For the person doing the cleaning up
A cup holder they won’t put in a drawer.
Nothing to learn, nothing to plug in, nothing that looks like something you bought for them. It goes under the glass they already drink from, so a knocked drink rocks and settles instead of going over.
4.9 average · 120 reviews
Ships from Orange, California. 90 days to change your mind, used or not.
—You already know it works
The question isn’t whether it stops the spill.
You can see how a wide base works from the photograph. The question is whether it will still be on the table in three weeks, or in the drawer with the reacher and the two-handled cup and the shower stool.
That is the honest question, so it is the one this page answers first.
Everything sold to you is a candle. Everything sold for them is a cup they won’t drink from. This is neither — it goes under the glass they already use.
—The part nobody counts
It isn’t the spill. It’s the third one this week.
These are from Steadi’s own reviews — households that bought it for the same reason you are here.
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My husband sets his drink down while watching television. You have saved us from our frequent cleanups.
Peggy Rodriguez — note the pronouns: our cleanups, saved us -
Antes varias veces teníamos ACCIDENTES con los derrames de agua por la obscuridad y porque uno está medio dormido y los tirábamos. Con Steadi eso se acabó.
Felipe Rodriguez — the night-time water glass, knocked over half-asleep in the dark -
Our time away is at a rental property and preventing spills in someone else’s house seems like a good goal.
Haila Buskirk, packing for a three-generation family holiday
—Does it actually work
It wobbles. Then it settles.
Somebody sits down next to it. The base spreads the load and the drink comes back level, with nobody having to do anything.
Filmed on a couch cushion — softer and less predictable than a kitchen table.
—How it holds — and whether it gets used
Two halves of the same question.
A wider edge to cross
The 5.2-inch base moves the edge the drink would have to tip over much farther out. The whole thing has to lean much farther before it goes over than the glass does on its own.
Six fins on the bottom inch
Cans and bottles slide on; cups and tumblers drop in. Drink and base rock as one piece instead of separating.
Grip, then a clean lift
The rubber plants the base where it is set and lifts away clean. It marks nothing — not the table, not the arm of a chair.
—The drawer question
Why this one tends to stay out.
Research on assistive technology is consistent about why things bought with good intentions get abandoned, and about what the ones that survive have in common. Here is that list, against what this actually is.
| Drives adoption | The Steadi |
|---|---|
| Familiarity | It is a base under a glass. There is nothing to learn. |
| Immediate perception of effectiveness | You see it work the first time something catches the glass. |
| Low technical demands | You set it down. That is the entire operation. |
| Personalisation | Twelve colours. They pick one, not you. |
| Doesn’t read as medical equipment | It looks like homeware, and the glass on top is their own. |
Those five come from a systematic review of assistive-technology acceptance, which also found that refusal usually “stems from fear, not stubbornness” — about losing independence, privacy or control — and that equipment can be “an unwelcome reminder of one’s inability to carry out certain tasks without help.” That is context for why plain objects get used and obvious ones get put away. It is not a study of this product; nobody has studied this product.
—The object
One piece of rubber. No batteries, no straps, no instructions.
There is nothing to assemble and nothing to explain to anybody. It goes on the table and their glass goes in it.
- Base5.2″ — fixed
- Height2.8″
- Opening at rest1.64″
- Fins6, from 0.92″ up, flexing to 3.15″
- MaterialShore 85A TPU
- SetupSet it down
- CleaningRinse, wipe, or dishwasher
—Will it fit what they drink
The hard one first: a mug with a handle does not fit.
The honest no. A handled mug does not seat — the handle lands exactly where the fins need to grip, so it perches instead of settling. If tea in a handled mug is the whole story in that house, this is not the product for that cup. A lidded travel mug without a handle, a glass, a tumbler or a can all seat fine.
Containers are physical truth; drink names are aliases for them.
No tape measure? Use a sticky note.
A standard sticky note is 3 inches square. Stand the glass on one. If the base sits inside the paper, it seats.
If it overhangs, measure it or email hello@steadilabs.com — you will get an honest answer either way, including a no.
—Where they go
Their chair. The bedside. Then wherever the glass keeps turning up.
The chair they sit in is the obvious one. The second tends to go beside the bed — the water glass at 2am is the one nobody sees coming.
And there is a fourth station in the picker, which is yours. You put a drink down too.
—What the alternatives cost
We are not the cheapest thing here. We are the one that removes a task.
Prices were looked up, not estimated. There are two aisles pointed at this house, and neither of them takes anything off your day.
| What gets bought | Price | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-cream gift set, for you | $12.99 | A kind thought. Nothing on the floor is different. |
| Candle, diffuser, "you are amazing" mug | — | The rest of the aisle. Same kind thought, same floor. |
| Weighted cup with lid, for them | $19.99 | Genuinely helps some people hold a cup. It is also a new cup, which is the part that gets refused. |
| Two-handle mug | $36.14 | Works, and looks like it came from a hospital. |
| Budget two-handled cup | $7.51 | Cheaper than us. Still a new cup. |
| The Caregiver Cup Holder | $24.95 — $12.48 each | Their glass stays their glass, and that is one thing you stop cleaning up. |
If holding the cup is the actual problem, a weighted cup does something we do not. Buy that instead.
