Authentic Tattler E-Z Seal Reusable Canning Lids - Wide Mouth - 1 Dozen (12)

Great product, reusable, strong, seals great, worth the price

I'm half way through the first use of these lids. I bought them because the regular lids are a rip off at current post pandemic prices. If I can get 4 uses out of these reusable lids they'll have been worth the expense. I'm using them to pressure can chicken meat primarily. I'll use them to can mackerel once I get my lazy butt on a hungry school again. Canned meat is easy and delicious. The family loves the convenience of canned chicken breast, perfectly salted and ready for salad, sandwiches, casseroles, or eat it with a fork and share some with the dog. Affordable, easy, delicious.I'll have to print a storage rack for them between uses.

I couldn't get these lids to seal. I could have been doing it wrong though.

I have since purchased these in the larger amounts.I was caught up in the canning supply chain issues of the pandemic and through some research I found these lids.They are easy to use, but I do recommend you read their directions thoroughly because there are a few differences in techniques.Also, the website says the white lids can be used indefinitely but the rubber gaskets should be used up to 6 or 7 times. It has been suggested to mark on the gasket with a Sharpie marker the each time you use it to help keep track, so this is what I do. It works well.I have had a few failures but it has been because of wrong headspace and not cleaning the rim proboerly, so it has been more user error and NOT the product.These kids have become my goto and I love them.

6-month Update: the trick I do now is to rinse the lid and seal and well as rub the rim of the glass with some water on my index finger. Getting any impurities off the sealing surface and creating a preliminary cohesion seal with the water really helps. These are now fairly indispensable for me.These were promising at first, but now I am getting 50% or more failure rates. Followed their directions to a T. It shouldn’t be so difficult. Anyways, I Can’t really recommend these…seems like they left the design room a bit prematurely.