Design Flaw. Lid hits my good looking nose. Had to return.
After searching, searching, and more searching, we thought we had found the perfect coffee mug.<br />We saw these at Target (our first visit ever to a Target store, they only have two here (Hawai`i))<br />We always do review look-ups on Amazon, and these looked to be good choice<br />What a waste.<br />Would not buy again.<br />We returned it the next day<br />Defective design, either that, or the makers/designers have really really really small noses, and take super tiny sips from the cup/mug.<br /><br />So, what's wrong?<br />Well, the opening where you pour coffee in is super small<br />The smallest we have seen in a travel mug.<br />Standard mugs are about 3&#34; wide.<br />This was only 2&#34; wide.<br />Huge difference!<br />Plus, the puma (hole) where you sip from is so so so small<br />Only about 1/2&#34;, and square shape.<br />The best puka are a bit bigger, and NOT square shaped, more wider at lip than inside (see photos).<br />Plus, the nose thing<br />I don't like to have my nose tickled, or in this case, punched, when I try to drink my morning liquid caffeinated petrol.<br />If I had a small nose, it would be fine. Or maybe if I was a boxer in my former life…<br />How bad is the nose hit issue?<br />Well, our favorite mugs (Starbuck ones) and this one have about a 30 degree difference in the angle you can lift the mug up to drink before the lid hits your nose.<br />That's a lot!<br />Plus, with the small puka for the drinking of coffee from, it makes it worse!<br />Designers, WAKE UP!!!!<br />I love the look of the mug!<br />Best one we have seen.<br />Coffee did not heat up outside like my old favorite mugs.<br />Didn't leak when I turned it upside down<br />This is a must for us. All our mugs have to pass this test.<br />It must not leak if turn upside down.<br /><br />Plus, the small opening made it hard to pour the coffee into it.<br />I use a french press, and a gold filter to do a more fine strain to coffee when I pour it into the mug<br />With the 2&#34; opening, I could NOT put the filter/screen in to pour coffee.<br />I had to pour into another glass/cup and then pour into this one.<br /><br />I returned it.<br />I wanted to like it<br />Design is flawed, a really bad design for us &#34;big nose&#34; people.<br /><br />Check out the photos, to see the differences between the silver Bubba, and our old faithful Starbucks blue one.<br /><br />Gregg Hutchings<br />Editor/Publisher<br />Model Cars Magazine<br />Slot Cars Magazine
Rating: 2 stars