Buying Measuring Cups

I thought that since I was thinking so much about what measuring cups I would buy if I had been in charge of buying them, I would make a nice blog post.  I am going to give some tips on what .measuring cups to buy, for durability, use, and which are easiest to clean.
At my house we have a wide abundance of different measuring cups.  I must say that I have a hard time picking a favorite set.  But it does give me a rather good idea of which ones are easiest to use.  Here are some tips.

1.) I like the ones with the engraved markings on them. We have some that are printed in ink on the handle and it gets very hard to see the smudged, almost wiped off, "1/3 cup."  We have another set that has the markings engraved on and it is easy to see.

2.) The shallow ones are better.  I have found that the very tall measuring cups are hard to store, hard to clean, and harder to get flour and all into.  But if you get a shallow one, than you can easily, store, clean, and scoop with it.

3.) You need to have the metric system measurement on it.  Some recipes online and in many places use the metric system, and having the metric  measurment along with the "1/3 cup" could be helpful.

And there are the couple of tips that I have.  I may add on as the inspiration comes to me.