Thermos FBB500SS4 Vacuum Insulated 16 Ounce Compact Stainless Steel Beverage Bottle

Good quality product, fast delivery, looks and feels good, matches description

Worked great and arrived fast

I'm a product designer, and it's really nice to see something designed (almost) exactly how I would have designed it. Great job Thermos engineers! I use this container without the cap/cup. I don't drink coffee and I'm not a big fan of pouring into a little cup and sipping from it- no offense intended toward tea and coffee drinkers. Instead I purchased this container to keep a good amount of water ice cold. I therefore use it more as a water bottle. Although it is not ideally suited to this purpose, it does the job extremely well. More on that later. The shoulder strap has little plastic connectors, so you can attach or remove it with minimal effort. I removed it immediately. I imagine it would also be nice to carry it somewhere with the strap and then easily remove the strap for drinking/serving purposes. The cup has a smaller cup inside for sharing. I don't plan to share, but it's a nice feature. The inner lid is amazing. There's a little red toggle latch you push to release the flip cap. The flip cap springs open on its own. You may be wondering what happens if the button gets pushed accidentally. Thermos thought of this and put a little formed wire retainer you can employ to keep the flip top shut even if the button is pushed. The cap itself is very well thought out. It employs a bypass type seal instead of a seal squeezed between the container top and the lid. Why is this important? It seals better, is less likely to wear, and it allowed them to design the cap so it always locks in the exact same position relative to the handle. This means it will always pour from the same location every time. Inside the flip cap are two holes. One for dispense, the other for air to replace what is poured. It doesn't gurgle. It just produces a steady stream. Liquid doesn't come out the air hole either. Thermos designed a clever little snorkel to allow air in but not liquid out. The pour hole is relatively small. I think anything beyond tomato soup in chunkiness would have a hard time coming out the hole. Campbell's chicken noodle maybe, but definitely not alphabet soup! Forget chunky soup unless you entirely remove the lid. There's also a formed lip in the container that serves as the max fill line. I figured this out the hard way through overfilling with ice water and then putting the cap in place. This forced ice water past the lid seal that dripped out when I tipped the container. Water can also get trapped between the bottom cover and the stainless vessel. This will leak out when the container is tipped. I would have tried to design in weep holes or a better seal on the bottom. The handle extends and retracts. I personally would have liked more detent on the open position so it doesn't close very easy. It makes it a little difficult to carry upright. It would work fine for pouring, but does not lend itself to being used as a mug handle. It's nice that the container doesn't get condensation on it from the ice water. I got tired of cleaning up a puddle on my desk. For drinking purposes it's a little of a behemoth, but that was my intention. Lots of ice cold water always at hand! It's a little big to be gripped easily in my hand. I have larger than average hands, so keep that in mind. Most people would need to two-hand the container unless they were the pour and sip type of people. As well, when I tried to put it in the refrigerator (without the cup/cap) it had to go next to the milk because that was the only spot tall enough. As well for drinking, the handle is 90 degrees from where I would like it. See earlier comments on pouring vs. mug handle. Now onto the insulating properties. I put quite a few ice cubes in at noon and still had ice at 7pm. Ice lasts quite a long time, and the water stays cool even longer. I'm not sure about 24 hours though. It depends on what the acceptable temp rise is. My acceptable limit is probably lower than most people and likely much lower than their 24 hr test limit. Even so, I haven't had a warm drink of water yet. I hope this helps you in your decision. I don't work for thermos or anyone that sells thermos. If this were my design, I'd be proud of it.

i was using this bottle in my office (pre-covid). Used to top up the bottle with hot water before i leave for the day, and when i come in the next day, the water would still be almost as hot. This bottle is quality.

As others have said this is a cheap Chinese knockoff pretending to be a "Thermos" brand thermos.