Glass Cups With Bamboo Lids and Straws: Four Sets Compared

This is the party set of the group. The box holds twelve glasses, twelve glass straws, twelve bamboo lids and four cleaning brushes. VITEVER lists a 16 oz capacity and a glass height of 5.3 inches.

The straw is 8.5 inches long, so it still reaches above the rim when you push it all the way in. The glass is a straight can shape, and the brand says the design copies a beer can. The spec sheet names borosilicate glass, and the brand calls it lead-free.

Care advice disagrees with itself. The brand's text calls the glasses dishwasher safe, while the spec sheet says hand wash only.

One reviewer says they do well in her dishwasher, though she normally washes by hand. We would hand wash, given the breakage reports below, and the brand gives no separate rule for the bamboo lids.

The praise is mostly about looks and packing. One buyer wrote that the cups arrived with no cracked or broken items. Another uses them daily for supplements, smoothies and iced coffee, and says the lids fit snug without leaking.

A third bought the set for a birthday craft with her 12 year old daughter and friends. About 77 percent of ratings are five stars.

The sharpest criticism comes from a four-star review. Three of that buyer's cups shattered: one when set down, one from an ice cube and one when a straw tapped the side. She still likes the set and wishes the glass were thicker and stronger.

That is one review among the four we could read, but it echoes what buyers of the other sets say about thin glass. About 7 percent of ratings are one or two stars.

Buy this set for a gathering, gift bags or a craft party where you want a dozen matching cups and can live with a few losses. Skip it if kids will drink from them, if you run the dishwasher daily or if you want a thick, heavy glass. A smaller set lets you try the style first, and the 20 oz HOMBERKING gives you a larger cup if size is the goal.

HOMBERKING makes the biggest cup of the four. Each glass is 3 inches across and 5.9 inches tall, and the brand gives the capacity as 20 oz. That is enough for a large iced coffee with ice.

The title calls it a twelve-piece set with bamboo lids and glass straws. One bullet on the product page says eight cups, which looks like a typo, so count the glasses when the box arrives.

The glass is borosilicate. The brand says it handles temperatures from -4°F to 752°F, so it can go in the freezer, the oven or the microwave, lids excluded. One spec field says not microwave safe, and another says not machine washable, while the brand's own text calls the glasses dishwasher safe.

The page contradicts itself, so we would not count on heating or the dishwasher. The brand asks you to wash the lids by hand and dry them after.

Each lid is bamboo with a silicone ring underneath and a silicone hole for the straw. HOMBERKING says the ring seals the cup and cuts leaks when it tilts. Buyers are split.

One reviewer says the lids come off easily, and that a slight push on the side pops one up, though a tipped cup won't leak. Another says the lids do not stay on and won't buy again. A third received a lid with no rubber seal.

Opinions on glass strength split too. One reviewer's dog knocked a cup onto a hard floor and it survived. Another lost all four of hers within two months, the first in week one.

A third calls the glass thin and slippery and plans to add grip. One buyer reports a cup breaking in a child's hand and calls the set unsafe.

The brand says it will work out a fix if a set arrives damaged. A reviewer who gave three stars wrote that her set came with six brushes for twelve cups, which left half her gift bags short. About 79 percent of ratings are five stars, and about 7 percent are one or two stars.

Choose this set if you want the 20 oz size and will use the cups at home and wash them gently. Skip it if you carry a cup from room to room, where a loose lid matters, or if children will use it. The reviews give real cause for caution there.

NETANY includes four glasses, four bamboo lids, four glass straws and two brushes. The brand gives each glass as 3 inches across and 5.6 inches tall, while the spec field says 5.8, so expect something close to either. Capacity is 16 oz.

If you drink one coffee a day, this is a sensible box, and you can also give it as a gift to one household. We like that you can try the style without buying a dozen.

The brand says the glass is thick, lead-free and BPA-free, and gives a range of -68°F to 212°F. Care fields disagree. They list hand wash only and machine wash together, and the brand text calls the set dishwasher safe.

We would hand wash. NETANY also prints a warning: inspect the glass and straw before use, and do not use a piece that is chipped or cracked. It says the set ships in a heavy bubble holder inside a thick carton.

Buyer reviews are mostly short and positive. Reviewers like the cups for iced coffee, summer drinks and shakes at a family party. One calls it a great gift idea for family.

A reviewer in the United Arab Emirates says the cups and straws are made of thick, strong glass, and that the rubber around the straw hole seals the drink under the lid. Another notes that the fragile item arrived intact and well packed.

Many of these reviews are tagged to the 14-piece set or the eight-count version of the same product, so they speak to the glass and lid more than to this exact box. They are still the same glass and the same style of lid.

The complaints we could read are mild. One Canadian reviewer gives four stars and says the glass seems fragile, though it had lasted for months.

We found no reviewer here reporting a lid that pops off, though that is a small sample. Across 19,314 ratings, about 81 percent are five stars and about 5 percent are one or two stars.

Buy this set if you want a few cups for daily iced drinks or a gift for one household. Skip it if you need a dozen for guests, in which case a twelve-piece set fits better, or if you want a 20 oz cup. Handle the glass gently, like any thin glass.

This set is the same can-shaped glass without the lids. You get four glasses, four glass straws and two cleaning brushes. NETANY gives each glass as 3 inches across and 5.8 inches tall, holding 16 oz.

The product page lists cold drinks as the use, so think iced tea, soda and water rather than a hot cup. The brand text matches the lidded set: thick clear glass, lead-free and BPA-free, a range of -68°F to 212°F and dishwasher safe. The care fields say hand wash only and machine wash both, so we would hand wash.

Why skip the lids? They are the weak spot in the reviews of the lidded sets. A lid with a seal can go missing, pop off or need drying.

Without one, a cup is simpler to wash and to store. The price you pay is that your drink sits open, so a glass on a patio table has no cover.

There are only three written reviews for this set, and all three are tagged to a 10-piece version, so they say little about this exact box. One buyer rates it four stars, calls it great value and says the glass is thinner than expected. She has used it for a few weeks without trouble.

A buyer in the United Kingdom gave two stars because one of the four glasses arrived broken and the return was hard. Another gave one star because only two glasses and two straws came, with no brushes.

The star breakdown looks better than the text. About 87 percent of ratings are five stars, the highest of the four sets, and about 3 percent are one or two stars.

With so few written reviews, we lean on the star breakdown and treat the three comments as a warning to check the box on arrival. Buy this set for iced drinks at home or a gift of four. Skip it if you want a lid on every drink, or more than four glasses.