Backcountry.com Dawn Patrol Vaccuum Coffee Tumbler - 3-Pack - 2009 BCS

Just got home from a four day jaunt up Rainier and the Dawn Patrol served it's purpose very well. This jig keeps drinks hot all day, and I mean all day. I poured hot coffee in at 4 a.m. and it was still hot at noon. I love the size, although it's just big enough for personal use, not for pouring drinks for your crew.. and, as J Antencio said, a thermos version for the car would be a bonus.

This cup is perfect for the winter mornings and as the name says, "Dawn Patrol". It is a personal thermos, so you can store a worm drink and enjoy it on the trail of in the car on the way to the rendezvous point, or it just makes a great coffee/tea cup for the morning.

i really loved mine...until the bottom popped off! does this thing have an actual lifetime warranty?!? i want my money back. :(

keeps stuff warm. works pretty good as a cup to drink from if you don't want to pour into something else. My complaint is the bottoms keep coming off. I see they were only help on with some glue. I like it but it is frustrating when the bottoms come off.

These vacuum tumblers work wonders! I tested them for heat retention one blistering cold winter day. After two hours, with 140 degree liquid in them, they had lost only 20 degrees, all while being in the snow. I use them to take tea with me on long day adventures, or as a cup on our longer multi day journeys. I haven't had any of mine leak, and would definitely buy them again!

It keeps beverages reasonably hot or cold. It's an ok, tumbler, or just small thermos. That's it though. I've bought better for almost the same price and they were nicer.

If you're using it as a travel mug, it's terrible because you have to unscrew both caps to drink from it. If you drill holes in the middle cap, for easier drinking, it leaks. Basically they're ok for the price, but go to the average truck stop and you'll get a much better thermos, tumbler or travel mug for almost as cheap.

Unless I try to tighten the "plastic" lid until it's breaking point, the thermos leaks ever single time. I had to throw my backpack into the wash several times to wash out the spoiled smell of juice and coffee. It only failed NOT to leaf on one occassion when I tried to break the cover by twisting like no end.

works great keeps the hot stuff hot and the cold stuff cold. i love it!

Does what it says it will do....keeps your drinks hot for hours--its small enough to fit in a day pack, great to bust out some hot joe on top of a tour. Only suggestion would be to make a travel mug version of this for sipping in the car.

I don't see how anyone could rate these well unless they had never seen a thermos from any other manufacturer. Ever.
I got 2 on SAC and the only reason I am giving them them 2 stars is because the insulation is decent. If you want to use these as a soup container or a thermos just to keep your beverage warm, then the design is acceptable. They are just about useless as a travel mug. In fact, forget trying to consume anything from them directly except in dire emergencies.
If you can't tell from the picture, there is a small aluminum cap that screws into the polyurethane gray part on the top. The gray part has two tiny holes drilled in the center (vents maybe?) and a thick lip around the outside. This makes it a poor design to sip from because you can only get a dribble from the holes, but it is also almost useless to store a tea bag in because the threads tear the bag every time. You could unscrew the gray part and drink from the cup (while holding the top in your other hand) except that the aluminum gets very thin at the top where the internal threads are which makes it uncomfortable to drink from. Think of sipping from a soup can. I think Backcountry should rethink these.

I like to use it as a go cup. it is mostly leak proof. There is a little rubber stopper in the lid, and it hasn't performed so well. I will probably fill the little hole with epoxy, and then fill the cap with expanding foam, for extra insulation.
It keeps my drink hot for a decent amount of time, but not like my small thermos.

I love these! I havent had any leaks from any of them. Ive taken them skiing with me; kept my drink hot for over 4 hours. I'm planning on buying more of them to give out to friends.

Works just like you'd hope it would! Keeps drinks hot for several hours, seals up great each time (no spills), and while it's not a travel mug, you can certainly drink from it when you need to. Hot chocolate or hot soup are always welcome on cold days! Also good for bringing hot lunches, coffee, etc. to the less exciting places in your life.

