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Old 09-10-17, 05:25 PM
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Looking for a thermos type bottle to enjoy hot coffee once I get to work. Something that fits in water bottle cage. Anyone, anyone...
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Originally Posted by Tombaatar
Looking for a thermos type bottle to enjoy hot coffee once I get to work. Something that fits in water bottle cage. Anyone, anyone...
I have a thermos which keeps my coffee hot. It's this one: Thermos Stainless Steel King Hydration Bottle with Flip Lid 710ml - Blue | OZKitchenware
It *might* fit in a waterbottle cage, but I don't have a cage. I carry mine on a carabiner attached to one of my backpack straps (loop of wire around the bottle). Easy to grab a sip at a light.
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They sell these at Costco Canada:
Contigo® | Snapseal? Byron Insulated Stainless Steel Travel Mug | 16oz

I've got the older ones that fit pretty snugly in the cage. These should work as well.
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Old 09-10-17, 08:23 PM
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I've used a Kleen Kanteen cup and King Iris cage since 2010.
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The bottle should be really leakproof and have an insulated cap. Leakproof means that you can turn it upside down and shake with no spill. Thermos-Nissan has good choices such as the one mentioned or Backpacker. If the cap is not insulated, most heat goes out through there. Contigo and Kleen Kanteen are second rate but people are free to suggest what they want. Be prepared that a 16oz thermos bottle may have a diameter slightly above the standard bike bottle so it is good to combine the thermos with a tolerant cage such as Profile Design Kage.
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I use a Hydroflask 20oz thermos to carry coffee with me on the bike. It fits in my plastic Profile Designs bottle cage just fine. For reference, these are the products: Hydroflask 20oz and Profile Design Stryke Cage

It's been a good combo for me for the last two years. The only time I've had an issue with it is when I wasn't paying attention and hit a massive pothole that I normally ride around. It ejected the Hydroflask, but that only dented it. It's still insulated and leak proof a year since the event.
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The Stanley thermal push button mug will fit a standard cage and keep liquids hot for hours. One hand operation with a perfect seal make this a great vessel to bring on board.

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When you ask this kind of question you run a popularity contest with psychological undertones that can be summed up with "the best is the one I have". The owner usually did indeed some cross-comparisons but usually limited, standing in front of a shelf or reading opinions such as here, and over limited time of experience with product use has not considered all relevant questions. Yes, indeed one hand operation is important. The website below is outdated by now but can direct the thinking and the best products out there usually withstood the test of time and those flawed are still flawed:

Steven M. Scharf's World Famous Bicycle Coffee Systems

also

https://people.nscl.msu.edu/~daniel/bicofa.htm

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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
The Stanley thermal push button mug will fit a standard cage and keep liquids hot for hours. One hand operation with a perfect seal make this a great vessel to bring on board.

Do you have a purchase link for those? I've had good luck with Stanley thermoses over the years.
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This is always a good thread when it resurfaces.
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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
The Stanley thermal push button mug will fit a standard cage and keep liquids hot for hours. One hand operation with a perfect seal make this a great vessel to bring on board.

This will probably be my next travel mug if I ever loose my current one.
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Originally Posted by Texico
I use a Hydroflask 20oz thermos to carry coffee with me on the bike. It fits in my plastic Profile Designs bottle cage just fine. For reference, these are the products: Hydroflask 20oz and Profile Design Stryke Cage

It's been a good combo for me for the last two years. The only time I've had an issue with it is when I wasn't paying attention and hit a massive pothole that I normally ride around. It ejected the Hydroflask, but that only dented it. It's still insulated and leak proof a year since the event.
I was looking at these over the weekend. Do you have the standard lid on it with the flip up closure? Or did you get the fancier screw on lid?

It flip up lid didn't look leak proof to me under biking conditions. In a car, sure, but not on a bike. I'd LOVE to be wrong about this and will go buy one this afternoon.

