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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,
so if you want a cup that's actually
going to keep your coffee hot for a long
period of time by those however, I,
one of the first things I found with my
Frank Green cup when I took the first
sip from it of some filter coffee is I
burnt my mouth because it was so hot and
it kept being that hot. So if you
like it that way, that's great.
But some people might want it to
cool down a little faster. So yeah,
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.
there's coffee inside there and
just test that and that's good.
Excellent.
The Frank Green was the best one so far.
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.
So it's not 100%.
But again,
most of the time you're going to be
turning your coffee cup upside down.
It's all, it's highly unlikely.
So I mean the seal quality and
the Sttoke Cup is also very good.
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.
They have this plug but it's
pretty easy to take apart as well.
Yes.
Well at first the sttoke cup wasn't
intuitive. When we first had the stoke cup
they still got me is funny.
Like the first time it says
don't be scared to break it.
And I was scared to break because it
seems that it's going to break down but if
you put something to pull it from here,
there's a little tab in there basically.
And they said to it, cleaning each,
get something in there and jimmy it off.
Yeah. And it seems to be really hard
but then it's like I did it twice.
The second time was
no. Okay. So we talked about
cleanliness or cleaning the 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.
So we tested a whole bunch of different
cups made of a whole bunch of different
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
Inert generally meaning that it doesn't
react or interact with it in any
meaningful way.
yes. But like opposite
side, like a plastic will,
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.
Thanks for watching
guys. See you next time.
