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Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

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Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

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Post by SifJar »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #21
h2odragon wrote: post #2

Take a well known, respected brand; remove all the things that made it respected, sell shoddy replacements instead (and throw the name at everything else it might stick to); and when you've milked it dry, walk away from the debts. I wish I could still easily buy real borosillicate glassware.

Are modern instant pots actually shoddy? I haven't looked at the legal documents but maybe the problem is making a product that is durable and doesn't need replacement resulting in no recurring sales. Edit: I bought my instant pot after the buyout and it seems great and as if it will last another 10 or 20 years

They were referring to Pyrex when talking about "shoddy replacements", not Instant Pot (although they didn't specify this in their comment, so confusion is very understandable).

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

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Post by clairity »

Jaepa wrote: post #16
h2odragon wrote: post #2

Take a well known, respected brand; remove all the things that made it respected, sell shoddy replacements instead (and throw the name at everything else it might stick to); and when you've milked it dry, walk away from the debts. I wish I could still easily buy real borosillicate glassware.

You can still buy borosilicate Pyrex. PYREX (uppercased) is still made borosilicate, where pyrex(or Pyrex) is not.

thanks for that tip, i have PYREX measuring cups bought over 20 years ago that are still going strong, but this is good to know if i ever need to replace them with the same quality product.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

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Post by martin8412 »

Jaepa wrote: post #16
h2odragon wrote: post #2

Take a well known, respected brand; remove all the things that made it respected, sell shoddy replacements instead (and throw the name at everything else it might stick to); and when you've milked it dry, walk away from the debts. I wish I could still easily buy real borosillicate glassware.

You can still buy borosilicate Pyrex. PYREX (uppercased) is still made borosilicate, where pyrex(or Pyrex) is not.

Yup.. If I go search for Pyrex on Amazon Spain, I find the real borosilicate stuff made in France since 1922. They never decided to cheap out on the materials.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

#54

Post by h2odragon »

SifJar wrote: post #51
s1artibartfast wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are modern instant pots actually shoddy? I haven't looked at the legal documents but maybe the problem is making a product that is durable and doesn't need replacement resulting in no recurring sales. Edit: I bought my instant pot after the buyout and it seems great and as if it will last another 10 or 20 years

They were referring to Pyrex when talking about "shoddy replacements", not Instant Pot (although they didn't specify this in their comment, so confusion is very understandable).

Very much so. NFI what "instant pot" is; i suspect it bears little resemblance to "instant coffee". I miss the "visions" cookware tho.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

#55

Post by neaden »

h2odragon wrote: post #54
SifJar wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were referring to Pyrex when talking about "shoddy replacements", not Instant Pot (although they didn't specify this in their comment, so confusion is very understandable).

Very much so. NFI what "instant pot" is; i suspect it bears little resemblance to "instant coffee". I miss the "visions" cookware tho.

It's an electric pressure cooker with some additional features. Pretty handy.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

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Post by InitialLastName »

vrosas wrote: post #14
Mistletoe wrote: post #5

I don’t see how they managed to mess this up. The entire world bought an Instant Pot a few years ago when they were all the rage on Reddit, etc. We bought my brother one for a gift.

Mine’s main purpose is dealing with dinner when I forgot to defrost something the night before. Besides that it collects dust. I know it can do more but I view it as a machine that does everything ok and nothing perfect.

Mine makes perfect oatmeal for my family every morning, and makes stews/slow-cooks meat for a few dinners/week during the winter.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

#57

Post by deepsun »

reassembled wrote: post #38

I don’t know what we’d do without the InstantPot. We literally have this thing going every night making veggies, beans and lentils, soups, and stews for the family. It really takes a ton of stress out of mealtimes, particularly with a toddler in the house. Even before we had a kid we were using the thing constantly, and telling all of our friends and family to buy one. Our first Instant Pot unit had a faulty pressure…

Asia had multi-cookers for a long time, for some reason US audience isn't yet "disrupted" with those.

It's basically the same, but without handing high pressure, which makes them much lighter, simpler, easier (just a simple click-in lid).

High temperature destroys many vitamins and useful nutritions, it's only makes sense when you need to cook something ASAP. Other than that it's healthier to go slower.

Re: Instant Pot and Pyrex Maker Instant Brands Files for Bankruptcy

#58

Post by c-hendricks »

Jaepa wrote: post #16
h2odragon wrote: post #2

Take a well known, respected brand; remove all the things that made it respected, sell shoddy replacements instead (and throw the name at everything else it might stick to); and when you've milked it dry, walk away from the debts. I wish I could still easily buy real borosillicate glassware.

You can still buy borosilicate Pyrex. PYREX (uppercased) is still made borosilicate, where pyrex(or Pyrex) is not.

I don't think it's this easy for people in America: https://lifehacker.com/that-viral-pyrex-brand-hack-is-horses...
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