OXOGood Grips POP Square Food Storage Container, Small Square Lid, Short - .9 Qt

Our kitchen units are crammed with cylindrical containers of all sorts of ingredients, and I finally decided to get irked by the waste of space that cylinders represent in the great scheme of things, all that space wasted with a circular cross section that could be taken up with foodstuffs!These have gently rounded corners and slightly tapering sides, but just enough to get a grip on them without wasting precious cubic centimetres. Yes, our old cupboards are not huge, and we really don't like things cluttering the worktops, especially storage things.I thought that the press down button atop each container was to create a slight vacuum effect in the container, but it is actually just to push the black silicone seal on the lid outward to seal the container. It's a neat system, but it remains to be see how this works out for durability (so I've not rated durability yet).The heights of the various containers are well worked out (at least for our cupboards) to fit into typical shelves while leaving a bit of headroom to make things easier to take out. It's worth measuring to see whether your units will work well with them. Having the slight taper top to bottom, and the slightly rounded corners really helps make them easy to pick out from a set, and we've already noticed that we're getting better quantities of stuff like pasta and rice stored.They're a doddle to clean as well. We wash new storage containers by habit, so that was the first thing we noticed. Again the rounded corners meant nothing could hide, and the lid was simple to clean too, although it needs to be separated into two components to wash and dry properly - it does this with a simple twist before separating the two parts. I'm not too keen on things that need a bit of simple disassembly to do something routine like cleaning, especially things that can break fairly easily, so I'm hoping that they shouldn't need regular washing out. With dry foodstuffs this should be the case.It doesn't affect the star rating, but the slick smoothness might make them "interesting" to pick up with wet hands, something we don't do much anyway. If that's a problem then Oxo might need to make silicone grip bands or some handy invention like that, which slides up the taper of the container until it fits tightly - but that's just the inventor in me speaking. They're good out of the box, let's see how they stand up to some torture!

I love these containers – they’re pleasing to the eye, easy to use and the clear plastic provides an excellent view of the contents. I had slight reservations when I bought them because of the feedback from a customer stating that they’re not airtight as a water test had proved them not to be. Also someone said that biscuits had gone soft and another said that they’re not bug proof. However, I was reassured by the wealth of wonderful feedback and I assumed that those who weren’t happy had received rare faulty ones. I tested them myself with water and couldn’t understand how they can be airtight and not watertight (not that I intended to store liquids in them as I understand that they are not intended for this purpose) – surely, I thought, if water can seep in and leak out of the containers through the seal then they can’t be airtight. I Googled this query and didn’t get a definitive answer. I contacted Oxo with this query and am now reassured that they are hermetically sealed so, as long as the containers are stored in an upright position then they are airtight. Problem solved – thank you OXO – not that I would have parted with them even if they had proved not to be airtight.

I am a big fan of the OXO good grips containers since picking one up from the states a while back. I have started to amass a collection now and I am slowly replacing all of my other "tupperware" type containers.This unit is quite large; my best way to describe it would be to imagine fitting around 8 oranges inside it. These boxes also are made of a hard plastic, unlike other food containers which are a little flexible; these have no bend in them.The lid is genius, and very easy to operate. Just one push gets it airtight and the button doubles as a handle to remove the lid. No longer do you have to attempt to squeeze a lid into a tiny groove which seems too small! It also comes apart easily to be cleaned. Food stays fresh and biscuits stay crunchy.My only "con" would be that they are a little more expensive than a normal food tub, but you can see this is a far superior product, and you get what you pay for.They stack nicely and I will eventually have a beautifully organised pantry. I would definitely recommend.

LOVE THIS CONTAINER but the lid broke randomly and has now put the entire container out of business in the kitchen. I have other sizes from the pop container collection and they look very nice and clean cut in the kitchen. I store my dog's food in it. I guess we will have to try and reach out to OXO regarding the broken top though. If they don't supply replacements, I might have to come back and change this review. If they do, I'll also come back and change the review (if you catch what I am saying..)

Before buying, a few common sense things I'd like to point out before continuing the review that i have seen people complain about in the reviews. 1. I recommend measuring out the space you plan to store it in with the dimensions provided on the containers page because its very big. 2. If you absolutely, positively need a container that will be 100% air tight no matter what, don't get this...its a plastic quick release kitchen container...it's not a miracle. It can store dry foods and cereal pretty way. I myself use it for pasta and spaghetti storage as its tall enough for that. It's a ridged enough solid container, but once again, don't expect to drop it on the floor when it's full of stuff and expect it to not get cracked, treat it like any piece of kitchenware, with respect, honestly this review is just a response to the negative reviews this product gets that I didn't think it deserved, people seem to think it can do everything lol.