Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It's sad for me to write this. We have been collecting cookware, glass storage ware and bake ware for a while before the brand might go oversea like many American products. I grew up with Pyrex products. It earned our trusts. I read some scary reviews before I placed this order but I did not believe that Pyrex glassware CAN explode. I used Pyrex tubes, beakers, flasks at work over extreme high heat with no issues. This casserole arrived with numerous thermo stresses probably due to improper annealing process. Worst yet, there is a bubble in where the handle joins the casserole - a time bomb for an explosion in the oven. I have no idea how this piece of glassware passed Pyrex quality control inspection. It might be okay for a drinking glass to have bubbles. These days, it's hard press to find that even in a drinking glass. Amazon CS handled it well as usual and did a refund. The frustrating irony is: Pyrex was an American introduction (Corning/Pyrex) and now turned soft sodium lime in the USA but the rest of the world still gets Pyrex in borosilicate. So, if you want the good Pyrex, wait for them to be shipped back from other countries. The $10 was not the issue, lowering American Pyrex quality is. I don't have the heart to give Pyrex a 1 star because it is still stamped "Made in USA"... For Pyrex lovers, here is a very helpful Amazon review "http://smile.amazon.com/review/RDOGNUE1CZFYF/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004Q290ZE&nodeID=284507&store=kitchen#wasThisHelpful". You can still collect borosilicate bake ware: e.g., Anchor Hocking, Arcuisine (European Pyrex license), Simax (Czech famous >200 years); they are more expensive and, not Pyrex!