diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5e7701..c94369d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ endif()
 
 if (PHMAP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     add_executable(basic examples/basic.cc)
+    add_executable(emplace examples/emplace.cc)
+    add_executable(hash_std examples/hash_std.cc)
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/examples/emplace.cc b/examples/emplace.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5a4554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/emplace.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <vector>
+#include <parallel_hashmap/phmap.h>
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace patch
+{
+    template <typename T> std::string to_string(const T& n)
+    {
+        std::ostringstream stm;
+        stm << n;
+        return stm.str();
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+using milliseconds = std::chrono::duration<T, std::milli>;
+
+class custom_type
+{
+    std::string one = "one";
+    std::string two = "two";
+    std::uint32_t three = 3;
+    std::uint64_t four = 4;
+    std::uint64_t five = 5;
+public:
+    custom_type() = default;
+    // Make object movable and non-copyable
+    custom_type(custom_type &&) = default;
+    custom_type& operator=(custom_type &&) = default;
+    // should be automatically deleted per http://www.slideshare.net/ripplelabs/howard-hinnant-accu2014
+    //custom_type(custom_type const&) = delete;
+    //custom_type& operator=(custom_type const&) = delete;
+};
+
+void test(std::size_t iterations, std::size_t container_size)
+{
+    std::clog << "bench: iterations: " << iterations <<  " / container_size: "  << container_size << "\n";
+    {
+        std::size_t count = 0;
+        auto t1 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        for (std::size_t i=0; i<iterations; ++i)
+        {
+            std::unordered_map<std::string,custom_type> m;
+            m.reserve(container_size);
+            for (std::size_t j=0; j<container_size; ++j)
+                m.emplace(patch::to_string(j),custom_type());
+            count += m.size();
+        }
+        auto t2 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        auto elapsed = milliseconds<double>(t2 - t1).count();
+        if (count != iterations*container_size)
+            std::clog << "  invalid count: " << count << "\n";
+        std::clog << "  std::unordered_map:     " << std::fixed << int(elapsed) << " ms\n";
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::size_t count = 0;
+        auto t1 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        for (std::size_t i=0; i<iterations; ++i)
+        {
+            std::map<std::string,custom_type> m;
+            for (std::size_t j=0; j<container_size; ++j)
+                m.emplace(patch::to_string(j),custom_type());
+            count += m.size();
+        }
+        auto t2 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        auto elapsed = milliseconds<double>(t2 - t1).count();
+        if (count != iterations*container_size)
+            std::clog << "  invalid count: " << count << "\n";
+        std::clog << "  std::map:               " << std::fixed << int(elapsed) << " ms\n";
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::size_t count = 0;
+        auto t1 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        for (std::size_t i=0; i<iterations; ++i)
+        {
+            std::vector<std::pair<std::string,custom_type>> m;
+            m.reserve(container_size);
+            for (std::size_t j=0; j<container_size; ++j)
+                m.emplace_back(patch::to_string(j),custom_type());
+            count += m.size();
+        }
+        auto t2 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        auto elapsed = milliseconds<double>(t2 - t1).count();
+        if (count != iterations*container_size)
+            std::clog << "  invalid count: " << count << "\n";
+        std::clog << "  std::vector<std::pair>: " << std::fixed << int(elapsed) << " ms\n";
+    }
+
+    {
+        std::size_t count = 0;
+        auto t1 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        for (std::size_t i=0; i<iterations; ++i)
+        {
+            phmap::flat_hash_map<std::string,custom_type> m;
+            m.reserve(container_size);
+            for (std::size_t j=0; j<container_size; ++j)
+                m.emplace(patch::to_string(j),custom_type());
+            count += m.size();
+        }
+        auto t2 = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+        auto elapsed = milliseconds<double>(t2 - t1).count();
+        if (count != iterations*container_size)
+            std::clog << "  invalid count: " << count << "\n";
+        std::clog << "  phmap::flat_hash_map:   " << std::fixed << int(elapsed) << " ms\n";
+    }
+
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    std::size_t iterations = 100000;
+
+    test(iterations,1);
+    test(iterations,10);
+    test(iterations,50);
+}
diff --git a/examples/hash_std.cc b/examples/hash_std.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdec8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hash_std.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "hash_std.h"   // defines Person  with std::hash specialization
+
+#include <parallel_hashmap/phmap.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // As we have defined a specialization of std::hash() for Person,
+    // we can now create sparse_hash_set or sparse_hash_map of Persons
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------
+    phmap::flat_hash_set<Person> persons = 
+        { { "John", "Galt" },
+          { "Jane", "Doe" }
+        };
+
+    for (auto& p: persons)
+        std::cout << p._first << ' ' << p._last << '\n';
+
+}
diff --git a/examples/hash_std.h b/examples/hash_std.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd8dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hash_std.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef phmap_example_hash_std_
+#define phmap_example_hash_std_
+
+#include <parallel_hashmap/phmap_utils.h>
+
+using std::string;
+
+struct Person
+{
+    bool operator==(const Person &o) const
+    { 
+        return _first == o._first && _last == o._last; 
+    }
+
+    string _first;
+    string _last;
+};
+
+namespace std
+{
+// inject specialization of std::hash for Person into namespace std
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+    template<>
+    struct hash<Person>
+    {
+        std::size_t operator()(Person const &p) const
+        {
+            std::size_t seed = 0;
+            phmap::hash_combine(seed, p._first);
+            phmap::hash_combine(seed, p._last);
+            return seed;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+#endif // phmap_example_hash_std_