Monthly Mystery Box by Jamminbutter Subscription Box Review– Jul 2016

I still haven’t received my July box and it’s August 7th! After four emails to customer service, with proof that I was charged for the box on 6/29, all I know is that they are “confused” about how this happened! Still no resolution. Anyone have any experience with their customer service? May have to cancel this if they can’t get their act together. I have two lights out and am anxious to get those bulbs, lol!

I have one of those chip makes and omg I love it. I like getting corn tortillas, cutting them up, and using that thing to make low sodium tortilla chips.

I got the Hammock…the Air Pump…Lightbulbs…and a 3 in 1Memory foam battery operated Massager for the lower body.. I.e. Legs..thighs..feet. It is designed to fit both legs etc at the same time. Luv my first box!

These boxes sort of remind me of the old Fancy mystery boxes. I got such random stuff but most of it was somehow usable (except that vinyl cling quote they gave out constantly!).

Pampered Chef actually had a 2 pack of those microwave potato chip makers a year or two ago? and they actually worked surprisingly well! I liked them with apples, actually.

If anyone is swapping for / or swapping the potato chip maker…Its expensive to ship, weighs over 2 pounds, and will not fit into a flat rate envelope, might fit into a medium flat rate flat box. Paid $6.85 to ship it not to far away, and that was the cheapest shipping, and that was only that item. Dont think it will be much cheaper then that to ship anywhere. One thing about these boxes is the value is great, yet they always seem to send many items that are a pain to ship/swap.

Fun fact – microwaving food is actually the best cooking method for retaining nutrients/antioxidants in vegetables (except cauliflower). I learned this in culinary school. 🙂

I wasn’t totally impressed with this month’s box. I laughed when I pulled out light bulbs. My 9 year old daughter was excited to see light bulbs, though. After reading this review, now knowing the cost of the bulbs, I guess I’m okay. I have a long sturdy tree branch, so I’m going to attempt to rig the hammock to each end of the beach for my daughter. I hadn’t tried the slicer microwave thing yet. The glass will be gifted.

I signed up for the mini and just got my first one. I was pretty disappointed. I got a package of off label auto fill balloons, an empty Siracha hot sauce bottle that you can clip on your keychain so i guess you can fill it yourself with Siracha so you have it on the go (which I don’t use, and I imagine at some point will leak/explode) and one of those vegetable peelers that make them into like noodles or whatever, but it’s a small one in just a Brown plain box. Not a good month or value for me.

Also, I noticed recently that this box and Peaches & Petals seem to be related, or owned by the same parent company perhaps. Shipping and billing info for both boxes shows up as Jammin Butter. I suspect this hammock was the same one recently offered as a sign up bonus for P&P, and my mini box of awesome this month included the same rainy day puzzle I received in my April P&P box.

I also thought this box seemed pretty empty, compared to previous months. I switched from the regular to the mini, so this will be my last $24.99 box and they didn’t do a very good job of convincing me otherwise. I got all the same items, except I got an inflatable raft air pump instead of the beer glass. It would be much more useful if I’d also received an inflatable raft ha! I have no idea what to do with it. Anyway, the light bulbs are super useful of course, and I’m sure I’ll love the hammock as soon as I can figure out how to rig it up on my balcony. As for the chip slicer and tray, I’m going to try it with zucchini tonight! I was going to slice it up and use my dehydrator, but I’m willing to sacrifice half a zucchini just to try this little tray. The mandolin seems kind of cheap, but it’s always nice to have a back-up slicing method. If the tray actually works with potatoes – I’ll believe it when I see/eat it – it is surely useful for all kinds of slice-able veggies!

I was a little disappointed in this month’s box…but I think it’s personal preference. I am also used to getting more items in the box, and it’s always fun to unpack, but this month was kind of blah in that respect. I will use the glass, using the shot glass part as the stand for it LOL, but the potato chip thing just seems odd. Not even sure who to give that to, so I might just donate it. I love the idea of a hammock–but I don’t have two trees in my yard close enough to tie it to. My parents might have some, so I am going to see if they want it. They also go RV camping, so they might use it there. The lightbulbs are the only thing I will truly use as intended and it’s just hard to get excited about lightbulbs.

However, the other boxes I have gotten have always been so much fun. I love this sub, just not this particular box.

I opened the box with a friend, and I said the same thing about the glass, “how do you get this one in the other one?!” She laughed at me and said it was an either or situation lol. So it’s not just you! 😀 😀 I also felt a bit silly about being so excited about light bulbs!

“Am I a horrible person for immediately wondering how I would get the shot into the beer? I hope it’s only because I am good at spotting design flaws.”…. lol 🙂