Seal outline — fits Round Container 480 ml

Replacement Silicone Seal

Round Container – 400 ml
$8.95
Sale price  $8.95 Regular price 
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Replacement Silicone Seal

The one part that wears out. We'll sell you a new one, for as long as you own the product.

$8.95
Sale price  $8.95 Regular price 
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  • 10-year warranty on the steel

The steel will outlast you. The seal won't — and we'd rather tell you that than let you find out.

The silicone seal in your lid is the one part of a Stainless Co. product that eventually wears out. After a few years of dishwasher cycles it compresses, loses its spring, and stops sealing the way it did on day one. That isn't a defect. It's what silicone does.

So we sell you a new one. For a few euros, for as long as you own the product.

That is the whole difference between a container you replace and a container you keep.

Fits The Stainless Co. products only

Each seal is cut for one specific lid. Choose the size that matches the product you already own — a 400 ml seal will not fit a 1200 ml lid, and the bottle cap ring fits nothing else.

These seals are not compatible with containers, lunch boxes or bottles from other brands. Seal geometry is specific to the lid it was designed for, and we would rather you buy nothing than buy something that doesn't seal.

Two materials. Both named.

Everything we make is 304 food-grade stainless steel and one food-grade silicone seal. That is the entire list, across the whole range — lids and bottle caps included.

This is the second material. We named it on the page before you found it in the box, and we'll keep it in stock for as long as you own the thing it belongs to.

What's in the box

One food-grade silicone seal, sized for the product you select. Wondering why there is silicone in a steel container at all? Here is why we use a silicone seal.

Specifications
Material
Food-grade silicone
Dishwasher safe
Yes
Leak resistance
This is the part that makes everything else leak-resistant. It is also the part that wears out first.
Care instructions

Rinse before first use. Dishwasher safe on the top rack. For a deeper clean, remove the seal and rinse it separately, then let it dry fully before refitting. Replace it when it no longer springs back, or when the lid stops sealing the way it used to. For most people that is a few years of daily use.

Shipping and returns

Order before 12:00 on a weekday and it leaves our warehouse the same day. Everything ships tracked, so you can see where it is. Delivery after that: 1–3 business days in the Netherlands, 3–7 in the rest of the EU.

Silicone sealing ring lifted from the lid channel of a round stainless steel container lid

The one part we expect you to replace

The steel is guaranteed for ten years; this ring is not, and that is by design. A seal is the working part of the lid — it flexes every time you clip the box shut, and after years of daily use it will wear before the steel shows age. So we sell it loose, sized for every lid we make, including the bottle cap. Lift the old one out of its channel, press the new one in, and the box is ready for the next stretch.

Rectangular stainless steel lunch box in everyday use

A system that covers everything. Without thinking about it.

Batch cooking on Sunday. Leftovers on Monday. A snack in your bag on Tuesday. Our sets are built around the way people actually use containers — not the way they imagine they will. Sizes that stack, and two materials we name on the page.

The material

The one part that isn't steel.

304 stainless steel

Food-grade silicone, sized for the product you pick. It is what makes the lid close, and it is the part that wears out first.

One food-grade silicone seal

Removable. Washable. We'll sell you a spare for as long as you own it.

Nothing else

No coatings, no liners, no "composite of ingredients." If a third material ever appears, it goes on the page before it goes in the box.

And what it won't do

It doesn't go in the microwave. You can't see through it. It's heavier than plastic. If that matters more, buy something else.

Why it matters

You already read the label.
Then it goes in a plastic box.

You cook. You check ingredients. Then the last step of that chain is a container you've never once looked at. Not carelessness — habit.

We're not here to tell you plastic is dangerous. Nobody can tell you that honestly. We're here because"nobody knows yet"isn't a good enough answer for the thing your dinner sits in for three days.

Straight answers

Before you buy

Can it go in the microwave?

No. Steel never goes in a microwave — not ours, not anybody's. It is the one real trade-off in owning steel, and we would rather you knew it before you bought than after. There is a short guide on the site for reheating without one.

Is it dishwasher safe?

Yes, all of it. Lids on the top rack. Let everything dry fully before you put it away — steel doesn't mind water, but water left standing leaves lime marks.

Is it leakproof?

Leak-resistant, and we won't say leakproof. Upright in a bag or a fridge it holds. On its side with soup in it, we wouldn't bet on it. The seal is silicone and silicone wears out — which is why we sell spares instead of pretending it won't.

Can it go in the freezer?

Yes. Steel doesn't go brittle in the cold and it won't crack the way glass can. Leave a couple of centimetres of headspace so the food has room to expand as it freezes.

Will it hold on to smells?

No. Steel is non-porous, so garlic, curry and fish don't stay behind the way they do in plastic. The one place odour can linger is the silicone seal — take it out and wash it separately now and then.

Is there a coating or an inner lining?

No. This is one material: food-grade silicone, with nothing coated or bonded to it. It is the only part of our products that wears out, which is why we sell it on its own rather than pretending it won't.

Will it scratch?

Yes. Steel scratches — a fork, a brush and a dishwasher rack all leave marks eventually. The difference is what a scratch means. In plastic it is somewhere for oils and colour to settle. In steel it is cosmetic and nothing else.

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