Stainless Steel Cups?

[Radagast]

I recently note that through attrition of glass ware, we now have two glasses of one style, three of another, and four of yet another which all have chips around the rim. We've lost five to breakage. And none of those was a result of children. Now that we have two toddlers, I'm thinking it might be safer and also cheaper in the long run to switch to some nice matching stainless steel versions. Ok it would never be cheaper than thrift store glasses but if I did a safety analysis I might decide the risks and costs of glass was too high and I should switch to stainless.

I have a few random examples. The top one is my leading contender but I'd like a smaller version too. There are some very affordable single wall cups but I don't like the curl around lip. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with these? Any specific recommendations? Am I just being a spendthrift?

https://www.amazon.com/Better-Your-Stainless-Stackable-Dishwasher/dp/B07C42R664

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/franmara-apollo-8-oz-stainless-steel-stemless-wine-glass/2085010.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010FXR3S8/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?pd_rd_i=B01J67Y5HG&pd_rd_w=neYtE&content-id=amzn1.sym.0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_p=0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_r=8WWYX3EJZS3CAR9RPKV5&pd_rd_wg=soQBp&pd_rd_r=ecdfc060-cca9-4538-90c5-505deeb54132&s=kitchen&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwy&th=1

https://bulktumblers.com/products/12-oz-blank-stainless-steel-insulated-stemless-wine-tumbler-with-lid

[uniwelder]

Some things to watch out for---- 1) some people are allergic to nickel, 2) depending on what's in the glass (acids), you might get a metallic taste, also depending on the quality of steel, and 3) I really like to be able to see how much is left in a glass. 

Particularly #3 if you have small kids, I imagine you'll be cleaning up more spills than you might otherwise--- people not looking in a glass, thinking its empty, and carrying it or tipping it on its side.

[Cranky]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

[terran]

I'd watch out for lips and crevices that will collect gunk. The 3rd and 4th options look terrible for this. Hard to tell about the 1st option. The 2nd option looks promising.

Edit: just saw that the 2nd option is insulated which would make me question whether it will hold up in the dishwasher.

[Radagast]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

I am concerned that it still breaks. All the less than stellar reviews on Amazon are for breakage. Two of our three glass sets are at least somewhat tempered and though they stand up to chipping very well, we've still lost 3/10 of them. (We've lost 4/6 of the non-tempered and they have much worse chipping.)

[Radagast]

Some things to watch out for---- 1) some people are allergic to nickel, 2) depending on what's in the glass (acids), you might get a metallic taste, also depending on the quality of steel, and 3) I really like to be able to see how much is left in a glass. 

Particularly #3 if you have small kids, I imagine you'll be cleaning up more spills than you might otherwise--- people not looking in a glass, thinking its empty, and carrying it or tipping it on its side.

I'm not concerned about #1.
#2 I have minor concern about. I've been using a couple swag stainless steel cups at work and that doesn't seem to be a problem but also I drink less challenging drinks at work I'd guess.
#3 I tend to agree, but it may not matter in practice. Honestly it's hard to say without trying.

[Radagast]

I'd watch out for lips and crevices that will collect gunk. The 3rd and 4th options look terrible for this. Hard to tell about the 1st option. The 2nd option looks promising.

Edit: just saw that the 2nd option is insulated which would make me question whether it will hold up in the dishwasher.

1st, 2nd, and 4th are double walled insulated without lips and are supposedly perfectly fine in a dishwasher.

3rd I agree and is an example of what I don't want. I actually had a hard time finding single walled stainless steel cups with no lip.

[nessness]

We have these ones for the kids and have been happy with them. The silicone sleeves are nice for grip and for keeping track of whose is whose. I think they come in a larger size too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07611BT8X?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[Cranky]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

I am concerned that it still breaks. All the less than stellar reviews on Amazon are for breakage. Two of our three glass sets are at least somewhat tempered and though they stand up to chipping very well, we've still lost 3/10 of them. (We've lost 4/6 of the non-tempered and they have much worse chipping.)

I haven’t had any break, but I haven’t used them with toddlers who get Tupperware or ikea toddler cups.

