First, there was the ReCap (looks like they’re going to have the wide mouth version available soon. Be still my heart!) Then came the Cuppow. Now there’s a new kid on the mason jar accessory block and it’s called the EcoJarz. It’s a stainless steel lid, fitted with a silicone gasket to prevent leaks and it fits any regular mouth jar.
This lid has been designed so that the primary drinking hole can either be used as a spot for sipping or as space for a straw. The hole has been sized so that most standard straws fit it nicely. I find that like this lid better for use with a straw than for sipping hot beverages, as if you have a hot drink in the jar, the lid transfers the heat directly to your lips. However, as long as you’re not drinking scalding hot tea or coffee, you should be fine drinking directly from the lid.
The EcoJarz lid costs $7.99 and can be purchased through their website. They’ve also got it packaged up with handled mason jars, for an easy travel mug in a single.
The EcoJarz team is made up of a group of jar-lovers based in Ithaca, NY and Denver, CO. They’re committed to challenge our throwaway culture and get people to start thinking differently about the stuff we consume. Just the kind of attitude I embrace!
Updated: Here’s a link
Thanks to the EcoJarz folks, I have five of these reusable drinking tops to giveaway. Here’s how to enter:
- Leave a comment on this post and share your to-go cup routine. Travel mug? Disposable cup? Thermos? Ceramic mug tucked precariously between your knees while driving like my dad used to do? Let’s hear your stories!
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm east coast time on Friday, October 26, 2012. Winner will be chosen at random and will be posted to the blog over the weekend.
- Giveaway open to everyone, no matter where you live.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post. I do not accept submissions via email.
Disclosure: EcoJarz provided me with six of their reusable jar toppers, one to keep and five to give away. My opinions remain entirely my own.
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I usually use a plastic insulated mug. It stains though and I never feel like I get it really clean. This lid on a canning jar would be great!
I keep a stainless steel water bottle in the car; bring it in to wash and refill as needed. For hot tea on the go, I have stainless steel travel mug that actually fits in the cup holders of my VW (it took a while to find one that fits!). I’d love this cap to use for my glass (jar) of water that I carry upstairs/downstairs – depending on where in the house I’m working.
A stainless steel water bottle is my usual go-to.
We have several contigo cups, other stainless steel ones, plastic ones. We kinda have a collection – but to be able to use my jars? That would be nice! Especially for tea
gross to go mug that I inherited. It’s way too small for my coffee addiction, so I would love this on a big quart sized jar!
I often do Mason jars, sometimes I use a ceramic travel mug. I hate drinking hot things from stainless steel travel mugs… an odd quirk? Perhaps?
i use many different travel mugs . would love to be able to tote a jar with this cover around.
I use a quart mason jar for water and a stainless steel thermos cup for coffee. If I forget one or the other in the morning, my day is not right.
I have a couple of insulated tumblers with lids and reusable straws that I use for cold/frozen drinks, which is the norm here in Texas. I also have a thermos type thing with a sealable lid for my hot tea and coffee. I’ve also been known to just take my mug or jar with me in the car rather than transfer my drink to a new vessel, which makes these lids perfect accessories for me. Thanks!
I have a travel mug I bought a few years ago from the goodwill. It says Starbucks on it but only cost three dollars. Win!
I use travel cups primarily for ice water, but when I’m late in the mornings, I also use it for smoothies. I wish I drank coffee, but alas, it tastes like garbage to me….
Right now I take a 12 oz jar for soda or a stainless water bottle for water. The water bottle is great, but the 12oz jar can be a problem since I don’t have a lid for it. These lids look amazing! Thank you for the contest!
I have a couple things I use – a grown-up sippy cup, a stainless steel water bottle, and a ceramic coffee mug with a plastic lid. My husband though he uses mason jars all the time to bring his hot or cold tea to work with him.
I use a beat up old travel mug for everything, including cold beverages. Consequently, everything smells like chai tea all the time. I would love a new mason jar lid!
Currently I just use a mason jar with a one piece lid and sometimes the Cuppow. I also a great thermos sometimes but find that a dishwasher safe mason jar is better for my habits. This new lid looks great!
My travel mugs tend to be from Disneyland …. Remembering the fun while I drink my latte in the morning is twice as nice.
I just take my mug with me in the car and usually spill coffee on myself!
Stainless to-go mug. Gotta love these lids!
I really love my Tervis Tumblers but I have so many mason jars I could be using. I’ve been thinking about buying these but wanted to try them first. Thank you for offering these in a contest. *Fingers crossed*
AAAHHHHH!!!! I love this top! Must have one! I have plastic and stainless to-go cups. I never carry a jar out with a DRINK though, with this lid I could!
I’m always looking for the perfect travel mug. Some don’t fit in my car’s drink holder, so I go with your dad’s method, cup between my legs. Some just don’t fit my style. But how could you go wrong with a mason jar and a nice lid like these?
I confess I’ve used many a plastic cup in my time, but more and more I use a canning jar with a regular plastic screw top lid. This EcoJarz lid would be SO much more practical!
After watching the “Bag It” movie I am trying to do more and more to stop using plastic, even non-BPA plastic. One of my patients is a City commissioner here in Santa Fe and he was going to a hearing on whether or not to ban plastic bags in the City and I asked him to PLEASE watch Bag It before going to the hearing to get both sides and be more informed. I would love to have even one of these lids! I had been going to yard sales this summer but only found 3 canning jars. *sigh* I hope better luck next year! If I win one or more lids I will definitely get the stainless steel straws. Do you have sources for good bottle brushes and skinny brushes to clean inside the straws? Thanks!
