Customer Reviews

CorningWare Simply Lite Glass Bakeware - 10pc

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I purchased this set at Sam's Club for under $35. I just wanted good-quality food storage containers with glass lids, primarily for use in the refrigerator and microwave oven.

Good thing I found that deal, because the 2- and 3-qt. rectangular casseroles do not have glass lids. I don't know why CorningWare has chosen not to include glass lids for these 2 casseroles, but it's royally annoying. I'm not impressed with the plastic lids. They don't look like they're going to last long, and I'm not sure they're not going to get stained. I don't even know if the plastic is PBA free. For these reasons, I only want the glass lids... another reason not to pay full price for this set.

On the plus side:
**CorningWare advertises that all CorningWare® oven bakeware products (including metallic banded French White® products) can be used in conventional, convection, toaster and microwave ovens; and in the refrigerator, freezer and dishwasher.
**CorningWare Simply Lite is made in the USA.
**Unlike stoneware, vitrelle glass can be soaked.
**Vitrelle glass is lightweight; looks and feels just like Corelle Livingware dinnerware.
**I like the design and fit of the glass lids.
**The casseroles and lids are easy to store.
**The solid white color goes with anything.

Prior reviews must have been by CorningWare employees.

1) Product photos cleverly "suggest" they stack inside one another. They do not.

2) For some reason only 2 of 4 sizes come with glass lids - all 4 do have plastic lids.

3) Unlike another review, I do NOT have Arthritis and find it very difficult to remove plastic lids; especially when dish comes out for the refrigerator. Look at the photo and ask how you would hold the dish as you pry-up on lid-removal TAB? The rounded bottom makes this an interesting task.

Love this product. So much more light than other bakeware. Easier to pick up and use with the arthritis in my hands.

I also purchased the CorningWare Simply Lite Bakeware set, I love it and am hoping Costco will get more in so I may pick up another one. I have had my Corelle dishes since my daughter was 6 and she is now 32, I still have the full set and they still look great.

light weight, oven safe and microwave safe! In the microwave the handles don't get hot. Only glass touching the food (the bottom) gets hot. Beats microwaving plastic. See through covers are a plus! Love these!

I have the typical strength of a male, 6'2", 200#'s, with no arthritis.

Poorly designed lids.

It's not a matter of strength. I've been putting to tops on to store some waldorf salad. It takes me a minimum of a minute to remove the lid (from any corner). Now that not may sound like a long time, but take a container and make believe you are trying to open it, and do it for a minute. Unbelievable.

Useful for the microwave, freezing batches of soups, stews, baked goods then re-heating individual servings as as needed. Ideal for heating frozen foods which come in plastic containers to lessen the amount of plastic you ingest, but here is where the full set of glass lids are missed. Original "French White" Corningware was made of a similar pyro-ceramic but is much studier. For years now, the French White by Corning has been manufactured overseas and is only made of glazed stoneware. I use original 1980's p-ceramic vintage for freezing individual servings, but avoid the stoneware sold by Corning. Be aware that while this stuff seems sturdy it will probably behave like Corelle and unless they have invented some new process, then it is more likely to break when hot, and also over time with accumulated shock. The light weight and stain resistant surface make clean up by hand with Tuffy nylon balls a breeze. Holds up well to dishwasher.

I bought these as I have other CorningWare products (Visions, Corning French in Black, and Vintage Corning) and I absolutely love my Visions. I did not realize that these have a few limitations as they are not as durable. After receiving and reading booklet, I was a bit disappointed but I decided keep. There is a risk of breakage due to sudden temperature change. I like Corningware because you can go from one extreme to other, but with these you cannot. They are nice and light, and I know I can utilize in a different fashion than usual. So when purchasing, just keep in mind that these are not your usual CorningWare.

I bought a similar set at Macy's. The containers are light and they work well in microwave and regular ovens. But I'm really disappointed with the quality of the plastic lids:

1. The get scratched very easily. I didn't use anything rough to wipe them, only kitchen towels, and still I see scratch marks on them.

2. They get stained easily. I put one of the lids in the dishwasher along with some dishes that had spaghetti sauce on them. The lid came out badly stained.

3. The lids do not easily come off of the containers. You're supposed to pull up the corner piece of the lid to take it off, but mot of the times it doesn't come right off. You're screwed if you have hot, soupy or saucy food in the container because there's no way to take the lid off without burning your hands or spilling what's inside.

I am a fan of corningware and corelle products for lot of reasons. The traditional pyroceram dishes and the french white line of dishes are nice but pretty heavy for somebody who has joint pains or wrist problems. This item is a life savor for such people because it is very light. It also occupies less space as they do stack very well as compared to other dishes. If you carefully see the box and the instruction paper, you can learn to stack them well, including the lids!

The only reason why I did not give a five star is that I wish, apart from the white color which they currently have, they could also have some tiny designs/ prints so that they can look more pretty and also match with other corningware/ corelle items. Also there are pyrex glass lids for only two dishes and the other two have only plastic lids. May be they could sell them separately too.

This product is very well priced too on Amazon. BTW, some locations of Sam's Club sell this item even less than Amazon (about $38 approx). However, they are soon going to discontinue this product. Thats what one of their store managers told me.