[Radagast]

We have these ones for the kids and have been happy with them. The silicone sleeves are nice for grip and for keeping track of whose is whose. I think they come in a larger size too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07611BT8X?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Thanks for the tip! I was just looking at those. They do have the dreaded lip, but for being inexpensive, stackable, and reputable I can live with that I guess.

[Dicey]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

You beat me to it. It's fantastic! My starter set came from Costco* and the rest were thrifted. I have at least twelve of everything, because we entertain. I never worry about breakage. The best thing about thrifting them is they don't get recognized for what they are and get priced as regular glasses. All Duralex have a watermark that looks kind of like a pound sgn (£). It's tempered glass, which is why it's so durable.

*It's not a regular item, but it cycles through occasionally.

[kite]

Nobody else grew up drinking out of half-pint jelly jars?

[Catbert]

Nobody else grew up drinking out of half-pint jelly jars?

I was going to suggest this if OP can't find metal ones they like.  I use pint Ball canning jars for drinking glasses.  Canning jars come in several standard sizes good for drinking:  8 oz, 12 oz and 16 oz.  They are hard to break.  You can find a variety of standard sized lids including those with pouring spouts and spaces for straws.  If some get broken you can easily replace them from garage sales or thrift shops.

[Radagast]

In terms of not breaking jars would be best of all glass products. It's like cardboard boxes: the ones you can buy in a home improvement store to move and are sold as a box made to be a box are garbage; the real good cardboard boxes are free with purchases of unrelated items and are the ones companies chose to ship their products in. Glasses sold as glasses look good but are garbage, the quality is in the ones companies chose to sell their products in and come free with purchase of something else.

We've been using shot glasses as toddler glasses and I actually have no fear of those breaking, because the are short and thick. I think the problem with nice glasses is the diameter ratio is wrong: the ratio of wall thickness to glass size. If big glasses had the same proportional wall thickness as shot glasses they'd be unbreakable, but they'd look ugly and weigh a couple pounds each.

Anyway after much debating I got only the little 8oz stainless steel toddler glasses. I got cold feet about spending more money on the others. I am pretty excited about matching glasses, but not worth the cost to risk of not liking them just now. The mason jars look good and I know some people have amazing multipurpose frugal set ups using just those in different sizes, but that isn't our thing just now. Anyway I got talked out of my $200ish buy, so that's good.

[Morning Glory]

Nobody else grew up drinking out of half-pint jelly jars?

We had the dinosaur ones. I used the last one as a toothbrush holder for years before knocking it off the counter and breaking it.

[Radagast]

I estimate our tempered glasses have a half life of 8 years, and untempered glasses have a half life of 3 years. And that's with adults only. Those equate to annual rates of 15-35% which are huge rates of return if solved. Posters who responded had great suggestions, but I figured I'd get more responses with those types of returns! And just think of all the waste. Although I guess many people are likely more sophisticated and civilized than we are and don't break things as much.

[Cranky]

I estimate our tempered glasses have a half life of 8 years, and untempered glasses have a half life of 3 years. And that's with adults only. Those equate to annual rates of 15-35% which are huge rates of return if solved. Posters who responded had great suggestions, but I figured I'd get more responses with those types of returns! And just think of all the waste. Although I guess many people are likely more sophisticated and civilized than we are and don't break things as much.

But that’s why I buy them at the thrift store! (We’ve never actually broken a duralex glass.) (I wish they made wine glasses…)

[Radagast]

LOL in the last hour we lost an unbreakable Corelle plate which i had picked up on a tip from Dicey, and another has a chip after just around 6 months. Earlier in the week we had a thick Pyrex bowl go down. And these are the adults in the house. I can't even imagine the carnage when children start to use things with minimal supervision. I'm not sure the suave civilized posters understand the degree of barbarity in my household.

[Thrallama]

I'm sure they weren't the best for my health, but I did always love my grandma's anodized aluminum cups in bright colors. We grandkids used to have long, complex negotiations over who got which color.

