Anchor Hocking 5-Piece Martini Gift Set
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Anchor Hocking 5-Piece Martini Gift Set
Customer Review: Very nifty retro styling
Summary: 4 Stars
I was in search of a glass cocktail shaker rather than a stainless and was pleasantly surprised finding this beautiful set. My personal experience is that the strainer on stainless shakers can be difficult to remove to rinse out between cocktails. Feigning a similarity to Anchor Hocking's Depression glass series entitled "Manhattan," this set is quite nice. This glassware, also made by Anchor Hocking, is named "Celebrate." My only annoyance with it is that the (9 oz. not 10 oz.) glasses are just too large for a single martini and a too many double martinis can be a problem. Oddly enough, the (18.5 oz.) shaker seems disproportionate to the glasses. However, with it's excellent horizontal rib styling I can easily overlook that. The shaker itself also has a rubber gasket at the top so that it prevents leaking, but can be a little difficult to take off the lid however, not as bad as a stainless model. While Amazon.com listed this product as taking 1-2 weeks for delivery, in reality it took nearly two months to arrive. All in all, if you have the time to wait this is a wonderful modern-retro set to add to your bar. --Dawn Marie, [URL]- 2002Customer Review: Great starter set for the price!
Summary: 5 Stars
Compared to all the other martini sets I've seen for around this price, nothing even comes to close to the quality or the amount of items you get. For 4 glasses and a good shaker, I would expect to pay a lot more for these high quality items...especially since most of the shakers I've seen are very flimsy and this one is definitely heavy duty! I have not had the leaking problems or opening problems that some of the other reviewers had. Maybe they don't close the cap tight enough? I also hadn't had any problems with breakage. I've had this set for over a year now and it's been great! I also think size of glasses is perfect and our martinis come out perfect. And the bee-hive design is so hip!Customer Review: Aesthetically pleasing but not functional
Summary: 2 Stars
While I like the looks of this set a lot, with its retro feel, I find the shaker to be in need of a design overhaul. Every time this is used (and it's been used by several people so I don't think it's a user problem) it spills while pouring! This has been very frustrating to lose good top shelf vodka because of poor design. I had to go out and purchase another shaker because of this problem so I would not recommend this set.Customer Review: You get what you pay for
Summary: 3 Stars
My husband and I purchased this around the holidays. It was a great way to have a martini party, relatively inexpensive. However, the shaker leaks and the glasses are very fragile. While washing the dishes, I broke two of the glasses, from the stem. If you are prone to breaking things, either buy a heavy duty set or plastic martini glasses. This may not be the set for you.Customer Review: Not bad, but not great.
Summary: 3 Stars
The set looks very nice and elegant. I have no problems with the glasses, it's the shaker that bugs me. There's a bit of leak when you try and shake it. But worse, when the glass gets wet it gets really slippery, so you have to take extra care, not to let it slip out of your hands.I'm probably going to buy another shaker and just put mine away for looks or something.