Customer Reviews

Anchor Hocking Heavy-Base 15-Ounce Iced-Tea Glasses, Set of 12

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

My wife and I have been looking for some good, simple, sturdy glasses for a while, and we decided on these because of the simple design, clear glass, heavy base, and good size (15 oz). I was a bit nervous about having glasses shipped, but because of their excellent customer service I know that Amazon would replace any broken ones.

The glassed arrived very well packed in a thick cardboard box with good dividers between glasses. All of the glasses arrived fine, without any damage at all. Each glass had a bar code sticker on the bottom, but they all came off in the dishwasher.

The glasses themselves are very sturdy, hold the perfect amount of liquid, and have a simple & elegant design that we really like. The base is weighted, but I would not call them heavy.

Overall I feel these are an excellent value - 12 high quality glasses for a very reasonable price. If you are looking for a set of glasses I recommend that you give these a try.

I sent these back because they were so poor quality. They looked as if approximately 1/3 of them were seconds. Many of the rims had noticeable imperfections, I guess where they poured the glass. One of the glasses was also cracked. Fortunately Amazon was good as always and took them back.

We bought these glasses to replace some glasses that lasted for more than 12 years. In less than three months seven of them have broken. They are very fragile. Several have broken in the dish washer, just from standard washing cycles. Others have broken by being bumped up against other glasses in the cupboard. It isn't that we are rough on them, because we treat them the same we we treated our other glasses which lasted for years.

These are great! They ended up being a little bigger than I expected (I suppose I have no concept of size with glasses online) but they are perfect for everyday drinking needs. Sturdy. The quality is not impeccable, but for the price they are fantastic!

I got these, pulled them out of the box, and put them in the dishwasher. I figured they looked fine at first glance, so why beak out the inspection mirror. As I removed the first one from the dishwasher, I noticed on the lip was an area much thicker than the rest of the rim, as I pulled out the rest 9 out of 12 had this same flaw. Now I realize they were not expensive, but this was not some flaw missed by an inspector, these were rejects and I don't remember seeing that in the description. By the way, I also bought some smaller ones in the same order from Amazon and they had the same flaw. Very disappointed my Amazon friends, it makes me wonder about ordering more expensive items.

I purchased this set and have been using it for less than a month. Out of 12 tumblers 6 have broken. These were not dropped..they break during normal washing (hand washing - no dishwasher). Unless you are particularly fond of picking up broken glass or really really enjoy getting deep cuts on your hand(s) stitched, I wouldn't buy these!

Time owned: 1 month
Summary: fair quality with some annoyances.
Should you buy: probably not.

I've got to warn you, I'm going to be a bit critical here. I can see a lot of people love these glasses but for me they weren't so great.

Typically we buy our glasses at Ikea. The quality is good and the price is nice.

However, with gas prices being what they are, and Ikea not being very close, we decided to try these glasses. Given the fact that there is no shipping charge (I'm with prime) and no taxes, we felt the price was reasonable.

The good:
1) They work as intended.
2) They feel durable without feeling "heavy".

The bad:
1) Each glass has a UPC sticker that has to be removed. This wastes a little of your time. Its disappointing that they aren't packaged to be sold as a set, you'd think Amazon's selling power would allow this. Sure, other glasses might have this too but I wasn't expecting it since these were sold as a set.

2) The glasses do not fit in the top rack of our dishwasher. Too tall! Never expected this to be a problem, because I've been using a dishwasher for my whole life with countless styles of glasses. Of course, if you hand wash everything, then it doesn't really matter. And, your dishwasher may vary. But this is about my experience, and it happened to me.

3) My wife felt that the design was cheap, it doesn't really look like it does in the picture. When you look at the side there are "ripples" coming up from the bottom. This is partially a visual effect created by the way the glass was formed, but it was really unwanted by my wife. It doesn't have the "clean design" kind of look shown in the picture.

So, we're disappointed. Keeping them, because its not worth returning them ... they DO work.

Would no't have picked them out if we saw them in a store.

Very Nice Simple Glasses.
Obviously not very showy, but still classical.
Good Size & Weight, cheap, and reasonably sturdy.

You might have a little trouble cleaning the bottom of them if you don't have a dishwasher or small hands; but this can easily be overcome.

Bought these on amazon last april and were down to about 5 glasses after 4 months. Every other washing in the dishwasher one of these glasses will break. We even thought that there might have been a fluke with the batch so we bought another set and these too are on their way out.

OK, it is a great price, but within 1 week of using them, we had 3 broken glasses. 1 year later we have 3 left! They are made super thin and they break at the slightest thing! Save your money