Usually it’s a travel mug, but I have been know to run out of the house with a ball jar full of hot goodness and no lid. This looks Awesome!
Generally it’s a stainless steel water bottle…or a cup from home which I hope doesn’t spill on the drive!
I was just looking for a solution to my DD’s sippy cup/straw/plastic free problem!! So glad I found this post!
We’ve begun saving jars to use for drinking instead of plastic cups or even regular drinking glasses. These lids would be fantastic to use in the car and out in the yard (bugs love iced tea).
I love coffee and I used to use disposable, lidded coffee cups until my children started giving me insulated coffee cups for birthdays and Christmas. This product looks great. I would love to try some of these.
Wow, what an awesome giveaway!
Since we have had a harder time making ends meet, I’ve stopped buying water bottles and now take my tupperware cup with it’s lid. But boy howdy, I’d love to be able to use my pint jars =) Now that it is cold, my warm beverage always goes with me on the morning carpool run! Thanks again =)
I actually use jars. Which is a problem without a lid because my cupholders in my car are broken!
I take a plastic mug which luckily has a cover. It’s getting worn, not very nice looking. I have a few Ball jars and this lid is all I need to encourage me to use them instead.
I have a couple of ratty old travel mugs that are falling apart because they aren’t supposed to be washed in the dishwasher, but I do it anyway. Ball jars are so much more resilient!
Thanks for the world-wide bit!
I often take a drink out with me when I’m walking my dogs (once I’m in the field round the corner they are off the lead!) This would be perfect!
I do have a travel mug but the design is terrible. It’s also plastic lined, which apart from anything else means it now permanently tastes of coffee. Yuck.
I’ve been using an insulated cup I got from 7-Eleven a while back. My wife has been after me to throw it away – she’s not fond of old plastics, plus says it still smells of coffee after washing. I can use this lid with a jar left over from her fruit canning and keep her happy.
I use an insulated stainless steel travel mug with a sealing top. It would be great to have a spill-proof jar of water on my desk next to my tea.
I don’t usually take drinks with me because I worry about the spill so I gulp down my coffee before driving. I can enjoy my drink on the road if I have a reliable container that won’t spill plus convenient to sip from – what a deal! Can I have one, please?
My to-go option is the Thermos Sipp- absolutely NO leaking and drinks stay hot for a loooong time. I have a 2nd one on my holiday wish list.
Jars for me! Usually old spaghetti sauce jars with the labels scrubbed off, wrapped in a dishtowel if they’re hot. This is not new for me — I used to take juice to school in old jam jars back in the 80s!
I used a regular travel coffee mug for the longest time, but it was a bit leaky and I had to keep a close eye on it to keep it from spilling on the bus…a bit of a problem. I’ve had to wash my backpack due to spilled smoothie more than a few times. I then graduated to a hard plastic cup with a screw on lid and hard plastic straw. It’s great but has two main drawbacks: you still have to worry about spillage via the straw and the straw is pretty hard to get perfectly clean. So then I started using a mason jar with one of those white plastic caps. That only lasted for one trip because I ended up with smoothie all over the bottom of my backpack. I must not have screwed it on perfect. In any case, it make me hesitant to use one again. I went back to just a mason jar with a metal lid and ring. That is leak-proof for sure, but annoying, especially because I like to drink my smoothie on the go. I finally ordered a recap and am pretty stoked about it! I’ve used it twice and it is exactly what I need!
Actually I don’t have a to-go routine. I usually try to drink my tea while at home. Or my coffee while hanging out somewhere. But probably this giveaway would make me over think it, when drinking on the go looks as easy as over here I probably have to start it! : )
I drink out of a very worn out plastic travel cup with a lid and straw…Iced tea is my drink of choice and I just about always have a glass….the rubber seal on my current cup is starting to leak from many years of use….I would love to win one of these…or get one from Santa
white eco friendly mug that I bought at fabric store!
I use a travel mug or a coffee cup from the house. I have some cups that actually fit the cup holder in my Tribute. Would love to have some of these lids!
It never fails and it seems I never learn…….everytime I drink coffee in my car from a traditional coffee cup, I end up either wearing it or it starts tasting like iced coffee after awhile. I do think that these lids are awesome………….BTW Marisa…I still use your book often…when you writing another??
Melody
I am usually running late so had started taking my ceramic coffee mug with me. Found out it fits fine in my cup holder with the handle protruding through the small ‘passage” into the other cup holder (think…they are like a figure eight). SO now I do it on purpose. Only thing is, I’ve broken some mugs so am thinking of other options. This looks grand because I think you could use it for hot drinks as well…would replace my steel water bottle I use for that.
another here that uses the stainless steel to go cups but you sure can’t say they are leakproof and it sure would be nice to see how much you have left of something.
In my travels while promoting local foods i carry an old cup to hold my drink i also keep another one for Jacob in his wheelchair cup holder, when we are working together at the farmers market it sure would be nice to have a reusable lid for our mason jars and since jake always needs a straw to drink with it would be great for him, i bet lots of folks would comment and want to buy one, thank you for sharing such a great new product.
These are aweome!!! I cant wait to use them! I took use stainless steel to go mugs, but it will be awesome to have these..
Every morning my husband and I race to see who gets the “good” travel mug and who gets the one with the broken handle. Since I typically have jars coming out of my ears, these lids would be a great alternative. Thanks for bringing them to our attention.
I use the same travel mug every day. I would love to win. I have loads of jars.
I have my coffee at home in a mug and take tea to work in my contigo travel mug and water kefir in my lifefactory bottle.