The lids are a rather pointless and shabby thing, but the actual mixing bowls themselves are quite decent. They are however, smaller than you think, especially given that you really don't want to fill these anywhere near the top as you might wider bowls. There are benefits to being fairly high walled though, and they are very good for mixing with handheld blenders and the like.Over a year later they have proven surprisingly durable, and are recommended provided you can manage to pretend the lids never existed.