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Contigo Extreme Travel Mug -Black | 
 enlarge | Brand: IGNITE USA LLC
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $19.29
You Save: $0.70 (4%)
New (4) from $19.29
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 101396
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 016945
UPC: 858656001236
EAN: 0858656001236
ASIN: B000NZWNAC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Ignite USA #020280 16OZ Extreme Travel Mug | | • | IGNITE USA LLC |
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Product Description
16 OZ, Contigo Extreme, Graphite Color With Black Accents, Travel Mug, Leak Proof Lid & Convenient Caribiner Carrying Clip, Double Wall Stainless Steel Construction, Insulated To Keep Hot Drinks Hot & Cold Drinks Cold, Fits Most Cup Holders.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Um . . . Starbucks? October 30, 2008
Bret Wright (Colorado Springs, CO USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased two of these from our local Starbucks a couple of years ago. I was very impressed with the cup, despite the $22 price tag. The sturdy carabiner-style clip works well to attach the cup to the strap on my satchel. In the morning, I fill the cup, clip it to the satchel, and out the door I go. The seal on the lid has never failed, and I really like the ring-clip that covers the drinking spout. The coffee stays hot for a couple of hours, and is at least warm right up through the afternoon if I just haven't had the time to drink it. They perform even better with cold drinks. I can put some ice cubes into them in the morning, pour in some juice or water, and by the time I get off work, the ice is still clinking happily away. I purchased one in red, and one in white. These colors, I assume, are for Starbucks only, as I haven't seen them anywhere else.
OK, so those are the positives. My wife and I liked those two cups so much that, when we saw the same ones in brown at Target, we bought two more. Starbucks must have different manufacturing specifications, or they ripped-off and improved upon Contigo's design (though they look identical, right down to the dot pattern on the black rubber grips.) These two mugs may look the same as the others, but they certainly don't perform the same. First, the carabiner clips began to loosen and wiggle on the handle after only a few uses. The lids are hard to unscrew, yet the seals are unreliable. They'll hold just fine one time, and the next they'll leak all over the place. The ring-clip spout is the same way: unreliable. The rubber insulation on the bottom of each cup fell off within a month (they reattach easily, but imagine my surprise when a colleague wandered into my office with a funny-looking rubber thing asking me if I lost something.) Add to these wonderful traits the fact that the coffee is ice-cold within an hour, and this cup is just not worth the price tag.
I take care of these mugs according to the directions. None of them have ever been in the dishwasher -- hand washed each and every time, and I'm just not the type to leave the cup open for any period of time, as I'm a bit of a klutz and know it. The ones labeled "Contigo" are still falling apart, while the ones with the Starbucks logo work as well as they did when they were new. Hmmmm . . .
I use the Contigo-branded cups at home, where I'll be more likely to drink coffee more quickly. The Starbucks ones are still trooping along. They're battered and scratched now, but they're still performing in the same impressive way that made me buy the other two. At only two bucks per cup difference, you'd think that there would be little difference between the two, but there is. Go with the Starbucks ones, you won't be sorry.
Two stars, and that's generous.
bw
2/5
10/08
 Nearly Impossible To Find the Vacumn Insulated Version October 29, 2008
J. Harris (ATL, GA)
This is my 2nd time reviewing this product, as my first was removed for some reason. I guess I was too truthful!!
I looked everywhere for this mug (even sent an email to the company inquiring where it could be found) and had no luck. Wherever I saw one, it was the foam insulated version, and from experience, they don't insulate very well. And from reading the problems given in the other reviews, I'm glad I didn't find one (leaks, walls separating, spring lid breaking, etc.). I happend to stumble across another stainless steel, vacumn insuilated travel mug (check my other reviews for it) that I LOVE! It can be found at Target department stores in the camping section (I have no idea why). I do reccomend THAT mug - I've bought 3 now, 1 for work, 1 for home & travel, and 1 for my brother-in-law. He alo loves his!
 Looks like well designed, but beware, not 'black'! October 24, 2008
J. Stultz (Brooklyn, NY)
Just received the mug and it does seem well designed... but be warned, it is not nearly as black as in the photo! Mine is more of a very dark purple or burgundy shade, but it is definitely not clean black, the sticker on the bottom does state "BLACK" so I know I am not crazy... Also, there is a white trim rim around the lid which in the photograph is black, and the carabiner is white, not sliver as it appears in the photo. Certainly not the most critical of issues, but as I bought this item based on the image I wish it had been represented properly! It would be a waste to return over something like this so I'll hang on it it but must rate it lower than my user experience might warrant.
Know what you're buying July 1, 2008
K. Casey (Detroit, MI United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this on a very good recommendation from my sister without doing any research... for $20, I would have loved for it to keep my coffee hot for more than an hour (which is how long a Contigo representative said it would do so in optimum condition).
It is NOT dishwasher safe, and woe unto you if you ignore that stipulation: 2 months of dishwasher washing later, the paint is flaking off of my formerly all-black mug, it no longer seals between the inside and outside layers of the mug (the foam insulation is even less effective now than it should be), and now the entire rubber bottom has completely gone missing (because I put it into my car's cupholder, it got jammed, and the glue just gave way when I pulled it out).
Admittedly this is partially my fault, as I didn't do my research and didn't expect something that's relatively expensive for its product type to not be dishwasher safe. As a poor college student, I'm regretting my unresearched splurge on this mug. There are better and less expensive options out there.
 Great Mug May 15, 2008
Christine Pearcy (New Orleans)
I've had this mug for 6 months with no problems. I love it because it does not spill and keeps things reasonably warm for a fine period of time. I'd say it is worth the price!
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