Recommend your Pyrex set!

AKB090609

Hi, I usually only lurk on this board, but I'm hoping you ladies can recommend your favorite Pyrex sets. DH asked me the other day if I wanted to get rid of he plastic containers that we got in collage since they stink and are stained. I think I want to go with glass because it is so versatile and I'm hoping that it will be in sale Friday. Any sets you would recommend? Is there anything else I need to know before I purchase?

TIA 

margaret_howell

There are some on sale Friday. Target has a 16-pc set for $16. I think walmart has an 18-pc set for $18. I have 3 pyrex bowls that I got for my wedding shower and I love them. The lids are a plastic material but are microwave safe so you can reheat things in them.

dosafyre

I went with 2 18pc bowl sets (blue lids) and 3pc small square set. I've really like them...but wondering now if I should have gone with a nested bowl set (with lids) for even more uses...or maybe square shape for easier stacking?

Regardless, you really can't go wrong
They are wonderful for heating in (I don't heat the lids), and they've been perfect in the freezer.

daenikoffre

Ditto to pp. You can't go wrong at all. 

I will say though that the lids should not be heated. We don't heat our lids but after 3+ years only a few have cracked and only one to the point that it was unusable. The others are still okay, but I know I'll have to replace them soon enough. We have a small set and have been practically using them daily for about 3.5 years though, so they've had a good run!  

whatsnextnow

I asked for (and got) a pretty big set for Christmas last year.  There are 2 of every size.  I am a FTM to be, so we are still a family of two, and we always have enough of them.  My mom got them at JC Penney's and they were on sale for about $20 (I found the ad in a circular and asked her to buy them).

AKB090609

Thanks, I appreciate the advice!