Contigo® AUTOSEAL® West Loop Vacuum-Insulated Stainless Steel Travel Mug with Easy-Clean Lid, 16 oz, 2-Pack, Crystal Pansy; Crystal Juniper

Why it's worth it

This is the same AUTOSEAL West Loop design in a 16-ounce body, sold two to a box. It's shorter and easier to grip than the 20-ounce, and having a spare means one can sit in the dishwasher while you use the other.

Buy this if your car fought the taller mug and won. At roughly eight and a half inches, the 16-ounce body clears low dashes and settles deeper into shallow cupholders. It's also a more comfortable diameter for smaller hands, which matters when you're holding a full mug and a door handle at the same time.

Two mugs solve a problem one mug can't. The single most common reason people go back to disposable cups is that the good mug is dirty. With a pair, one lives in the sink and one goes to work. Households that split hot coffee and iced tea also like keeping the flavors separate, since coffee oils cling to silicone seals.

From our review of 8 contigo travel mugs

What we like

• +Buy this if your car fought the taller mug and won
• +Two mugs solve a problem one mug can't
• +You give up some insulation, not much
• +Everything else carries over

What to know

• –Sixteen ounces disappears fast
• –You're buying two of the same two colors, so this is a poor fit if you want to pick a specific finish