Stupid unnecessary technology is stupid and unnecessary

DdBob

DdBob

Dogue in teh desert
https://www.wired.com/story/ember-ceramic-mug-rants-and-raves/


Ok an 80 dollar mug that keeps your coffee at an exact temperature is STUPID and UNNECESSARY. If i wan't my beverage to stay hot within a few degrees of what is was when i poured it (my mouth is not sophisticated enough to tell the difference between 136 degrees and 1 45 degrees or even 140 and 110 but ymmv)

anyway if i want to keep my beverage virtually the same temp as when i poured it I already have my Stanley insulated mug...it's 4 years old and even at work (unheated auto garage) I literally still have piping HOT coffee (too busy too drink sometimes) when I leave to go to lunch...yes that's right, over four hours later and my beverage is still as hot as it was when I poured it. I have also dropped the Stanley from three feet numerous times onto concrete and it keeps going...and it only cost me 22 dollars.

also it seems like fishy selling tactics (the oldest business tactic in the world...creating phoney supply and demand, a perception of "better buy now on impulse before there's none left")

look at this shite from their website :mad:

https://ember.com/products/ceramic-mug


DUE TO EXTREMELY HIGH DEMAND, ITEMS WILL SHIP IN 6-8 DAYS. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO REDUCE THIS TIME, BUT IF YOU'RE IN A HURRY YOU CAN BUY EMBER IN A STARBUCKS NEAR YOU.
 
I have a ceramic-lined travel mug, 16 oz.

Made coffee one time and poured it into the travel mug before driving up to Lansing, a 1 hour drive. Coffee was still hot by the time I was finishing it, just as I was getting to Lansing. (I DID nuke the coffee in the microwave first to get it piping hot... )

In the summer I take it in to where I work, a non-air conditioned factory, put ice in it and water, and I still have icy water hours later if I haven't drank it all yet.
 
I am really sensitive to hot things so I like my coffee a little cooler than brewed. I throw an ice cube in mine after I pour it.

If you guys haven’t tried the Hydro-flask stuff, they are really good. There coffee cups and cocktail tumblers keep stuff at almost the same temp for hours. I have one if there 32 oz water bottles. I fill with cold water in the morning and it’s just as cold 10 hours later at the gym.
 
reverend1 said:
I am really sensitive to hot things so I like my coffee a little cooler than brewed. I throw an ice cube in mine after I pour it.

If you guys haven’t tried the Hydro-flask stuff, they are really good. There coffee cups and cocktail tumblers keep stuff at almost the same temp for hours. I have one if there 32 oz water bottles. I fill with cold water in the morning and it’s just as cold 10 hours later at the gym.
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They’re great. I have a knockoff version.

Most people don’t realize they are just a new styling take on the classic thermos. (Actually a Stanley thermos is even more efficient in part due to the cap design)
 
Lerxst said:
They’re great. I have a knockoff version.

Most people don’t realize they are just a new styling take on the classic thermos. (Actually a Stanley thermos is even more efficient due to the cap design)
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Water, fire, air and dirt. Fucking vacuums man, how do they work?
 
ok i just got a vacuum thermos made by stanley because my coffee gets cold, my dark dark sugar
 
Lerxst said:
They’re great. I have a knockoff version.

Most people don’t realize they are just a new styling take on the classic thermos. (Actually a Stanley thermos is even more efficient in part due to the cap design)
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I must have had a crappy thermos because mine didn’t work nearly that well.
 
it's all relative. your ancestors might find your stanely mug a ridiculous extravagance. or having coffee available throughout the day even. or water.

hell, the cave woman version of Ms. Dmn might scoff at pottery used for beverages as a ridiculous luxury.
 
BlockInlay said:
it's all relative. your ancestors might find your stanely mug a ridiculous extravagance. or having coffee available throughout the day even. or water.

hell, the cave woman version of Ms. Dmn might scoff at pottery used for beverages as a ridiculous luxury.
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And since the universe is going to continue to expand there is simply no way to keep that coffee warm throughout eternity.

 
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