# What's the Proper Way to Drink Out of a Tervis? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587 "2017-08-01T16:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/41 "2017-08-02T02:11:23Z")
Logo AWAY from the drinker. (I have no idea what a Tervis cup is, but if I were Mr. Tervis, I’d want people to be showing my logo to everybody else when they set it down after taking a drink. THEY’RE the ones who need to see my logo, so they can know to go out and buy one of my neat-o cups. The person doing the drinking already has one.) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/42 "2017-08-02T02:33:24Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Aren’t Camelbacks those soft backpack things that hold liquid and have a long drinking tube? People don’t really use those things outside of hiking and biking do they? I think I’d laugh if I saw someone wearing one at the office. I love my Camelback for hiking, but just the thought of someone wearing one at the office has me in stitches. That seems more than a little eccentric. “Must drink water NOW! Can’t wait 15 seconds to grab my cup and head to the water cooler! NOW! WATER NOW!” . ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/43 "2017-08-02T02:36:33Z")
Most of the fancy water bottles I see are Camelbacks. They’re just water bottles. No backpack component. ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/44 "2017-08-02T03:32:32Z")
I should add that while I’m familiar with the cup with a lid and a spout or slot for drinking through the lid, in my world nobody uses these in the office. They’re for when you’re out and about. In the office we use mugs for tea and coffee, and glasses for water. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/45 "2017-08-02T03:58:44Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Most of the fancy water bottles I see are Camelbacks. They’re just water bottles. No backpack component. Well, that’s no fun. (A GIS search on “camelback” shows only backpacks, but I’m somewhat disappointed to report that a search on “camelback cup” does indeed show water bottles.) ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/46 "2017-08-02T12:06:18Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Well, that’s no fun. (A GIS search on “camelback” shows only backpacks, but I’m somewhat disappointed to report that a search on “camelback cup” does indeed show water bottles.) They are called “Camelbak” (no C). Actually the new trend in water bottles is insulated steel, like these from [S’well](https://www.swellbottle.com/bottles). Talk about ridiculous pricing! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/47 "2017-08-02T12:44:05Z")
I had never heard of a Tervis cup or even that brand name. But for insulation type drinking vessels around these parts Hydroask is the thing: > **[Hydro Flask | Curbside Pickup Available at DICK'S](https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/f/shop-hydro-flask?camp=SEM:DSG_64675_ecom_nonbrand_412&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqs-hnMe41QIVgpV-Ch1HaA-0EAAYAiAAEgKSUfD_BwE)** > > Shop Hydro Flask at DICK'S Sporting Goods. If you find a lower price on Hydro Flask somewhere else, we'll match it with our Best Price Guarantee. I was put off by the price at first but after the SO got one as a gift I became a convert. The ability of these things to keep things hot or cold is almost unbelievable. And they can take a bullet: > **[We Shot at These Bottles So You Didn't Have To](https://www.outsideonline.com/1785831/what-are-best-stainless-steel-insulated-water-bottles/?scope=anon)** > > We put five stainless-steel water bottles through the ultimate test, including punting them off a 50-foot cliff and shooting at them with a rifle. Here's how they stacked up. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/48 "2017-08-02T13:18:54Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > They are called “Camelbak” (no C). > > Actually the new trend in water bottles is insulated steel, like these from [S’well](https://www.swellbottle.com/bottles). Talk about ridiculous pricing! The pricing is ridiculous, but those MOFO’s work! Ms. Cups and I got one as a gift a while back and we’ll throw a handful of ice cubes in it, fill it with water, and stick in our theme-park backpack. We’ll be at Disney all day, in the middle of July, and that water is STILL ice cold 5 hours later. It’s amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/49 "2017-08-02T13:27:03Z")
I only have one good hand. When I had the cast on my left hand, the nice guy at 7-eleven gave me a free cup with a handle. Now I always use a cup with a handle, and the lid’s hole has to be lined up with the handle on my right hand. ETA: Appropriate user name to start this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/50 "2017-08-02T15:01:59Z")
