Puzzle Brands REVIEW | All the brands from 2023

As usual, I am doing another puzzle brand review, of ALL brands, that I have tried in 2023. Some are new, some are old, some have improved in their quality, and some have dropped! 🤯
This is only my humble opinion, I know everyone has their own, and different people are bothered by different things 😊 Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video, and it helps you decide, with any new brands you're thinking of buying! 🤗
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Puzzle Brands Review (0:00)
Bad Brands (1:04)
Average Brands (1:46)
Good Brands (9:06)
Fantastic Brands (19:50)

[@RaijaAlatalo]

It's interesting with Trefl. It's a Polish brand and here in Poland most of the people from different puzzle groups hate it. I'm not in this "hate Trefl team" but I see the reasons why a lot of people would never choose it: the pieces are not round but "squarish" and tend to miss fit. Try Enjoy puzzle. In my opinin this is the best brand ever! I love doing art and with this puzzle even some extremely difficult paintings (like for example "Almond tree" by Van Gogh) is doable and enjoyable 😀 I highly recommend it! And of course: happy birthday! Greetings from Poland ☺

[@50sRockChick]

Enjoy brands are fantastic.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I had another comment stating the same thing 😅 But there is a difference in a quality, depending on where the puzzles are produced. I have to remember to mention that in the next year's brand review video, as I don't want to give false information. I have an Enjoy puzzle in my collection, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out! 🤩 And I think the one I have is gonna be quite difficult, so I'm happy to hear you say, that even the difficult paintings are enjoyable! 😁👌🏻 Thank you!! 🤗

[@galisongift2804]

Thanks for including us, Janette! We enjoy watching your videos. Happy New Year and hopefully you'll enjoy more Galison puzzles in 2024!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

No problem! 🤗 Thank you for making great puzzles for us to enjoy! 🤩 Happy New Year to you too!! 🥂🍾

[@ZPonedelnik]

Schmidt is just supreme. Chef's kiss. I always catch myself thinking about how satisfying the process of completing the puzzle is. Also for me Castorland is in the 'Trefl zone'. It's super cheap, and the quality is consistent. Very shiny though, and not my type of imagery, unfortunately. But still good for your wallet.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Oh I love Schmidt!! 🤩 It really is satisfying, isn't' it! And yes, I have heard of Castorland - and even got some a couple of weeks ago, so I'm really looking forward to trying it out! People keep advising me to use them, because of their size😊 I hope the shine won't bother me though! 😅

[@Marlene7388]

Happy Birthday Janette! Merry Christmas and wishing you the very best for 2024! Thank you for sharing, great video!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 And wishing you everything back as well! 🥂🍾

[@puzzlinghappiness]

Happy birthday Janette! ❤️ Thank you for this thorough video! 🙂

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you Vesna! 🥰 And no problem! I hope you enjoyed it! 🤗

[@vg4413]

Happy birthday Janette! Thanks for the videos. I wish you lots of success in the future competitions.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you for your lovely comment! 🤗

[@markb933]

Happy birthday Janette, well at least nobody is going to forget the date ha! And thank you so much for your wonderful videos this year. Best wishes for 2024 from your puzzle pals in Oz Mark+Chris 🎉😊

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤩 Hahaha you'd think that! 😅 I'm glad you enjoyed them!! Best wishes to you too! Hope 2024 brings you everything you wish for! 🥰

[@ms_hansel]

Happy birthday, happy Christmas, and happy new year! Looking forward to seeing more of your puzzle journey in 2024!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 Hope you had nice holidays as well! 😉

[@lavernehodge3320]

Happy Birthday! You have worked on quite a lot of different brands. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 I try to get through as many different brands each year, so I can give you my honest opinion 😁 Thank you again, and I hope you had lovely holidays as well! 😉

[@thegoodchicken1078]

Happy birthday Janette (from fellow December birthday girl 😊), and happy Christmas. Thank you for all your videos during 2023, they provide me with hours of great entertainment. You should have way,way more subscribers so I am wishing you well for 2024 and many more subscribers you deserve it. Thank You!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you!! And happy birthday to you too! 🤗 I'm happy to hear that you're enjoying the videos! And thank you for your kind words! I'm sure people will find my channel overtime 😊 Happy New Year to you too!! 🥂🍾

[@janspearman9310]

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas! As always I enjoyed this video. Looking forward to the Battle of you tube puzzlers next year. I purchased the floral hearts one but haven't done it yet. Have a great new year!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you and you too! 🤗 Oh I'm looking forward to it too! 🤩 And I advise you to take breaks on Flora Heart - it was very difficult. But the next puzzle is easy peasy! So hopefully a lot of people will want to join! 😁 Happy New Year to you!! 🥂🍾