On the breaking-unbreakable-things note: my partner briefly lived in an old house with an enameled cast iron sink, and during the 6 months he lived there, more dishes were broken than during the entire rest of our relationship. Even with a rubber mat in the sink, if you knocked a dish against the edge more than a light tap, it was probably going to chip. The hardness of surfaces makes a big difference in durability of dishes - I don't normally think of stainless steel as "soft," but it's certainly more flexible than cast iron.

[use2betrix]

Yeti are probably considered overpriced but we’ve been happy with ours. My wife and I have used the same Yeti bottles for the last 5+ years. It’s all we drink water from every day. Have gone through a few different types of lids.

[partgypsy]

In terms of not breaking jars would be best of all glass products. It's like cardboard boxes: the ones you can buy in a home improvement store to move and are sold as a box made to be a box are garbage; the real good cardboard boxes are free with purchases of unrelated items and are the ones companies chose to ship their products in. Glasses sold as glasses look good but are garbage, the quality is in the ones companies chose to sell their products in and come free with purchase of something else.

We've been using shot glasses as toddler glasses and I actually have no fear of those breaking, because the are short and thick. I think the problem with nice glasses is the diameter ratio is wrong: the ratio of wall thickness to glass size. If big glasses had the same proportional wall thickness as shot glasses they'd be unbreakable, but they'd look ugly and weigh a couple pounds each.

Anyway after much debating I got only the little 8oz stainless steel toddler glasses. I got cold feet about spending more money on the others. I am pretty excited about matching glasses, but not worth the cost to risk of not liking them just now. The mason jars look good and I know some people have amazing multipurpose frugal set ups using just those in different sizes, but that isn't our thing just now. Anyway I got talked out of my $200ish buy, so that's good.

yes small jelly jars are easy for kids to hold and sturdy. I did have some plastic glasses when they were sippy cups ages. The ones below are excellent. Good for wine too ;) https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ball-Quilted-Crystal-Mason-Jar-w-Lid-Band-Regular-Mouth-8-Ounces-12-Count-4-Lb/16213255?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=1614&adid=2222222227816213255_160805772391_20959796377&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9009745&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=16213255&wl13=1614&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=2222222223816213255_160805772391_20959796377&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9009745&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=16213255&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5-uuBhDzARIsAAa21T9Dt_wLtk29gURKz5HStEb3KNO8oI0WdNlhhrCbZ91WF3hHmUi9nHgaApNpEALw_wcB

[seattlecyclone]

Based on our experience trusting small children with metal water bottles I'd expect your stainless steel cups to get dented beyond recognition within a few months. Our kids have mostly used plastic cups, though they're getting old enough that we're phasing out the plastic ones as they wear out and letting them use the Duralex glass ones more often. We've only broken one so far if I remember correctly.

[TimCFJ40]

Our kids (6 and 9 now) use re-usable plastic cups.  Most of them were give-aways from various restaurants, school activities, etc.  They're cheap, durable, dishwasher safe, and if they end up outside for collecting bugs or whatever, we don't care. 

Maybe we're just too cheap, but my wife and I drink out of plastic cups from stadiums etc. most of the time, and the glass only comes out if we have guests generally.  Finish dinner and want to take your drink with you to the garage, yard, deck, or workshop?  No problem. 

I'd agree with the above that stainless will get dented fairly quickly with kids.  Plus the metal taste and feel isn't great for some beverages. 

Surely we're not the only mustachians who drink out of cups we got for free most of the time?

[Just Joe]

Nobody else grew up drinking out of half-pint jelly jars?

Mason jars. Still do that today. Cheap, come in sets of 12. And they are pretty tough. AND - they have lids in case you don't want to finish your drink right now. ;)

We really like the blue ones.

[uniwelder]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

You beat me to it. It's fantastic! My starter set came from Costco* and the rest were thrifted. I have at least twelve of everything, because we entertain. I never worry about breakage. The best thing about thrifting them is they don't get recognized for what they are and get priced as regular glasses. All Duralex have a watermark that looks kind of like a pound sgn (£). It's tempered glass, which is why it's so durable.

*It's not a regular item, but it cycles through occasionally.

