So our cup holders...they kinda suck

Has anyone had any luck with finding any sort of insert that helps with smaller travel mugs? I use Contigo and I wish there was something that would hold smaller things like water bottle, soda, etc. more securely. Anyone found anything?

 

Look up Swigzy. It's big and too expensive for what it is (IMO), but hey, it technically solved the coffee mug issue for me.

 

Well, that monstrosity just looks like it's creating an entirely different problem. I don't need the cup holder sticking up higher.

 

You don't have many options.

 

Yeah I've been searching and having no luck. Figured I'd ask, but seems a long shot at this point.

 

Measure the cup holder, find a pvc fitting or combo of two that works, then match a cup to the combo.

 

Folded paper towel(s)

 

Get a bigger cup? Cheap, easy, no alterations of your truck required.

 

I was kinda thinking the same, but why not just get a different truck?

 

Brilliant! Why didn't I just get a Ford!

 

How about a cheap koozie, one of the neoprene-like materials (not sure actual material in those) cut shorter to fit just inside the cup holder? Would that work?

 

Seven Sparta holders work great. Hold Yeti mugs etc. They're big but worth it. Solid expanding mount, I'm happy with them (more importantly the wife is too)

 

I'm sure those are great for bigger items. But the problem I have is smaller items, and putting in even bigger cupholders seems the wrong way to address that.

 

The rubber tabs on the top inside lip hold water bottles more secure than without

 

This is what I do. I bought a package of 6 or 8 from Amazon and keep several in the truck at a time. Whenever we get in, our 16 oz insulated drink containers get a koozie and they fit nice and snugly in the holder. And it keeps the dings down, too, since the koozie is soft.

 

Drinking and driving is a no no!

 

The amazing part is people constantly complain they want bigger cup holders. Any bigger and a standard bottle of water would just fall over. Lets compromise and make them bigger, but require factory adapters.

"JBL Premium Cup Holder Package" $450

 

Well I don't need huge ones. I like the ones that have the spring loaded fins or whatever that will fold down and allow larger cups, but also stabilize smaller ones as well. I may try to jury rig something but I don't know.

 

Here’s an idea.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/diy-cup-holder-inserts.34614/

I tried it but couldn’t get it to work. I couldn’t get the top part to snap back down on the rubber.

 

Yeah something like that might work.

 

Common sense huh

 

But using a phone is OK.....got it!

 

They don't make the cup I like a bigger size.

 

Glue your cup inside a bigger cup with some silicone? Dishwasher safe and extra insulated.

 

My cups won't fit either

 

No.

 

Put some Vaseline (or other release agent) on the inside of the cup holder and outside of the cup you want to use. Put a 1/4" spacer at the bottom and place your cup in the cup holder. Fill the void with 2 part silicone (called silicon mold maker, available on Amazon). Once cured, remove cup, remove silicone mold and clean Vaseline/release agent from all 3 parts and reinsert mold.
Now you have a fitted cup holder that provides some insulation.
You can try to find a mix that is tinted black or is tintable.

 

You full of excuses

 

You're full of suggestions that don't apply to the question asked.

 

Some one was making 3d printed inserts. That way regular cups fit