Most of you got a few minutes’ entertainment out of this product for free this morning. Meanwhile, I was having about my 200th hot cup of tea in it. I guess we both got our money’s worth.
My travel mug version has a temperature readout right on the side of the mug. I haven’t burned my tongue in months, because I check that it’s under 150 degrees before I take my first sip.
I got one as a gift. I agree it's pricey and wouldn't have bought it myself, but here I am drinking my coffee out of it. It's quite useful at keeping a drink warm. I would have preferred it to be fully operational from the device itself. I dislike having to use my phone to control the temp.
Obviously you believe you get more out of your opposition than you’d ever get out of the product.So... about 65 cents a cup for each of those 200 cups. Sounds very much worth it.
Usually I can't tell whether a cup of tea is scalding hot, so I just take an enormous gulp of it immediately to find out and scald the F out of my entire mouth half the time. If I only had a device that could tell me whether my tea was hot, I'd save so much agony.
On the travel mug, you simply rotate the base and tap on the logo to change the temperature or turn it on or off.I think for as much as we have our smart phones with us on at all times, it probably makes more sense to control something like this with a smart phone. And I’m not sure also how they would integrate temperature control on the mug itself, but it’s just another gadget that we can control with our smart phones just like our lights, garage door, door locks on your house, etc.
And where the carbon cost of the materials to make this piece of crap just don't add up. This thing isn't worth the environmental impact of its materials, design, manufacture, distribution and eventual disposal into landfill.
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Ten dollars: https://www.amazon.com/Home-X-Warmer-Desktop-Heated-Coffee/dp/B00FL5V5N0
so is upgrading the capacity from 10oz to 14oz considered a bug fix? Or perhaps a security update to prevent hot coffee spilling on your crotch.
Designing a computerized coffe mug but failing at something as simple as its capacity on the first version doesn't instill any confidence that the creators of this thing have a clue
Reminds me of Picard with the whole "Tea, Earl Grey, hot." line. Is the product silly? Maybe to our eyes now, but then again our grandparents likely thought the idea of having two temperatures in the same car based on driver/passenger was also absurd. No one complains now about it. I wouldn't be surprised if items of this type are common in kitchens in 50 years.
With a bigger capacity these problems should be alleviated...
I am actually have the first version, and I find it incredibly useful. I don't drink my coffee fast and I'm in an environment where I get pulled around a lot and I was coming back to my desk to cold coffee. This keeps my coffee hot all morning. Sure it looks like a gimmick and useless product to most of you, but it's a niche market and works perfect for some people's lives #firstworldprivilage lol
Or use this and you don't even have to worry about it. It's kind of like saying, you know, when you want to change the channel, go up to the TV and use the buttons on it, and the channel is changed, LOL.You know, when coffee is cold, Microwave it for 30 second... perfectly hot again... LOL...
You know, when coffee is cold, Microwave it for 30 second... perfectly hot again... LOL...
It is a neat concept but, IMO, unnecessarily complicated and overpriced.
I have one of those heated coasters that let you adjust the temperature at 1/5 the cost of this. And it works with basically any mug I put on it.
Sure, I don’t get Bluetooth or iPhone connectivity but is that really worth the price? I don’t know, maybe for some.
Or just buy a good flask for $9.99 and keep your beverage hot all day.
Added free bonus: it can also keep a beverage cold all day.
The 10oz one is good, mornings can be hectic here sometimes and the coffee sits out for a long time. This helps it stay warm. But a $50 price jump for 4 ounces is excessive.
so is upgrading the capacity from 10oz to 14oz considered a bug fix? Or perhaps a security update to prevent hot coffee spilling on your crotch.
Designing a computerized coffe mug but failing at something as simple as its capacity on the first version doesn't instill any confidence that the creators of this thing have a clue