Customer Reviews

Prodyne A-845 Acrylic 20 Bottle Spice Rack

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is a very good rack system - as of this writing, I've owed two for about 7 years, and recently bought a third. I like their capacity, and their cap-forward space efficiency, and that they can hung side by side or one atop the other.

MINOR NITS & TIPS:
* BOTTLE SIZE: Because the bottles that come with it are slightly shorter than full size, they often can't accept an entire refill from a supermarket bottle, resulting in a drawer full of partial leftovers.

* CLEANING: Take a tip from someone who's owned a pair of these for a while - resist the urge to mount them too close to your stove. Instead, mount them near your prep areas instead, and preferrably even further away from the stove than that. Why ? Because they collect airborne grease and oil. At least once a month I had to laboriously clean the exterior of all the bottles and the rack, to stay on top of the tacky/hazy buildup.

* DESIGN: I wish, in addition to the feet `nubs' this unit already has, that the backside of the unit had spacer nubs as well. Why ? Well, after being on my kitchen wall (drywall covered w/semi-gloss paint) for 7 years, when I went to move, I discovered that their smooth backsides had become stuck to the painted wall ... I had to pry them off with a long blade spatula, and they still came away with large chunks of paint (which I then had to scrape off with a razor scraper and a scouring pad). Another improvement would be if the manufacturer also included clear lexan dust covers for the sides (which are open and thus let in airborne dirt and grease).

* RACK SIZE: I wish the company made racks larger than 20. It'd also be nice of they'd come up with a modular & expandable version that could lay down in a drawer - that'd also help with the cleaning problem mentioned above.

Despite these nits, this is still a very good rack system - well above average. Recommended.

I asked my boyfriend for some spice racks for Christmas to accommodate the 50+ spices, herbs and seasoning mixes I have littering my kitchen counter. He bought me two of these, and spent a couple of hours setting it up for me - cleaning and drying the bottles, filling them and labeling them. I love how much you can fit in it and plan to expand my collection with more sets of these. My only complaint is that the bottles are rather small (they fill with just over 1/4 cup apiece), so we had several original bottles of spice/herb with about 1/2 - 1/3 filled with leftovers. The bottles comfortably fit small McCormick spices though, with headroom. I wish this spice rack came in a larger size so I could simply use the original spice bottles that I have, and simply switch to buying bagged spices to fill the empty bottles that came with this set. Aside from having leftovers that I'll have to make sure to check through before buying new spices when I run out, I am happy with the end result. One great thing about this set is that it's vertically organized, so it leaves plenty of space around it.

It really is a nice spice rack. We were't fans of the original labels, so we bought some printable sticker paper and printed the names with some pictures of what the spice looks like in the background. It looks great. We also have run it through the dishwasher with no problems. We searched for hours on the internet for something similar and this was right on the money.

I ordered this item from Australia, unable to find anything I liked locally in store or online. Everything was country style wood or poor quality stainless/plastic. I was so pleased with the quality of this item when it arrived. The rack is very thick, nicely finished acrylic. The bottles are glass with nice quality white caps + shaker attachments inside. I had planned on putting this inside my cupboard but it was nice enough to make the bench-top! Easily passes for a design store piece provided you dont use the included (ugly) labels. Looks better affixing a simply label to the glass and just peering in the top to find what you want. Like most spice bottles they dont fit a teaspoon but a 1/2 teaspoon measuring spoon fits comfortably. No problems with the dishwasher either. I had to pay a further $25 in shipping to get this item to Australia and it was easily worth it. Highly recommended!

I purchased this set after looking for months for a vertical set up that has at least 15 bottles or spaces for bottles and that could be sat on our counter top. This works perfectly as its got 20 bottles, sturdy, simple construction, and took only minutes after washing to put all my spices into them and apply the labels. It looks great on my kitchen counter, and could later be mounted to a wall if I wanted.

As another reviewer pointed out, the bottles won't quite hold a full standard bottle from the store, but that's a minor detail, especially if you use a lot of something. Also, the bottle openings are big enough to stick most measuring spoon sizes inside to scoop out spices; those spoons that are too large can easily be filled by popping off the shaker top with a fingernail and tipping it out into the spoon.

The more I look at and use this spice rack, the more I love it. One of my best purchases of the year, easily.

Seriously, this rack is everything I had hoped for when I ordered it. I guess it doesn't take much to make me happy, but it really made a world of difference in my cupboard. I almost ordered 2 racks, but found that one will do for now. The rack is acrylic but the jars are glass and I love this. Although I haven't mounted it to the wall, it will not topple over because it's so sturdy. I listened to another reviewer and didn't want to put it over my range because of the gunk that I'd have to wipe off. There is a sufficient amount of labels, enough blank ones to write my own. Very satisfied!

I recently bought this spice rack last Christmas as gift for my cousin who loves to cook. I feel as though it's a quality product (heavy duty acrylic) for the price. She is very happy with it and is super excited to be able to organize all her favorite spices and have them all in one convenient place in the kitchen!

Bought two of these. Love the spice racks; exactly as pictured. Very sturdy. Design lets you customize if you want by sliding a piece of plastic or paper or foam behind jars to decorate. I change with the seasons/holidays. When the spices racks were delivered, there was one broken jar and one broken lid. We emailed Prodyne, and they said they would send us two new spice jars. We received them within a couple of days. Very prompt service. Very impressed with their customer service as well as the product. Would definitely recommend.

I have ordered 3 of these spice racks. Two of them arrived with the bottom of the front panel not glued completely. Rather than go through the hassel of returning for replacements we just re-glued along the bottom of the panel. This appears to be a manufacturing problem, since they came from two different suppliers via Amazon.

I bought two of these to hold my spices and am debating on another. The racks fit on the wall behind my kitchen to garage door, an unused space perfect for these. I buy all my spices at health food stores, so the empty jars were what I needed.I have all my spices labeled on the tops and have them in alphabetical order, so I can grab what I need quickly. Get this is your tight on space.it works!