SB-1003 14oz Tall-Straight Sublimation Tumbler

Model: SB-1003 · OEM/ODM Ready · Jupeng Factory, Yongkang China

The vacuum layer is what makes this work: with the air drawn out between the walls there is almost nothing left to conduct heat away, so a hot drink is still hot at the end of a working day and ice is still ice. The inner wall is 304 stainless throughout — the standard for food contact, and what keeps a flask tasting of nothing after a year of coffee. The closure seals inverted, which is the only test that matters for something that travels in a bag. Buyers usually reach this page looking for sublimation water bottles wholesale; if that is your brief, the figures below are the ones you will be quoted from.

A supermarket chain orders this one regularly. From there out to smaller shops downstream; the orders themselves are for office pantries.

ModelSB-1003
Capacity14oz
MaterialDouble-wall 304 stainless steel
MOQ500 pcs per design
Lead Time30 days after artwork approval · sample 7–10 days
Carton50 pcs/carton · 62cm × 47cm × 66cm · N.W./G.W. 13kg/14kg

SB-1003 in detail

Each photo answers a different question buyers ask us about this model.

SB-1003 — How it sells in your market
How it sells in your market Ask your contact here what this model does in your country. We would rather point you at what already moves.
SB-1003 — Currencies we invoice in
Currencies we invoice in EUR, USD, GBP, RMB and a dozen others. Invoice in whichever currency keeps your books simple.
SB-1003 — How your logo goes on
How your logo goes on Silk screen for solid colours, laser engraving for a permanent mark, UV printing for full-colour artwork. Send your file and we will say which suits it.

Full specification and B2B terms

Product, ordering, export and compliance in one place — read straight down rather than hunting through tabs. These are the figures we quote from.

The product itself
ModelSB-1003
Capacity14oz
MaterialDouble-wall 304 stainless steel
InsulationDouble-wall vacuum
LidStandard screw lid
Stock coloursWhite
Ordering & customisation
MOQ500 pcs per design, stock colours
Custom PantoneFrom 1,000 pcs — its own spray run
How your logo goes onSilk screen · Laser engrave · Heat transfer · UV
Which to chooseEngraving is cut in; print varies by method. Tell us the end use
ArtworkSend a vector file, get a print proof back
Colour approvalSpray sample approved by you, then First-Off Comparison at the start of the run
Sample7–10 days, DHL or FedEx
Production30 days from artwork approval
PackagingPlain white box
Export & logistics
Carton qty50 pcs
Carton size62cm × 47cm × 66cm
N.W. / G.W.13kg/14kg
Shipping termsFOB Yongkang / Ningbo / Shanghai · DDP available
Payment30% deposit, 70% before shipment — or full amount on the PI for smaller orders
DocumentsCO · B/L · Invoice · Packing List · Health Certificate
Amazon FBAFNSKU, Prop 65 and warning labels applied here; cartons ship direct
Certifications & markets
CertificationsStyles change fast, so certificates are per model: where a model has been tested, the report travels with the goods; where it has not, we can run a new test on a first order — see more certifications →

Anything missing? Ask and it goes in this table rather than in an email.

What the vacuum layer actually does

There are two walls of steel with the air drawn out between them. With almost no air left, there is almost nothing to carry heat from the inside wall to the outside one — which is why a vacuum flask behaves differently from a double-wall cup that simply has a gap.

What that means in practice for SB-1003: the outside stays comfortable to hold with a hot fill, and the drink is still warm hours later. We test in the region of 10–12 hours hot and longer cold, but what we can say is that it depends on the fill temperature, how full it is and how often the lid comes off. A bottle opened every twenty minutes behaves nothing like one left closed.

Ask for the measured test on this model rather than a headline number, and we will send it with the conditions it was run under so you can compare it against whatever else is on your desk.

What we know about SB-1003 from running it

Not a spec sheet — what buyers actually do with it, why they come back, and what we have had to sort out along the way.

SB-1003 — What made the second order easy

What made the second order easy

A gift company came back for a second run.

