I got this because my $12 Wal-Mart version shattered when I set it down on my counter. Not even hard. Just, gently set it down and it broke into a thousand razor-sharp shards. The glass, I found, was paper thin in some spots on that one; it was bound to break sometime. I'm just lucky it wasn't full when it happened. This one seems to be of much higher quality. The glass is thicker all around, the spigot is nice, and the little chalk-board is cute. I write stupid messages on it for my girlfriend See full review