Get the PYREX with all caps. Got my 500 mL erlenmeyer flask and I'm never going back.
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And lifetime supply of chili pepper, cap'n cook?
Yo, I make breakfast with that thing. Crack a couple of eggs and put it right on the burner. Kinda hard to eat out of, though.
Cap'n say it's in
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/when-is-your-pyrex-not-the-pyrex-you-expect/
Basically pyrex spun out of Corning Glass, enshitified and use soda lime glass (shit) while Corning retained PYREX which is still high quality borosilicate glassware (often with a blueish tint).
That's not real pyrex. The real PYREX is printed in all capital letters.
Wait is pyrexhome.com a fake website? It looks so legit.
Edit: so apparently if the logo is lower case those are made by a licensed manufacturer and are made of soda-lime glass which has a blue tint. If the logo is in all upper case those are actually produced by Corning and are borosilicate glass which is clear.
Whichever one of those companies is the knockoff needs to get his s*** together and stop using the name Pyrex because it's confusing everybody.
And I can't remember which one, either the original or the knockoff will spontaneously shatter if you look at it wrong. Seems to me it would be the knockoff that would do that but I've been wrong before.
Find one where you can see the measurements when looking down at it. So much better.
Or, use European recipes so you can just weigh the water like normal people.
I just weigh the fluids.
Water is 1g per ml and most other things are close enough that I don't care.
I don't know if there's a name for it, but an increasing number of recipe writers are using only weight based measurements. This is super handy because you just have a scale, add ingredients, and just tare as you need. The measurements are also more accurate because, eg, flour can be compacted, so "1 cup of flour" could vary by a lot depending on how you measure it.
Salt is another example. A teaspoon of salt can be a very different amount depending on if you use fine salt, coarse salt or even flaky salt.
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Or by the bran content. Or by the protein content. Flour measurements in recipes are a lie..
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It's gonna suck when your recipe calls for dark matter. (Also, to scroll to the recipe you have to read the entire history of the universe.) Edit: missed a letter
To answer your question: I switched to Oxo brand and those are pretty solid.
I’m not sure about the specifics but I’m fairly certain that the Pyrex brand has taken a bit of a hit and quality like that with a change the chemical composition of their glassware a while back.
There's two types of pyrex actually. pyrex and PYREX (looks cooler on the logos): https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-the-difference-between-two-pyrex-types/
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My measurements nearly wore off, so I got a glass paint marker and redrew them. Problem solved for another 10 years.
Cambro. They are embossed with the graduations. They are made of food grade plastic. They are made for commercial kitchens and will outlast you. You can get them at any restaurant supply store
Mmm plastic+ food = cancer
But the good news is if our doctors catch our cancer early enough it's easily treatable 😄
Food grade plastic is still plastic and leaks.
Get French Pyrex (sold in Europe). It’s better glass and the print is baked into the glass.
Anchor Hocking Batter Bowl, 2 Quart Glass Mixing Bowl with embossed lines.
If this is too big then Anchor Hocking Triple Pour Glass Measuring Cup, 8 Oz Measuring Glass.
These are great options.. I have both. (Allthough toss the plastic lid on the second one. It's garbage.)
But buy these products anywhere other than Amazon. Bezos was there at the Trump inauguration along with all the other technofascist leaders. And even if you don't care about that, Amazon is terrible in so many other ways.
That's fair. I went to the "Where the Buy" section in the Anchor Hocking website. This is the list of the items on the website of each store.
2 Quart Batter Bowl:
Publix: Anchor Hocking Batter Bowl, 2 Quart
Menards: Anchor Hocking 2 Quart Glass Batter Bowl with Lid
Measuring Glass:
Publix: Anchor Hocking Measuring Glass, Triple Pour, 8 Ounce
Menards: Anchor Hocking 8 Ounce Triple Pour Measuring Cup with White Lid
Awesome, thanks for going to the effort of getting additional links.
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FWIW, I grabbed a Sharpie and retraced the lines. Do that maybe every 2-3 years. Not perfect by a long shot, but good enough for me.
I commented below, but better to group the ideas. You can also use a glass paint marker. Mine hasn't worn off at all in 3 years.
Cheap solution... Classico pasta sauce used to have measurements embossed (Is that the right word for glass?) on the side of the jars. My jars are kinda old, but it looks like they probably still do that but maybe only on certain sizes. The measurement lines and labels are a raised area that's functionally part of the glass. I've been using them for years and it should be nearly impossible for the measurement lines to wear or fade in any meaningful way.
Other brands of pasta sauce do this too, the Aldi brand definitely used to, looking online it seems relatively common. You can also just buy glass jars with embossed measurements on them, but it's cheaper to buy the pasta sauce jars and then you also have the bonus of having pasta sauce.
I've never seen this happen before. What are you washing your dishes with and how are you washing them?
Happened to me twice so far, once from a set of lower-p pyrex, and once from an Anchor Hoking set. Dishwasher, top rack, normal cycle.
I bought an aluminum measuring cup with embossed measuring lines from a dollar store.
Aluminium or stainless steel? I have some similar to these, and they just work:
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I have a Pyrex I have been using for at least 15 years, but I probably haven't used it much more than a dozen times a year.
How do you wash yours?
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- and has a spout made for pouring?
Each of our Pyrex sizes are woeful at pouring any viscosity of liquids.
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Duralex makes great ones! https://www.duralex.com/products/precisio-transparent-verre-doseur-mesureur-56-cl
I would just etch the glass while it can still be read then you're good forever
Etch Pyrex? Are you insane?
Do you literally want it to break?
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Ok, carry on..
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