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You can see the full details in the video below:Ħ. Having the mug on the charger will mean it won't suck the entire battery whilst heating the drink. Once it reaches this temperature the mug will slowly work to bring the drink up to your desired temperature. You'll then either need to keep wobbling your Ember Mug to keep the heater on or you'll need to keep turning it on using the app until your drink gets about 100✯ (38✬). To do this simply put your cold drink in your Ember Mug and use the app to manually activate the heater. While it's not recommended and it does suck the life out of your battery (and take about 40 minutes) it is possible to warm up a drink in your Ember Mug. Or you can do what I did and installed the app, changed the color of my Ember LED light, set my ideal temperature and then deleted the app off my phone so they can't track me. You can use it out of the box and it'll keep your drink at 135✯ (57✬) with no app required. In fact, the Ember Mug works perfectly fine without the app. It feels like a total invasion of privacy and is completely unnecessary to use the mug. Why the hell my coffee mug and the company that sold it to me needs to collect this data about me I have no idea. The app collects data about the following things: I would rate this as one of the big problems with the Ember Mug – it's just unnecessary. The big downside I have found with the Ember Mug app is that it tracks a ridiculous amount of things from your phone. It allows you to set your ideal temperature and change the color of the light on your Ember Mug, but that is about it. Delete The App From Your Phone (Protect Your Privacy) Click here to see other clever Ember Mug tips. This means when you pour your coffee in the cup won't leech heat away from your drink and it'll stay hot a little bit longer. When you pour your hot beverage into your Ember Mug the cold mug will immediately make your drink colder, causing the heater on the mug to kick in faster.īy pouring boiling water into your Ember Mug first and leaving for 30-60 seconds you can heat up the walls and base of your Ember Mug. Pre-Heat The Mug With Boiling Water (Extends Battery Life) If you turn down your ideal temperature to something like 125✯ (52✬) then you can get a little more battery life out of your Ember Mug. However, this is based off a temperature of 135✯ (57✬). The Ember Mug battery is meant to last 1.5 hours, with the travel mug lasting up to 3 hours. Turn The Temperature Down (Extends Battery Life) See the latest price of the Portavia Silicone Lid at Amazon 2. Hundreds of people have bought this lid through my affiliate link and looking at the high ratings on Amazon everyone seems to love this product. You can even push it down far enough so that your lips don't touch the silicone and you can drink directly from the ceramic of the Ember mug which I absolutely love. Rather than sitting on the outside it slots into the Ember Mug and stays in place, stopping spills for happening when I'm walking. It's super affordable and it works perfectly in the Ember Mug. I personally use and recommend the Portavia Silicone Lid (amazon). Really there was only one lid that I would recommend as the rest were pretty rubbish or a bit awkward to use. I tried a bunch of different lids on my ember mug which you can see in the video below or read about in this article: Not only down it stop my coffee from spilling on my morning beach walk but it helps to extend the life of the battery in the Ember Mug as steam (and heat) is not escaping so your drink stays hotter for longer with less energy. One of the best Ember Mug hacks and one of the best investments that I've made is purchasing a lid for my Ember. This means if you try to take your Ember Mug with you for a walk then your coffee or drink tends to spill everywhere. One of the major downsides of the Ember Mug is the fact that it doesn't have a lid.

Get A Lid (Extends Battery Life + Stop Spilling) Sure spending over $100 for a single mug makes the Ember a luxury item but during those cold winter work days I'm so happy to slowly drink tea or coffee that stays warm for hours.īy itself the Ember Mug is great, but over the last 12 months I've discovered quite a few Ember Mug hacks that improve the mug in different ways and I wanted to share them with you. I've owned my Ember Mug for over a year now and I can honestly say it was one of the best investments I could have made.