Getting off topic, but I happened to find 3 replacement glasses at the thrift store today that have that pound mark symbol, but it looks more like a cursive L.  They were exact replacements to the ones broken in our set.  In our thrift store, it seems like the workers know the different too--- they were priced at $2 each, rather than $1 like the rest of the glasses.  I was trying to look up the symbol online and what I'm finding shows Libbey Duratuff though.  Can you confirm that?  I can't remember what brand we originally bought.

edited to add-- reading up on Libbey's site, the cursive L is indeed Libbey brand, but not necessarily Duratuff.  That seems to be a coating or treatment added to their commercial line.

[Dicey]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

You beat me to it. It's fantastic! My starter set came from Costco* and the rest were thrifted. I have at least twelve of everything, because we entertain. I never worry about breakage. The best thing about thrifting them is they don't get recognized for what they are and get priced as regular glasses. All Duralex have a watermark that looks kind of like a pound sgn (£). It's tempered glass, which is why it's so durable.

*It's not a regular item, but it cycles through occasionally.

Getting off topic, but I happened to find 3 replacement glasses at the thrift store today that have that pound mark symbol, but it looks more like a cursive L.  They were exact replacements to the ones broken in our set.  In our thrift store, it seems like the workers know the different too--- they were priced at $2 each, rather than $1 like the rest of the glasses.  I was trying to look up the symbol online and what I'm finding shows Libbey Duratuff though.  Can you confirm that?  I can't remember what brand we originally bought.

edited to add-- reading up on Libbey's site, the cursive L is indeed Libbey brand, but not necessarily Duratuff.  That seems to be a coating or treatment added to their commercial line.

Wow, thanks for that update. I'm sure now that I have both and they are indistinguishable from one another, except for the logos. I've been looking for a reason to cull my stache, and you may have just provided it. Stay tuned for results of the Great Glass Cleanout. Probably not today, though.

[Radagast]

Those quilted mason jars look great, if I can find some 16 oz ones. I like the idea of mason jars because the rim has to be sturdier than the rest in order to be an effective canning jar, which would make them very difficult to break, in addition to all the properties of being a jar. In the past a certain spouse has been skeptical of jars but I might bring them up again.

Right now our glasses total:
2 stemless wine glasses
3 pub tumblers with anime characters (Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke)
4 patterned crystal-ware glasses of which two have notable chips in the rim

It's not just a need for child-proof glasses, I'd also like a reasonable matching set of something.

[Radagast]

Our kids (6 and 9 now) use re-usable plastic cups.  Most of them were give-aways from various restaurants, school activities, etc.  They're cheap, durable, dishwasher safe, and if they end up outside for collecting bugs or whatever, we don't care. 

Maybe we're just too cheap, but my wife and I drink out of plastic cups from stadiums etc. most of the time, and the glass only comes out if we have guests generally.  Finish dinner and want to take your drink with you to the garage, yard, deck, or workshop?  No problem. 

I'd agree with the above that stainless will get dented fairly quickly with kids.  Plus the metal taste and feel isn't great for some beverages. 

Surely we're not the only mustachians who drink out of cups we got for free most of the time?

Maybe you are. How do you even get free cups? I think we've got maybe 6 total ever, of which most are travel mugs or bottles and I keep two of those at work because they have my company logo on them.

[Catbert]

Those quilted mason jars look great, if I can find some 16 oz ones. I like the idea of mason jars because the rim has to be sturdier than the rest in order to be an effective canning jar, which would make them very difficult to break, in addition to all the properties of being a jar. In the past a certain spouse has been skeptical of jars but I might bring them up again.

Right now our glasses total:
2 stemless wine glasses
3 pub tumblers with anime characters (Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke)
4 patterned crystal-ware glasses of which two have notable chips in the rim

It's not just a need for child-proof glasses, I'd also like a reasonable matching set of something.

I've never seen the quilted design in 16 oz.  It is available in 12 oz which are the same general shape (just taller) than the 8 oz quilted jelly jars.  The 16 oz are much bigger around than the jelly jars - okay for adult sized hands but much to big for children.

[Sibley]

Plastic cups for little kids (which you can get at the thrift store), when old enough switch to whatever the thrift store has. When old enough, upgrade to a nicer set (which you can likely get at the thrift store).

