Every question, answered.

Carpet is closer to home turf than a hard table is. The wide flexible base spreads across the pile instead of tipping on it, and settles the drink back level when a foot brushes it or somebody shifts nearby.

Yes — cushions and couch arms are soft and uneven the same way carpet is, and that's the terrain this base handles. It grips the drink from the sides with the fins instead of relying on the cushion for footing underneath.

That's close to the exact motion it's built for. It resists tipping and settles back level when it's bumped — a sleeve during the teach, a jolt from someone standing up, a die that skips off the tray. It's not a sealed cup, so on a heavier-pouring night a lidded tumbler adds a second layer.

Check the base, not the rim. A container base 2 to 3 inches across settles in — the 40 oz Stanley does. Handled mugs don't; the handle lands right where a fin needs to grip.

No. No rail, no vault, no fixed attachment point sized for a dedicated gaming table. It sits on whatever surface tonight's game left you — dining table, card table, tray, cushion, or floor.

It's exactly the kind of thing that makes the rule easier to relax — the drink stays where it's set instead of becoming something the host has to police all night. For an out-of-print or particularly valuable game, keeping the rule is still a fair call.

The drink stands in the base, so a cold can's condensation lands there instead of on the wood, the tray, or the cardboard underneath — rings can start on bare wood in as little as 5 to 10 minutes, and this keeps the drink off it entirely. The base itself rinses clean in the sink.

One per drink in play, same as any cup holder. It doesn't care what's in the glass, only what shape the bottom is, so beer, wine, and seltzer all sit in the same base.

Rinse it or run it through the dishwasher. It's one piece of flexible material with nothing to take apart — unlike the components you're trying to keep dry.

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 send it back if it's not for you.

It's one piece of molded material — no springs, hinges, or fabric sleeve to work loose or wear thin. The give lives in the fins themselves, so a weekly rotation doesn't stress the base any differently than an occasional one; there's nothing separate underneath it to fail first.

No — the base only touches the outside of whatever's standing in it, so a hot drink in an insulated tumbler during a quiet filler and a cold, sweating can later on both just rest against the same fins. That's also what keeps the condensation off the table instead of leaving a ring on it.

Within the same base-width range as anything else, yes — a kid's lidded cup or a sealed sports bottle sits in the fins the same way a can or a pint glass does, since the base only reads the shape of what's touching it, not what's inside. It isn't a lid itself, so a cup that's already open can still spill on its own; what it does is keep the cup upright through the bumps that threaten everyone else's drink at the table too.

It's a fair one — it works on whatever setup that person already has, from their actual dining table to the carpet and couch arm their group ends up using for overflow seating, so there's no guessing whether it'll fit their space. It ships free and packs flat enough to go in a card box or a bag without adding real bulk.

Either works; it comes down to how the group actually plays. One per drink in active use is the rule, same as any cup holder, so a host running a standing set for guests can cover a full table without anyone needing to bring their own. A few of them store flat and don't need their own cube on the Kallax — they tuck in with whatever's already holding cards and dice.

It rinses clean — there's no fabric, foam, or seam for a spill to sit in and set, just one piece of flexible material. A cocktail or a full pour of red that lands on it comes off in the sink the same as a beer or a soda would; nothing about the material holds onto one drink more than another.

A clamp bites a table's edge and depends on that edge being thick and rigid enough to hold its tension — a folding card table's thin, flexing rim is close to the hardest case for that to work, and clamp-style holders are commonly reported with openings too narrow for a standard can and springs too weak to trust with much past a light seltzer. A freestanding base doesn't need an edge at all; it sits on the surface itself, table or otherwise.

The problem is the surface, not the specific game — a poker table, a card table set up for a trick-taking game, or a dining table mid-tournament all put a drink in the same spot: wherever's left once the deck, chips, or components have claimed the rest. Nothing about the base cares what's being played.

It fits, but snugly. Its base measures about 3.15 inches, right at the edge of what the flexible fins accept — they flex to seat bases as wide as that for a firm-push fit, rather than the looser settle a base under 3 inches gets. The more common 40 oz Stanley, at about 3.1 inches, seats a little easier.