The TKWide Coffee Tumbler from Klean Kanteen is an unassuming tumbler that bested all the other tumblers in our hot test. It feels good to drink from and is easy to clean. How does it nail all our criteria? We tested the TKWide in the Tofu colour. Let’s see what happened in testing.

This review is part of the recent Best Camp Mug test. See the other reviews:

• Yeti Rambler 532 with HotShop Cap
• Miir Tomo Insulated Bottle
• Stanley Classic Travel Mug French Press
• BrüMate Pour Over Mug
• Snowpeak Kanpai Mug
• Corkcicle Commuter Cup

What is the TKWide Coffee Tumbler?

The TKWide Coffe Tumbler is a vacuum insulated travel mug with a twist-off cap. A rotating lid inside the cap lets you close it up tight or sip from it with a little twist. A small handle tucks away nicely on the back of the cap and doesn’t fall into your face when you drink from it. The handle is small but enough to grab with a few fingers when you’ve got lots of stuff in your arms.

Size and Shape

The slender body is a bit taller than other cups and fits easily in cup holders. I prefer the size of it compared to chunky tumblers.

The powder coating doesn’t go right to the bottom so it’s more durable to drops and dings. The bottoms of painted cups tend to scratch first.

Pouring and Drinking

The TKWide feels great pouring and drinking. It’s doesn’t drip down the side and the mouth piece is smooth and comfortable. The twist part of the cap opens easy but not accidentally on it’s own. There’s nothing big and intrusive on your face when you drink from it. It’s easily been one my favourite coffee cup lids that I’ve used.

Even without a lid, the top is nice and rounded for sipping if your drink is too hot or you just need to hydrate post-haste. Instead of solid threads for screwing the lid on, there are just rounded bumps inside the top.

Is it Leakproof?

Yes, definitely spill proof.

After many tests with with hot coffee and cold water inside, it’s still spillproof. I think there could be a chance the cap gets turned open in a bag but there’s no issues if the top isn’t going to get bumped.

Hot test

With all the mugs in our recent camp mug roundup, we ran a 12 hour hot test. Those that were over 120 degrees Fahrenheit by 12 hours kept going for another 12. The TKWide did very well.

Each mug was filled with boiling water around 200F and closed. I checked the temperature every 1-2 hours with an Accuchef thermometer. Each cup/bottle was open for about 20 seconds when I was measuring the temperature. Temperature outside the bottles was warm room temperature.

The TKWide easily lasted 12 hours with hot coffee. And stayed a respectable 104.5 degrees after 24 hours. 120 degrees is still good coffee temperature. Anything less than that is getting luke warm. I’m not saying I’ve never drank coffee that temperature but that’s what all cups of coffee should aspire to be.

Cleaning

Cleaning is the ultimate test for the coffee cups and tumblers. If they’re easy to clean, they might earn a spot in my cupboard for 5 years or more. Hard to clean and I always wonder what’s growing inside the lid. Those ones get chucked pretty quick. Easier to clean products are more sustainable products.

The TKWide is very simple and easy to clean. The lid is made up of 5 parts and fits together with 1 screw down from the main cap. To clean, it’s just a matter of removing the ‘nut’ on the bottom of the screw and pull 3 pieces off the bottom. The top of the cap then pulls out the top.

The whole thing is dishwasher safe but I keep any rubber or silicone bits out since they start to test like soap after a while. The rest just goes in the dishwasher. It’s easy to see that everything is perfectly clean. No science experience can hide in any of the parts.

Durability

All the Klean Kanteens I’ve had over the years are still going strong. The BPA-free plastic and stainless will last forever. As with most stainless mugs and tumblers, the paint is the first thing to go. Currently the TKWide doesn’t have a scratch yet. Through a few weeks so far of the using it daily for coffee, rolling around in the car, and going in the dishwasher, it’s still spotless.

Klean Kanteen use their Klean Coat® finish and so far it’s been super durable. Ideally I could tell you what it looks like in 5 or 10 years but we’re not there yet. I’ll make some updates in 6 months and a year to see who’s paint is still standing.

Who is Klean Kanteen?

Klean Kanteen was founded in 2004 with the goal of creating re-usable drink bottles and food containers that would last forever. They’re family and employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, Climate Neutral Certified and a member of 1% for the planet. They focus on adventure and conserving wild places. My kind of company.

Conclusion

With an easy-to-clean and spillproof lid, great heat retention, ultra-durable paint the TKWide will be in my daily rotation for a long time to come. It easily made 12 hours with hot coffee and

Verdict: Highly Recommended

Usual Price: $34.95 USD ($46.99 CAD)

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In our 24 hour ‘hot’ test it was almost too hot to drink after 12 hours and still a nice coffee temperature after 24.

