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Anchor Hocking is apparently still at year zero in their technical mastery of the pitcher.
As human beings, we've had the luxury of the noble pitcher for a few thousand years now. It's a pretty simple device; you put liquid into it, and later pour that very same liquid out and into another container. It's also fairly complete as far a technology goes. I mean, really, what else is left to improve upon? Unless you are Anchor Hocking. In which case, you have successfully been reversing all of the progress humanity has made in the creation of the pitcher.
Liquids are supposed to pour out of a pitcher, not spill out as it does with the Bistro Glass Pitcher. It's as though this pitcher has just returned all numb from having it's wisdom teeth removed and cannot feel it's liffs.
This Bistro Glass Pitcher pitcher spills when pouring fast and it spills when pouring slow. So you'll need to have a towel ready during the pour in order to clean the pitcher, the counter top, and the floor (or basically whatever is below the pitcher when you pour). You'll also need to clean the little rectangle of sticky goop on the refrigerator shelf that will be left behind from the bottom of the pitcher if you neglect to thoroughly clean it after each pour.
I won't be returning this worthless Bistro Glass Pitcher. The cost of this pitcher is below my financial pain threshold compared with the pain of packing up a glass bottle for safe return, then coupled with the pain of a trip to the post office. Instead I'll toss it in the recycling. Hard. Maybe a more capable manufacturer will be rewarded with the remains of the Anchor Hocking pitcher and actually create something worthwhile.
I will bitterly buy a replacement, and you can be assured it will not come from the thoroughly disappointing and astoundingly design inept Anchor Hocking. I'm still amazed that after thousands of years of making pitchers, humanity has a such a disappointment as Anchor Hocking. Of course I may be wrong about Anchor Hocking being design inept. It's also possible that they simply do not care about making a product that works.
For the record, I have been adeptly pouring liquid from various containers for many years, including milk from glass bottles delivered to my door when I was a kid. I'm certain that my skill with pouring liquid has kept pace with the technology that Anchor Hocking fails so miserably at executing.
December 2014 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase