Coffee added from the carafe made in the morning was only at 120 degrees, so sometimes the Ember had to a lot of extra work to get it up to 135 or 140. Other things can drain the battery faster, like having to bring coffee up to temperature (i.e. So it doesn’t seem ridiculous that a five degree difference could result in an hour loss of battery.
On its website, Ember says that the Travel Mug will last three hours at 135 degrees, less if the temperature is hotter. I’m no battery expert, but this could fall in line with the expectations Ember set. Keeping her coffee at 140 degrees, the battery lasted two hours. Thinking that perhaps we got a bum unit, I reached out to Ember and replaced it with a new one. Even though she was pouring hot coffee into the mug and kept the temperature at 140, the battery was completely drained after around 45 minutes. During her first go ’round, my wife found that the battery on the device drained pretty quickly. I should interject a note here to say that we actually tried out two different Travel Mugs. The controls were intuitive and easy to adjust as she found her temperature sweet spot. She had no issues charging the device or getting it connected. Setting up the mug and pairing with the phone was easy and straightforward for my wife. The lid features a push-button, 360 degree (circular, not temp) accessible “spout” so you can drink from any angle, which is helpful when you’ve got one hand on the steering wheel. The matte finish feels good and the LED controls give it a nice high-tech flair. It holds 12 fluid ounces and is easy to grip. The first thing you notice with the mug is that it looks and feels great. Ember Travel Mug 2 also promises more battery life, saying it could hold a drink at 135 degrees for three hours (more on that in a minute) and comes with a redesigned charging coaster. In a neat bit of design, these controls stay hidden until you tap the Ember logo on the device. The temperature control wheel at the base of the mug is replaced by LED + and – touch controls. But as my wife learned with the first-gen Ember Mug a couple years back, precisely heated coffee from first sip to last actually makes your morning java more enjoyable.Įmber made a number of design changes to its new Travel Mug.
#EMBER TRAVEL MUG BLUETOOTH#
Obviously $180 is a lot of cheddar for a coffee mug, especially for something that a lot of people might scoff at (a Bluetooth cup!). Released this fall, the Ember Travel Mug 2 is a connected thermos that talks to your phone and lets you set the exact temperature of your coffee. I asked my wife to do the heavy lifting on this one because she drinks a lot of hot coffee, travels more than I do and her non-techie background provides a more approachable, everyperson view of the device.īut first, the basics. Her TL DR take on the $180 precise temperature control drinking vessel? It looks great and is easy to set up and use, but the battery was a real bummer, at least in her real-world scenario. So I should be upfront and say that I actually asked my wife to review Ember’s new second-generation Travel Mug.
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