When we asked what decided it, none of the answers were about the flask itself: nothing came back leaking or chipped and their support inbox stayed quiet. A second order is easy when the first one gave nobody any trouble.

That is the part we can commit to repeating — the same contact, the approved sample kept here between runs, and your first unit checked against it when the run starts.

SB-1003 — Where it ends up after you ship it

Where it ends up after you ship it

Your end users put it in more places than a product listing suggests: a desk at work, a corporate gift box and a morning coffee.

The 14oz was sized for that overlap rather than for one of them — big enough to be worth carrying, small enough that people actually carry it. That is usually what decides whether a promotional piece gets used twice or once.

SB-1003 — When the date left no slack

When the date left no slack

A French buyer came to us with a run, timed to a trade show, on a date that left no slack.

We took it because we could see how it would work, not because we wanted the order. The printing team worked extended shifts for a week. The buyer knew the plan before the deposit was paid.

It went out on the date agreed, which is the whole story.

Sourcing SB-1003? Here is how we run it

Three things buyers tell us go wrong on a first order, and what happens here at each.

✓
You see it before you commit

A physical sample, not a rendering. Approve it and that unit stays in the plant as the reference for the run.

✎
The first unit off the line is checked

Bulk starts, we compare unit one against your approved sample, and if something has moved, it gets adjusted before the run continues. Catching a drift there costs an hour.

⏱
You hear about problems early

If a date slips or a colour moves, you get told while there is still time to decide — not when the container lands.

Who orders SB-1003

What you are actually buying from us

A quotation is easy to come by. These are the things that decide whether the second order is easy.

  • Before the order. Before anything is quoted we want the destination and the date, because those are the constraints everything else has to fit inside. If the date does not work, you hear that early rather than three weeks before it.
  • During production. Colour, artwork and carton marking each have a named step where you confirm them. If something moves during the run, it is adjusted before the rest is made.
  • After it ships. The same person who took your enquiry is still on it after the shipment leaves. If a date slips or a colour moves, you hear about it while there is still time to decide — not when the container lands.
  • One person, start to finish. You get one named contact who keeps your file open, learns how your business works, and carries the details between stages so you never re-explain them.
  • We will tell you when to buy something else. What we are unsure about, you hear about early. A finish we have not run on this body gets flagged before the deposit, not after the sample.
  • Twenty-eight years in this category. Twenty-eight years of custom work, and most of what we know came from orders that went wrong somewhere before they went right. That is the experience you are buying.

Getting your logo onto SB-1003

Which Buyer Are You? We Have Answers Ready.

Select your buyer type for relevant information on how SB-1003 works for your business.

For Importers & Wholesalers
  • ✓The cost that surprises importers is rarely the unit price — it is the cubic, the split cases and the document that arrives wrong. 50 pieces per carton divides cleanly into a 10-store drop, so nobody spends an afternoon repacking broken cases.
  • ✓Pricing structure, documentation, inspection and payment terms — the things you check before a first order — are set out here: Importers & wholesalers →
Wholesale Pricing
For Brand Owners — OEM/ODM
  • ✓Your second order has to match your first, or the reviews written about batch one stop being true. The sample you approved stays in the plant as the physical reference between runs.
  • ✓How private label runs here — artwork, colour approval, tooling, what is yours and what is ours: Brand owners & private label →
Full OEM/ODM Guide →
For Retail Chains
  • ✓Own-brand retail lines live or die on repeat consistency. The approved reference sample stays here between runs, and the first unit off each new run is checked against it.
  • ✓Retail compliance, hang tags, Prop 65 labelling and delivery windows: Retail chains →
Read Hallmark Case →
For Promotional Gift Buyers
  • ✓The commonest gifting mistake is ordering the quantity before fixing the artwork. Logo application on this body is proofed before anything runs, so the artwork round happens while the material is still being prepared rather than after.
  • ✓Lead times against a fixed event date, logo options, and what 500 pieces actually buys you: Promotional & gifting →
Gift Solutions →
For Hotels, Schools, Cafés, Events & Other End Organisations
  • ✓Specification matters more than price when the item has to survive daily service. Steel that goes through a commercial dishwasher, lids your staff can open one-handed — tell us the setting and we will spec for it.
  • ✓How DDP works, what it covers and where a local importer of record is still needed: DDP door-to-door →
See the DDP door-to-door service →
For E-commerce & Amazon Sellers
  • ✓Two things sink a listing: running out mid-season, and a batch that does not match the one your reviews were written about. The approved reference sample stays here between runs, and we can hold partly-finished inventory through your quiet season.
  • ✓FBA prep, labelling, carton specs and the other platforms we ship for: E-commerce & Amazon →
FBA Solutions →

