And btw, I called tattler and have been emailing them. (I just started getting serious about the tattler lids). Ok back up here... I have been wanting to learn to can forever. I lived in a small apartment in NYC and although I bought the water bath canner, I was too scared to try it out. Fast forward, I moved to Kansas. And decided it was time to drag it out and just go for it! I am also part of another forum called Mary Jane's Farm...(she also sells long term shelf life foods!). Any way.... Mary Jane (the woman who started the forum) is a survivalist type of woman (lived pretty much outside-no shelter-as a park ranger for several years. And she started a magazine that is very very girly, but also a lot of survivalist type tricks and tips. Like she calls camping-glamping, cause she girlies it up. That kind of thing. Any how.... she is also into organic and all natural, good for the environment, and her magazine has touted tattler since the beginning so for about 8 years now, I've known about the tattler. But, they were so expensive, I didn't want to invest till I knew if I was really going to learn this and stick with this.
This is my third year canning. And since the first year I have been in love! And so I knew this was the year I was going to take the plunge and invest in the tattler lids.
So like a lot of folks I've been doing my research. I have found them on Amazon and at Lehmans. But, then I found a prepper youtube that had a link directly to the tattler lid people, and that seems to be the best deals I have found.
A couple of weeks ago I started communicating with Tattler and they are very friendly and very fast as long as it's business hours about getting back with you.
I will be honest here, I contacted them about 3 weeks ago and asked how long the Valentines Day sale was going on. And they said that Valentines day was the last day of the sale. I read the email several times, and that's exactly what it said. (not the day before, etc not through V-day-like maybe it would mean could be the day before, etc). Any way.... I was trying to wait it out for my tax return to come. And it just so happened to not come till Valentines day! So I got on to their website went to place the order, and the V-day special was GONE! So I tried to call them, but the office closes early on Fridays. So I missed them. So using the email they sent me three weeks ago saying the last day of the sale was on V-day. I said, according to the email you sent me the last day of the sale was Valentines day. I went online to order my Valentines day sale and it is not there any more. This is Friday, I tried to call, but didn't realize you closed early on Fridays. And left my name and contact info. This morning (their first day back to the office since Friday morning). I received a email from them, saying to call and they would give me the v-day sale over the phone. So I called and they worked it all out for me! (I'm very very impressed, I HATE some companies that have some auto answer thing, and you ask questions the computer sends you a bunch of crap that has nothing to do with your question and you never can actually get in contact with a real human to get your problems resolved. BIG difference with tattler themselves! They will contact you personally!).
Any way, the woman I spoke with, Kara, was very very nice. On the phone she answered a LOT of my questions, was very conversational, polite, nice, etc. I liked her a lot. And I liked that she answered my questions precisely and thoroughly. And she said if I ever had more help or questions to call any time and they would be happy to help.
So over all my experience so far with the tattler folks is amazing! Especially for this day and age!