Kitchen wire-bail containers with silicone rubber seals

[jcinpa]

I came across a couple of nice, reasonably-priced and attractive glazed pottery containers with wire bail tops and translucent white silicone rubber seals. So far I have only used mason jars, and I know most pipe humidor jars are no good.
How about these, anyone used anything like it? This is not a photo of the pieces I found, but it is similar. The seals feel flexible and this kind of material tends not to dry out like old red rubber seals. Thoughts? It's a second hand shop and I can go get them later, I wanted to see what you thought first.

 

[jcinpa]

Sorry for the two posts. The gaskets look like this stuff.
This is not intended for aging, but for storing my every day smoke stuff. Thanks!

 

[grizzly86]

I think it would probably be fine.

 

[crpntr1]

Perfect, I have a couple similar ones

 

[hobie1dog]

Works great for normal daily use, highly recommended.

 

[jcinpa]

Cool! They had several sizes. I will get a couple and post a photo later. Looks like the seals are replaceable, too, which makes me feel good.
Thanks, guys!

 

[mluyckx]

+1 with Hobie and Chris. I've got three, they work great for the stuff you intend to smoke regularly.

 

[nobail]

With the others, bleached the interior and washed the seals from three I bought used, and they are great for storage.

 

[mrenglish]

I had Stonehaven sit in one for ten years and it was fine. They are what I use for tobaccos that I smoke regularly.

 

[mluyckx]

You gonna get that Teddy Bear design ? Looks really good on you :rofl:

 

[crpntr1]

If you can get Teddy bears with cowboy hats, I'm in!

 

[jcinpa]

No teddy bears. :lol: That was an Internet photo I found. Got them at lunch today.

No bleach, I'm not that anal. I gave them a good washing with hot water and dishsoap, including the seals. Loaded the small one with some MacBaren Vanilla Cream.

 

[crpntr1]

Man..I was getting excited too

 

[crpntr1]

The ones I have are clear shatterproof..ie plastic

 

[cigrmaster]

I use the clear plastic ones with those silicone seals for long term and short term and they work great.

 

[mluyckx]

Oooohhh... fruit logos ! Is there a Strawberry and a Grape aromatic you could put in there :rofl:
I found some plain white ones a while back, ran them through the dishwasher on sanitize, they work great. I like the clear that Chris is referring to.. would make it easier to see what's in there and how much is left.

 

[shawn]

If you have a Goodwill near by check them out. They often have items like this for 2$ - 4$.

 

[crpntr1]

The one on the left is the first one I got, I liked it so I got 2 more half size. It holds around 16 oz easily

 

[mrenglish]

Amazon also sells the rubber seals by themselves. If you have a Container Store near you, they also sell just the seals.

 

[photoman13]

Not fealing the fruit print but the shape of those are pretty tight.