During the winter I am a huge tea drinker and when I saw this I just had to buy it.

The good: Good size. Keeps your tea HOT! Outside doesn't get hot so you can hold onto it without burning your hands.

The ok: The strainer/infuser. It's in between good and ok. It could be slightly smaller because I did notice residue from my loose-leaf tea, but nothing I couldn't handle. However, if you drink fine teas like black teas or earl grays where the leaves are small you are bound to have a lot of residual.

The bad: For a lot of teas you can only brew for a certain amount of time before needing to remove the tea from your water or else you risk ruining the taste. I have had problems with how tight the strainer is on the canister. So it becomes a problem when I am desperately trying to get the leaves out when I can't even turn the dang thing to get it out to empty it.

Next, I hate that you have to either have the strainer or the sipping lid on. If you are using this most likely you are using it for the convenience aspect. Why else would you be buying this and not a regular thermos? I understand that I have to take off the infuser anyway to empty my loose leaf, but then you have this wet strainer that if you are at work, where are you supposed to put it? You can't have the strainer and the sipping lid on at the same time. How hard would it possibly be to design the product so you can have both?? You also then risk losing one piece because you can't have them together.

Other than that I love it and it's great for tea drinkers. Just think they can redesign the next one a little better.
During the winter I am a huge tea drinker and when I saw this I just had to buy it. The good: Good size. Keeps your tea HOT! Outside doesn't get hot so you can hold onto it without burning your hands. The ok: The strainer/infuser. It's in between good and ok. It could be slightly smaller because I did notice residue from my loose-leaf tea, but nothing I couldn't handle. However, if you drink fine teas like black teas or earl grays where the leaves are small you are bound to have a lot of residual. The bad: For a lot of teas you can only brew for a certain amount of time before needing to remove the tea from your water or else you risk ruining the taste. I have had problems with how tight the strainer is on the canister. So it becomes a problem when I am desperately trying to get the leaves out when I can't even turn the dang thing to get it out to empty it. Next, I hate that you have to either have the strainer or the sipping lid on. If you are using this most likely you are using it for the convenience aspect. Why else would you be buying this and not a regular thermos? I understand that I have to take off the infuser anyway to empty my loose leaf, but then you have this wet strainer that if you are at work, where are you supposed to put it? You can't have the strainer and the sipping lid on at the same time. How hard would it possibly be to design the product so you can have both?? You also then risk losing one piece because you can't have them together. Other than that I love it and it's great for tea drinkers. Just think they can redesign the next one a little better.