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Pyrex in particular switched to a new type of glass that is miles worse than their old glass, to the point where the brand name now is a negative.
by alexb_ 3y ago
Pyrex in particular switched to a new type of glass that is miles worse than their old glass, to the point where the brand name now is a negative.
- kgwxd 3y agoThe awful noise they used to make when 2 pieces touched was the brand.
- theshrike79 3y agoThe (urban legend?) I heard was that they changed the formula so that Pyrex couldn't be used for drug manufacturing. They still handle all temperatures a home chef will ever need, but a drug operation will reach the limits and the glass breaks.
- wavefunction 3y agoDefinitely an urban legend. Heat and narcotic substances do not mix very well beyond the barest threshold of baking temperatures.
- jbay808 3y agoThey do not handle the rapid temperature differentials a home chef often encounters when they aren't careful enough. Especially when they are expecting the resilience of borosilicate glass.
- katbyte 3y agothe new formula was cheaper to make. think thats all you really need to know
- katbyte 3y agounless you are in the EU, pyrex glass from there is still the good stuff
- neilv 3y agoUp until a few he Pyrex brand consumer food storage containers seemed to be this other glass (soda lime?, with the bluegreen if you looking into the edge). Then, a few years ago, they seemed to switch essentially the same SKUs to a third glass (whitish looking into the edge) in slightly different glass forms, and slightly different lid fit). (I don't think they were counterfeit.)