—Get one
How many, and what colour goes where.
One is enough to find out. Most people end up with one where they sit and one by the bed. Free shipping on all three.
Checkout is handled by Steadi Labs — the company that makes The Caregiver Cup Holder. Secure checkout at steadilabs.com. Free shipping on every order, and 90 days to change your mind, used or not.
—From people who bought one
None of these is from a caregiver.
Two are from the other side of it — people describing their own disability or chronic illness in their own words. Verbatim, unedited, not filtered by rating.
★★★★★
I love my Steadi can holder. I use an ottoman beside my couch for drinks and remotes. This keeps a can steady and allows me to have a can of soda or water nearby. Im disabled and its hard to get up repeatedly for a drink!
Kathi Davidson · August 2026
★★★★★
Literally love these. Living with chronic illness sucks and often means dinner in bed, and limiting my beverage to my side table when I have the whole mattress to picnic? I was wishing something like this existed and the algorithm delivered. Simple, lightweight, flexible! Immediately rec’d to all my friends, regardless of ability. Two thoughts- a version for mugs? Also, bright color options so I can have a hilighter orange to match my aesthetic.
Mx · July 2026
★★★★★
Steadi works very well in stabilizing my drinks on soft surfaces, like the couch or by the chair I use as a nightstand.
Marie Adams · July 2026
★★★★★
Very pleased with this. Feels premium and sturdy, and nice to look at when in use. As someone who once spilled a can of cola on the bed, I now confidently place my soda can on the bed without worry!
Michael Mendoza · May 2026
—The limits, in one place
What it does not do.
- We cannot promise anyone will use it. Nobody can promise you that. What we can do is tell you why plain things get used, and give you ninety days to find out whether it is true in your house.
- It does nothing while the glass is in someone’s hand. It works on the table, not in the air.
- It is not spill-proof — nothing is. It resists tipping. A hard enough knock moves anything.
- A handled mug does not seat. The handle lands where the fins grip.
- It is not a medical device, and we make no claim about anybody’s health — theirs or yours.
—If it ends up in the drawer anyway
Ninety days. Used is fine. You do not ship it back.
That is the honest risk on a purchase you are making for somebody else, so it is the one we cover. Email hello@steadilabs.com and you get your money back — no form, no restocking fee, no questions about its condition. Keep it or bin it; that part is up to you.
- You order. Free shipping, every order, always.
- It leaves Orange, California within one business day.
- USPS, 2–5 days, tracked.
—Who makes it
Steadi Labs. One person, in Orange, California.
Scott Rodriguez made the first one after a full drink went over on a soft cushion with three kids under three in the house. It was built for spills, not for anybody’s diagnosis, and it was on the market before the first household bought one for a parent. Those households then wrote and said what it was actually doing for them, which is why this page exists.
Injection moulded in small runs a few miles from his desk; every order ships from the zip code it was made in. Patent pending. Email reaches a person: hello@steadilabs.com.
— Scott, Steadi Labs
—Questions people ask
Straight answers.
Is this a medical device?
No. It is a cup holder. Not a medical device, not a mobility aid, not adaptive equipment, and not sold through any medical channel. We make no health claims about it, for them or for you.
Will they think I am managing them?
We cannot answer that for your house. What we can say is what the object is: a coloured rubber base that sits on a table with their own glass in it. It has no branding they can read across a room, no lid, no second handle and nothing that says it came from a catalogue of aids.
What if they just don’t use it?
Then email us inside ninety days and we send the money back, used or not, no questions about condition and nothing to ship. That risk sits with us rather than you, because you are buying it on someone else’s behalf and cannot control the outcome.
They drink tea from a mug all day. Does that work?
If it is a mug with a handle, no — the handle blocks a fin, so it perches instead of seating. A lidded travel mug without a handle works, and so does a glass or a tumbler. If the handled mug is the whole story, we would rather you spent nothing here.
Can it go in the dishwasher?
Yes. A rinse or a wipe with a damp cloth does most of it, and it is dishwasher safe if that is easier. It marks nothing and lifts clean.
Why does this site only sell one thing?
Because it is one thing. It is a Steadi, made by Steadi Labs in Orange, California, and checkout finishes at steadilabs.com where the company lives. This page exists because enough households bought it for exactly this reason to make it worth writing down honestly.
—Still wondering
I have a cupboard full of things like this.
Most of them asked somebody to do something differently. This one asks nothing — the glass is the same glass, the table is the same table.
$14.95 for a piece of rubber.
It is. It is also the only thing on this page that takes a job off your week rather than adding a nice thought to it.
I want to send it straight to them.
Orders ship from Orange to any US address, so it can go directly. Pick the colour for their room.
Does it work on a wooden side table?
Yes — and it marks nothing and lifts clean. If the table takes a hard knock the Steadi can slide rather than tip, which on a table is the better of the two outcomes.
Stop scrubbing the same square of carpet.
Not every spill in the house. The one that happens in the same spot, in the same chair, most days.
Free shipping on every order · 90-day guarantee, used is fine · Made in Orange, California