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P. Smith
November 20, 2022
Seem To Be Well Made And Are Serviceable
I purchased this set of strainers a little over a month ago so I can't vouch for the long-term durability at this point. They do seem to be very well made. I will come back and edit my comment if there are ANY issues during the first year. The first thing I did was run all 3 of them through my dishwasher on the sanitize cycle. They came out perfectly. I like the feet on these. My older one had a solid base which blocked water from draining out of the sink when I was washing off produce. I kept having to lift it up to drain the running water.I did notice a comment about the outside surface being too rough. Perhaps they received a defective set. The inside surface is smooth as silk. The outside surface is slightly less smooth but it's fine and not even worth mentioning. I'm sure the holes where punched from the inside out but the outside surface is smoothed down. The sizes are extremely convenient. I wasn't sure I'd need all three sizes but now I'm so glad I decided to choose this set. The smallest one is great for rinsing single servings of berries etc. I even use it to rinse capers before adding to recipes to reduce the salt content. The middle size and largest size strainers are perfect for everyday use such as straining pasta, rinsing fresh produce, a strainer for collecting veggie cuttings when cleaning them to cook such as peels from potatoes, carrots, and apples. When I make dinner I keep a strainer in the sink to collect scraps like that for the compost bucket on the back porch.I'm extremely happy with my purchase. I have them hanging on the side of my cabinet next to the sink because I'm using all of them constantly, but they can also be stacked and put away. As always with Prime items, if I'm not happy with them or something goes wrong, I can return them for a refund but I have a strong feeling these will last me a very long time.I highly recommend these to anyone who needs a new strainer. You think you need just one until you have this set and discover how handy it is to have all three sizes.
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Goldmoons Tavern
December 03, 2018
I'm very pleased with my purchase.
I made an excellent decision.1. These take up very little space, which is great, because I don't have very much space to place them. They nest well.2. I got them because I wanted to be able to strain rice or very small particles of food without losing any/much down the drain. I've always been unhappy when my pasta slipped through the strainer holes of my previous strainer.3. The surfaces of my set are very smooth, so cook pasta, which can be quite sticky, does not get stuck to the inner walls of these strainers before they've drained and I've poured the contents back into the pot.4. They are light weight.5. They are sturdy.6. They are easy to clean & when hand drying them, the cloth doesn't get snagged anywhere on these.7. Each one came packaged in it's own plastic sleeve, which I appreciate, as it is protecting my product and when/if I need to store them for moving, I will keep the nice streamline box and plastic sleeves that they came in and repackage them.8. They are stable. Meaning, they don't knock over easily. You don't want run away pasta or other foods clogging your sinks drain.9. The feet are tall enough to do their job of keeping the strainers out of the liquid passing through them, yet streamline enough to allow for nesting.For a family of 3, I usually only need to use the smallest one for preparing pasta or vegetables. For a family of 5, such as when my Mom and Nana visit us, I use the next size up to strain pasta and we still have enough pasta left over for another 3 people. I rarely ever use the largest one, but it's winter, so I suspect that I'll be using the largest one much more often for retrieving and rinsing vegetables I get from the garden. I have attempted successfully to steam veggies in the smallest strainer, but I probably won't do that again as I had to use a pot much wider than I normally would have had to use, because of the handles. Also, I don't remember seeing that as a function of these.There are only 2 things that would/could make this set better:1. If the handles collapsed to the sides (and/or pivoted upward to be used as steamer handles) of each strainer for an even more streamline effect.2. If at least the smallest strainer was capable of straining quinoa or other similar seeds, that would increase it's functionality. That would mean that I could rinse seeds with this set too and wouldn't need another separate kitchen gadget to do it. Such as mesh sieves.Just some thoughts for the designer. :-)
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