My starter jar cracked in the middle of the night - woke up to glass and goo all over the counter

Had this big glass jar from a thrift store that I've been using for my sourdough starter for about 4 months. It was working great, nice and bubbly. Then at 3am I heard this shattering sound and found everything spread across the kitchen. The crack must have started from the bottom. I saved about a spoonful of the starter from the corner of the counter that was still clean. Now I'm worried about using a new jar that might do the same thing. Anyone had a jar fail on them like this and found a good replacement that won't break?

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the_eric1mo ago

Those Ball mason jars have never let me down, cheap and tough as nails.

the_elliot1mo ago

Did you temp shock it by putting cold water in a warm jar or something like that?

sarah_hart1mo ago

Close, temp shock is usually from hot liquid in a cold jar, not the other way around.