BMS Durham 10oz mug

[GoonerGary]

Co-incidently, I found two boxes of the BMS budget Durhams in my store cupboard. They are actually Best Sub J.S. Coated mugs and I found them to have zero defects (almost)! Maybe 2-3 out of 72 were not suitable, but that is impressive. These are very straight mugs, the 5013 have a long thin dent around the circumference about 5mm from the bottom of the mug preventing full top to bottom printing.

The only issue with this BMS mug is that I don't think the coating is up to much. It needs a longer time in the oven, half the mug can look faded and full colour prints aren't transferring very well even with 3 minutes extra in the oven. The colours lack contrast and look washed out compared to the 5013 mug. I reckon maybe the coating is a bit thin in places, but right now I've no desire to investigate. The search continues for an easier to print mug.

[webtrekker]

Co-incidently, I found two boxes of the BMS budget Durhams in my store cupboard. They are actually Best Sub J.S. Coated mugs and I found them to have zero defects (almost)! Maybe 2-3 out of 72 were not suitable, but that is impressive.

I use BestSub JS coated 12oz two-tone mugs with spoons and they are excellent, if a bit dearer than the ones I used to buy from The Transfer Press. Two boxes (72 mugs) plus some extra bubble-wrapped stuff attached to the ouside of the boxes arrived completely unscathed from Poland! I haven't tried any of their standard mugs though.

[GoonerGary]

BMS can sell the BestSub 10oz mugs cheaper than BestSub Poland, so maybe ask BMS to get your spoon mugs in for you?

[GoonerGary]

I need a similar alternative to the 5013.

So next, I tried two boxes of BMS European Premium RN coated 10oz mugs. I've got an entire box of rejects and quite a few misprints. These were shocking quality.

Next, 72 mugs of Listawood AAA Premium 10oz. These mugs have changed in the last 1-2 years since I last tried them. These new mugs are bigger and are identical to the 5013, but with a much better coating. Very few defects. We have a winner.

[Justin]

If the AAA mugs are identical to the 5013 they must have changed considerably in the past few months?