And if the adults are breaking things regularly, you all may need to go back to plastic until you fix whatever the root cause is. I've had the same set of glass glasses since 2007, only 2 have minor chips. No clue what you're doing to destroy so many dishes.

[Cranky]

Plastic cups for little kids (which you can get at the thrift store), when old enough switch to whatever the thrift store has. When old enough, upgrade to a nicer set (which you can likely get at the thrift store).

And if the adults are breaking things regularly, you all may need to go back to plastic until you fix whatever the root cause is. I've had the same set of glass glasses since 2007, only 2 have minor chips. No clue what you're doing to destroy so many dishes.

My son-in-law breaks a LOT of stuff in the kitchen, and I have pondered why that is. I feel like it’s a combination of just being a big guy who sets things down a lot more forcefully than I do, not being super careful in general, and a tendency to just keep piling things in the sink.

[PMG]

I’ll chime in to say that I don’t think the new corelle is made as well as the old corelle. We bought a set in 2020 (I think) and since then have broken 3 coffee cups, a plate, and a bowl. The toddler was only responsible for 1 break. The rest was us adults. We do have a tile floor so even a small drop may cause breakage.

We used to use all glass at home and had ceramic travel mugs, but once we got pregnant I started keeping the tervis cups with lids that seems to come at every big work event. We have a “set” now. They definitely aren’t as nice as glass but they serve the purpose for a few years and I do like how versatile they are. Definitely don’t win any home decor contests with them.

[Radagast]

It's a combination of a couple of the above. We recently moved to a house with granite counters and tile floors which may have contributed to losses in the last month. For another, we're getting a lot of help with cooking and childcare from the inlaws, which at the end is very valuable (like 60k annually if we had to replace it, as a guess). Say what you want, glassware is a trinket invented for the gentle classes and the inlaws are peasants. And I mean that literally: FIL has cut wheat with a scythe professionally, made small rocks out of big rocks with hand tools, and everything. It's hard to transfer to the gentle lifestyle.

[Dicey]

I’m going to recommend duralex glassware - hard to break and easy to find replacements at the thrift store.

You beat me to it. It's fantastic! My starter set came from Costco* and the rest were thrifted. I have at least twelve of everything, because we entertain. I never worry about breakage. The best thing about thrifting them is they don't get recognized for what they are and get priced as regular glasses. All Duralex have a  watermark that looks kind of like a pound sgn (£). logo. It's tempered glass, which is why it's so durable.

*It's not a regular item, but it cycles through occasionally.

Getting off topic, but I happened to find 3 replacement glasses at the thrift store today that have that pound mark symbol, but it looks more like a cursive L.  They were exact replacements to the ones broken in our set.  In our thrift store, it seems like the workers know the different too--- they were priced at $2 each, rather than $1 like the rest of the glasses.  I was trying to look up the symbol online and what I'm finding shows Libbey Duratuff though.  Can you confirm that?  I can't remember what brand we originally bought.

edited to add-- reading up on Libbey's site, the cursive L is indeed Libbey brand, but not necessarily Duratuff.  That seems to be a coating or treatment added to their commercial line.

[Dicey clears throat] I have a very important announcement. I was wrong. Yup, I was WRONG. The curly "£" is NOT the Duralex logo. I don't know what the hell I was thinking. Apologies all around.

Related: The Great Glass Inspection has been completed. I have three sizes, 20-24 of each, every damn one with the Duralex logo. Time for the Great Glass Cleanout to commence.

[TimCFJ40]

Maybe you are. How do you even get free cups? I think we've got maybe 6 total ever, of which most are travel mugs or bottles and I keep two of those at work because they have my company logo on them.

I'm not talking nice travel mugs and the like, but the sturdy plastic cups like many sporting events sell (usually with the Coca-Cola and team logos on them).  One short walk around the stadium after a game picking up the left behind "souvenir" cups and you'll have a dozen pretty easy.  There's a 12 oz size that seems a common giveaway at events, usually with the logo of a business on it for advertisement or the like.  Also many times the "kids meal" at sit down restaurants has a re-usable cup that we take home and wash and use for the kids. Plus reusing them keeps them out of the landfill for a while longer...

