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In this video we are looking at keepcups.
So Victoria,
I mean we tested a few different keep cups and a few different things.
Which cups did you test?
We test six cups. We tested Frank Green, Sttoke Cup,
Keepcup the brew. That is the glass one. Keep Cup. That is the plastic one.
And SoL Cup and Huskee Cup.
Hmm. Yeah. So a few different cups. You tested a few different things.
So what was the first thing you tested?
We tested heat loss to see how long does it last?
The coffee hot and what we did was measure the temperature drop every five
minutes. And what we found out is the Frank Green was the best one,
the one that lasts for a longer hot.
So when there was, it was another one, that lasts quite a while as well.
It was Frank Green number one for sure for a long way.
Second one, like I said, like that is because the material that they are built,
they are stainless steel with an installation layer. So yeah,
that allows the heat to stay inside the cup rather than like,
that was the first thing. So what was the second thing that you tested?
We just did the seal quality of every cup.
Okay. So how did you do that?
How did you actually make sure that the coffee didn't leak anything?
Wait, put the lid and we shake it. Then we put it up,
sit down and we check it like they spill any drop.
And what we found out is that again, the Frank Green was the best seal.
And then the second one was again the Sttoke Cup. This one if a,
although when we shake it, it didn't roll.
But when we put it upside down like it, it spilled a little bit. Yeah.
How do the SoL cup and all the other ones sort of thing?
Well the keep cups, eh,
they haven't lid with a plug and it's not like a spill proof but it's splash
proof. That means we shake it. Like we might drop a little.
Yeah, but they are
so inside the car say when you put your coffee inside a car or some people are
going to be doing that.
Yeah, I like it. No I reckon is going to be fine. But like it's not 100%
so we looked at the one that seals the best,
but you know sometimes these kinds of things have an impact on how they clean.
So in this case maybe we'll do it reverse order.
Which one was the most difficult to clean?
The most difficult to clean definitely was the Frank Green because the lid is a,
it seals perfect or like but has seven parts.
Then we had to pull apart to clean it properly. Uh, yeah, it's,
it makes it the hardest to clean. The easiest,
I will say like they are all pretty easy to clean actually.
But like the Sol cup is the easiest with a,
the Husky cup because they just have the lid and the cup and the keep cups.
Now we want to talk about durability, durability to be the next one.
So what does durability mean?
Like, well, how long it will last the cup and when we will recommend to you,
it's like if you want to cup the last long then like stainless steel is still
probably is the best option because they are the strongest in terms of material
resistance. However, if you drop these cups,
like they might be damaged and they might lose their heat retention property.
But yeah, in terms of like resistance they are very tough.
Yeah. Well I'm in a real world test.
I actually got this stoke cup and put it on top of my car and I drove off and it
smashed on the ground. And by the way,
it didn't leak any of the coffee and seems to still keep the coffee relatively
hot. The cup doesn't get hot when you put fresh coffee inside it.
So it seems to be lasting.
So stainless steel definitely is the more durable material.
Yes. However,
remember to dont put it in the dishwasher because they will lose the seal
quality. On the other hand, the plastic ones,
they are the second toughest in terms of material they last and they are pretty
resistant.
Like if you drop them they they're going to be fine with as well.
In the kind of plastic they are made of. They are different plastics.
So obviously we tested a couple of cups, that are made out of hardened glass.
Um, what about those?
Of course when it comes to glass they are going to break the easiest.
Like if we drop it and they are going to shatter, so yeah.
Better be careful with those.
materials. Victoria, you tested way that each material can affect the taste?
Yes,
and I will say I would recommend to drink always from last glass or ceramic that
yeah, the stainless steel cups. The Sttoke and the Frank Green,
they are covered with a
ceramic inner layer. Like yeah, they are inert materials.
A glass and ceramics
you might taste hints from coffee if you drink a tea in it.
The more interesting one.
He was actually the Sol cup because the sol cup probably one of the few cups
that actually has like a Silicon sort of seal. How'd that go?
I'm not a fan to be honest to drink from Silicon.
I particularly like to drink the coffee like without the lid but if like I will
say if you like a lid like bitter go for a hard plastic.
So I mean all these things said which cup would you buy if it was your money.
I will say I will go for the sol cup
because it's glass,
it's lightweight and I love drinking from glass particularly.
I feel that it's the best taste experience and
yes I particularly like to drink without a lid. I'd like to carry,
I put the lead on but to drink from,
I just drink from glass and it's a thin glass, which like, I don't know,
I really enjoy in particular. But yeah,
for me, I actually prefer drinking out of a sttoke cup.
The stoke cup has been beautifully designed. Looks good,
feels good in the hands, has a nice thick lip you want to drink out of it. Um,
this seal works very, very nicely. And again,
I've dropped this off my car and it seemed to keep my coffee warm, hot, cozy.
I like this cup, this is beautiful designed cup. Very expensive. But, um,
I think it's worth the money. So that's what we like. But what do you like?
Feel free to comment below. Um, tell us what you like.
If you have any questions, comments, anything like that.
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