Stay Glassy vs the rest of the shelf
We make The Entertainer, so we have a side. Here is the full lineup, and every spot where another glass beats ours.
Act Glassy
How glassy compares
Five glasses walk into a picnic. Here is how each one handles a drop, a dip and a warm afternoon.
| Scroll left to right | Stay Glassy | Tritan sets | Silicone | Insulated stainless |
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| Shatterproof |
Medical-grade Tritan
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Tritan or polycarbonate
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Food-grade silicone
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Metal body
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| Clear view of the wine |
Soft, coloured
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Opaque
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| Weighted base |
Patented
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Not listed
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Not listed
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Not listed
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| Floats in water |
Not listed
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| Dishwasher safe |
Top rack
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Govino yes, other brands vary
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Commercial dishwasher
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YETI Rambler yes
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| Keeps wine cold |
Freezer safe
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Insulated
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| Suits |
Hosts who want the feel of stemware
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Bigger groups on a lower budget
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Colour and portability
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Keeps cold over time
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Stay Glassy vs Govino
It comes down to how the glass feels.
Both glasses use BPA-free Tritan, both survive a drop, and both go in the dishwasher. The differences sit in your hand.
Govino sells stemless 12 oz glasses in packs of 4 to 72. If you host forty people and need forty glasses, that sum settles the question.
The Entertainer has a patented weighted base, a shape a sommelier developed, and a glass that floats. The weighted base gives it the heft of stemware, which is why people say it feels like glass. The floating came as a surprise to us. The base and stem act like a rudder, and we found out after launch.
Polycarbonate glassware sets
Clear at first. Cloudy by next summer.
These are clear plastic stemless glasses sold in sets and made to look like glass. Some use Tritan and some use polycarbonate, and the two age differently. Polycarbonate turns cloudy over time and breaks down faster, so a set that starts clear can end up dull.
Reviewers of sets like these praise the durability. They also mention a wall thicker than a regular glass and a lip that reads as plastic. The wall decides how a glass feels against your lip, and it sets this bucket apart from stemware.
Pick a set from this bucket when you want glasses for the lawn and the feel in your hand matters less. The Entertainer uses Tritan too, so the material does not separate us from Tritan sets. The weighted base and the shape do.
Why The Entertainer feels like glass
Why The Entertainer feels like glass
Shaped by people who know wine
Plenty of reusable wine glasses feel light in the hand, and wine drinkers notice. Our founders come from the wine industry, and they tested 13 shapes across 40 wine varieties before they settled on the range. A sommelier shaped the glass, and the patented weighted base gives it the heft of stemware. Finding a manufacturer who could hold that shape and the thickness of the stem took longer than anything else in development. Good things take time.
