Norpro Deluxe Stainless Steel Baster with Injector and Cleaning Brush 11" x 2" x 2"

Norpro Deluxe Stainless Steel Baster with Injector and Cleaning Brush 11" x 2" x 2" - Right out of the box I love the Baster. Tested with water and was happy with the suction power. The bulb is softer than I assumed it would be but it seals well onto the stainless steel tube end and the injector end connects easily. The cleaning brush works well. I expect many years of use with this product. I've used this several times now and am pleased with it. Holds a lot of drippings.

Well-made and useful.There are three main options when it comes to basters: Plastic, Glass or Metal. Plastics are cheap, and it's possible with most to see the fluid level, but they can be damaged by exposure to high temperatures (like accidentally resting on a hot metal rack) and the plastic can undergo deterioration over time. Glass is transparent, so it's easy to monitor the fluid level, and the heat-tolerant types of glass (Pyrex, Kimax, etc.) withstand high temperatures, but can still be shattered by sudden drastic changes in temperature shifts or impact with hard surfaces and is generally more expensive than plastic. Metal is opaque, so it is hard to judge how much liquid is in them except by weight and experience, and metal conducts heat much better even than glass, so you need to be careful not to touch the barrel when you're using them with oven-temperature liquid, but they are nearly indestructible unless you somehow manage to drop something very heavy on them.One issue they ALL share is that the bulb, the injector (if they have one) and the barrel are made of dissimilar materials with different rates of temperature-related expansion and contraction, so that ANY of them can leak at the point of connection. Metal in particular, because it conducts heat so well, can cause room-temperature air trapped above the liquid to heat rapidly and expand, forcing the liquid out through the tip. When basting with hot liquids, it is a good idea ALWAYS to "pump" the liquid in and out of the baster a few times to give the trapped air time to heat to the temperature of the liquid BEFORE removing the tip from the pan. And of course, NEVER invert the baster of allow hot liquid to enter the bulb in use, because (besides burning the hand holding the baster), that can cause an very unwelcome fountain of hot basting liquid that can even penetrate oven mitts and potholders.

Just received this yesterday. When I use it I will give a better review. It seems very well made.

I bought this is 2018, and I like that this is sturdy, hasn't rusted, and the baster is easy to clean. It gives me peace of mind not to worry about the effects of hot liquid on a plastic baster or chipping/breaking a glass one. I took off one star because the suction is so-so. It can be hard to pick up liquid when the level of liquid in my roasting pan is low & the baster dribbles as I'm using it. However, this metal baster is still the best baster I've found recently.

I bought this over the usual plastic baster solely because it was the only one on Amazon that would arrive in time for when I needed it. I was under quarantine and couldn't get to the store, which is why I bought one on Amazon.This baster does its job well. The suction was really good, better than plastic basters I've used before. I was using this to remove the rendered fat from a goose, which can be messy business. As long as I didn't tilt it to the side, I didn't have to worry about more than a few drips as I transferred to a container. If I did tilt the baster to the side, the liquid poured out, but all basters do that.Cleanup was easy, just pop the bulb off and hose it out. Though I just threw mine in the dishwasher, the bulb on a spine in the top rack and the metal part on a spine in the bottom rack. I didn't need the brush this time around, but it will be helpful scrubbing out anything that gets stuck on. Because the tube is metal, it can get really hot depending on what you're doing with it. Just be careful to touch only the bulb and not do what I did, which was repeatedly grabbing the middle of it when I picked it up, despite having done the same thing before with painful results.The only thing I would change about this is a cap for the marinade injector. I have it attached to the baster in storage, but I'd rather store it separately since the whole assembly is too long to fit in my utensil drawer. Without a cap, it's a stabby danger to any fingers rooting around in the utensil drawer.

I have had issues with plastic basters not holding the liquid unless the opening is higher than the bulb. This one works really well.

I ordered this to replace one of those 'bargain store' cheap plastic ones. I mainly use a baster to remove grease from things like meat loaf, etc. Even when I cleaned the plastic ones (I've had several) right away, it seemed like they never got completely clean. Not so with this one. I has the typical Norpro high quality construction, and is a breeze to operate. I have used it both with and without the screw-on needle, and it works either way. A hint: Using it without the needle works great while there is a large quantity of grease/liquid to suck up. Once one gets down to the dregs, screw the needle in and one is able to suck up almost all of the liquid. And cleaning is a snap. Rinsing with some hot water seems to just flush any liquids away that may be clinging to the metal.Although I have never used this to inject flavoring/seasoning into a roast or turkey, I believe it would work very well. The injection needle is very sharp, and the all metal construction means that there should be no problem piercing the meat so one's solution can be injected properly.And best of all - this only costs about twice as much as those cheap plastic basters, for a much higher quality device.

What a nice upgrade from my 30+ old baster.