Cuppow Review
I have had two wide mouth Cuppow lids for several months and have been meaning to write a review on the blog. Lately I've been using them more and more (iced coffee! iced tea! lemonade!). Instead of plastic waterbottles, we carry around jars of water that can be easily refilled, washed, and used hundreds of times. We actaually drink out of jars at our house most of the time, so the Cuppow seemed like a natural fit for us.
The Cuppow is a plastic lid, shaped much like coffee cup lids, that turns a canning jar into a travel drink cup. We refer to them as adult sippy cups, but they really don’t look that childish in use, I promise; they are a great accessory to jars, and I’m so glad someone made this idea into a real product.
My only criticism of the original, wide-mouth Cuppow is that when you drink from the lid, the air hole at the back whistles. Because of the flaw I didn’t use them when I was teaching or in company. The whistle was just too distracting to me. I did solve the problem with the two Cuppows I purchased, however; I drilled the hole bigger myself with a 1/16” drill bit. Without much effort, the whistle was gone. I’m hoping this is a design flaw the Cuppow people solve in future manufacturing runs.
Recently Cuppow has released a regular-mouth sized lid--the world needed the new lid. Most of the jars we drink out of are regular-mouth, so I’ve got two on order. I’ve heard that the whistling is not a problem with the new lids, and that the drinking hole is a different shape that will allow a straw to fit without crushing it. The people at Cuppow have developed a very simple, creative solution for all of us who drink out of jars and like to travel with a drink in the cup holder.
The Cuppow is very simple to use, just place a standard metal ring over the sippy lid just as if it were a regular canning lid, tighten, and your cup is ready to go. When I’m traveling on a longer car trip, I’ll oven fill jars with iced tea or water for the ice chest, rather than purchasing a bottled tea or water. I still use regular lids to seal the jars for the cooler, and I replace the lid with the Cuppow when I’m ready for a drink—easy, convenient, and sustainable. Perfect!
