Black Lock Top Travel Mug
Capacity 14oz
Lock and load! This leakproof travel mug lets you enjoy your tea on the go. Totally BPA-free, it has a flip-open lid with a little slide lock to keep it tightly closed – meaning it's super bag-friendly. The best part? It keeps your tea toasty or cool for ages. You pretty much got it on lock with this one.
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Product Number: 904101DT01VAR0078268
Instructions
1
Scoop loose leaf tea into the infuser, add hot water and steep with the lid on.
2
Remove and empty the infuser.
3
Attach the lid back on and sip away!
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">Runs on Tea</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">Broke after 4 months</span>
<span itemprop="description">I got this as a gift and I used it a lot. The travel tumbler has never been dropped or even seen the inside of a dishwasher so I was very disappointed that the button to open/close the lid broke during regular use. The button mechanism operates with a very slim piece of plastic creating a slot. This snapped and I can see how the design makes it quite brittle.
Otherwise, I loved this tumbler, the way it functions and fits in my hand. I really like the removable tea basket as well. I try to reduce my environmental impact so the fact that there doesn't appear to be a way to fix this is also disheartening.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2020-02-21</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">kevinmcl</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">It's not bad, until it breaks after a year of use</span>
<span itemprop="description">It's well designed, but not well executed. I have two. No more. Can't get the replacement tops anymore. The body is a decent vacuum-insulated bottle - about half as good as Z o j i r u s h i for temperature keeping. The top has a screw-on laser-cut screen that keeps the debris out of your mouth as you drink. The loose-tea steeping basket screws to that, so you can leave the leaves and drink through them, or remove to avoid over-steeping and still have the screen in place for drinking. That part is very well designed. The cap is hinged, spring-loaded, with a lockable one-handed release button. That works very well, until it breaks. The problem is the release button - when you press the bottom half, the button pivots around a hinge pin, and the top half releases the cap to open. The PROBLEM is that the hinge pin is held in place by two plastic tabs that are thinner than paper. After using it for about a year's worth of presses, one of those tabs breaks, a little later, the second one breaks, The button falls off, and you can't latch the lid closed anymore for travel. The same happens with Z o j i r u s h i flip-top vacuum-insulated bottles, indicating that at least the lids are made by the same supplier. It's a cheap component that is the "reliable" constant point of failure for ALL of DAVIDsTEAS' flip-top bottles. From the complaints on Reddit and many other forums, if you get as much as a year-and-a-half, you probably aren't using yours every day. That was my experience 3 times, now. I really love the rest of the physical design (never mind all the colors, I don't care about that, I crave practicality and quality), but this has been a problem for years and Davids refuses to address it.
For a while before... and definitely since T went belly-up, I spent thousands of dollars at Davids, on Japanese green tea (gyokuro) and tea-related equipment, but this ongoing sore point has driven me away.
In the photo, the aquamarine bottle latch is ready to fail (one side already broke) and the gray bottle has a homemade latch that my wife made from a piece of stiff wire. It keeps the top closed, but not firmly enough for travel.
PS: In the ratings I didn't want to rate packaging, because I bought both of mine off the shelf in a David's store - there was no packaging.
PPS: I don't think I'm flouting the posting guidelines by mentioning Z o j i r u s h i, because they don't do tea and they don't make tea-specific steeping bottles... they just happen to make fantastically insulative, slim-line vacuum bottles. Save your money and don't buy this flip-top Davids bottle.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-10-16</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">Menthalo</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">Bad quality</span>
<span itemprop="description">I bought this a year ago and it broke. I don't even use it on a regular basis.
It can be closed now.
The quality of the product is bad.
I do not recommend it.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2020-01-28</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">Lockfail</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">Liked it but it broke</span>
<span itemprop="description">As other reviewers have mentioned, the lock top lid tends to break after a while. Can’t recommend it and I’d like David’s to please restock the replacement lids. Thx</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-07-07</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">Yayahae</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">Came with a crack that eventually broke.</span>
<span itemprop="description">The lid had a small crack near the hinge when I got it. I thought it was a scratch and didn't do anything about it. 2 weeks later is broken. Still usable. But broken. Can't buy new lids separately either. 2nd crack developed shortly after the first broke off.
My old one is way better plastic. Many years of constant use but the closure broke so it was time for a new one. Might be going to Walmart for the next one, at least it's cheaper.
