Rubbermaid 7J72 Easy Find Lid Square 14-Cup Food Storage Container
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rubbermaid 7J72 Easy Find Lid Square 14-Cup Food Storage Container
Customer Review: Great containers that take up a lot less room than mismatched junk.
Summary: 4 Stars
Almost everyone I know has a kitchen cabinet with a pile of mismatched containers and a bucket of lids. We had one too. Now we don't.
I decided to toss almost all of what we had and replace it with these Rubbermaid containers in a variety of sizes.
THE PROS:
--Two or three different container sizes will use the same lid, so there are fewer lid sizes to keep track of. And all containers that use the same lid will easily nest inside each other.
--They have been in the microwave and top rack of the dishwasher several times now, and they still look new. Time will tell how they hold up.
--The lids snap very firmly onto the containers. No way these things are popping open or leaking.
--I avoid using plastic to store foods with tomato sauce, because they tend to stain. I decided to try one of these with some, and after storing spaghetti overnight, then holding it while it heated up in the microwave, the container cleaned up perfectly. So they are at least more stain-resistant than the cheap GladWare containers and the like. But I will still avoid doing this too often.
THE CONS:
--The lids have a deep crevice and are hard to dry. I prefer to dry stuff immediately and put it away. These I have taken to just putting in the dishrack and letting air-dry. Getting a towel edge down into that crevice is tedious work when there are more than a couple of lids to dry.
--It's hard to get a lid or container bottom to snap onto a tall stack of the lids.
Between these two nitpicks, I docked them one star. But they are still fantastic containers.
TIP: If you're going to buy a lot of these to revamp your kitchen like I did, buy the 24-piece sets to build up your collection of the smaller containers. This set has equal numbers of all sizes. All the other sets have way too many of the smaller containers and only a couple of the medium-large ones. The very large ones aren't in any sets, except maybe one thrown in with a huge set of mostly tiny ones. So you'll have to buy the larger ones a-la-carte.
Customer Review: Does it's job, but you still have a lid
Summary: 3 Stars
Well made, dishwasher safe - top rack, lids fit well, but despite clicking on the bottom you still have a lid to mess with. It's not the complete solution, but it does what it says it will do.