Works great, keeps liquid hot for hours and hours, doesn't leak, not too big, not too small, looks great. A+

So after reading the reviews, I decided to purchase 2 3 packs for gifts and personal use. The price was right. The size is great and it keeps beverages warm for extended time but I have had problems with leaks if I try to use the mug as a travel cup. There is a little plastic valve that plugs the sippy hole. I just use the tumbler with the valve in place and it works fine.

Keep drinks hot, but that's it. Insulation is great but they are too small to be really useful on the BC or camping and there is no real mug to drink from. Then they are quite useless as a commuting cup with no hold and no system in the lid to drink from.

I really like the style and durability of these tumblers, but 12 oz. is tiny! I assumed they were at least 16 oz. when I bought them (forgot to check size). 12 oz is really not functional. I'm not going to take a measly 12 oz of tea or coffee to the crag to camping... I would LOVE some 16 oz ones

Pretty sweet, took these on an 8 mile hike, started late and hiked back in the dark, like 28°F outside... the tea we brought was still hot when we got to the car.

I just used this for the first time this weekend working ski patrol. Poured coffee in at 4 am and it was still hot for first chair at 7. I filled it to full the first use so some of the coffee spilled out. The bottom of the silver Tumbler came off for some reason, should be a simple glue fix. Completely awesome product and cant wait to use it more and for different things.

recieved these and they work well keeps your bevy hot for 2 hours warm for 3-4 in about -5 to 10 celcius weather.

not to sure why the top lid has a screw off section.

mornings are simply more awesome now that i have these travel mugs...three colors makes for three times the fun (mix and match the lids!)...these mugs carry the perfect amount of tasty warm beverage--and the cap can hold a tea bag for the afternoon! these are great on the trail or in the city...they don't leak as i'm cycling in to work, which is a definite yay! a great all-around mug!

They are great. I bought 3 for $15 total and they are totally worth it. I kept one and gave two away as gifts. I use it almost everyday and bring a cup of coffee to school in the morning instead of buying a cup at school.
Keeps liquid HOT for at least 6 hours!

def. keeps your drinks hot or cold, but 2/3 i've tried have leaked so far. it's a slow leak and only when they get tossed around in a backpack or are on their side for an extended time.
Good for the office or in the cup holder of the truck. not the trail

I got an REI mug that was just like this one years ago and I love it and still have it to this day. So I thought that I was getting something about the same. I was wrong...

1st I got the box in the mail and the way that they shipped it with no packing or anything was bad, then I get the mug and try to use it and it is not at all what I thought it was. You have to unscrew the whole lid to drink out of it, that top part is just a little cup. My REI one was not like that. Good idea and I like the price but really bad coffee cup. Don't buy.

These are horrible, they all leak, even when carefully tightened. Not good for in a pack. They look very cute and would have been exactly what I was looking for :(

First of all, they are amazing at keeping the liquids warm for a long time. After a day or two of use, a friend asked if it leaked and I promptly starting shaking the thing in all directions at which point it leaked like crazy. After a bout of mild rage and growing disappointment, I tightened the thing like never before and it fixed the problem. So words of advice; buy them if you plan on hiking or riding all day, as it will keep the hots hot and I'm sure the colds cold, but I would man up and tighten the thing down like you never have before to prevent backpack saturation.

The perfect mini thermos! If i wanted a travel mug i'd buy one. this a coffee tumbler people so when you want hot coffee and tea while riding or hiking..Regular thermos don't cut it and are to bulky. Been using for 2 months with no defects or disappointments. Im buy 3 more right now for Xmas gifts!

Mine are great...don't leak like others have said. I don't entirely understand the cap and vent setup but it works really well. Made hot tea at 9am and at 5pm when I left work and realized I never drank it the tea was still not enough to fog my glasses. NICE!

**Update - The logo and writing came off my silver one really fast. It was replaced with a goat sticker which im sure will last longer!

I needed something that would keep coffee hot for hours on long, cold spring raft trips. I bought this after reading the description, figuring that even if it worked half as well as advertised, it would be worth the money.
The night I received it, I poured boiling water into it, closed the lid, and checked it the next morning (ten hours later). The water was still warm. Sweet.
Of course, the more you open and close it, the quicker your beverage will cool down, but all in all, this thing is awesome. It seems very durable, and is a good size. I'd definitely recommend it.