Heated/cooled cup holder, how great is it?

[JB86]

Alright so I slid into my 2015 sq5 premium plus a little over a year ago without doing much research on sub models, packages, etc. I was on a time restraint because I sold my pick up quicker than I intended and my wife and I were sharing a car till I found something to replace it, no fault but my own. I wanted to move from a pick up to an SUV but wanted something quick and the Audi ticked all the boxes along with a few others. Anyways fast forward a year later I finally joined here and low and behold I start finding out all these options I’d have much rather had (Black optics, I hate chrome)

Anyways I need to know, is the heated and cooled cup holder amazing? Or does it sound much better than it preforms?

[S4'ed]

It is OK for cooling, never tried heating....I think it only came on Prestige trim levels.
I searched a long time to find a B8.5 SQ5 with Prestige trim level because that is the only trim level that you can get the Adaptive Cruise / Automatic Emergency Braking option on.

[DiscoDan]

It's forking great!

[JB86]

It's forking great!

ugh god damn it, when I learned of it I was slightly heartbroken that I didn’t do my research

[DiscoDan]

ugh god damn it, when I learned of it I was slightly heartbroken that I didn’t do my research

Dude, this was hyperbole. I have a B9, this isn't an option for me.

[Chris.green]

Dude, this was hyperbole. I have a B9, this isn't an option for me.

Comes standard on the b9 in Canada

[turbojayc]

It's forking great!

Agreed! Would never pay extra for it, but it’s awesome.

[choppstixxx]

Or you could just save your money and buy a Yeti or RTIC drink tumbler that will cost you all of $20ish dollars. Keeps stuff hot or cold for hours and it never breaks! A heating/cooling cup holder IMO is something expensive that can potentially break as the vehicle gets older.

[JB86]

Or you could just save your money and buy a Yeti or RTIC drink tumbler that will cost you all of $20ish dollars. Keeps stuff hot or cold for hours and it never breaks! A heating/cooling cup holder IMO is something expensive that can potentially break as the vehicle gets older.

no argument there and i do have a yeti, just the idea of it is pretty sweet. im also more so curious how well it works. example; if i was on a road trip in the summer and picked up a drink at a gas station would it keep my drink cool for hours longer than if i did not have it?

[choppstixxx]

no argument there and i do have a yeti, just the idea of it is pretty sweet. im also more so curious how well it works. example; if i was on a road trip in the summer and picked up a drink at a gas station would it keep my drink cool for hours longer than if i did not have it?

I can't give you first hand experience, but I would think it works mediocre at best. IDK about you, but who really takes hours to drink something? If it's that hot out your probably going to have your a/c on keeping the cabin cool-ish and probably pretty thirsty where you would drink a cold drink pretty fast. It's a lot like the OEM "cooling" ventilated seats, where those are more like fans for your butt rather than a cold blast of a/c.

[Novarider]

It's a gimmick, just use a tumbler.