Thermos Nissan Ultimate 14-Ounce Stainless-Steel Vacuum Travel Tumbler | 
| Brand: Nissan
List Price: $36.00
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 1033
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4 x 3.5 x 7.5
MPN: JMH402
Model: JMH402
UPC: 041205610144
EAN: 0041205610144
ASIN: B00004S1CT
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| Features:
| • | Keeps 14 ounces of beverage hot or cold for hours | | • | Lever-action opens and closes sip-hole for easy, no-spill sipping | | • | Fits most vehicle drink holders (2-1/2-inch bottom) | | • | Hand wash with mild detergent | | • | Five-year warranty against defects |
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Product Description
STAINLESS STEEL TRAVEL TUMBLER,
Amazon.com Review
For easy-sip, no-spill commuting, this thermos offers an ingenious solution. A lever opens the sip-hole with a light squeeze of the fingers. Relax the fingers and the hole closes. Bingo! Since the lever lies opposite the sip-hole, the Travel Tumbler works for righthanders and lefthanders. Virtually unbreakable, this lightweight, vacuum-insulated thermos travels to work or your favorite recreation spot. On arrival, and for hours afterward, coffee, tea, or soup will still be hot. Or lemonade, iced tea, or a sports drink will still be chilled. It's compact (7-3/4 inches high) and handsome. A band of soft, nonslip black rubber encircles the tapered, satin-finish exterior, ensuring a firm grip. Top, bottom, and L-shaped lever are black plastic. Fine threading ensures the twist top seals tightly, while the smooth interior cleans with sponge or cloth. Preheating or prechilling with hot or cold water is recommended. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews: Read 58 more reviews...
 Some Like It Hotter January 17, 2006
M. Allen Greenbaum (California)
60 out of 61 found this review helpful
As with many other products on Amazon.com, the "Ultimate" earned pretty much of a bimodal distribution: People seem to basically love or really dislike the "Travel Tumbler." Either the quality control at Nissan is terrible (i.e., people are getting tumblers that differ greatly in quality), or the reviews themselves are just not very reliable. Coffee lovers may be a pretty emotional bunch when it comes to their preferred caffeine delivery method, and some of the complaints seem steeped more in emotion than practicality. I'll try clarifying the bases of my own evaluation, which places the "Ultimate's" performance somewhere between the very good/very bad polarity I see here.
1. LEAKING: Unlike what one person said, it does NOT leak like a "colander." When you squeeze the handle-like mechanism, a small hole at the top of the lid depresses. The problem is that this coffee will drain though the "covered" hole, albeit very slowly: If I lift the cup WITHOUT squeezing the "HANDLE" as if to take a sip, a slow, very small stream of coffee comes out the apparently sealed top. Although the product description above touts that the container is spill-proof, rather than leak-proof, this slight leakage is psychologically annoying given the price and the expected performance. Practically speaking, however, it's not that important: You won't leak or spill a hot beverage if the "tumbler" is basically upright. The rubberized grip surrounding the center provides a comfortable and secure grip.
2. COFFEE NOSE: Other Nissan beverage holders have drinkers complaining that residual liquid on the top of the lid leaves a spot on their noses when they go for their next sip. It's true that a small amount of liquid is left (and this, too, will spill if, for some muckraking reason, you choose to hold the tumbler upside-down to disprove the anti-spill claims of Nissan), but it settles down far enough from where you drink that it leaves your nose alone, which is exactly what it should do.
3. TEMPERATURE: I found that it does NOT keep my beverage very hot for hours. At 45 minutes, my coffee was still very hot, but noticeable cooling occurred after about an hour. You can minimize temperature reduction by pre-warming the tumbler with very, very hot water, and filling it with the hottest possible drink possible. However, even the double steel container doesn't hold in the heat nearly as well as the Nissan thermos. This is probably the biggest disappointment, although a fairly negligible one personally (my longest drive is generally about an hour). Those who insist on very hot coffee for periods of one hour or more, however, may be disappointed.
4. CLEANING: Yes, there is a small white ring around the top of the container for insulation. I have not had any problem with accumulated debris, odors, or with other nasty things that reviewers have described. Simply cleaning it after each use should do the trick; I'll update this review if I find the tumbler particularly resistant to cleaning. However, other Nissan travel mugs either have similar problems or don't have the convenient squeeze handle.
Recommendation: Resistant to leaking and unlikely to spill, the Nissan still fails to meet expectations, especially given the cost. A more important problem, then, is that its heat retention is unsatisfactory for periods much longer than an hour. My recommendation (one that I wish I had heard before) is to wait for more current reviews of the commuter mug rated #1 by the venerable "Wall Street Journal," but not yet available due to current demand: The Zojirushi Tumbler (http: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004S57G/qid=1137462602/sr=1-25/ref=sr_1_25/103-7519344-0327817?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=284507). The Nissan 14-Ounce Leak-Proof Insulated Travel Mug, though not without its critics, also looks promising.
Keeps hot stuff hot for hours November 10, 2001
Francesca Rivera (Berkeley, CA)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
This particular Nissan model keeps cold stuff cold and hot stuff hot for *hours* (which is great if you like to drink your coffee or cocoa slowly over the course of a long meetig or classroom seminar), the plastic rim protects your lips from scalding when you go to drink hot liquids, and the narrow body with the rubber grip makes it easy to hold, even for very small hands. I also like the non-spill lever (note it is NOT a handle, and don't try to hold the cup by the lever!) and it keeps the liquid in the mug for all but the most extreme upturns.
The one downside to this model is keeping it clean--I find I have to wrestle it a bit to clean it. The narrow body sometimes poses a challenge for handwashing, and I usually soak the mouthpiece overnight in soapy water. You do have to pull the white ring out to get it really clean. But, franklyu, most of the commuter mugs require special handling to reduce bacteria build-up. All in all, I think it is a good buy. I've enjoyed drinking my daily coffee out of this model for years.
 Simple mod takes this tumbler beyond "Ultimate" June 5, 2004
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a great tumbler. I love it's sturdy construction and how it seals in warmth for so long. My only gripe is that it is a little bit too small for me. The solution is to put the top from this tumbler on a "Nissan 18-Ounce Stainless-Steel Insulated Travel Tumbler"! These two have the same size threaded tops! Then you can have an 18-ounce tumbler with the "Ultimate"-style spill-proof spring lever top.
 Don't waste your money September 26, 2000
Miles Libbey (Mountain View, CA)
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
This mug is not worth $5 much less the current price listed. It insulates well, but not noticeably better than more commonly available mugs. I was expecting the mug's lever to make a leak-free seal. However, I've found that it only resists leaks when *slightly* jostled. If you hold it upside-down, a steady-stream of liquid emerges for several seconds-it does stop, but the stream will return after righting the mug and re-tipping. Coffee leaves a distinct smell even after hand-washing. So, if you are looking for a mug that doesn't leak and can be washed in the dishwasher, continue looking!
Developed a leak December 3, 2005
S. Barr
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
About ten months after purchase, the mug developed a leak at the seal between the lid and the tumbler. No amount of tightening stops the dribble. Now looking for a stainless steel insulated bib.
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