I got so tired of hunting for measuring spoons, measuring cups, and conversion charts ... so I got rid of them all and got this Perfect Beaker. It works great for everything from cooking to mixing drinks, washes easily, comes with a plastic lid, and just looks plain cool. The ability to chuck out a drawer full of measuring utensils for this, at less than $10 really made my life a lot easier. Plus, I'm a guy ... we aren't that good in the kitchen to begin with, so who needs an additional handicap?

This handy-dandy device is a great addition to the kitchen, not only is very accurate (because of the graduated shape) but it comes marked in every volume measure. So next time you need a cup of one thing, 4 oz of something else and 6 table spoons of another liquid, you can be rest assured that you will be able to measure it off accurately.

It takes the guess wirk out of conversion. I used the same one for 10 years and the markings never came off. (via Amazon)