Contigo AUTOSEAL West Loop Vacuum-Insulated Stainless Steel Travel Mug with Easy-Clean Lid 20 oz Sake

Why it's worth it

The AUTOSEAL lid stays shut until you press the button, so it can't leak while it rattles around in your bag. Contigo rates it for 13 hours hot and 28 hours cold, and it's built to fit under a single-serve brewer and into a car cup holder.

This is the mug to buy if you drive. You hold it, press with your thumb, sip, and it reseals itself the moment you let go — no twisting, no flipping a tab, no second hand off the wheel. Wirecutter's travel mug torture test found the AUTOSEAL lid survived a 45-minute bag-toss simulation with no leakage, the only budget mug in that group to manage it.

The insulation holds up its end. THERMALOCK vacuum insulation is rated for 13 hours hot and 28 hours cold, which is well past what a morning commute asks of it. Pour coffee at seven and it's still uncomfortably hot at ten. The 20-ounce body slides under most single-serve brewers, so you can skip the middle mug entirely.

From our review of 8 reusable water bottles and coffee cups, by Chloe Miller, Lifestyle & Trends Editor

What we like

• +This is the mug to buy if you drive
• +The insulation holds up its end
• +Contigo also thought about the parts that get gross
• +It costs a fraction of the Fellow and it's a fraction as pretty

What to know

• –The steel interior gives coffee a faintly metallic edge next to the Carter Move's ceramic, and it holds onto oils if you let it…
• –The body is hand-wash only; only the lid goes in the dishwasher