Summary
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This disappointing measuring spoon set is marginally useful at best, due to shortcomings in the set's design that are not readily apparent from the product's description nor photograph.
This measuring spoon set has 3 major negative characteristics that far out-way the 7 positive, highly desirable characteristics.
Cons, Major
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* The scoop part of the spoon is made from a material that has a strong tendency to make powders stick to it; particularly fine grain powders. The spoons must be washed in-between uses to prevent one ingredient from contaminating the source of another ingredient (when ingredients are scooped from a container).
* The gap in the ring that holds the set together is much too large. The spoons often slip off the ring without being intentionally removed. This creates more cleaning work for the user if the spoon falls onto an unsanitary surface like the floor, or a cutting board that was recently used with raw meat.
* Leveling the contents of spherically shaped measuring spoons is quick and easy using a single hand, if the user pours the contents of the spoon into the center of the scoop, then gives the spoon a quick, brief, horizontal shake. In contrast, leveling the contents of this set's spoons with a single hand is quite problematic, due to the elongated shape of each spoons' scoop. When pouring powders into the scoop of this set's spoons, the powder can not automatically distribute evenly within the spoons' scoop; making the horizontal shake method of leveling the spoon highly ineffective at best.
Cons, Minor
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* As reviewer "moi surtout" mentioned, both the tablespoon and teaspoon are marked inside their scoops as "1". If one were to rely on the larger, more readable measurement markings inside the scoops as I initially did, discerning which was the teaspoon and which was the tablespoon was confusing due to the size of those scoops being rather similar when looking straight down on them. The identical measurement markings in the teaspoon and tablespoon scoops would be much less of a problem after one learned which color corresponded to which measuring spoon.
Pros
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* The thin, elongated spoon shape enables scooping ingredients directly from small containers like common spice jars.
* Measurement amounts will always be visible and never fade or wear-off like paint, due to measurement amounts being molded into 2 separate locations on each spoon. This characteristic also has the benefit of being potentially helpful to vision-impaired people.
* The spoons are well made from apparently durable materials.
* In the case of the "Trend Color Set" model I bought, the unique colors assigned to each spoon enable quick, correct identification of each measurement amount in the set without looking at the numbers molded into each spoon (assuming one repeatedly used the set to facilitate memorizing the color to measurement-amount correlation).
* Measurement amounts are indicated on each spoon in both Imperial and Metric units (Imperial is like "tablespoon", and Metric is like "ml" or "milliliters")
* The curved shape of the spoons' handles makes them very easy and natural to hold.
* The spoons work well with liquids.
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One thing I didn't realize about these is that they aren't white, but more of a very light beige. They look a little dirty next to my pristine white measuring cups from a different maker. They come on a plastic ring with a slot for removal, and they often slip off. I'd rather they were just on a normal closed ring. They nest into each other, provided you can keep them in order when they're always slipping off the ring.Measurements are easy to read on the handle; not sure why they felt it necessary to put them in the bowl of the spoon as well, since that just gets covered when you use it and makes it harder to clean. Also, both the tablespoon and teaspoon are marked inside as "1". What's the point? The inside is also textured, which makes no sense to me at all.
These work well enough but I will probably replace them with a better designed set in the future. They aren't that bad, but I probably wouldn't purchase anything else from this maker.
