we use the plastic cereal containers made by tupperware and line them up on the fridge, keeps everything fresh! Plus you can find ones that store the extra large boxes of cereal.

I mean... If you eat a lot of cereal, I see nothing wrong with it. But those are REALLY small dispensers. I feel like you would still have 3/4 of a box going stale in the cabinet. Plus you'd have to refill it so often that you would be doing just as much work as pouring it into your bowl.

I think those are cool, but I'm trying to get away from plastic. I wish they made them in glass.

I don't think either of my little ones would use that without MAJOR spilling. Plus, they seem like they would be kind of a pain to fill and clean so, for me, no thanks.

I'd consider one if it were designed beautifully. (and affordable) I'm not partial to the one pictured.

Honestly, I'm happy just putting them in nice big jars.

I fold the cereal bag down and seal it with a binder clip to prevent it from getting stale. Keeping the canisters full seems like a silly extra step.

My grandmother used a clear glass container for cereal and all it did was give me a bowl of mealworms. I'm serious, it's a BAD idea.

Doesn't seem very practical to me - especially for younger kids. My son would be constantly playing with this and the cereal would be gone within the day. Major spillage, for sure.

I had some cereal dispensers in my house. While they were a good idea at the time, every time I turned the knob for cereal, I'd end up with a ton of cereal crumbs in my bowl. The knob mechanism (I don't know what it's called) mashed the cereal as it turned, leaving me with part cereal dust and part broken cereal. I started taking the cereal out from the top of the dispenser, which kind of defeated the whole purpose. My mom got rid of them a while after. I say stick with the jars, less crumbs and more freshness anyway.

I found these containers at a hotel I went and was really difficult to use. I ended up breaking the grain and throwing a good party on the ground (and I'm not a little girl!)

A lot of the versions break the cereal like a lot of people have said. The hotel incarnation is especially bad. It's more like a paddle-wheel.

If I got one as a gift, and it was something more akin to the coffee bean dispensers at the grocery store then I would definitely use it. However, it's not something I would by for myself as my current method works just fine.

Too Holiday Inn Continental Breakfast for me. I store mine in some airtight containers from the Container store and that works for us. Keeps the stale away and keeps the cereal box ads away from my little guy's eyes.

I grew up with the tupperware containers, which I think worked quite nicely. Just make sure they have large enough openings to get your cereal out if you like larger cereals. I haven't seen a dispenser that didn't crush the cereal yet.

Since we don't have any little ones left at home, I think I'd fill them with different colored beans or pasta.

I have the ones pictured but we don't use them for cereal. We use them for things that we use often but only need in small quantities (like rice and popcorn.) It seems like it would take a long time to dispense a bowlful of large cereal like they show in the photo.