I’m responding to this question about tattler lids and to those that replied to it, because I’ve had the same issues with tattlers not sealing. I called the company and have been experimenting and think the answer lies in the ring tightening.
The ez seal is ‘supposed’ to be as easy to use as traditional metal-with-the-seal-attached lids. And either the method used with the old tattler (tighten ring, then back off a quarter turn, tighten rings after taking out of canner) or the traditional lids should work.
However, the company spokesperson said since the tattler lids are thicker than the metal lids, the lids need to be on loosely in order to ensure that venting can occur. If tightened, say as much as the metal lids can handle, the jar won’t vent properly and therefore, won’t seal.
So it kind of depends on one’s technique- if you put on your metal lids loosely, you can continue with that method with the tattlers. For those if us that put the rings on tight, we’ll have to back them off a quarter turn, just like the old tattler lids. The traditional lids are pretty much idiot-proof and will seal most of the time no matter what you do.
I canned 2 batches of apple pie filling, each with half tattler and half traditional luds. I adjusted both the same, backing off a quarter turn after getting them where I normally did with the metal lids. All sealed just fine. Next batch the same except I used applesauce (could re-process that without it getting over done) and keeping the rings on hand-tightened with out backing off. All 3 metal lidded jars sealed fine, but 2 of the 4 tattler did not.
Perhaps not a big enough sample to be definitive, but I know where to start when canning with tattlers next time. I’ve also read of seal failures with tattler while in storage, so I’ll be watching that as well. The lids are more rigid, so perhaps they resist drawing in a vacuum, as is evident when the metal lids get a bit concave with a good seal. I noticed a few of the tattlers being slightly concave just a teeny bit but most weren’t at all.
Thanks for the info. Interesting about tightening and backing off a qtr. turn. That’s the way I almost always do it when I’m not thinking about it-force of habit.
That’s the way my Granny used to do it, so I learned it a long time ago, and never knew why she did it that way.
Thanks for that info.
I had heard it too, but after the failures I had, have been a little leery of using them again.
I’ll have to try them again with that method.
Sorry to be slow responding...Thank you for the update and great information...I will print and add it to my folder.