bought for my daughter she loves it

This is the most versatile measuring cup and quickest to set. I really like this measuring cup. Well worth the money.

the size makes it unwieldy, at two cups you have this huge long tube that is hard to pour. also trying to get the right size is hard as it sticks and is difficult to slide

I read some of the reviews for this, and I was a little worried, but my fears were unfounded. This is an ideal size for most everything I do, and I use the smaller one (bought at the same time) for the rest. Very easy to clean, just turn the base when putting it back together to overcome the silicone rubber not wanting to slide on the clean plastic. Once it is started on, it goes back to working very well. This is a solid value for the use it gives me. I always hand wash this, so I have no idea how it does in the dishwasher.

great for things that do not flow, mayo- peanut butter

I had a Pampered Chef version of this measuring device. It lasted about 10 years. So I buy this type and I am impressed by it. I like the cover and how easy it is to measure cooking items. I prefer this one and the much lower price is a plus!

This tool makes baking so much easier every Christmas. It’s easy to clean, and the quality of it is good. Our old one broke so ordered a new one. All is great, but please don’t put the sticky adhesive gunk on the part that is used to push the food item thru. It takes so much effort to get it off before being able to use it.

This plunger-style measuring cup is perfectly suited for sticky, viscous, or goopy ingredients. It works stunningly well with butter, nut butters, and molasses, to name just a few. As a frequent baker, I've found continual use for it, and it keeps my more classic measuring cups from becoming filthy and needing cleaning during a recipe.All that said, this tool is operated by twisting and pulling the plunger out of the sheath. This works decently - but not exceptionally - well, as it isn't manufactured tightly enough to prevent you from tilting the sheath and messing up your measurement while working with particularly thick ingredients like peanut butter. You can overcome this minor design fault with careful attention, but it is a fault nonetheless.Overall, an excellent tool for any baker.

brilliant for sticky things such as honey

As much as I like to cook, I don't like cluttering up my kitchen with gadgets that don't earn their keep. This one does! there is no reason to keep around 50 different measuring cups when this one can do exactly what you need. It's very handy for liquids or dry ingredients, having 6 different measuring columns on the sides to measure either dry or liquid ingredients in cups, ounces or ml. The liquids conveniently have that extra grace section at the top so that you don't have to fill to the edge, as you do with the dry ingredients, such as flour. It is very easy to measure exact amounts you need in your cookbooks. Simply push up from the bottom and the ingredient is completely ejected just where you need it. You can measure as little as 1/8cp or as much as 2 cps. It's easy to clean it afterwards, too. Although it is dishwasher safe you wash it in the sink. You can get some water inside the plunger piece.Have overall had a great experience with this product.Pros: lots of different measurements, compact, easy to use, effective, keeps clutter from the kitchenCons: Although is dishwasher safe can get water trapped in plunger

Really good much better than using different jugs will measure dry and liquids accurate in cups ml pints very useful

I was tired of converting American measurements to metric so thought I'd give this a try. I've been using this for a couple of weeks with no problems measuring dry and wet ingredients (I bake a lot). Its simple to use, easy to clean and I haven't had the same problem as the other reviewer re. markings coming off.

update: i finally found the 'trump card' for this exact tool. I have NEVER been able to get just the right amount of waffle mix into a waffle iron. My new waffle iron calls for 1 '1/3 cups of mix so i decided to try this tool out for the job. It worked without flaw, i can't imagine a better way to pull off that chore; my older 'wonder cup' style was so hard to push compared to this it would be a struggle to actually empty. The batter was just the right texture that it didn't stick to the top of the plunger i didn't even have to scrape it off just push the plunger and go.add'l update; my first copy had a bad seal so amazon swapped it no-charge-for-shipping etc. sadly that won't get the feedback to the source very well but at least the second one will 'hold water' which the first didn't. It doesn't hold water great though.. a tiny bit will leak through the seal but i didn't buy it for water, apparently i bought it for making waffles! If i don't use it for anything else it will be worth it for me. (i love waffles)=====1) mine came with some labeling smeared as others have commented on; this is definitely a quality control issue; the label ink seems pretty solid, it's as if it was boxed up before the ink was dry.2) there is a flaw in the desgn that allows the wobble. there should be a set of 'ribs' on the plunger to keep it centered in the outer tube. a very simple fix: wrap an o-ring around the inner plunger so that there is a second place to hold the plunger centered. make sure it's not too tight. even better; put an array of tiny rubber stick-on feet around the inner-tube (i did 3-around about every inch) it makes the center piston stay perfecly centered with the added bonus that it also holds any position very well. basically it's a design correction to fix the biggest flaw. if i can figure out how to add a picture later i will. again, quality control issue. the design of the seal is fine, but mine has a flat spot from a mold release or somethihng where water will just dribble right on through.3) mine came with a faulty seal; it literally 'won't hold water'. since i have much better tools for measuring water-like liquids i think i'll be ok with that since the primary use i have for this tool is measuring brown sugar, i'm not sure if i'll be sending it back.4) dishwasher safe may not mean dishwasher friendly. i'm not sure there is any gain in running the plunger through the machine, but the exterier tube is a solid tube of polycarbonate or similar very strong plastic. as long as it doesn't rub violently around in the mashing to rub off the lettering it should be fine for a long time. I don't expect i'll be needing to run mine through the dw.5) precision. i did a simple test of measuring 1c of water and it was within 1 tsp accurate. that amount of error is definitely withing the error bars of me eyballing the meniscus of the water. i'm satisfied with that result.6) pouring ability. agreed it should have a spout! what up with that? you can pour fine if the receptical it's going into is big enough to commit to 100% pour but often you'd want to slowly pour it in; forget about that plan.7) star rating. i'd give it 3.5 because of the quality control issues that are apparent but i'm rounding up because the overall design is superior to the lower quality soft-plastic models like schmamered schmef design. I've used that one for years, it 'gets the job done' but this one is an infinite improvement in 'touch and feel'. the other design has a closed plunger for measuring liquids not relying on the seal but it's nearly impossible to read through the thick opaqe plastic.8) read the directions: people are pulling the seal off by pulling straight not twisting as it says in very clear lettering on the top of the disc. the static coefficient of friction of a rubber ring on polycarbonate under pressure is 'off scale' it *should* rip off the disc. it would be better if they made this more clear but they are serious do not pull w/o twisting.8a) you could surely re-glue should you pull it off; that part is well out of the way of touching your food so it won't be needed to use a 'food safe adhesive'.9) storage suggestion; you can avoid that problem by following one of these ideas: a) NEVER store completely closed; just like a syringe will pull the rubber boot right off if stored fully depressed, you can expect problems if the first motion is to PULL out the pluger. If you leave even a cm of space or make sure to PUSH the plunger out you will never put the 'tension' type of force on the part so you can't break it that way. b) as mentioned in 'a'; PUSH the plunger the first time you use it after storage even just for minutes; the seal will 'stick' to the outside wall. if stored 'open a little' you can push it closed first then pull & twist open or if stored fully closed, push on the black seal to get things moving. and c) to help keep the seal from wearing out prematurely *and* help avoid self-destruction, put the plunger in backwards or store separately (even better). They made a slight bevel on the BOTTOM of the tube and when the plunger is put in backwards, there is about 10% of the force on the seal. it greatly reduces the problems assosated with the seal being tight.I'm going to contact the company about the manufacturing defects on my copy and i will post a follow-up to see what they suggest in regard to my faulty model and i'll adjust my star score accordingly.-awr