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Posted October 13, 2015 by Amy in Family Fiends
 
 

Ready, Sip Action! Travel Lens Mug Review

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What could be more perfect than a pairing of your favorite hobby with your favorite hot drink?

The Ready, Sip, Action! travel mug from Thumbs Up! lets you carry your favorite hot drink around in style. For the photography buff in your life, it’s a fun way to let their hobby carry over to other areas of life, and a great way to let your camera love shine. As you can see from the images, the Ready, Sip, Action! mug looks just like a high end camera lens, right down to the base, which has the look and size of a lens cap.

A lot of thought was put into making this travel mug both look and feel like the lenses it’s inspired by. The outside is of a lightweight black plastic, with rubber grips all the way around both at the top and near the base. There are chrome and red accents, and even all the appropriate markings to give it an authentic camera lens feel. Though the outside shell is of plastic, the lining inside is of stainless steel. That’s a real plus in a well-used travel mug, as plastic tends to absorb over time, which can adversely affect the taste of your drinks after just a short time.

The top of the lens mug easily screws on and off, and has a slide tab to cover the opening to help cut down on spills and hopefully keep the contents warmer a bit longer. Though the tab certainly is better for nothing as far as spill prevention goes, it will leak if the cup ends up on its side, so you have to be a little more careful with this than with some of the more high end travel mugs. As it is modeled off of a camera lens, this mug doesn’t have a handle, which is actually a plus in some ways – it will fit nicely into most cupholders, and lefties like myself don’t have to try to drink out of it backwards. The Ready, Sip, Action! mug holds a respectable thirteen ounces of your favorite beverage, keeping it warm longer than an open mug for your morning commute.

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The Ready, Sip, Action! Travel Lens Mug is a product that is obviously more about aesthetics than anything else, and it’s the perfect gift for a favorite photographer in your life. Though it’s performance won’t stand up to a really high end travel mug in terms of keeping liquids hot for hours or completely preventing spills, it provides a fun and fashionable way to enjoy your favorite beverage in style.


Amy

 
U.S. Senior Editor & Deputy EIC, @averyzoe on Twitter, mother of 5, gamer, reader, wife to @macanthony, and all-around bad-ass (no, not really)