GlasssDharma – Glass Straw Review and Giveaway

All this talk about going green and doing your part, did you ever think about all those plastic straws we use everyday? We buy those bendable straws for the kids, however we do reuse them as much as possible. But think about the fast food restaurants alone!! They must go through alot!

How can we still use straws, but do it green? Glass straws! There’s a great company called GlassDharma. The original glass straw.

A little bit about the creator:

Hello, my name is David Leonhardt.

I’ve been a lampworker (glassblower) for over 10 years. My wife, Gail & I recently moved from the Sacramento, CA area, to our dream of living on the Mendocino Coast.

I started doing some work for a local glass shop in town and noticed that the owner had glass drinking straws for sale. I had never heard of these before and I am always intrigued by something made out of glass that I hadn’t thought of. I was struck by the unique elegance in such a simple item.

I immediately recognized that here was a partial solution to our “plastics problem”. Now, granted, there are a lot more plastics in our world than just drinking straws, but bear with me a minute and let me put things in perspective … As of March 2008, McDonald’s serves an average of 52 million meals PER DAY! (Per their website) How many of those served do you think were given a plastic straw? I hope it is becoming obvious just how big of a problem these pesky little plastic straws can be. Remember, this is just from McDonalds!! Get the picture??

So …

I created the GlassDharma line of glass drinking straws and this website to contribute one solution to the misuse of plastics in our society.

Everyone that has seen these straws are filled with delight. Not just because they promote health and are environmentally friendly, but that they do these things with elegance and style.

So how can using these help you and the environment?

* Glass straws don’t leach toxins into your food as you drink.
* Each time you use your glass straw equals one less plastic straw ending up in your landfill.
* One glass straw replaces thousands of plastic straws. (How many times will you use a straw the rest of your life?)

They also have a lifetime guarantee against breakage.

GlassDharma sent me a bendy straw and a beaded straw to review. I have not let the kids try it. The straws are very thick and look like it would take a lot to break them, but we have tile floors and I’m afraid my kids will break them. So only I have tried them out. I love them!! I use them all the time ( well whenever I would normally use one) I just rinse mine, but there are brushes you can get to clean them with.

The straws come in different sizes and the beaded straws come in different colors.

GlassDharma has offered one Mommy Has to Work reader a $25.00 gift certificate to their shop.

To enter visit GlassDharma and tell me what you will choose if you win.

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Contest ends November 23rd at 9:00pm EST. Winner will chosen by Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond. I was not paid to do this review, however I did receive a set of glass straws to review.

Anne

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

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  1. little bird says

    i would get the Set of 4 Simple Elegance drinking straws w/brush

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  6. I would get the decorative dots straws I have been looking at these for awhile and there great. vbarton24 at gmail dot com

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  9. Lianne Nichols says

    I love this site!!

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  10. Lianne Nichols says

    My favorite item is the Set of 4 Simple Elegance drinking straws w/brush

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  11. I like the Decorative Dots straws and the Hemp sleeves. Thanks!

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  15. I would get Simple Elegance straw w/Hemp Sleeve and Brush. what a cool idea!

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  16. Quirky Mama says

    I really like the bendy straws!

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  19. I would get the set of four Simple Elegance straws with the brush.

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  22. Set of 6 Decorative straws with w/brush.

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  25. I would get the set of 4, Decorative Dots with brush.

  26. Kathleen W. says

    I'd get the set of 4 Decorative Dot drinking straws. I too hate to use disposable ones.

  27. i would get the set of 4 straws with the dots and the brush… such a great idea!

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  29. I'd choose either the decorative dots set or the beautiful bend set. Not sure which I'd prefer.

  30. Can Can (Mom Most Traveled) says

    I would choose the Simple Elegance straws and get one of the covers to carry it around in, maybe the hemp one! 🙂

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  32. If I win, I think I'll choose the beautiful bends

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  35. I would get a set of the Beautiful Bends.

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  38. Andrea Betty says

    Beautiful Bends… I have actually been wanting to get these for a while. We went to mostly glass in our house about 2 years ago. Now the only plastic I use is for my kids lunch boxes. These would top off my glass collection.

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  43. I would choose the decorative dots straws. JD

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  44. Wow, never heard of glass straws. What a great idea! I would get the dots. They would definitely roll off the table otherwise.

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  45. I'd order the ones with blue dots so they match my kitchen!

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  47. joeandbridge says

    I would definetly choose the decorative dots. Great idea! Thanks for the giveaway!
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  54. If I win I would love to get the Set of 4 Simple Elegance drinking straws w/brush
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  59. I would choose the Simple Elegance straws!
    Thanks!

  60. If I was lucky enough to win, I would choose the Set of 4 Simple Elegance drinking straws w/brush.

    Just another thing about straws for you Moms out there: My daughter has a difficult time with the "c" and "g" sounds. It is actually suggested that she drink out of straws in order to strengthen her tongue to develop the muscles needed to make this sound!

    Thank you for the chance to win these for my daughter!

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  70. I would get the set of four dot straws with brush
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  72. Purplelizard says

    I would get a couple of the 'shorty' straws – we have some of the larger 'dots' straws and love them, but could use a few shorter ones for the kid's smaller glasses!

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  74. I would get a Set of 4 Decorative Dots drinking straws w/brush.

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  80. I like the Dots Drinking straws!!! These are really neat!

  81. I think I would get the set of 4 simple elegance straws. This is a great idea!

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  84. I would choose the Set of 4 Simple Elegance "SHORTY" drinking straws w/brush~I love them!!

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