Frequently Asked Questions

Are these insulated coffee cups leakproof?

No. The lid has a small drinking hole in it, and that hole does not close. It is enough to stop a knock turning into a spill on a desk and it is not enough to survive a bag. If leakproof is the requirement, choose a travel mug instead. Our lids aren't sold separately in EMEA.

Stanley 1913 Insulated Coffee Cups & Mugs

This is the broad end of the hot drinks range: insulated coffee cups and mugs in more shapes than any other collection we make. Some have a handle and some do not. Some stack. All of them are double-walled stainless steel with a lid you drink straight through, so the drink stays hot and the outside stays holdable.

These are built to be held, not packed. If the cup has to go in a bag on its side, you want a travel mug with a lid that seals. If it is going to sit on a desk, a table, or a rock next to a fire, this is the right collection.

A Lid You Drink Straight Through

Worth being precise about, because it is the whole difference between these two collections.

Every coffee mug and cup here has a lid, and the lid has a small hole in it. You drink through that hole without taking the lid off, which is why one of these is quicker in the hand than anything you have to open first. The lid keeps most of the heat in and keeps the dust out, and it means a knock on a desk does not become a spill.

The opening is always exposed, so it is not leakproof. Tip one of these over and it will empty through that opening. These are for drinking where you are, not for carrying in a bag.

If it has to go in a bag on its side, a travel mug is the one, because its lid closes completely. That closing lid is also exactly why a travel mug has no handle. So the choice is a real one: drink instantly and keep the handle, or seal it shut and lose the handle.

Handles You Can Actually Hold

This is where the handle lives. A lid that seals and a handle you can get a hand around are hard to have at once, so the travel mug range does without one. If you came looking for a travel mug with a handle, an insulated mug is the thing you actually want, and it is here.

The handles are sized for a whole hand rather than two fingers, and they work with a glove on. That is what lets you carry a full cup of something near boiling across a room, put it down, and pick it up again without thinking about it.

A steel coffee mug also does something a ceramic one cannot: it can be vacuum insulated. A ceramic cup of the same size gives you a warm drink for fifteen minutes. A double-walled metal coffee cup gives you a hot one for a great deal longer.

Camp Mugs and Camp Cups

The camp mug is the oldest shape we make and the least complicated. Steel, a handle, a drink-through lid, and a wall thick enough that it doesn't buckle when it lives in the bottom of a pack.

A camp cup is the same idea without the handle, which makes it the one that stacks. Both survive being sat on, and steel means they don't carry the taste of whatever was in them last, which matters more on the fourth day of a trip than on the first.

Cups That Stack

Some of these are built to nest inside each other, which is the reason to choose a stacking cup over a handled mug: two or four of them take up the space of one. Useful in a cupboard, more useful in a car boot.

Complete Your Collection

Taking it out of the house? Travel Mugs close for a bag. Drinking through a straw? Tumblers. Pouring for more than one? Flasks. The Café range gathers everything for hot drinks, and Full Collection is the full catalogue.

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