Pyroflam Borosilicate Clear Glass Steamer Basket, 20cm, White

Hi, this item is of excellent manufacture! It is durable, it enables you to steam heat a vast variety of foods and produces perfectly steam-heated food every time. The only issue I would have is that is it mildly irritating to clean afterwards especially if you have not cleaned it or put it into soak in hot water with washing up liquid immediately. Which is what you must do! If you don't sometimes some of the food residue can stick to the holes and the rim and is hard to remove. As long as you look after this item and do not drop it on your tile floor it will last you for years!

I’d bought one of these as part of a Pyrex set with white saucepan and lid - as seen in the photo, some years ago, but it wasn’t enough to steam all the veg etc. I’d been looking for a non-plastic/ non-electric steamer that was hygienic .. but no luck. So when I saw these glass baskets on Amazon I was very pleased. I bought one but then realised I could use them with my stainless steel saucepans as well as the glass one. I first bought. The glass is quite thick and robust and it cooks food through very evenly and quickly. I now have 4 total . I don’t know if they sell the glass lids separately, but the stainless steel lids fitted perfectly. Now I can have 1 pan with 1-4 baskets or 2 pans with 1-2 baskets etc depending on what I’m steaming. Really effective and hygienic. They don’t smell once you’ve washed them unlike plastic which smells of old greens forever even after one use. You can hand wash or clean in the dishwasher. And they stack on my pan in the pantry for storage so don’t take up extra space. You can use an inner dish if you’re steaming fish, peas etc and as you can see in the phot,o, they’re quite deep. I’m very pleased - they’re just what I wanted, environmentally friendly, and a healthy effective way to cook vegetables ad fish etc as well as warming food up if, like me, you’re not into microwaving. You can also defrost food on a low flame . A very useful all round steamer.

This is one of the best purchase I have ever made! This product for this price sounds like a gift to me:) I used different steamers for many years, since I got this one I felt the difference! No more metalic flavour of the food, I can cook and leave it there for the night, reheat it the next day and have lunch. It is easy to wash it also :) Great!

I always like glass cookwares. So when I saw that this is actually a thing, I went to order it right away. Thing is heavy, but feels quality. I don't use a dishwasher. I find this slippery to clean, so need to be extra careful with that one. While it looks big, the space is actually wanting as the glass is thick. Still, I am happy with this product.

I like the size of this steamer as it fits quite a lot of vegetables and it fits and works perfectly for my medium sized pot. It's also pretty easy to clean which is important for me.

This is the third steamer of this type that I’ve bought so that I can keep vegetables separate. They fit together well and fit on my pan. The food tastes great in them. I have got a pressure cooker but I use these steamers to cook separate vegetables because some, like carrots, take longer and it would be a bit of a faff with a pressure cooker to let it depressurise and then tepressure it again. It’s also easier with these steamers to judge when the food is ready.

This is perfect for steaming your veg. Nice quality. So much easier than using a separate steamer . Simply put on top of the pan with the potatoes/rice or whatever and then cover with the pans lid. So easy!

for some reason it takes ages to cook things compared to other steamers...

Bellissima pentola per la cottura a vapore. Ne ho acquistato due impilabili in sostituzione di altre due pentole che avevamo in plastica dura. Queste sono in vetro di ottima fattura. La cottura delle verdure al vapore viene buonissima. Sono sinceramente colpito dalla qualità del prodotto. Lo consiglio vivamente.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this PYREX steamer. I paid a lot for shipping from England but it was totally worth it - was even worth the weeks of shipping time! No where else can I find a borosilicate glass steamer like this one made in France. Here's the difference between European / French Pyrex and American Pyrex: Note: Pyrex in America is a totally different company from the European / French PYREX company! The brand in America is lower case: "pyrex®" in America - but the European company uses the upper case "PYREX®" trademark. The French factory uses Borosilicate Glass - which has awesome thermal shock resistance. It is what used to be used in the old days here in the USA too. Borosilicate is not going to "blow up" in your face unexpectedly. The factory where this stuff can be made is very very specialized - the heating processes are astonishing. The US Pyrex is currently made from ordinary soda lime glass - which is cheaper to make - the factory requirements are not as intense - but if soda lime glass is exposed to rapid changes in heat or cold it may eventually shatter. Sadly, the European PYREX isn't allowed to directly sell their products in America -- so we were stuck with soda lime only -- until a few resellers took up the challenge of offering these great products. So don't be shocked by high shipping prices or long shipping times - it's shipping from across the Atlantic, not from a warehouse down the street. Worth the hassle for me.

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Love it, but wish there was an obvious pyrex that these worked with. I have bought and returned more than I can count. For now I am using a round, white corning ware that is an ok fit. But definitely not perfect.

Vor diesen Einsätzen habe ich zwei Topf-Kombinationen mit Dämpfer-Einsatz ausprobiert. Anders als bei den Töpfen sind die Einsätze von Pyroflam komplett dicht. Sie rutschen zwar in meinem Topf leicht hin und her. Doch das hat schlicht damit zu tun, dass sie in jeden Topf mit einem Durchmesser von 20 cm passen sollen und es ein wenig Spielraum geben soll. Da aber der Rand über dem Einsatz sehr breit ist, dichtet dieser 100%ig ab (zumindest bei mir und meinem Schulte-Ufer-Topf). Und genau das war es, was ich auch wollte. Die Einsätze sind äußerst stabil und robust. Sie erwecken nicht den Eindruck, als würden sie bei einem Anstoßen gleich brechen. Dass das Gargut zu sehen ist, ist ein für mich angenehmer Nebeneffekt . Zudem passen zwei (oder mehr) davon sehr gut übereinander bzw. ineinander, sodass ich auf mehreren Ebenen dünsten kann. BPA-frei ist der Einsatz auch, ebenso auch frei von allen anderen Giftstoffen, die von Kunststoff ausgehen. Und der Clou: Der Einsatz bekommt keinen Flugrost im Geschirrspüler *zwinker* Ich kann den Einsatz wärmstens empfehlen.