Customer Reviews

Norpro 600 Jar Lifter

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Even more than my new canner, I love this jar lifter! No more tongs and potential slippage and broken jars and hot liquid on my legs (never happened!) because this jar lifter is fool proof, accident proof. Just dip down into the boiling hot water with this gripper and grab a jar, take it to its settling place, then get the next jar. What more is there to say? Oh yes, I love my jar lifter!

I used just regular ol' tongs the first few times I canned marmalades and jams, and it was always torturous dealing with the boiling water and hot jars. Finally I splurged and bought this jar lifter. It has removed so much tension from the process of canning for me. Definitely a must have. Fits most jar sizes easily and effectively.

I was fueled by anger and blinded by rage when my Ball jar lifter's handles just fell off before I even had a chance to use them. There I stood, trying to break the failed device when it occurred to me, buy the Norpro jar lifter because they make quality canning tools. I think these are the bee's knees. You should buy them instead of burning your hands.

I've only used this for half pint jars, but I can't see why it wouldn't work for all sizes. They are nice and sturdy and did the job for me. I really like the comfortable handles. The material on the part of the lifter that grabs the jars kept my jars from slipping, it just held right on without me having to press hard (of course these were half pints). I wouldn't want to be without this lifter for canning.

Sturdy and useful. If you are canning without one of these, do yourself a favor and just get one. It makes the canning process much safer! You can pull your jars out of the boiling water and move them across the kitchen easily. It removes the risk of getting burned or dropping a jar full of boiling hot jam to shatter on the floor.

For those who can as an occasional hobby these will be perfect. However for a serious canning enthusiast something more sturdy would be in order.

PERFORMANCE NOTE:

I did find that the 1 qt. jars required some concentration to transfer out of the cooker. If the jar is not held perfectly up and down with moderate pressure in the jaws it will begin to slip.

A jar lifter is a must for anyone that does a decent amount of canning. However, the Norpro and lots of other models seem a little short for the task. If you're canning a small batch of half pint jars in a large stockpot (like 20 quarts), you are almost guaranteed to get burned by the steam while trying to remove the sterile jars from the pot. This does grip the jars securely. The plastic handles are pretty cheesy though. I'd love to see a new model that's longer and which uses silicone for the grips and handles so that the product can be run through the dishwasher safely (silicone if often heat resistant up to 600 degrees, which is a good idea since dishwashers often get hotter than your oven).

Bottom line: this is an adequate jar lifter that is almost identical to every other jar lifter I've seen.

If you can food, you know you need a safe, reliable way to remove those steaming bottles from boiling water. A regular tongs is too unreliable. This item is great. One can get a good grip on small and large canning jars, and know that you will not drop them. The rubberized tips are designed to mold around the canning jars and fit the necks nicely. The rubberized tips also keep the jars safely stowed in the jaws and the handle is long enough to extend into the boiling canning water without risk of burning oneself. This item should definitely be something you should consider.

This is a great tool. I have canned for 25 years without using a real jar lifter, but it was really nice to use this one and not have to worry about dropping my jar. Its heavy enough & has enough grip that I am happy with it.

Good Can holder for the price. Arrived very fast (2 days on Amazon Prime). The grips work well, and rotate at the handles.