Every question, answered.

That's the whole reason it's shaped this way. A wide, low base spreads across whatever's clear — cart top, back counter — instead of needing a straight edge to grip, and it holds there at least as well as it does on any hard, flat surface. The fins keep the container from sliding when the cart gets tugged or bumped.

No — that tray is the sterile field, and OSHA's bloodborne-pathogens rule keeps food and drink off it entirely, base or no base. This is for the cart top, the back counter, or anywhere clear outside the field, so the drink stays close without ever crossing onto it.

Measure the bottom, not the rim. A base 2 to 3 inches across settles in — the 40 oz Stanley does. A handled mug doesn't; the handle is exactly where a fin needs to grip.

No. Nothing screws down, clips on, or bites an edge. It sits on top of a clear, flat surface and stays there through casters rolling and elbows bumping past.

Prep guides tell clients to bring water and something sugary for exactly that reason — and the chair offers nowhere to put either one. This gives that drink a spot within arm's reach at the cart instead of zipped in a bag across the booth.

Movement is the whole design brief. The base rocks low and wide with a tug or a bump and lets the drink settle back down. It resists tipping — a full shove off the cart edge is still a full shove — but the ordinary jostle of a working session is exactly what it's built to shrug off.

Rinse it clean, or put it in the dishwasher. One piece of flexible material, no seams — it takes the same wipe-down as the rest of the station.

Yes — it's built to sit there for the whole booking, not get repositioned every hour. Once it's set on the cart or counter, it holds steady through breaks, refills, and the reset in between.

It's called the Steadi, injection molded in small runs within about three and a half miles of Steadi Labs' shop in Orange, California. Every order ships free from steadilabs.com, with 90 days to change your mind.

It's one piece of molded flexible material with no seams, hinges, or fabric to break down — the flex lives in the fins themselves, not in a mechanism that can work loose. It takes the same wipe-down the rest of the station gets, appointment after appointment, with nothing hidden that fails first. the dishwasher is fine;

The base takes the moisture instead of it pooling on the cart top or counter underneath, the same way it keeps a sweating can from ringing a wood table. It's still part of the disinfectant pass at breakdown, same as any surface the drink sat near — it just isn't leaving a puddle for that pass to find.

No. The base itself falls inside the fit range, but the handle lands exactly where a fin needs to close, so it never seats the way a can or straight-sided cup does. A camp cup or a mug with no handle, sized the same, fits fine.

Too narrow. Anything under about 2 inches across the base — an espresso cup among them — sits loose in the middle instead of getting gripped by the fins. That's the same floor that keeps a full-sugar Coke can or a slim energy drink can from rattling around at the other end of what fits.

Most booths keep one at the cart and rely on it for whatever's currently in the booth — the artist's water, then the client's drink once they sit down. In a shop where booths are shared across shifts or artists rotate through the same station, one per booth is the simpler habit than passing a single one around.

A client caddy is furniture — a freestanding floor stand built to hold a client's phone, keys, and drink at their side. It solves that half of the problem and leaves the artist's own cup exactly where it was, plus it's one more piece to find room for in a rented booth and disinfect between appointments. This sets down on the cart or counter that's already there and works for whoever's drink is currently in the booth.

Clamp-on holders need a straight, exposed edge to bite, and nothing in a booth offers one — the mayo stand has a rolled lip, the cart usually has none, and the chair is upholstered. They also tend to ship sized for a standard can, not a 40 oz tumbler. This doesn't clamp to anything; it sets its wide base down on whatever's clear.

Yes. It doesn't attach to anything, so there's nothing to install or uninstall at a new station — it sets down on whatever cart or counter space is clear at the new booth the same way it did at the last one, and it packs flat in a kit bag between guest spots.

It solves a problem most artists have quietly worked around for years without expecting a fix — somewhere for a water bottle or coffee that isn't the back counter. It ships free, arrives ready to use with nothing to install, and stows flat in a drawer, so it doesn't add clutter to a booth that already has none to spare.