The tea was good.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2023-02-03</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">jenbuh</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">would be a nice mug if it didn't break instantly</span>
<span itemprop="description">I received this mug today for my birthday. I was very excited about it and like the sleek black design. I kid you not after using it for 5 minutes it broke. the lock button mechanism completely fell off and no longer stays closed. I am very upset and feel bad even telling the person that gifted it to me that it already broke because it is ridiculous as I had barely had a single sip of my tea. I am very disappointed.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2020-03-05</div>
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<span itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><span itemprop="name">Uhtred</span></span> from
<span itemprop="name">Best Travel Mug.</span>
<span itemprop="description">I was skeptical when my mother in-law gave me this-travel mug. I have purchased many that claim to keep drinks hot for 6-8 hours and have been disappointed every time.
This mug keep your tea hot for 8 hours and warm for 10 hours. A good investment for people on the go.</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-03-05</div>
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Rated <span itemprop="ratingValue">4</span> out of
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<span itemprop="name">Lid</span>
<span itemprop="description">Love it, the only thing is when I first washed it the top on the steeper fell off, still usable as it's between the 2 levels pretty tight. Might be how it's supposed to work?</span>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-04-21</div>
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Why has David&rsquo;s Tea stopped selling the lock top replacement lid? Many people have commented that they&rsquo;re lids broke. Also why don&rsquo;t they have more colours of lock top mugs in the stores. Black is so dreary.&nbsp;
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<div class="bvseo-author">Asked by: Anita16</div>
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Hey Anita16! We like to think of black as timeless, but we hear you. 😊 Our Lock Top Travel Mugs have been discontinued which is why we no longer offer replacement parts or new colours.
<div class="bvseo-author">Answered by: DAVIDsTEA</div>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2023-08-06</div>
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Hi, i love my cup on the go, BUT my lid broke, so I cant use it anymore on the go. how and where can I buy the lid ??
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<div class="bvseo-author">Asked by: telma</div>
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I would be happy to get a replacement lid of ANY color, if the price wasn't exorbitant, but while Davids keeps getting more and more and more made to go with their ever-changing bottle colors, they refuse to just get some generic gray or white or black replacement parts. I am unable to come up with a reason that is not deliberate planned obsolescence in order to keep selling more of the same to the gullible. I bought a second one because it was a color they had discontinued, so it was marked-down for quick clearance at the store in Bayview Shopping Centre, Ottawa, Ontario. At full price, I refuse to buy any more until they fix this seemingly-intentional point-of-failure. I have not found as nice and as practical a design at any of their competitors... yet... but it's a good design badly executed in a critical component. HOWEVER... as a reward for reading this far, I can tell you that you can salvage the usefulness of the bottle by twisting some solid wire to make a home-made latch. You can also use a soldering iron or just heat a screwdriver to melt a little dip in the lip of the flip-top, so the wire loop has something to grip. It works well enough for just leaving the bottle on a desk to keep tea warm while you work. It would be ok in a cup-holder in your vehicle, or in a bottle-holder hiking belt or on a bike. But sadly, it can't be made tight enough to be leak-proof when tumbling around in your backpack or purse.
<div class="bvseo-author">Answered by: kevinmcl</div>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2023-01-21</div>
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Do you have to pour the water into the mug first and then add the steeper? Or will the steeper stay in place while you poor the water? &nbsp;
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<div class="bvseo-author">Asked by: RayNay</div>
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You can do both. The steeper is &ldquo;screwed&rdquo; or twisted to the lid, it won&rsquo;t fall.&nbsp;
<div class="bvseo-author">Answered by: KNF07</div>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-02-24</div>
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I have the same question as above... can I drink without removing?
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<div class="bvseo-author">Asked by: AnnaMic</div>
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Yes, as the answer above also states. There's a little grid that stops the tea from going anywhere
<div class="bvseo-author">Answered by: NicoleeM</div>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2020-12-29</div>
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Can you drink the tea without removing the infuser?
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<div class="bvseo-author">Asked by: TeaLover*</div>
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Yes you can :) under that big top/cap there is a loose tea infuser which is actually two parts: a top, and the bottom which holds the tea (see in pictures) they just screw on together to keep the loose tea in place for drinking. And the infuser part just screws on below the top.
<div class="bvseo-author">Answered by: Tea-Wolf</div>
<div class="bvseo-pubdate">Date published: 2021-07-28</div>
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Is this similar to your old stainless steel containers that had the vacuum lock when you sealed it? I loved those but I lost mine years ago.
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How do you clean the deep threading on the underside of the lid? I can't get anything down that far to wipe.
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There doesn't seem to be an obvious fill line. Am I missing something? Poured in hot water, then screwed down the lid with the tea in the strainer already and it overflowed. Even when I poured some out, still had some moderate leakage on a moderate angle.
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