Bodum Vacuum Travel Mug – product review
A travel mug has become part of the city lifestyle. We sit on sweltering buses and trains in the heat of summer and sip water. There are posters telling us to do just that, but a bottle of blood temperature H2O isn’t appealing.
Winter is with us for, it seems, a good eight months of the year and then we want to take a hot drink along. Many of us don’t have time for a proper breakfast so we grab a drink on the way to the office, but that cost mounts up to a conservative estimate of a tenner per week.
So how about taking a drink from home? One could make a drink the night before and keep it in the fridge overnight for a refreshing cool beverage on hot sticky mornings. Or boil the kettle while putting on mascara and you’ll be ready with a cuppa in moments.
Yes, the theory is sound but there are practicalities to consider: your icy cold or steaming hot drink will likely be just tepid by the time you sink onto a seat (if you are lucky) on the Piccadilly Line – unless, of course, you have a travel mug that actually works.
I have learnt to my cost that all mugs are not created equal. Lots of the stylish ones available look quite similar: bright metal and a grip or handle, a cap for closing. But in addition to those features Bodum offers a travel mug that does have outstanding thermal properties – hot liquids do indeed stay hot for the duration of a long commute; cold drinks will still be chilly when you reach the office. It is without a doubt the best product of its kind that I have tried to date.
The new Bodum Vacuum Travel Mug Collection: The mugs are absolutely spill-proof once the opening is closed all the way. The flow of fluids can be adjusted with an easy turn of the screw within the lid. The Travel Mugs are made from stainless steel, plastic, rubber and silicone.
Caution: Please do always keep the mug upright.
The mug I tested was the 0.45 l, 15 fl.oz, size, diameter: 88 mm, height: 210 mm.
Product review by Chrissie Walker © 2018
