reusable canning lids

[k15n1]

I was just looking at prices of one-time-use lids and tattler lids... they both cost a lot. 10 to 20 cents for the throw-away type and 60 cents or more for tattler.

Tattler lids look like a food-safe plastic lid and a food-safe rubber ring. How hard can that be to fake? It'll be easy to know if it doesnt work, right? If the vacuum holds, it worked.

Has anyone else thought about this?

 

[FarmerJamie]

Search the kitchen gadgets section - they've been discussed on and off for a while. http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=10153

 

[sufficientforme]

Honestly NO, food safety is not something I am willing to risk, especially with my family. I received mine on a super sale (200 for 80 something) occasionally they send you coupon codes when you friend them on facebook for 10% off also.

 

[k15n1]

Search the kitchen gadgets section - they've been discussed on and off for a while. http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=10153

Yeah, that's just comments about the tattler product. I was reading about the process of tightening the lids after taking the jars out of the canner... made me think the process was less magical than the usual lids. Then I realized that food-grade high-temp plastic and rubber is available. You just have to cut them into circles

 

[moolie]

Tattler lids actually aren't flat--they have a rim that goes down into the jar a bit on the lower side, not sure how to describe it. There are lots of videos of people canning with them on youtube that show what they really look like. Not something you can just whip up from a flat sheet of something.

That said, I'm really glad that I have over 100 old school glass lids for my Canadian Gem and Jewel jars, and that they still make rubber rings for them...

 

[k15n1]

Wow. Neat-O.

 

[k15n1]

Stumbled onto food-grade RTV, which I think is how the one-time-use lids are made. It costs about 5 $/oz from McMaster-Carr. I don't know how many lids per oz, though. And I guess you'd have to scrape the old stuff off... Seems like a lot of work. Maybe those Tattler lids aren't so expensive, after all.

 

[Farmfresh]

Use a tattler 3 times and it has paid for itself. I have done that in one season with some lids.

 

[k15n1]

Anyone heard of Little Survival Shop? I've never heard of the place before, so I'm a little nervous about buying there. Anyone?

http://www.shop.littlesurvivalshop.com/Tattler-REGULAR-REUSABLE-canning-lids-CASE-TTRC-1000.htm

 

[k15n1]

Here's another place that sells by the case:

http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/store/index.php/shop.html

Anyone ordered from this establishment?