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Things Could Be Worse Travel Mug

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Description

Remember when we all used to commute to the office, or maybe your corporate overlords are forcing you to return to your cubicle? This Things-Could-Be-Worse Travel Mug helps move your favorite beverage from kitchen to couch, or home to cube. Made of fine porcelain and designed to fit in a cup holder.


Comes with a slosh-resistant plastic lid with a silicone seal.


Holds 18 ounces.

Find more Things Could Be Worse items here.

Dimensions & More Info
  • 18-ounce (532 mL) capacity to the tippy top, 6.5"H (16.5 cm)
  • Carry the mug upright. The lid fits snug with a silicone seal and will prevent most irksome sloshes. But lid isn’t fully watertight. So you cannot just toss a full mug into your backpack without dire consequences.
  • Not insulated. But thick walls hold heat longer if you pre-heat the mug by filling with hot water for a minute before dumping and then filling with hot coffee or tea. If your beverage gets cold during the journey, consider moving closer to your workplace.
  • Porcelain, so no metal or plastic flavors imparted to your beverage. But the mug will probably break when your chauffeur drops it on the driveway or garage floor.
  • Rich blue images on white porcelain.
  • Designed by Don Moyer and initially launched as his 51st Kickstarter project in 2021.
  • Produced using the in-glaze decoration process. That means the image is slightly melted into the surface like the fine porcelain you see in museums.
  • Comes with a description card.

  • Made by wizards in China, where they have been producing porcelain for 3,000 years. These wizards do a great job maintaining precise dimension, such as when a lid needs to fit correctly.
    Care

    Travel Mug:

    • Food safe.
    • Microwave safe.
    • Dishwasher safe.
    • Porcelain is both delicate and durable. We think you’ll enjoy Don’s blog about caring for your new treasures.

     

    Lid:

    • Hand wash only.
    • Do not microwave the lid or abuse it in your dishwasher.
    Shipping & Returns

    Shipping Information:

    We offer a variety of different shipping options so you can choose what works best for your order. Cost and delivery times will be calculated at checkout. All shipping times are estimates and are not guaranteed. We offer free U.S. shipping on orders over $200 (automatically applied at checkout, we pick the shipping method).

     

    Shipping & Return Policies:

    Click here to find shipping and return policies. Questions? Email us at Robot@calamityware.com.

    Who we are

    Who we are

    Calamityware is a small, eight-person, one-dog company headquartered in Pittsburgh. We love bringing the darkly whimsical view of our founder and chief monster-maker, Don Moyer, to life. Our products are high quality, meticulously manufactured items that make wonderful gifts for you and other weird-adjacent people in your life. Our goal is to make you smile.

    Calamityware is a small, eight-person, one-dog company headquartered in Pittsburgh. We love bringing the darkly whimsical view of our founder and chief monster-maker, Don Moyer, to life. Our products are high quality, meticulously manufactured items that make wonderful gifts for you and other weird-adjacent people in your life. Our goal is to make you smile.

    Customer Reviews

    Based on 294 reviews
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    Susana

    Stealthy mug but the lid was a disappointment

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    Jan
    Awesome travel mugs

    We love our new mugs. It makes us laugh every time we see the things that could be worse, since things are pretty darned awful right now. The mugs keep our drinks hot, and we have no trouble with the lids, either, they work fine for us.

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    Chelsey

    Love it! Lid fits well! Makes me happy!!

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    Rebecca C.
    Perfect mug, mediocre lid

    Like everyone else, love this mug but hate the lid. Wish they’d change it (or have an upgraded lid choice), but in the meantime here’s my trick: I flip the top part “upside down” when I put it together. If you do this, it is harder to take apart to clean, just fyi. Still possible, just trickier. If you see in my pics, it doesn’t close quite as fully when closed, but I never found it to be super spill proof anyway. But now the lid doesn’t quite fit back as far and it won’t open as much. Credit for this goes to my husband who put it together “wrong” but now I always put it together this way. 🤣 I do want to point out that the plasticky rubber gasket does get gross over time.

    I also wish there was a way to just purchase a replacement (or upgraded!!!!) lid on their website, apparently you can contact them to purchase a new one. I’ve had one for about two years and it was looking really black and crumbly. I got a 2nd as a Christmas present, but unfortunately the gasket was super stuck to the mug and it ripped. 100/10 customer service, they apologized and sent me a replacement lid (2 of them!! 🥰 since I asked about how to replace the old one).

    I have purchased a lot (too much? Of course not) of calamityware products and they do a good job of standing behind them and offering high quality products.

    I would rate this a bit lower due to the lid 😬 but the customer service, mug, and just how much I love this and use it every day made me still give it 5 stars.

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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    Janice B.
    Fun to look at, but not usable

    I adore Calamityware designs, but I wish this mug was more than just good-looking. The lid is awful: it is hard to drink out of, as though the proportions of the opening are wrong. It also doesn't do a god job keeping my beverages warm. What is the point of a travel mug if you have to finish your beverage within 20 minutes?

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    Kelly S.
    Exactly as pictured and described!

    I had high hopes for this and was not disappointed! My husband thought it was basic looking chinaware and didn't understand my excitement. Que him gwaking at it the next morning, cracking up at each and every hilarious and beautiful detail that's on it. The lid isn't so secure that if toppled over it wouldn't pop off, but I didn't expect that, as it is ceramic. Be mindful of it before you sip. It does keep your drink hot for much longer than without it. Great gift, I plan on buying more in the future.

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    Katherine K.
    Exceeded my expectations

    I love my mug. It does everything as indicated in the description. I also didn’t think the shipping was outrageous. My mug arrived well packaged. I would recommend to anyone. I have had no issues with the lid. Would I hold it upside down over my head? No but it does the job.

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    Stacy

    Beautiful! It keeps my coffee hot… but watch out, the lid comes off easily.

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    R.M.
    so many pterodactyls!

    The pirate ship to pterodactyl ratio is all wrong......4:1. Perhaps due to the plethora of sea monsters, the pirate population has dwindled. We all now know that this is simply a piece of darwinian evolutionary propaganda. The ameba/walking fish/pterodactyl/capybara/giant frog/fisherman/yeti/pirate/robot theory was proven incorrect years ago due to the salinity of sea monster blood and calorie count of native ferns. Good Luck next time. The lid fits fine. Thank you for the whimsy. -Zombie Poodle

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    Sara C.
    My daily coffee cup

    I originally received the shorter version of this for Christmas from my brother after eyeing it for some time. I bought this one to fit in my cupholder on my recliner and it is used every single day. The cup itself is sturdy but not heavy, the print is hilarious and super crisp, and it make me smile every time I use it! The rubber seal on the lid is super strong and fits snug into the inside of the cup and pours evenly out without gushing on you. Seriously, just buy the mug.

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