Made 1.0-Quart Round Storage and Measuring Container, Gray w Yellow Rim

This arrived with other items I had ordered. The box was sealed with tape. This came WITHOUT A LID. This is useless.

I bought this on a whim. Cute canister, and definitely nice to have a built-in measuring cup. Would definitely like to see other measuring cup options and maybe slightly bigger canisters. I'm glad I just bought a single to try out. Not sure what I would do for the 3-piece set.

Use for oatmeal and stone cut oats and it is very easy to use.

For years, I didn't understand why people had those jars containing dry kitchen staples when the products come packaged, mainly because I didn't spend a lot of time cooking. Then, I got older and experienced packages tipping over, not resealing properly and generally being inconvenient to scoop or pour things out of, in addition to the bulk items I bought and brought home in clear produce bags needing better containers than sadly plopped on a surface. I got by on snap-on glass storage containers and upcycled plastic takeout containers because I refused to buy those clamp-on storage canisters. The combo of laziness and hatred of extra stuff will make one do that.This one is different. IT COMES WITH THE ABILITY TO MEASURE AND DISPENSE!!! That is so ingenious. Why create more things to wash when I won't need a measuring cup? I have a dishwasher these day but still don't like to create excess things to wash - old habits die slowly. And, because I don't like to cross-contaminate dry goods, I'd have to use the 1/2 cup twice to get 1 cup if I already used the 1 cup, then continue doing fractions if I needed more items measured because I don't keep multiple sets of measuring cups. (No, washing them to reuse immediately won't work because I won't risk moisture contaminating my dry goods.) If I had multiples of these, I won't need to count the fractional scoops.The canister also comes with its tare weight (265g/0.58lb, in case you're curious). Instead of those clear produce bags, you can take these canisters to spare the plastic bags. The scoopers used for bulk items fit and pour into this canister easily. I can't guarantee your grocery stores know how to tare though.There's a little window at the bottom to see what's inside, but you can use a grease pencil on the outside to write what's inside. The inventors really thought of everything.The seal is quite good. To test, I put water inside, and only a few drops fell out. Most food storage canisters aren't truly airtight anyway.It's dishwasher-safe! Everything can be taken apart for thorough cleaning. Like all plastic products, only the top rack is recommended. However, if you have a more modern dishwasher without the exposed heating coil at the bottom, you should be able to use the bottom rack, which is good because its body is 8" tall and may be too high for your top rack or middle rack for those with a third cutlery rack.I love this container's concept, but there are some issues. The biggest one being it's really difficult to turn the canister 180-degrees to let the dry goods flow out, with some extra force needed at 90-degrees. With more use, the turning may become easier, though that may mean the seal may not be as good. It's unrealistic to expect a perfect seal without multiple revolutions/turns, which would make the design of this product unnecessarily complex. For now, I leave it in the unsealed setting, which is still better than a rolled-up bag of barley or clear grocery bags closed with a twistie tie.If you need precise measurements, using this to measure out won't work. You should get a measuring cup and level off properly.The tare weight is printed on the canister. With repeated washing, I don't know if the writing would disappear. I doubt this would be a problem within the initial many years of use because you probably wouldn't wash this that often.This next issue won't make sense unless you have the canister in front of you, but the direction for disassembly skips one step. To remove the lid from the colored portion, the lid has to be opened at 90-degree position to pop out easily.I prefer a bit less sealing power to allow easier turning because I'm going to leave it turned in the open position. Btw, "open" position doesn't mean the container stays open - there's a clear flip lid which remains closed. It's the turning mechanism which almost seals the contents. The turning is particularly toughest at the 90-degree/quarter point. The other issues are very minor and doesn't affect the rating.The purpose of this canister is to measure out quickly without the hassle of looking for measuring cups. As long as you have reasonable expectations from a product designed for that purpose, you should be satisfied.**********************************************EDITED TO ADD on October 18th, 2016:I still like the container but would limit its use to products that aren't so powdery or prone to get stuck on a surface. For instance, when I tried with nutritional yeast, the powdery residue/remnants remained on the outside of the dispensing area. I'm sure I'll get better at using it for such products with practice, but it may be an issue if you're a neat-freak. Basically, something like quinoa works better than nutritional yeast.The inside turning mechanism is still stiff, but then I just leave it in the open position with the lid closed. I'm not storing biohazardous items.If you need to dispense more than 1/2 cup quickly, it'll be faster to use a regular container with a measuring cup because it takes a bit to "load" the container via gravity.Be sure to hold down the lid when you're dispensing as a precautionary measure so nothing falls out accidentally.

I dont think these are worth it. Great idea but not good constuction. Broke twice returned and then was subject to a restocking fee. Really???

I didn't quite understand how the measuring lid worked, so it turns out the device isn't quite as useful as I'd expected. You place the dry food--like rolled oats or steal cut oats--into the storage container. You press the lid on (as in, not a screw-on lid) with a notch on the lid aligned with the slot on the container. To get the goods out, you rotate the lid a quarter turn (to half open it) or half turn (to fully open it). However, the opening takes up less than one-half of the top, so something like whole almonds is about as big as will pour through the opening. The food product will also need to pour easily, so things like sticky dried fruit won't work well. Anyway, you turn the container upside down to fill the lid (some shaking may be required to move the food into the lid). You look at the measuring lines on the lid to know when to stop or to shake some of the food back into the container. Then you open the swivel lid like on a bin, and the food falls out. The lid opens a limited amount because the back part swivels down to close off the lid from the rest of the container. This works fairly well.The lid is marked for 1/2 cup, 1/4 cup, and 1/8 cup. Unfortunately, the 1/2 cup marker is actually less than a full 1/2 cup. A true 1/2 cup is closer to the hinge on the lid. So...if the lid doesn't even measure correctly, what's the point of having this fancy lid? The 1/4 cup and 1/8 cup appear to be correct. They suggest taking this to a health food store and filling it directly from the bulk bins. They even give the tare weight of the container: my kitchen scale confirmed that it weighs 265g when empty. This wouldn't be allowed at either health food food in my area. Nice idea, though. The container works well and seems well-made, but I'm left wondering exactly what to use it for.The advertising on the container says that it stores 4.5 cups of food, is shatter proof, dishwasher safe, BPA free, and 100% recyclable.