This review is part of the recent Best Camp Mug test. See the other reviews:

• Yeti Rambler 532 with HotShop Cap
• Klean Kanteen TKWide Coffee Tumbler
• Stanley Classic Travel Mug French Press
• BrüMate Pour Over Mug
• Snowpeak Kanpai Mug
• Corkcicle Commuter Cup

What is the Tomo?

The Tomo is a vacuum bottle (or flask or thermos depending on what you call them) with 2 cups and a 360 pour lid. Each of the lids make 8 ounce cups and the main container holds 1 liter or 33 oz. The 2 lids are interchangeable but the bottom one has some branding and a QR code on it so you’ll probably want to keep it on the bottom.

Tomo means ‘friend’ in Japanese and it will certainly be your friend on cold days at the cabin or out camping. It’s BPA free and has a lifetime warranty.

Size and shape

So that’s MiiR. Back to the Tomo.

It’s a 1 litre or 33 oz vacuum bottle with a cup on the top and bottom. Each cup holds 8 oz nicely, 11oz if you fill them right to the brim.

The bottom of the whole Tomo bottle with cup on it is 3.25 inches wide but just 3 inches without.

A slim handle keeps it from rolling and makes it easier to carry with your hands full. The handle is 6 inches long and sticks out 1.125 inches from the bottle.

Pouring and drinking

Pouring and drinking with the Tomo is nice and easy. The 360 pour lid just needs a little push to open and then push again to close. It pours nicely and doesn’t run down the side of the bottle. The large mouth easily fits ice cubes for the hot days too.

The 360 lid easily keeps all the liquid in. I have yet to have a leak out of the lid itself. Even if it did, the cup screwed onto the top would prevent any big spills. I have no issue throwing the Tomo into a bag or into the back of the car.

The. side of the pour lid is soft and smooth and feels good to drink straight from it. The edges of both cups are nice and smooth as well. The threads are smooth and rounded.

Hot test

With all the mugs in our recent camp mug roundup, we ran a 12 hour hot test. Those that were over 120 degrees farenheit by 12 hours kept going for another 12. The Tomo passed with flying colors.

Each mug was filled with boiling water around 200F and closed. I checked the temperature every 1-2 hours with an Accuchef thermometer. Each cup/bottle was open for about 20 seconds when I was measuring the temperature. Temperature outside the bottles was warm room temperature.

The Tomo did extremely well. It’s larger than the other mugs in the test but all are vacuum insulated. By noon it was still too hot to drink. At 12 hours it was still over 150F or hot coffee temperature. I didn’t measure at all overnight but at 24 hours the wnext morning it was still 127F or decent warm coffee.

Cleaning

Reusable bottles and mugs are great but some are too complicated and break or are hard to clean.

The MiiR bottle itself is easy to clean. It’s got a wide mouth and no hidden edges. The cups are easy to clean too only being a couple inches deep. MiiR recommends hand washing the bottle and cups. As with every cup I’ve tested in the past, the paint starts to wear off in the dishwasher.

The 360 pour lid is harder to clean. It’s top rack dishwasher safe and isn’t too hard to clean with a brush but it’s hard to see into if it’s really clean. I’ve opened up some lids from other cups in the past and they’ve been black with who knows what growing inside. I’d love to see MiiR make a lid that’s easier to take apart. We’d be able to use it longer if we knew the lid was clean and not growing a science experiment.

Durability

So far the Tomo has looked very durable. The lid, cups and bottle itself look and feel bombproof.

Paint on powder-coated drinkware always wears off eventually so it’s just a matter of time. It’s fallen on some rocks already and has a small chip in the paint but other than that is in very good shape. If you’re less clumsy than I am, then the paint will last a long time. Cleaning it by hand will make it last longer.

Who is MiiR?

Since 2009 MiiR, based in Seattle, Washington, has been trying to do good things for the world. After the owner, Bryan Papé, nearly died in a skiing accident, he re-arranged his life to have more of an impact. MiiR was born.

They make re-usable bottles, cups and flasks and donate whenever they can. MiiR is a certified B Corporation, member of 1% for the planet, Certified Evergreen, and a Climate Neutral-certified brand. As of 2022 they’ve donated over $3.8 million across 26 countries.

Conclusion

The MiiR Tomo is the perfect vacuum bottle for keeping drinks hot and cold on adventures. With over 24 hours of hot drinks, it’s very well insulated. Cleaning the bottle and cups is easy but I’d prefer a lid I could take apart. While not ideal, it’s not the complicated science experiments other lids are so minor issue.

I’ve been very happy with the Tomo for coffee, hot chocolate and cold water.

Verdict: Highly Recommended

Usual Price: $59.95 USD ($87.99 CAD)

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