Caroline S

Have any of you used these lids? I ordered some (a lot) because they are reusable. To me it always seemed a shame to toss the used lids in the trash. And, a couple of years ago lids were in short supply.

In answer to source questions link is below.
http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

I think I originally saw them advertised in Mother Earth News a couple of years ago. They are not cheap but niether are the throw away lids if you have to buy new each year.

jbud2

Where did you find them? Did you use them yet? I agree about throwing the old lids - a lot of waste.

Quilter7x

I haven't heard of them before, but don't like throwing away the lids either after just one use.

bkb

Please tell us where you found these

bstock

Has anyone used these?

Central Ohio Quilter

I have never heard of them before, but I sure would be interested! I also hate throwing away the one-use lids!

bkb

i looked up their site and it won't save any $$

Caroline S

I am looking at long term use. I have many "antique" canning jars that have the glass lids and use rubber sealing rings that came from my grandmother. Yes the reusable lids are expensive, but what would be the consequences if the metal lids were no longer available?

sewmuchmore

This is awesome, I do cann some so I am going to check them out. Thank you for the site :thumbup:

redkimba

I asked on one of my homestead lists - this is the basic response: They work great. BUT - There's a little
trick to them, after you take the jars out of the canner you need to screw the bands down tight until the jars cool. They don't "ping" like the metal lids.

I will try some of these. I want to learn canning this year. :)