travel mug

A bottle that holds the morning — vacuum-walled steel (Zojirushi and Stanley)

The record that opens the Out & about shelf: two vacuum bottles from makers older than the highways they ride — a 16-ounce Osaka mug serviced by a gasket the maker still sells, and the 1.1-quart steel bottle whose patent turns 113 this year. We work out the ~$1.30-a-year floor, name the trend tumbler honestly, and say who needs neither.

• ·out & about
• ·vacuum bottle
• ·Zojirushi
• ·travel mug

• Durable
• Deep
• Honest
• Future