Glass Jelly Jars with Lids and Bands, Set of 12 (4 Oz) - Regular Mouth (Other Sizes and Designs Available)

I can jelly and jam regularly. I decided to give these a try and was disappointed for two reasons:1. One of the 12 cracked when boiled. Good mason jars are built to withstand boiling and extreme temperatures. I haven't had this problem w Ball jars.2. Four of the 12 didn't vacuum seal properly. Good mason jars always seal properly. I used these alongside Ball jars and all of Ball jars sealed just fine.Basically, 5 of the 12 jars were worthless. So if you're canning, don't take this risk! I'm sure they're fine for a small arts and crafts project but even then be careful - the lid doesn't always seal properly.For what it's worth, these jars are made in China. They don't feel as sturdy as other mason jars.

These Empire Jelly Jars are not suitable for water bath canning. They are good looking and could be used for non-perishable products. Although I am new to canning, it was oblivious that these jars would not take a seal. The sealing rings on many of the jars would not even screw down properly. Only 4 of the 12 jars sealed properly. At the same time I canned some of my jam with Ball brand jars and only had one poorly sealed jar. The Empire jars were made in China while the Ball jars were made in the USA.

I've used these twice for sous vide and one cracked while sitting in 172 degree water. All the other jars are fine so far.

I love the design of the jars and I bought two packages for my homemade flavored compound butters that I'm making for Christmas. They hold a whole stick of butter (4 oz./0.5 c.). I bought these for the sweet flavored butters. When I picked up the box from our doorstep, I heard something rattle and immediately knew I'd find broken glass inside. There was a thing bubble wrap layer around them, but I expected more since I had four boxes of canning jars. I expected to see "fragile" on the box too, but it was nowhere. Thankfully, it was only one jar that was broken. I would normally ask for replacement or reimbursement but seeing was only one I'm not concerned where as if it were half or all of the box. The glass is thick and good quality.

There jars are very pretty and look lovely on the table. I am making individual desserts in the jars which allows me to serve many choices on Christmas. I also made a holiday Christmas jelly for individual gifts at the table for a ladies dinner table which was earlier this week. They were a great hit and I expect to order more in the future.

These are very cute jars, I like the wavy lines which is why I chose them to can some cranberries for friends as gifts. Only a third of them worked for canning. I ended up buying plastic screw on tops and use them for small storage in the fridge.

This jar was so cute but the screw on lids don't fit properly with the thread of the jar. Close but not quite right. Some of them will actually pop off the jar when screwing them on. I tried to use them anyway and I've lost several jars while sealing to the lids popping up and leaking.

The lids would not screw on to several of the jars - seemed they were either too big or too small, felt like the screw tops were stripped. To give as gifts, I ended up putting jam in pint jars, processing, cooling and then when set, putting into the little jars - with real Ball lids and the caveat to all receivers that the jam needed refrigerated. Will NEVER buy again - Ball or Kerr is the only way to go.