Also how does the powder coated finish hold up? Does it scratch easily? (I like nice things.)
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I have the standard flip top lid. It's perfectly leak proof under all conditions I've experienced. The paint holds up pretty well in my opinion. Like I said I hit a pothole and ejected mine, so that dented it and removed some paint, but I've had it for two years now. Lots of stickers pull the eyes away from any scratches that may develop.
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https://www.amazon.com/Contigo-AUTOS...ntigo+autoseal

Fits in a standard bottle cage. Keeps my coffee hot for a few hours. I think Target still carries them in stores.
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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
The Stanley thermal push button mug will fit a standard cage and keep liquids hot for hours. One hand operation with a perfect seal make this a great vessel to bring on board.


I was going to comment the same thing. I have three of these along with their big vacuum bottles and a camp mug.

These work great, and they really are leak proof. I've had this fall on the floor of my car and sit there for 10 minutes because I couldn't reach it, and not a drop will spill.
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Originally Posted by liampboyle
Do you have a purchase link for those? I've had good luck with Stanley thermoses over the years.
Stanley Classic One Hand Vacuum 16 Oz. Mug | L & M Fleet Supply

Some other sites have it in a black enamel finish too, underbody is stainless
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Originally Posted by 2_i
The website below is outdated by now but can direct the thinking and the best products out there usually withstood the test of time and those flawed are still flawed:

Steven M. Scharf's World Famous Bicycle Coffee Systems

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https://people.nscl.msu.edu/~daniel/bicofa.htm
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I have a zojirushi 20 oz bottle that's doesn't fit well in my cage - I have a cheap metal on that I bend to fit it tightly. My commute is short and over all paved roads so no problems with it coming out. This is by and far the bottle that keeps coffee longest. There's an air chamber under the flip up lid that helps insulate I assume, I've never spilled a drop of anything out of it regardless of how it dell or rolled out of my grasp or bottle cage.

I use a Stanley cup as pictured above this fits the bottle cage no problem and works awesome as well - definitely keeps coffee or tea piping for at least 4 hours.

Finally, I have a contigo cup which is nice but not the easiest to clean all the gubk out of its leakproof mechanism. Doesn't keep coffee as hot for as long as the other two but it was a gift. Fits in my bottle cage no problem.
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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
Stanley Classic One Hand Vacuum 16 Oz. Mug | L & M Fleet Supply

Some other sites have it in a black enamel finish too, underbody is stainless
Thank you.
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I always just look for travel mugs to fit the cage. Rules out the kind with handles, I am OK with that.
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Originally Posted by lost_in_endicot
https://www.amazon.com/Contigo-AUTOS...ntigo+autoseal

Fits in a standard bottle cage. Keeps my coffee hot for a few hours. I think Target still carries them in stores.
I can confirm Target has them. I saw them there yesterday.

You are also rolling the dice on Amazon that you are getting a real Contigo brand bottle and not a knock off made with cheap materials that will rust in a few weeks and leak god only knows what into your coffee.

Amazon is filled with knock off counterfeit products. Read the reviews on the Hydroflask bottles. Tons of reports of getting fakes
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Originally Posted by Archwhorides
Stanley Classic One Hand Vacuum 16 Oz. Mug | L & M Fleet Supply

Some other sites have it in a black enamel finish too, underbody is stainless
Target had them last Christmas time too.
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Originally Posted by mcours2006
They sell these at Costco Canada:
Contigo® | Snapseal? Byron Insulated Stainless Steel Travel Mug | 16oz

I've got the older ones that fit pretty snugly in the cage. These should work as well.
Same here. Been using the same Contigo for at least 5 years. Dropped it lots. It is all dented and scratched and the plastic is chipped - but it still works great. Love it.
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This is what I use.

https://sport.woot.com/offers/stanle...-bottle-3-pack
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I had only consumed one or two cups of coffee in my entire life. Tried some instant coffee recently and I can see why people like it. For me, if I drink just the right amount I feel a buzz not unlike when I drink alcohol. Ha, so now I can be buzzed all day...and then get buzzed at night. I've entered a crazy new realm!

Buuuut, I'm so sensitive to caffeine, since I don't use it at all...if I have slightly too much...I'm wired and crazed. Oh man. It's like daytime drinking (of alcohol). NOW I see why all you nuts love coffee...
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