Questions buyers ask before the first order

Five hundred pieces per design in the stock colours (White). A matched Pantone starts at 1,000 — a custom colour is its own spray run rather than a draw from stock. You can mix stock colours to reach the 500, which several buyers do on a first order to see which shade moves.

Yes, from the first 500 pieces — there is no separate logo minimum. Four methods in-house: silk screen, laser engraving, heat transfer and UV print. The straight body gives an uninterrupted panel with no seam to work the artwork around. Send a vector file and we return a print proof showing how it sits on this body before anything runs. Tell us the end use and we will say which method we would run and why.

Two routes. Stock colours — White — ship from inventory at 500 pieces per design, so a sample reaches you without waiting on a spray run. A matched Pantone runs from 1,000 pieces as its own spray batch: you send the Pantone reference, we spray a sample, you approve it, and only then does the line start. The first unit off the bulk run is then compared against that approved sample before the rest continues.

30% deposit to start production, 70% before shipment. On smaller orders we often settle the whole amount against the proforma invoice instead — two transfers cost both sides bank charges that are not worth paying on a modest total. Either way the terms go in writing on the PI rather than being agreed later. If your company has its own process, tell us early and we will work to it.

Freight is worked out per order rather than from a table, because it depends on the cubic volume and how you want it shipped. Once you have picked the models and settled the quantity, send us the delivery address and we come back with the carton count, the cubic and the freight — by sea, by air or door-to-door, whichever suits the date you are working to. Ask for FOB and DDP side by side if you want to compare handling the import yourself against one delivered price.

Send a drawing, a photo of something close, or just describe it. We come back with what is feasible on our existing tooling and what needs new tooling, with the cost and the lead time for each — before you commit to either. Most programmes start on an existing body with your own colour, logo and packaging; new tooling makes sense once the volume justifies it, and we will say plainly when it does not.

Six steps, and you set the pace at each one. 1. Send the enquiry — quantity, destination, and the in-hands date if you have one. 2. The quotation comes back with carton cubic already in it, so you can model landed cost before replying rather than asking for it. 3. Take a sample if you want one — or order straight from artwork if you already know the model. 4. Proforma invoice, then the deposit. 5. Production, 30 days from artwork approval; the first unit off the line is checked against the reference you approved. 6. Balance, then shipment with the full document set.

The straight body gives you an uninterrupted panel — no curve to fight, no seam to work around. Send your artwork and we return a print proof showing exactly how it sits on this body, at the size you want, before anything runs. If the mark is too fine for the method you picked, we will say so at the proof stage rather than after the run.

Around 30 days from artwork approval for a stock colour. A matched Pantone adds a spray run; peak season before Christmas and Ramadan adds time too. Tell us the date you need it in hand and we plan backwards from there — and say early if it does not fit rather than accepting it and hoping.

Recycled-content packaging is available through our preferred packaging supplier, Dongguan Weida Packaging, which holds GRS V4.0 — the certificate is on our certifications page. GRS covers that packaging, not the bottle itself. Stainless is itself recyclable at end of life, which is often the more useful point for a brief than the packaging. If the requirement is written into your tender, send us the wording and we will say plainly what we can and cannot evidence.

These are the questions specific to SB-1003. Payment terms, factory visits, trade shows, brands we supply and the rest — see the full FAQ →

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