Beka wrote:


Lepidoptera wrote:

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie to the group.

My MIL has an older jar lifter with the name Grip Tite on the handle. It
looks nothing like the current standard X jar lifter by Ball, etc.
When you
lift up on the one-piece handle, the curved "clamps" close around the
neck
of the jar.

I've been searching the web for this item and am drawing a blank. Has
anyone heard of this type of jar lifter and where I could get one?

TIA

Mary Margaret



Hi Mary Margaret,

If the lifter is what I'm thinking of, I had a guy who sells canning
equipment tell me all about how they were determined to be hazardous
because you aren't squeezing them closed and so he'd had to pull them
off his shelves. This was probably 5 years ago. He was miffed about
this. And the lifters seemed really nice, not at all hazardous.

Rebekah


I've been using a GripTite for more than 40 years with no problems. I've
often thought about upgrading but didn't like the looks of the latest
jar lifters I've seen. It's a matter of learning to use the jar lifter
properly and the learning curve is very short so it's not really a
problem. Hazard determination was probably made by a company shyster who
was worried about lawsuits from people who don't pay attention to
handling stuff around boiling water and pressure canners.

George