How the Five Compare on the Numbers
Filling one jar is a funnel problem. Filling six on a Sunday for the week’s lunches is a workflow problem, and the listings that recognize that are the ones that publish more than one piece. Kalave and Delove both publish two funnel sizes plus a detachable umbrella strainer. The other three publish a single funnel and nothing to go with it.
Published figures are thin in this category and they are thinnest where you most want them. Only two of these five publish a mouth or stem measurement: Kalave gives 5.6 by 2.1 inches for its large funnel and 4.2 by 1.4 inches for its small one, and BEAMARKER gives a 4.84 inch mouth with a 2.01 inch stem. The rest publish a package size and leave it there.
Two of those weight figures cover different things. Kalave’s 0.61 pounds and Delove’s 0.51 pounds are whole sets, including a strainer, so neither can be read against the 0.09 pounds of a single plastic funnel or the 0.26 pounds of a single silicone one. The PrepWorks listing publishes a weight so small that it cannot be the funnel, and this page discards it rather than quoting it.
Why a Second Funnel Changes the Routine
Two sizes, one job
Kalave publishes a large funnel with a 5.6 inch mouth and a 2.1 inch stem, and a small one at 4.2 by 1.4 inches. That pairing is the whole argument for a set: the wide stem takes chunky food into a wide mouth jar, and the narrow one fits a regular mouth jar or a bottle without the funnel rocking on the rim. Delove publishes the same arrangement without the figures.
For a run of lunch jars that matters more than it sounds, because a lunch batch is rarely one product. Soup and dressing do not want the same stem, and swapping a funnel is faster than rinsing one. Both sets also publish stacking, so the second funnel costs no extra drawer space once they nest.
What the strainer is for
Both sets publish a detachable umbrella strainer that sits in the funnel. Kalave describes it as filtering food residue and Delove as handling various food residues, which is the same idea stated twice: pour through it and the solids stay above while the liquid goes down. For stock, pickling liquid or a dressing made in a jar, that removes a separate sieve from the counter.
Neither listing publishes a mesh size or a hole diameter, so how fine the filtering is remains unknown. That is the single most useful figure missing from both sets, because the difference between straining herbs out of a dressing and straining pulp out of a juice is entirely a question of hole size.
The Single Funnels and What Each One Adds
Measurements printed on the funnel
PrepWorks publishes something no other listing here does: headspace measurements printed on the base of the funnel, which it says removes the need for a separate tool. For jars that go into a fridge or freezer for the week, headspace is the thing most people guess at, and a mark inside the funnel is the simplest possible answer to it.
It also publishes a raised collar that keeps the funnel off the counter, described as reducing contamination. That is a genuinely thoughtful detail for a batch session, where a funnel is set down repeatedly between jars. What the listing does not publish is a mouth figure, a stem figure, a material or a usable weight, so the tool is described entirely by its features.
Plain plastic and collapsible silicone
BEAMARKER publishes the clearest figures of any single funnel here, a 4.84 inch mouth and a 2.01 inch stem, both given in centimeters as well, at 0.09 pounds. It is a plain plastic funnel with an ergonomic handle and no strainer, no marks and no collar, and its published dimension fields agree with its stated mouth and stem exactly.
Brewing America publishes a collapsible silicone funnel that stores flat with a hole for hanging, stands up on its own thanks to a thick body, and has silicone inlaid grip handles. It states dishwasher safety and compatibility with wide and regular mason jars, Ball, Kerr, Bormioli Rocco and Le Parfait. It publishes no mouth or stem figure at all.
Material, Heat and Cleaning
Stainless, plastic, silicone
Both sets are stainless steel and both make the same case for it. Delove states that stainless adapts to hot and cold food where plastic does not, and that it will not rust. Kalave states a mirror smooth surface, hand sanded and polished edges, and a handle designed to protect hands while transferring hot food, which is the only heat related claim in this group.
BEAMARKER states high quality plastic, lightweight but sturdy, with no temperature claim of any kind. Brewing America states an extra thick silicone body with no temperature figure either. For a lunch routine that involves hot stock going into jars, the two stainless sets are the only ones that say anything about heat at all.
Washing and storing
Kalave, Delove and Brewing America all state dishwasher safety. Kalave and Delove both state that their pieces stack together to save space, which for a three or four piece set is what keeps it from becoming clutter. Brewing America states that it stores flat and has a hole for hanging, and claims it takes up less space than rigid metal or plastic funnels.
PrepWorks and BEAMARKER publish no washing guidance at all. On a plastic funnel that is a real gap, because the thing that ruins a plastic funnel is the bottom rack of a dishwasher, and neither listing says whether that is allowed. Neither publishes a storage claim either, so both are simply objects in a drawer.
Which One Fits Your Kitchen
The cook filling jars of different sizes. Kalave publishes two funnels, 5.6 by 2.1 inches and 4.2 by 1.4 inches, a detachable umbrella strainer and ten regular mouth lids, all stainless, stacking and dishwasher safe. It is the only listing here with a handle described as protecting hands from hot food.
The cook who wants a set without the extras. Delove publishes a large funnel, a small funnel and an umbrella strainer in stainless steel, stacking and dishwasher safe, at 0.51 pounds for the set. It publishes no dimensions, so check the stem against your jars when it arrives.
The cook who cares about headspace. PrepWorks publishes printed headspace measurements on the base of the funnel and a raised collar that keeps it off the counter. It publishes no mouth, stem, material or usable weight, so everything else about it is unstated.
The cook who wants figures they can check. BEAMARKER publishes a 4.84 inch mouth and a 2.01 inch stem, in inches and centimeters, at 0.09 pounds, and its dimension fields agree with both. It is one plain plastic funnel with no strainer and no washing guidance.
The cook with no drawer space. Brewing America publishes a collapsible silicone funnel that stores flat, hangs on a hook and stands up on its own, stated dishwasher safe and compatible with five named jar brands. No mouth or stem figure is published.
What We Could Not Verify
Everything here comes from the makers’ own published text. These are the gaps.
- No mouth or stem figure from three of the five listings.
- No mesh or hole size for either umbrella strainer.
- No material stated at all by one of the five.
- No usable published weight for the funnel with the headspace marks.
- No temperature claim from three of the five, for a tool used with hot liquid.
- No washing guidance from two of the five, including the only plastic funnel here.
