer fix the poor design. Bottom line don't buy it yet unless you want to experiment with O rings and fix the poor design yourself. I looked at several travel mugs to replace my Keurig travel cup to eliminate leaching plastic into hot coffee. I thought the Elemental cup would do the trick so I ordered one. The lid is ceramic with silicone stoppers which is great; however, the O ring is sized to small, is flimsy and seats too close to the cup rim to form a tight seal. As a result of this poorly executed design the lid comes off ( falls off ) easily and does not form an adequate seal to serve the purpose of travel in a car, by foot, or any other mode of travel. If the cup falls over, gets bumped or otherwise gets disturbed the lid will fall off spilling the contents. Hints for the manufacturer to save your reputation: Please replace the flimsy O ring with a tight fitting, solid silicone O ring on the cup lid as a short term fix. It will not cost a lot to do on a manufacturing run. Or better include a new O ring with future shipments in the box with a carefully worded apology and clear instruction on how to replace the flimsy O ring with the new tightly fitting one. Long term fix: 1. Make the ceramic lid taller so that it can fit deeper down inside the rim of the cup and use a tight fitting silicone O ring that forms a seal 2. Rethink the lid design so that it is threaded with a tight silicone seal, then the new ceramic lid could be purchased and used as a retrofit on all of your cups that have the same rim diameter. Yow should be able to hold it upside down and the lid will remain tightly sealed. Happy Coffee Drinking!

The tumbler seems well constructed and I love the ceramic lid. I received the copper instead of the teakwood but it still looks great and I already have some hot tea inside!