I find this to be a handy size. I don't like the 2M product for its reliability so I use this for flour, sugar, etc. You can get a cup measure into this easily to measure out products.

Big fan of anything that will keep food longer, I've switched my pantry over to all of Zwilling's Cube items and love them!

Seldom stay sealed and one cracked almost on first use. Now I have to ask for support for an item that basically doesnt work. They need to address the manufacturing and or desing on this. Cannot their own people test these products for simple design failures like this BEFORE sending to market? I have about 10 of the CUBE design (and the plastic (non-glass) regular Fresh and Save all have seal issues where they lose seal over time - often within hours. The Glass are THE ONLY ones that stay sealed reliably - and sometimes then the lid fails - the large ones can crack if you allow the pump to seal all the way. I have invested much into there fresh and seal, very disappointed the QC.

ZWILLING Fresh & Save CUBE Container 3M, 3 Qt, Transparent-white I really want these to work but there is a quality control problem with the SEAL gasket. BASELINE - various 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 ounce glass canning jars with metal lids at sea level: It takes 5 seconds for the chamber to reach maximum vacuum -0.10 mPa (-29.53 HG). Then it continues to hold at maximum vacuum for additional 10 seconds before releasing. There have been no failures across hundreds of jars over the last 2 years. I do not expect the same performance as the canning jars but... I do expect these containers to HOLD their vacuum for long periods of time. MAX VACUUM THRESHOLD TEST (the CRACK test, 13 cannisters to start): -0.04 mPa (-11.81 HG) 1 Cannister FAILED, 6 random long cracks (did not shatter) -0.03 mPa (-8.86 HG) 1 Cannister FAILED, 3 random short cracks (did not shatter) -0.02 mPa (-5.91 HG) 11 Cannisters PASSED, no cracking after 24 hrs Conservative usable THRESHOLD established at -0.015 mPa (-4.41 HG) for all testing and usage from here on out. No cracking occurs from here on out. LID SEAL INTEGRITY TEST (of the remaining 11 cannisters): 4 unused canisters FAILED within 24 hours. 5 filled canisters FAILED within 25-72 hours. 2 filled canisters PASSED 21 days (have not failed yet). NOTE: Sometimes wiping the underside of nipple and lid rubber seal with a damp cloth will help temporarily. CONTENTS TRIED SO FAR: Cereal Wheat Crackers Buttery Crackers Matso Crackers Tortilla Chips Cassava Chips Jalapeno Crisps Snap Pea Crisps Pretzel Sticks Peanut Butter filled Pretzels Cookies Hard Coated, Chocolate Covered Peanuts

ZWILLING Fresh & Save CUBE Container 3M, 3 Qt, Transparent-white **************** I really wanted these to work but there is a quality control problem with the SEAL gasket **************** Testing BASELINE = various 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 ounce GLASS canning jars with metal lids at sea level; It takes 5 seconds for the chamber to reach maximum vacuum -0.10 mPa (-29.53 HG). Then it continues to hold at maximum vacuum for additional 10 seconds before releasing to ambient pressure. There have been no failures across hundreds of jars over the last 2 years **************** I do not expect the same performance as the canning jars but, I do expect these containers to HOLD their vacuum **************** MAX VACUUM THRESHOLD TEST (the CRACK test, 13 cannisters to start); -0.04 mPa (-11.81 HG) 1 Cannister FAILED, 6 random long cracks (did not shatter).... -0.03 mPa (-8.86 HG) 1 Cannister FAILED, 3 random short cracks (did not shatter).... -0.02 mPa (-5.91 HG) 11 Cannisters PASSED, no cracking after 24 hrs **************** Conservative usable THRESHOLD established at -0.015 mPa (-4.41 HG) for all testing and usage from here on out. No cracking occurs from here on out **************** LID SEAL INTEGRITY TEST (of the remaining 11 cannisters): 4 unused canisters FAILED within 24 hours.... 5 filled canisters FAILED within 25-72 hours.... 1 filled canister FAILED at 23 days.... 1 filled canister FAILED at 28 days **************** NOTE: Sometimes wiping the underside of nipple and lid rubber seal with a damp cloth will help temporarily **************** CONTENTS TRIED SO FAR: Cereal .... Wheat Crackers .... Buttery Crackers .... Matso Crackers .... Tortilla Chips, Cassava Chips .... Jalapeno Crisps .... Snap Pea Crisps .... Pretzel Sticks .... Peanut Butter filled Pretzels .... Cookies .... Hard Coated Chocolate Covered Peanuts **************** I use several OTHER Zwilling vacuum cannister models with NO failures **************** THIS 3 quart design does NOT work.... guaranteed FAILURE in less than a month.

I have this container and another container, and they both are great. Only issue is the cracks that i have gotten on both of them. Other than that, great product.

There's a design flaw. The use of the vacuum sealer eventually cracks the plastic. It took longer on this particular model than on one of the others, but we had to throw away food after it cracked during use and got shards of plastic in our food. Would not recommend the plastic version of these.

My third 3M container just cracked under vacuum the very first time I used it. The first two broke but I figured my cat had knocked the s off the shelf or my son had dropped them or something else accidentally occurred to damage them. So I’ve bought multiple replacements. Then today I heard and watched the container crack as I was using the vacuum sealer for the first time with a brand new, hand washed container that I even let sit out for a couple days after washing in case the heat of water had some impact on the rigidity of the plastic. Complete garbage. Waste of money and over priced.

I invested in a large amount of these things before taking the time to see if they are any good. I assumed the Zwilling name was enough, but not nowadays. It's as if they didn't go through any extensive testing as I would expect from this company. The seals DO NOT HOLD. Sometimes they do and other times they don't. I've gotten replacements and same thing. AND this particular size gets cracks. Some other sizes too and I have MANY. Very soon I will no longer be able to use it due to the cracks spreading. Seriously, NO TESTING WAS DONE ON THIS PRODUCT. I can't believe such a highly regarded company is making such trash. Do better Zwilling.

As a container it's pretty good but it won't hold a vacuum seal