 

[engineerjourney]

They might be more spendy than you want but I absolutely love all our Re-play Recycled plates, bowls, cups, etc with our kids.  Had them over 8 years with no breakage or replacements and they are all very hardy in the dishwasher (even put some on the bottom rack!!).  I like their mission and their divided plates are heaven sent with my kids that don't like food touching.  I've only bought them on sale or on clearance too, mostly through their site but I think amazon and walmart and such have them these days too. We have other cheaper/thifted/free plastic ware for them that we only use as backups because these are significantly better.  YMMV

[Scandium]

what kind of carnage do you people have in your kitchen?! Our 2 kids started drink out of glass when they were perhaps 4-5 y.o? So far, 5 years in for the oldest, I think we've broken 1 glass? Maybe? not sure it's even 1. We have cheap ikea glasses, at $10 for 4 pack. If we break two per decade that's an acceptable cost to me. At least versus (supposedly) unbreakable ones at $6 a piece.

[PMG]

Thanks @engineerjourney for mentioning replay plates. I’ve been thinking my toddler is ready to move to something bigger than her little bowls, especially when we serve multiple items in multiple bowls!  After I saw your comment I checked out the replay website and thought they looked nice… then today I got two of the divided plates at my thrift shop for 35 cents each. I like that the edges are taller and more vertical than some I’ve seen. She still needs that edge to help get food on the spoon. These should work well! 

Eta: maybe I can leave a hint for the universe and the thrift gods that I think the lids look fabulous! I’d used 1 or 2 if they showed up at the thrift shop. ;)

[Radagast]

Updates, we got the 8oz stainless steel cups, and they seem solid. No chance of denting these. They look good too. As another update, we lost a 1-gallon mason jar full of dried hot peppers last week when the 2-year old got into the pantry and carried it off then dropped it; we had thought we'd already cleared all the troublesome items out of his reach but guess not! Glass has not been a good thing for us, I'm thinking even durable choices are not going to work. Too bad the larger SS cups I wanted are no longer in stock!

My thing with expensive plastic cups isn't the price, it's that for the same price I could get stainless steel cups which will effectively last forever while plastic will look pretty beat up after a year or two. Similarly for Yeti: the price is perfectly fine, it just a question of for the price could I get something that fits our purpose better? I'm fine with price as these are all easily affordable, it's value I'm looking for.

I guess I don't go to the right stadiums, events, or sit down restaurants to get free plastic cups? I think I got one in college, 0 since then.

[Weisass]

we bought these for our kiddos, and they have been perfect.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07611BT8X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Radagast]

we bought these for our kiddos, and they have been perfect.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07611BT8X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yup those are the ones! So far they seem excellent and indestructible.

[Weisass]

We have had them for about 7 years, no complaints here!

[jinga nation]

Stainless steel cups are quite common in India/Pakistan and the broader region.
I have an India version of this: https://a.co/d/1s515Em
It's in the dishwasher daily and no issues. No gunk around the rim.

If you have an India/Pakistan grocery store near you, give them a visit. They may have a cutlery/crockery section and you may find such glasses, with and without the rim option, if you're concerned about gunk. Might be cheaper too.

Edit: just read you already bought some.

[Just Joe]

When we buy beer at the local pub we get those kind of cups for free. The pub cups are thin material so after a year or two, they get recycled.

[BlueHouse]

I did always love my grandma's anodized aluminum cups in bright colors. We grandkids used to have long, complex negotiations over who got which color.

oh this brought back memories!  I always wanted the blue/green.   
I wonder if that's why I LOOOOOOVE the taste of metal now?  I love drinking out of cans and stainless steel water bottles are my favorite to drink ANYTHING out of.  Everything tastes better in a can!

[lhamo]

I have found the Pokal glasses from Ikea to be extremely durable and an excellent value:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/pokal-glass-clear-glass-30288241/ (9oz set)

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/pokal-glass-clear-glass-10270478/#content (12 oz individual)

These often sell for more second hand than you can get them new (12 oz price now .99/each)