bru Travel - Insulated Coffee Cup Travel Mug for Hot Drinks, Leakproof, Ceramic Lined (Black Magic, 16oz | 460ml)

Colour is lovely. It’s genuinely leak proof, I’ve shook it upside down to be sure and not a drop leaked.Easy to use though it is quite loud popping it open and closed, it likes to let everyone know you’re taking a drink. The liquid does flow freely when open making it simple to drink from and I love that you can drink from anywhere around the rim. My coffee stays piping hot until I get round to drinking it which is great.Easy to clean and comes with clear instructions for dismantling the lid for cleaning. Would recommend.

This is a really good mug, sturdy, easy to drink from, no funny tastes. I drink speciality coffee and on the odd occasion I want to take one with me on a walk this has been a big improvement over stainless and plastic mugs. No taste issues and keeps drinks warm for a couple of hours even in cold weather. I preheat the mug with boiling water before use which also helps.Capacity is about 300ml so I use 20g coffee and 330ml water in a size 1 V60.Cleaning is straightforward, just remember the lid has a left handed thread when assembling.

Edit: The seller has graciously replaced my lids and I’m happy to say it’s easy to unscrew and put back together. If it was right from the start I’d have done 5 stars, but it did cause some inconvenience.Original review: Cup is brilliant at first. Keeps drinks hot for a long time, no awful taste from plastic or metal due to the ceramic lining and being able to drink from any angle is great.Problem i have is that I cannot take the lids apart for cleaning. I’ve tried flushing excessively to get it as clean as possible but it’s not effective in the long term. I thought I was just being weak but I got the guys at work to try as well and nobody can unscrew the parts on the lid. For the price of these cups, it’s a bit of a let down.

I have gripes with most of these insulated bottles ... They either leak when they are supposed to be leak-proof, the lid is annoying, they don't insulate properly, they taste metallic or don't fit in my cupholder...This one has none of those issues.- It doesn't leak AT ALL; it's remarkable actually considering the lid design ... I can drink from any angle and then close it by pressing it down and voila, no leakage whatsoever.- The lid is somewhat annoying to clean in that it needs disassembling but cleaning itself is easy, and the lid dishwasher proof (although the cup is not; the inside is delicate and you can't use metal utensils with it either)- It insulates perfectly as long as you remember to close the lid; I've had drinks in here for a few hours and they remained hot (above a temperature where you can down it).- Metallic taste? Not here - ceramic interior means it tastes just like it's coming out of a mug It's surprisingly pleasant and a bit of a shock to the senses; after trying so many travel mugs, with them all having a taste impact, you brace yourself for one and it's weird to just taste actual coffee/tea the way it's meant to be despite having been sat in a cup for 2 hours.- This definitely fits my cupholder! I don't know how regular the size of mine is, but it's a fairly new Mercedes A Class if that helps anybody.So all the usual cons are ticked off, are there any cons?Well, the inside is ceramic, so although it's marketed as "shatter-proof" I'm not sure if that means you can safely drop it. With that said, the all-steel insulated ones become useless once they are dented from a drop, so I guess that's a con they all would share. To clarify, I have not tested dropping this one. I actually really like it and want to keep using it, and I paid for it so I won't be putting it through those kinds of paces!

Fantastic bit of kit. Well chuffedWarmed it with boiling water, put black coffee in and nearly burnt my mouth 3-4 hours later!Actually tastes like coffee too, not metallic of tastes of plastic.Stable, with a base that is anti-slipDon’t overfill though or top doesn’t work. Minor problem though.

Bought to replace a previous (now unavailable) ceramic coated insulated mug from a different vendor. Delivery was very prompt with good instructions. The mug keeps the contents suitably warm (I fllled it with boiilng water, temperature was 70C after 45 mins) and is fine to drink from with its ceramic coated interior. But the lid is unnecessarily complicated. I can see what the design seeks to achieve - drinking from any angle - but the required compromise is too much for the benefit. My previous mug had a simple screw-in lid with a drinking-hole covered by a flip top. That was perfectly fine, easy to use and sealed well. This lid protrudes a fair way into the mug, reducing capacity and meaning great care must be taken to fill only to the 'max' mark on the inside. It has a spring and ratchet mechanism and requires three silicone seals (my previous mug had only one) and must be dismantled to clean. But the most unsatisfactory feature of the lid is that after hot filling and closing, pressure builds up in the mug (I don't know why but maybe the stainless expands on hot filling and then shrinks as the contents cool - my old mug did the same but that didn't affect the function) which means that you have to press very hard on the top to get it to open the first time you use it after filling (the first time this happened I thought the lid was jammed), and then it opens with a (small) 'pop' as the pressure is released. My previous, much simpler lid was much better. So two stars knocked off for that.