The pick for best overall is the Stanley. It won the cold test outright at
38.9°F, tied for third on heat at 106.7°F, held its contents when tipped on its
side, leaked only a trace upside down, stayed upright to 19.4°, kept its lid
through a 30-inch fall onto concrete, and came out of the peroxide and salt
soak with no visible rust anywhere. It is also one of the few tumblers here
that genuinely holds 20 oz with the lid installed. The single drawback is the
lid: unlocking it takes a second hand, and it needs 2.24 lb to move after that.
At $30 it is not cheap, but nothing else in the test is this consistent.
The value pick is the Tervis Diamond Plate at $20. It was second on cold at
40.6°F, right at 100.0°F on hot, and stable at 20.0°, and its lid opens with
just 0.5 lb. It is one of only two tumblers that survived the concrete drop
with the lid still attached and undamaged, losing barely any water, and it is
easy to open one-handed. Its weak spot is corrosion — a few areas of rust began
forming where the best performers showed none. For about $3 more the Iron Flask
is the other strong buy: the heat-retention winner at 115.8°F, six degrees
clear of the field, sealed against spills, and the only other tumbler whose lid
came through the drop looking new. Its downsides are stability at 16.4° and a
flip top that takes 3.72 lb.
Some warnings. The two cheapest tumblers are cheap for a reason: the Hasle
Outfitters lid does not close at all and broke in the drop, the Juro needs 4.78
lb and two hands, and both rusted heavily. The CamelBak insulates well at
39.1°F cold and 106.2°F hot but is the least stable tumbler here at 12.6°, and
its lid carries a vent hole that stops it sealing even fully closed, so it
spills in both directions. The MiiR has the lightest lid in the test but
empties itself when it goes over. If corrosion resistance matters most, the
Murricon, MiiR, and Stanley finished the soak with no visible rust at all,
while the Hasle Outfitters, Juro, Coleman, and Hydro Flask oxidized badly. And
if you want a tumbler that will not spill, the RTIC and Arctic Tumblers were
the only two that kept everything inside both on their sides and upside down.