Tervis-style vessels are, as noted above, sippy cups. As I am an adult, I have no use for a sippy cup. If I do drink from a Tervis-style vessel I do so with the lid removed. “But”, you say, “what about when you are in the car, Doc? How do you keep your drink from sloshing out?” “Phft”, says I, “if one must have a drink in the car it should always be in either a bottle with a screw on cap or, as a distant second choice, in a can. Hot drinks in a moving vehicle are simply a bad idea.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/51 "2017-08-02T15:12:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Looking at the pictures of them, I’m not entirely sure I’ve ever handled one, nor completely certain I know what one is. It’s just a plastic tumbler? I’ve seen one, once. It is a double-walled cup, something like a thermos bottle in design. With the one I saw, the inner section and the outer section could screw apart, and there was a piece of cardboard with some team logo or something put in the gap between the two sections–which, of course, you could change for your own custom image. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/52 "2017-08-02T17:21:21Z")
Apparently my grandparents were drinking out of insulated tumblers before it was cool. 🆒 [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bolero-thermo-ware-insulated-tumblers-vintage-Lot-9-large-small-blue-red-yellow-/332300691433?hash=item4d5eaa27e9:g:VT0AAOSwGBtZZP7T](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bolero-thermo-ware-insulated-tumblers-vintage-Lot-9-large-small-blue-red-yellow-/332300691433?hash=item4d5eaa27e9:g:VT0AAOSwGBtZZP7T) [http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Set-Of-7-Insulated-Tumbler-12-oz-Glasses-Cups-Playing-Cards-Poker-Flush-/192245451472?hash=item2cc2b8cad0:g:UJ8AAOSwB-1YnSv7](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Set-Of-7-Insulated-Tumbler-12-oz-Glasses-Cups-Playing-Cards-Poker-Flush-/192245451472?hash=item2cc2b8cad0:g:UJ8AAOSwB-1YnSv7) ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/53 "2017-08-02T17:46:31Z")
I had to Google it, too. Also don’t care about the way the logo faces. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/54 "2017-08-02T19:16:59Z")
Unless you have baby hands like [Dooneese](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/cast/kristen-wiig-14671/character/dooneese-maharelle-15771) (SNL reference), you’re probably going to be covering the logo as you drink so , really, what difference does it make? I voted the third option. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/55 "2017-08-02T20:07:02Z")
I find the OP’s question bizarre. I do have a Tervis tumbler, but it’s never occurred to me to pay attention to or care which way the “label” (which is really a misnomer, since there’s nothing stuck on the outside) is facing. This is is like asking "which side of a beer bottle is the proper side to drink out of? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/56 "2017-08-02T20:18:39Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > This is is like asking "which side of a beer bottle is the proper side to drink out of? Oh, that’s an easy one. You pour the beer into the glass appropriate for the type, allowing you to enjoy the appearance, aroma, and taste. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/57 "2017-08-03T14:03:42Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > I find the OP’s question bizarre. I do have a Tervis tumbler, but it’s never occurred to me to pay attention to or care which way the “label” (which is really a misnomer, since there’s nothing stuck on the outside) is facing. This is is like asking "which side of a beer bottle is the proper side to drink out of? So it’s completely blank? If that’s the case, then yeah, it wouldn’t matter which way the logo is facing. However, like I said in my OP, her tumbler DOES have a logo on it, so it matters. I don’t think the beer label comparison works here because you bought the brand of beer because you like the taste of the beer, not necessarily to show the beer off to the people around you. You choose your Tervis design specifically because it’s something you like and want to show it off. The question is asking which is the best way to do that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/58 "2017-08-03T16:30:52Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So it’s completely blank? If that’s the case, then yeah, it wouldn’t matter which way the logo is facing. However, like I said in my OP, her tumbler DOES have a logo on it, so it matters… Does it? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/59 "2017-08-03T16:59:14Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Does it? Yes. Thousands of children will be taken from their homes and murdered unless I get an answer to this question :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587/60 "2017-08-04T01:49:13Z")
I knew about Tervis tumblers because they were SUPERHOTTRENDYHIPSTER about a year ago among the younger crowd (20’s to 30’s.)\*\* Just\*\* the demographic that has to have the latest and most expensive stuff. To this group the insane prices are a feature, not a bug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-proper-way-to-drink-out-of-a-tervis/792587.md?page=4)