Elementi Fermenting Weights Set of 4 - Easy Grip Glass Fermentation Weight for Wide Mouth Mason Jars, Pickling Kit, Glass Weights for Fermenting & Canning

This is the second style of airlock lids I have used. I think they require a little bit more maintenance than my other ones did, but one should be checking in on new ferments regularly anyway, so there is that. If you are like me and don't leave quite as much head room as one probably should, during those first few days of active fermenting the liquid from the jar may push up into the airlock and may overflow. Change the water when this happens and try to get the air bubbles out of the jar. There is water exchange between the ferment and the airlock in this condition, so you want to minimize it. I suppose using some saltwater in the airlock could be done for the first couple of days, but I have not bothered. I didn't have any great looking outer leaves on the cabbages I used for my sauerkraut a few days ago, so I didn't use one to hold the kraut down (I just used weights) and the neck of the airlock got clogged with little bits of cabbage. The good thing about this design is that it is super easy to rinse that out. Most importantly, all of the parts fit my wide mouth Ball mason jars (short and wide pints, quart and half-gallon sizes). The kit is easy to use. The airlock works. I have had no signs of mold in my kraut. I let my sauerkraut ferment on the counter for several weeks before moving it to the refrigerator. I use other lids and take the weights out at that point, so I have no comment on how the stoppers in the lids function. I like the design on the weights, but I do wish they were heavier to keep the cabbage down and let air instead of cabbage juice escape, but they work well enough.

These are great they've allowed me to begin fermenting they are from wide mouth jars I don't know if it says it anywhere but I missed that when ordering. The weights itself is a little awkward to get back out of the jar when you're done with it as it is chunky glass and depending on what you put in the jar it may wobble. The burp valve however is fantastic because you don't have to watch it you just add a little bit of water and let it do its thing and in a few days your stuff is ready

Gostei do produto, tem bom peso, uso para fermentação de vegetais

Looking forward to using the glass weights. Great quality and fair price.

These weights have been so handy. I have used them with fermenting my garden peppers, green and red, to make delicious hot sauces. I used them in my fermented sauerkraut too!