Short, wide handles help cups stay stable, and they can also be more comfortable to hold.

Well balanced: We found that cups with long or heavy handles tended to tip backward when we set them on the counter, which is annoying if you want to pour something into them.Metal cups also wonвЂ™t warp in the dishwasher or pick up stains from ingredients like turmeric. Plastic can flex or snap, but a good, heavy-gauge steel handle can stand up to the abuse of brown sugar and other heavier ingredients without bending. Made of sturdy stainless steel: Most experts we spoke with said they prefer stainless steel, and we agree.We also appreciate how compactly these cups nest together and that they have secondary measurements stamped on their sides (not all the clones do), allowing you to use one cup for multiple measures. They have short, durable handles that are easy to grip and that wonвЂ™t bend under pressure or cause the cups to tip over (as some longer handles do). In our tests, we found them all to be equally and impressively accurate. But if you can find the ChefsGrade, KitchenMade, Hudson Essentials, or Lee Valley Lifetime measuring cups for cheaper, get them. We recommend the Simply Gourmet 7 Piece Measuring Cups Set because, as of this writing, theyвЂ™re the best deal of all the similar sets weвЂ™ve tried, offering seven cups for about what other brands charge for six. ThereвЂ™s no вЂњoriginalвЂќ set these cups are a white-label good, produced by one manufacturer for other companies to stamp their names on. Which is to say, you can find numerous nearly identical sets for sale on Amazon under different brand names. Our favorite dry measuring cups are the most durable and accurate ones weвЂ™ve found in many hours of testing since 2013.

Pyrex measuring cups