I have had several of the Luminarc containers in the past and managed to break all but one. I recently found some replicas at a local department store and bought several. The hard plastic lids on the original Luminarc units allow the user to pour the contents without removing the lid. The replicas I bought had softer plastic lids that must be removed before pouring. I'd hoped that the lids for the original Luminarc containers would fit and allow pouring without removing the lid. While these lids fit the replicas tightly, when pouring from a full container they allow a lot of liquid to pass around the lid - making a mess.These do work well with the Luminarc container though, even though the fit is a bit loose in the Luminarc container.