Every question, answered.

That's its home turf. Cushion foam is the surface this shape was designed around: a footprint wide enough to spread across the foam instead of sinking a point in, and fins that keep the drink from rattling loose while the cushion moves under you. Knock it off level and it settles back.

The cushion re-shapes and the base flexes with it, carrying the drink back to level. It resists tipping; it doesn't repeal physics — a drink that takes a direct kick is still a kicked drink — but a full-weight flop onto the next cushion is precisely the jolt the flexible base is for.

Because the console isn't where you sit. The drop-in well is fixed at one seat and shaped for a tapered car cup — handled mugs won't drop in, and wine glasses need a separately sold adapter. This one goes to the chaise, the corner seat, or the middle of the pit with you.

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

No. Nothing clamps, wedges, straps, or cares how wide your armrest is. It sits on top of the cushion — or the ottoman, or the console lid — and picks up in a second when you move seats.

That's the layout this was made for. Every arm-mounted accessory needs an arm; this needs a place to sit, and a pit is nothing but places to sit. Set it on any module, right beside whoever's sprawled there.

That's the idea — a drink at each seat instead of every cup in the house converging on the ottoman. Kids' straw cups within the base range settle in, and a base that resists tipping is a better bet on a bouncing cushion than a free-standing cup.

Yes — hard, flat surfaces are the easy case, and it holds steady there at least as well as on foam. That earns its keep when the tray is crowded and elbows are flying.

Rinse it under the tap or run it through the dishwasher. It's a single piece of flexible molded material with nothing to disassemble.

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, and you get 30 days to change your mind.

One per seat that actually gets used. Most households start with two or four so the chaise, a corner seat, and the console all have their own instead of sharing the one on the ottoman. Nothing bolts down, so people also just carry theirs along when they move to a different spot.

Yes — they're not really doing the same job. The console well is fixed at one seat and shaped for a tapered car cup, so it works fine for whoever's sitting right there. This one goes wherever the rest of the sectional actually sits: the chaise, a corner module, the middle of a long run.

No. It's a single piece of soft, flexible molded material with no adhesive and no clamp teeth, and it doesn't press hard enough to dent foam or mar a finish. Lift it and the cushion looks the same as before it sat there.

Yes. The base and fins are doing a mechanical job — spreading the load and gripping the container — not an insulating one, so a hot cup of coffee and a cold tumbler get the same grip. It doesn't insulate the drink either way; that part is on the cup.

They're molded from the same flexible material as the base, not a separate rubber insert that can peel or harden, so there's nothing distinct to wear away in the wash. Rinse it under the tap or run it through the dishwasher — either way it comes out ready for the next seat.

It resists tipping better than a free-standing cup does when a dog jumps up or resettles on the cushion, because the wide base and gripping fins are built for exactly that kind of jolt. It's not a promise against a direct hit — a drink that takes a full kick is still a kicked drink — but the everyday bounce of daily use on a shared sectional is what the flex is for.

Yes. It works the same on a hard side table, a recliner console, or a regular sofa arm as it does on cushion foam — a sectional just happens to be the scene with the least of that in a house. Anyone with a couch and a cup that needs somewhere to sit gets the same use out of it.

Close, not identical, and both land inside the range. A standard 12 oz can measures about 2.6 inches across the base; a slim seltzer can runs closer to 2.25 to 2.3 inches. Either one sits well inside the 2-to-3-inch range and settles in the same way — the flex is built to take both without swapping anything.

Not for a stemless glass, which sits flat on its own base like any tumbler. Standard console wells reject wine glasses because the well is a straight drop built for a tapered car cup, which is exactly why furniture makers sell that adapter separately in the first place. This isn't a drop-in well, so a stemless glass just sits and settles the normal way.