Cheap graduated plastic mug

Personally, it’s a bit too institutional for my liking. It would pair well with my hollow plastic orange spork from county jail. Haha. It could be useful though, i would use a hospital cup if there was a good story behind it. There is some cool ultralight stuff in hospitals.

A semiserious objective of mine when I’m out dirtbag backpacking is to be indistinguishable from a hobo, so “institutional” works just fine for me!  :)

Hi Dean,

For grins I filled out an order for 6 mugs the total cost is $17.37. I think I will order them. Do you want a couple when they come in. Any one else interested?

Fred

Thanks, I’m set.  I was making an Amazon order anyway so I added one of the outrageous markup ones, to put my money where my mouth is per se, to be able to give a better review.  So, at least I’m paying no more in shipping…

Next to the cup are two of my most commonly used fuel bottles.  The lid won’t fit on the cup with the larger bottle inside it.  The hole in the lid for the straw is wide open- there is nothing to punch out.  This will make it harder to seal the hole if you want to do that but it’s obviously still possible.  I think I’ll just put my thumb over it if I’m shaking to mix drink powder or whatever.

Weight of cup alone = 1.9 oz.

Cup and lid = 2.5 oz.

Cup, lid, and straw = 2.6 oz.

The cup holds an even 16 fl.oz. (0.95L) when filled right to the brim but it’s only graduated to 10 fl.oz. (and 300mL).  14 fl.oz. is a realistic functional volume.  The graduations are printed on, not molded, so they will likely eventually wear off.

It’s much more rugged than I thought, though.  The limiting factor is going to be the graduations wearing off, not the cup getting destroyed structurally.  I guess you can always count on hospitals to throw perfectly useable stuff away.

For comparison the GSI Fairshare mug is 7.5 oz., but it’s also twice the volume (more of a bowl, really) and has a screw-on sealable lid.  I don’t know of another graduated plastic mug offhand.  I still think a cheap plastic 2-cup measuring cup might make a decent mug, too, and would have molded graduations.

When space & weight are important, I like to use this measuring/drinking cup —

It weighs .7 ounces and packs easy.

But capacity is 8 oz., a lot less than the one you describe. And no lid.

Price is only .49 at the following site — with shipping way more than 20x the cup’s price.

http://www.opencountrycampware.com/products/CAMPING-EQUIPMENT/Plates-Cups-and-Water-Bottles/8-oz-Plastic-Cup/session_3e31e55f8842/

Edited to note the cheapest shipping available at above site for the cup:  $12.40