TI-1261 500 ml Handled Soft-Grip Vacuum Flask

Model: TI-1261 · 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. Buyers usually reach this page looking for custom insulated coffee mugs; if that is your brief, the figures below are the ones you will be quoted from.

A gift company in Germany takes this one for outdoor users. It also goes through a supermarket chain; the orders themselves are for branded promotional gifts. Design-led gift shops.

ModelTI-1261
Capacity500 ml
MaterialDouble-wall 304 stainless steel
MOQ500 pcs per design
Lead Time30 days after artwork approval · sample 7–10 days
Carton50 pcs/carton · 76.5cm × 38.5cm × 28cm · N.W./G.W. 12/13kg

Every photo, and what it tells you

Product photos usually show you the same thing six times. These six each answer a different question a buyer asked us about TI-1261.

TI-1261 — Starting quantity
Starting quantity Five hundred pieces per design, 500 ml. Several buyers split that first 500 across shades to see which one moves before committing to a bigger run — we are happy to work that way.
TI-1261 — Colours
Colours Blue, Pink, Black, White are held in stock, so a sample can go out without waiting on a spray run. For your own brand colour, a matched Pantone is its own spray batch from 1,000 pieces, and you approve a sprayed sample before the line starts.
TI-1261 — Terms
Terms 30%% deposit to start production, 70%% before shipment. On smaller orders we often settle the whole amount against the proforma invoice instead, because two transfers cost both sides bank charges that are not worth paying.
TI-1261 — Keeping temperature
Keeping temperature Double-wall vacuum, which is what holds a drink hot or cold through a working day. Ask for the measured test on this model and we send it with the conditions it was run under, so you can compare it fairly against anything else on your desk.
TI-1261 — How it ships
How it ships 50 pieces per carton, 76.5cm × 38.5cm × 28cm, 12/13kg net and gross. Send your quantity and destination and the carton count, cubic and load plan come back with the price rather than after it — it makes the landed cost easier to model.
TI-1261 — Making the second order match the first
Making the second order match the first The sample you approve stays here as the physical reference between runs. When bulk starts, the first unit off the line is compared against it before the rest continues — so what you reorder matches what your customers already have.

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
ModelTI-1261
Capacity500 ml
MaterialDouble-wall 304 stainless steel
InsulationDouble-wall vacuum
LidFlip-lid
Stock coloursBlue, Pink, Black, White
Ordering & customisation
MOQ500 pcs per design, stock colours
Custom PantoneFrom 1,000 pcs — its own spray run
DecorationSilk 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 size76.5cm × 38.5cm × 28cm
N.W. / G.W.12/13kg
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
CertificationsFDA · LFGB · EU 1935/2004 · CA Prop 65 · GRS — see more certifications →

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

The part of the build you cannot see

The wall in contact with the drink is 304 stainless — the standard grade for food contact, and what we run across the range. It is not an exotic choice; it is the part of the build that decides how the flask behaves after a year of daily coffee.

What we spend attention on sits upstream of the specification. The coil comes from suppliers we have bought from for years rather than whoever quotes lowest that month, and the grade is marked on the unit so it travels with the product rather than living in a file.

If your programme has its own testing requirement, say so at enquiry. Third-party inspection by SGS, Bureau Veritas, Intertek or TUV is welcome at any stage — we would rather build it into the schedule than have it arrive as a surprise at pre-shipment.

TI-1261 — Five shelves, one flask

Five shelves, one flask

You will find TI-1261 on more than one kind of shelf, which is the reason we keep it in stock rather than making it to order. The accounts running it now: an Amazon seller in the US, a supermarket chain in Germany, a promotional gift house in the UK and an outdoor brand in France.

What their end users do with it varies more than the listings suggest — a desk in an office, a cup holder on a commute, a backpack side pocket at the weekend. The 500 ml was sized for that overlap rather than for one of them.

Which listing you arrive through usually says more about your programme than about the product. The MOQ, the lead time and the carton figures are the same either way.

Sourcing TI-1261? 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 the line stops if it does not match. 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 TI-1261

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. We read the brief twice — once to quote it, once before the line starts. If a detail could be read two ways, we ask rather than pick one. And if a sibling model fits your programme better, you hear that before you pay a deposit.
  • During production. Checks sit early, where they are cheap: brief before quotation, proof before artwork sign-off, first unit before the run. Nothing reaches production on somebody’s memory of an email.
  • After it ships. When something needs sorting after delivery, you are not explaining your order to somebody new. The file stays with the person who ran it.
  • One person, start to finish. One person owns your enquiry from the first quotation to the shipping confirmation — not a shared inbox, not a hand-off at each stage. The person who priced your order is the one who answers when the artwork changes at 9pm your time.
  • We will tell you when to buy something else. If a sibling model fits your brief better, you will hear that before you pay. Losing one SKU and keeping the account is the better trade for us.
  • Twenty-eight years in this category. Hallmark has been a customer since 2017. Retail vendor compliance, chargeback-sensitive windows and audit paperwork are familiar ground rather than a first time.

Getting your logo onto TI-1261

Which Buyer Are You? We Have Answers Ready.

Select your buyer type for relevant information on how TI-1261 works for your business.

For Importers & Wholesalers
  • Mixed orders are where quotations quietly break: three models, three cartons, three sets of numbers. Send the whole shortlist and the carton count, cubic and load plan come back as one sheet you can hand to your freight forwarder.
  • 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
  • Most private-label problems start before production: artwork in the wrong format, a decoration method chosen for the mockup rather than the end use, a colour signed off on screen. You get a print proof on this body and 4 stock colours to start from before anything 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
  • Carton dimensions decide whether your team spends an afternoon repacking. 50 pieces per carton divides cleanly into a 10-store drop, so nobody spends an afternoon repacking broken cases. The spec goes to you before production, not with the shipment.
  • Retail compliance, hang tags, Prop 65 labelling and delivery windows: Retail chains →
Read Hallmark Case →
For Promotional Gift Buyers
  • Event buyers often need one shipment split to several addresses. Tell us the split at quotation and the cartons are marked and packed for it, rather than arriving as one pallet you have to break down.
  • Lead times against a fixed event date, decoration choices, and what 500 pieces actually buys you: Promotional & gifting →
Gift Solutions →
For Hotels, Schools, Cafés, Events & Other End Organisations
  • Buying direct for the first time usually means one worry: what happens if it is wrong when it lands. You approve a physical sample first, and the first unit off the bulk run is compared against it before the rest is made.
  • 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
  • A replenishment that takes a full production cycle means a stockout. Plan the season with us and repeat runs come down to 30–35 days.
  • 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 (Blue, Pink, Black, 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 — Blue, Pink, Black, 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, decoration 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.

Yes, and most buyers do. Tell us the model and the colour you want to see; we quote the sample charge and the courier fee separately so you know both before committing. Seven to ten days to your door. If you already know TI-1261 and just need the logo right, you can also order straight from an approved artwork proof.

It is a double-wall vacuum build. Ours test in the region of 10–12 hours hot and longer cold, but it depends on the fill temperature, how full it is and how often the lid comes off. Ask and we send the measured test for this model with the conditions it was run under.

Logo by silk screen, laser engraving, heat transfer or UV print — the straight body is an uninterrupted panel with no seam to work around. Colour: stock from 500, matched Pantone from 1,000. Packaging: retail colour box, printed UPC or EAN, hang tags — budgeted as its own line.

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