Rubbermaid Premier Food Storage Container Sets
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rubbermaid Premier Food Storage Container Sets
Customer Review: Now BPA free!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was ready to order these storage containers, before I read the reviews about BPA. I am so glad that I decided to do my own research!
Rubbermaid has responded to issue of BPA by reformulating their product. As of March 2010, Rubbermaid's Premier line is BPA free!
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I'm so happy because the BPA was the only thing stopping from ordering this product.
Customer Review: Overreaction to health concerns about BPA in plastics
Summary: 4 Stars
I initially came here to get some feedback from others about the new set of Rubbermaid Premier containers I've purchased recently. In playing around with them before actual use, opening/closing, etc., I've noticed that the seal doesn't seem to be very tight or strong. I am able to open and close the lids with almost too much ease. My fear is that these containers will leak liquids too easily, especially as time goes by as (perhaps) the lids loosen from wear.
Unfortunately, this question hasn't been addressed by anyone yet, not in any depth anyway.
Since I didn't get the answer I was hoping for here, I went and sealed some water into a few of the containers, shaking them, turning each container upside down and rotating them around. Apart from a slow 'single drip at a time' leak on one side of one single container held upside down, every other container I tried did a reasonably admirable job locking in liquids. Certainly better than the apparent lack of tightness of the seal on my set might suggest.
Again, things could loosen up over time, but with these containers passing this initial liquid "vigorous upside down and sideways shaking" test, coupled with the other aspects that reviewers here have been raving about (lack of staining, storage efficiency, etc.), I'm going to keep them.
One final but important point, related to my review title. Reading the user reviews prior to mine, there has been some concern raised about the chemical composition of the plastics used in these containers. After doing some further research, including both the pro/con arguments on this issue, I've settled on the viewpoint reflected in the sources I've linked below. In short, I think the user reviewers here have dramatically overblown the dangers. It's understandable. It's nearly impossible for the average person to navigate the murky waters of science, public health and the politics of science and public health, which tends to distort reasonable analysis of these issues.
Check out the sources below and decide for yourself if you think the "DANGER! DANGER! .. toss them out!" recommendations are warranted here (DON'T worry, short reads and not too difficult to understand!):
http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1659/pub_detail.asp
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1178620835386.htm
Note that the following one has been cited a couple times by another user reviewer here to justify his fear. Does a careful contextual reading of this information lead you to draw the same conclusion?:
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/media/questions/sya-bpa.cfm#2
Customer Review: The Premier is BpA free
Summary: 5 Stars
I was concerned about buying these after reading Dave from Portland's review. However, as indicated in the Rubbermaid web site, "We recently introduced a new version of our stain-resistant Premier food storage containers that is BPA-free. This version of Premier has a BPA-free stamp on the bottom of the container, differentiating it from the earlier version." So, no need to worry about that now.Customer Review: Unwelcomed Christmas Gift
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a Christmas gift we wished we hadn't received. My aunt mail us these filled with all sorts of snacks but thanks to all the BPA news (thanks Dave from Portland for great review) these are going to storage room, destined to hold nails, picture holders, and stuff like that.Customer Review: review of reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
I have reviwed the various reviews about this product. Almost all negative comments, not surprisingly, come from the "left coast." When one purchases a product from Rubbermaid, he/she will receive plastic or "rubber" in the product. Get over it guys! (especially "Dave.")
Get into your "plastic-free auto" after you leave your "plastic-free home" and go to your "plastic-free work site" and bemoan your Rubbermaid storage containers. Get a life!...a REAL life.
This product is excellent in every way.
Bob, Mokena, il.