Every question, answered.

That's the whole reason it's shaped this way. Soft cushions swallow a narrow base; the wide flexible footprint spreads across the foam instead of sinking into it, and the fins keep the drink from sliding when the cushion shifts. Push it off level and it settles back.

Fabric texture isn't the challenge here — the foam underneath is. The grip comes from the wide footprint and the fins, and those work the same whether the cushion's dressed in a slipcover, performance fabric, or bare upholstery.

Measure the base, not the rim. A base of 2 to 3 inches across fits — the 40 oz Stanley does. Handled mugs don't; the handle sits where a fin needs to grip.

No. Nothing clips, clamps, or straps on. It sits on top of the cushion, the arm, or the ottoman, and moves to wherever you're actually sitting.

Yes — unlike a rigid tray, it doesn't need a flat run of arm to hold anything. It grips the same on a rounded arm, the cushion, or the ottoman top.

No — the base is wider than the seam, so it bridges the gap the way a phone or a remote can't. It's built to sit fully on one cushion, not straddle two.

Movement is the whole design brief. The base's low, wide weight rocks with the cushion and settles the drink back level when it's bumped. It resists tipping — that's not a promise against a direct hard hit, but a kid climbing past or a dog landing nearby is exactly what it's built to shrug off.

Rinse it or wipe it down — skip the dishwasher; heat is the one thing not recommended. It's one piece of flexible material with nothing to take apart.

It's called the Steadi, molded in small runs in Orange, California by Steadi Labs — veteran-founded and patent pending. Every order ships free from steadilabs.com, with 30 days to change your mind.

The range is exact: a container base of 2 to 3 inches across is a full fit, and the fins flex to take a snug base through 3.15 inches with a push — that's why a Stanley 30 oz Quencher (3.15 in) and an Owala FreeSip 24 oz (3.12 in) both still seat. A standard 12 oz can measures about 2.60 inches at the base, well inside the range. Below 2 inches a base sits too loose to grip; above 3.15 inches, it won't seat.

There's nothing in it built to wear out the way a tray's hinge or a caddy's fabric pocket does — it's one piece of molded material, with the flex built into the fins themselves rather than a separate spring or clip that could fatigue over time. The same give that lets it hold a can one night and a wide tumbler the next is the material doing its job, not a sign it's loosening.

Not well, and it's a shape problem more than a size one. The fins are built to grip a wide base from the sides — a stemmed wine glass puts an inch of narrow stem right where the fins need to close, with the actual wide foot resting an inch below that. A stemless wine glass or a rocks glass poured with the same drink works fine, since the base itself sits right where the fins can reach it.

It fits the kind of person who already improvises a drink spot on the couch most nights — the cushion, the arm, or the floor by default, because there was nowhere better. It's one piece, ships free, and comes with 30 days for the person who unwraps it to actually try it before deciding.

It's built for one drink at a time, so most households with more than one regular couch-sitter end up with one per person who actually uses the couch — it moves with whoever's holding the drink rather than staying fixed to one spot. Nothing about the design assumes only one will ever be in use on a couch at once.

A C-shaped side table solves the same reach problem from underneath the couch instead of on top of the cushion — the base slides under the sofa and the tabletop swings in over the arm. That only works on couches with the clearance for it: recliner mechanisms, storage bases, and low frames block the slide-under base outright, and the lighter acrylic and particleboard versions can wobble once a real drink is on top. A low, wide base skips the clearance question entirely, because it doesn't need to go under anything — it sits directly on the cushion, the arm, or the ottoman, wherever there's a couch to set it on.

Yes — nothing about the material is limited to cold drinks. The bigger limiting factor for a coffee mug is the handle, not the heat: a handled mug's handle sits right where a fin needs to grip, so the base fits but the handle doesn't. A handle-less camp mug or cup within the 2 to 3 inch base range has no handle to catch on, so it works the same as any tumbler or can.

No — the hold comes from the fins gripping the container's sides and the wide base spreading beneath it, not from friction against a dry surface, so a sweating can doesn't loosen the grip the way it might on a bare wood or glass side table. Any water that collects rinses off with the base itself; it's not absorbed into anything that could leave a ring behind.