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Best place for new jar lids #7974525
10/18/23 07:40 PM
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I'd like to buy a couple hundred narrow and wide mouth jar lids. Ideally name brand, I've had bad luck with off brands not sealing. Ebay is generally the cheapest, but I thought it's worth double checking Tman before I pull the trigger.


Originally Posted by Ole Hawkeye
Pat, as usual, you are right....

Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974564
10/18/23 08:12 PM
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Walmart here has tons of them.Ball jars and lids and rings.


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Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: upstateNY] #7974594
10/18/23 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by upstateNY
Walmart here has tons of them.Ball jars and lids and rings.

That's where we get ours.

Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974637
10/18/23 08:57 PM
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Sorry , but IMHO good canning lids are a thing of the past.
Years ago , I was looking on E BAY for AA 941 canners.
Actually looking for any old National canners , or parts( gaskets) for them.
Ran across lids for sale .
Ball lids , the ones with the plaid for wide mouth lids and the fruit on white lids for regular jars.
I saw the price of lids going up, so did some checking into the lids.
At that time the boxes for 12 lids were running around 89 cents to $ 1 .39 .
Figured they were running close to 10 cents each.
Saw an ad that had them in bulk , around 4 cents each, but had to buy 500 @ a time.
This was when canning was making a come back.
Ball changed the thickness of their lids and went with a plain or just Ball on the lids.
The rubber sealant was also less than before.
I guess someone got very large qualities of the discontinued lids, and sold them in bulk.
Only got 1,000 of the regular lids , but got 4,000 of the wide mouth.
Gave my daughter 500 of the regular lids and 1,000 of the wide mouth.
Am very glad I got them , as they can be reused more than once.
Also the pint and a half jars are wide mouth.
Love those jars .
Maybe my kids will sell them cheap , when I'm gone , but my kids are set for life.
As long as the lids are kept in a cool dry place , they can last longer than I will in my whole life time.
Shame the lids are so cheaply made today.
Heard of a new company in Amish country in Ohio , that makes a better lid than Ball , or any of the older lid companies.
I'll see if I can find out more on them.
I know in you can try here:
Lehman's

4779 Kidron Rd., Kidron, OH 44618

https://www.lehmans.com/


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Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974651
10/18/23 09:11 PM
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I don't know if they're better than the Ball lids or not.
I don't use the newer lids at all , except when I bought jars with lids and rings, a long time ago, and used them , and had for the first and last time buckled lids.
Another thing , remove and wash and dry your rings , save them for later.
Once a jar is sealed , it doesn't need the ring on it.
I have never ran out of rings, as for every sealed jar ,I have another ring.
Save the new rings for giving to friends and family as gifts , use the older rings for the job at hand.


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Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974665
10/18/23 09:22 PM
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Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974703
10/18/23 09:59 PM
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Canning season is about over look for closeout deals jars get cheaper also.


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Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974707
10/18/23 10:03 PM
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local farm store

Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: Mitch L] #7974755
10/18/23 11:32 PM
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Our local Fleet Farm had Ball lids for $2.99 per doz. for narrow and 3.99 for wide. I bought 12 doz narrow and 4 doz wide

Bryce

Re: Best place for new jar lids [Re: thrstyunderwater] #7974757
10/18/23 11:43 PM
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Found a guy once who was making outdoor lighting from pint jars. He used the jar and ring, but not the lids. Mi think Ii bought about 100 lids from him at a reasonable price.

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