Mumsnet is probably the only place I can have this rant.

[nevergoogle]

...but the fecking measurements have worn off my pyrex jug and is now fecking useless.

[oldenoughtowearpurple]

OMG. So do they leak if the numbers wear off?

Also: you use it often enough for the numbers to wear off???

[thisisyesterday]

they're useless aren't they?

i had one of my mum's ancient ones and she kept one herself. they were around 30 years old
the numbers NEVER wore off, even in the dishwasher.

sadly, we both managed to break them eventually and got new ones.
the numbers on my new one were wearing off after about a month

crappy

[BooBooGlass]

There is no perspective to be had. Rant away

[SecretNutellaFix]

Is it as useless as those plastic shitty ones now?

Might mean a trip to Wilkinsons?

[seb1]

It has served you well Go treat yourself

[Liluri]

mine has gone all cloudy

[BelleDameSansMerci]

Mine's done the same... I have to hold it up to the light and sort guess. It's crap. Plastic one is orange from all the beans cooked in the microwave and is a thing of ugliness but at least I can still bloody well measure in it.

[thisisyesterday]

see i worry about plastic ones as i use them in the microwave....

i need a really decent bog-standard glass one

[nevergoogle]

no, it doesn't leak. but all the measurements under 1 pint level have gone.

[nevergoogle]

arf at liluri.

[nevergoogle]

i'm not sure digital is the way to go.
does it need batteries?

[prettybird]

I had that happen to a jam thermometer I had :(

[edam]

do you need it for measuring dry goods or liquids? I have one of those old fashioned conical metal ones for rice/flour/sugar/lentils etc. etc. etc. which I love - so much easier and faster than weighing small amounts and the numbers don't wear off at all. My Mum still has hers from when she was first married 41 years ago!

[thisisyesterday]

yeah can't be doing with battery stuff. and it won't be able to go in the microwave either will it?

i was told to get a metal jam thermometer with the numbers engraved on....

[nevergoogle]

my jam is whatever temperature the fridge is

use it for liquids mostly. i need something that's indestructable.

[PacificWerewolf]

Sympathies.



I struggle with the same problem with glass baby bottles... They've only lasted 3 babies, pah!

[RiojaLover75]

Buy a Pampered Chef batter bowl! They don't have printed measurements, they are moulded in on the bowl when it's made so they can never rub off.

www.pamperedchef.co.uk/ordering/prod_details.tpc?prodId=1792&catId=123&parentCatId=123&outletSubCat=&viewAllOutlet=

I don't work for them I'm just a happy customer .

[BelleDameSansMerci]

never I think a jam thermometer is for when you're making it

I need something indestructable for liquids too...

[canyou]

I use my dds bottle , My defence is that it is a big decision buying a new jug and really can't be rushed.

[PacificWerewolf]

Oh, the PamperedChef jug looks good!
But does it have metric measurements as well?

[nevergoogle]

i know belledame , i was being facetious which is always a difficult concept to convey on here.

[BelleDameSansMerci]

I did wonder... I should have known better. I'm being very literal today.

[coatgate]

Once dropped a pyrex jug on a tiled floor and it shattered into a trillion pieces, a large one of which embedded itself in my DD's big toe. She was about 3 at the time. So much blood. I put a sock on it in the end to stop her dripping blood everywhere, then the sock became stuck to her foot when the blood dried so I had to stick her in the bath to soak it off.

Buy a new one.

[greenlotus]

I smashed my pyrex jug the other day.
so I guess my new one will be numberless soon.

None of these is as annoying as the Panasonic measuring jug for the breadmaker which is too small for most of the recipes, but you need the accurate divisions for 340ml of water etc.

Would this be OTT?

[greenlotus]

So true about trillion pieces, we have tiled floor too.