I almost bought two cans today, but realized that I won’t be heading home right away. Maybe later
[Update]
Although the lids state they are safe for microwave use and top shelf dishwasher, we have washed by hand and have not used the lids when heating in the microwave.
The rectangular lids are now warped after about 2-3 uses each and no longer fit properly. They bow upwardly in the middle across the transverse direction, leaving air gaps at the sides.
I’ve been remedying this by girdling a lidded container with a heavy rubber band, but I’m disappointed. I’ve got a week or so to decide which hassle I want to deal with more - shipping them back to Amazon or continuing the rubber band trick.
No problems so far with the lids on the round containers and no glass chipping.
I’ve bought Whole Foods-branded ice cream that is probably Talenti. It’s the same plastic jar but with a brown lid rather than black, and about a dollar cheaper.
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Square and rectangular lids are always tougher than circular lids. Sorry to hear.
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Final update after a bit less than 1.5 year’s use. Still no glass edge chipping, but we’ve handled carefully. All the rectangular lids are still warped and worthless (without rubber bands) at containment.
And after less than 18 months of use, the last of the circular lids has cracked at the lip so none of them are air- or water-tight anymore. Again, not one lid ever went into a dishwasher or microwave. It’s just (IMO) a crappy polymer unsuited to its application.
But the circular lids are still okay for regular fridge storage/sitting on the shelves. I just won’t transport anything in them.
Pyrex glass storage containers, right?
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The quantities might be too high and they don’t say Talenti on the outside but these might work.
And they aren’t too expensive, at a per unit price.
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Yes. Several each rectangular and round (this post has photo of the set).
We use these at our restaurants
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Yeah. So the glass is fine, but the lids start to deform, so they are not longer sealing, right? Thart us too bad
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Replacement lids are available but pricy. I use Pyrex storage containers. If I had it to do over, I’d look for something that use glass lids with silicone around them to seal. I wonder if I could find them.
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I’m curious about these IKEA 365+ square glass containers. Website lists lid options including a bamboo lid with a gasket and a silicone lid. Replacement lids are available. Has anyone tried these?
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They look cool. Weck does too, but it has glass lids with rubber seals.
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I should say. For some of my containers, I want very good airtight seal. For some other containers, I don’t mind, and I prefer a simply-and-easy to clean lid.
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I bought one like those to see if it would add life to strawberries. It definitely has.
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We have both the shallow square and rectangular ones and the deeper rectangular ones, all with bamboo lids. We chose mostly bamboo over the plastic snap lids for aesthetic reasons (although we do have some of those, which have been fine…we always hand-wash any plastic, so those lids have never failed). The containers are built like tanks and the bamboo lids (which should be washed by hand, which we always do) are easy to clean and seem to make a good seal. No complaints here!
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I can’t tell from the link if the bamboo lids have plastic-lined bottoms, or ate themselves exposed bamboo. In the event of a slop or tip, wouldn’t food soak into the wood? Also, I get how the silicone seal would seal against the glass, but couldn’r air leak around the edge where it mates with the wood lid?
No plastic as far as I can tell on the food-facing side of the lid. We’re pretty careful, so we haven’t had a major food sloshing onto the lid, so we don’t have food stains/residual food smells on the lid. The seal seems pretty standard to me. They can be removed to clean separately in the case of food slop. Here are 2 photos.
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They extend berry life? I’m definitely interested now!
Seems like they have. We used to keep them in a sealed glass jar in the fridge after the first two days or so. We’d get some mold starting often by day 3 or 4. With the vacuum container we haven’t seen any mold, though they do still start to get soft and ‘acidic’ after 5-6 days.
