A few weeks ago, I loaded up the 4Runner and steered it west from Colorado to San Francisco where I would embark on a week-long journey driving and camping along the Pacific Coast until I reached the great state of Washington. Still obliviously enjoying the warm summer weather reigning throughout the rest of the country, I naively expected my nights and mornings along California’s northern coastal highway to be filled with sunshine and warmth—but I was wrong. I was very wrong. The early stages of fall had already replaced the late stages of summer and I spent the majority of the week wiping off condensation from the tent flaps and digging through my backpack for wool socks. Every morning, after I packed up the tent and before I departed from my campsite, I did what any cold camper would do—I boiled some water and made myself some coffee before hitting the road again. I had recently upgraded my old thermos with the AVEX 3Sixty Pour, which is 24 ounces of durable stainless steel with a vacuum insulation that will keep your hot beverages hot for up to 16 hours and cold beverages cold for up to 30 hours—perfect for a nomadic, road-tripping coffee addict.
Pros: The AVEX 3Sixty Pour lives up to its namesake with a wide open 360-degree pour spout that makes drinking straight from the thermos just as easy as pouring your hot beverage from the thermos into the cup/cap—which is especially great if you’re sipping from it while driving. The stainless steel design makes this piece of gear incredibly durable, but also easy to keep up with maintainance-wise. This thermos also sports a convenient leak-proof, spill-proof design which is great all around, but especially on road trips. The AVEX 3Sixty Pour is also BPA free, comes with a lifetime guarantee, and retails for $29.99.
Cons: Boiling hot coffee in the morning is awesome… when it sits for a little while at the campsite and cools off to the perfect drinking temp. My only issue with the Avex 3Sixty Pour is that it does its job so well, that if you only have time to boil a quick cup of coffee and hit the road, you’ll be stuck with a boiling hot cup of coffee for hours, which can be a little brutal when that road leads through remote places in the western U.S. that definitely require an on-point caffeine game.
Where I Took It: Road-tripping up the west coast from San Francisco to southern Washington.