[@IzebellePuzzleDiaries]

Happy Birthday! Looking forward to seeing your videos next year.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@tanjapretnar]

Happy birthday! 🥳 And wish you have a nice cozy holidays 🎄

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 😁 And you too!! 🥂🍾🎄

[@RyeMiArt]

Happy birthday! We're almost sharing the birthday haha, I'm born on Dec 23rd :D I tried one Educa puzzle (Colorful Donuts) this year and...never again. It was a struggle, the puzzles kept locking in even thought they were not right. And it was impossible to move a section at once. I was so frustrated after finishing. I also tried to speed puzzle it which did not help :D And I do like Schmidt and Ravensburger quite a lot. I think I tried Trefl as well and it was nice. Great video as always. Happy holidays!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Happy Birthday to you too!! (with a little delay) 🤗 And yes! I did the same donuts puzzle!! Absolute nightmare! 😅 Not a fan of Educa after this year! 🙈 I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And Happy Holidays to you too! 🥂🍾

[@Laura.jigsaw_journey]

Happy birthday Janette, I hope you have a great year 2024🎉

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🥰 I wish you the same!! 🥂🍾

[@SneakyNinjaDog]

Thanks for using an actually readible font for the brand names this year 🙂

[@salishseaquest7952]

Happy Birthday, Janette! (I'm a December baby, too -- was supposed to be born on Christmas Day but came early.) Loved this puzzle review. Helped me track some of the brands that I've been looking to do. My To Be Puzzled stack keeps growing. I just started on an eeBoo today that will probably take me till Valentine's Day. Beautiful though and it was a Christmas gift. All the best to you in 2024!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! And happy birthday to you too!! 🤗 I was supposed to be born on 1.1. and came early too haha 😂😅 I'm glad you enjoyed the video! 🤩 Oh I bet you'll enjoy the puzzle! And I haven't done an Eeboo yet, but it is on my to do pile, so hopefully this year, it will be done!! All the best to you too! 😉

[@salishseaquest7952]

@@janetteandherpuzzles I hope your eeBoo is a lot easier than the one I'm working on. It's very challenging and frustrating and rewarding when you actually have pieces that are right. There are a lot of false fits, be warned.

[@LMaloey]

Happy birthday!🥳 And Jolly holiday season🍾 Funnily enough, I would place Ravensburger below fantastic. It's great, but some of their puzzles are a bit "bubbly" (looking at you stack of Disney Villains) and there is so much dust. Really enjoy your yearly review vids, thank you

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 I hope you had nice holidays as well! I know everyone has their own preferences for the brands, but I do think that assembly wise Ravensburger is really good for me. I do agree with the puzzle dust though!! 😅 I painted my nails black for the competition, because it stays under your nails 😂🙈

[@Nina_chitchat]

Happy Birthday Janette from Vienna! love your videos and looking forward to 2024 with your puzzling journey. and of course Merry Christmas 🎄🧩

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you for your nice comment! 🤗 I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! 🤩 I hope you had lovely holidays! 🥂🍾

[@badgerrambler]

Happy Birthday! I love your end of year review!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@andreagrasselli1169]

Happy Birthday Janette!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤩

[@puzzlingread]

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas! 🎂🥳🎄

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@Addicted2Puzzles]

Happy birthday Janette!! 🎉🥰

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you Judy! 🥰

[@rozanar12]

Happy Birthday and I wish you all the best ❤🎉🎊🥰😘

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🥰

[@mikesnaturalroast7748]

My daughter and I are puzzlers looking for good brands. That's why I'm here.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I hope the video will be beneficial for you! 😊 There are many good brands out there, but it all depends on where you live unfortunately. I'm in Europe, so I mostly do European brands so I hope you still manage to find something useful in case you're in the US 😁

[@mikesnaturalroast7748]

@@janetteandherpuzzles Update: I just ordered a Buffalo Games 1k, Ceaco 1k, a Clementoni 1k, and a Ravensburger 1.5k. Also looking for a deal on a Ravensburger Art Collection, they are more expensive so I guess they are better quality. I am in the U.S., I'm a midwesterner.

[@kaytorrence8870]

Oh my goodness Happy Happy Birthday you darling girl 🎂🎁🥳🎵🎈❤️ ( that trumps Christmas in my book 😉😘) but Merry Christmas too 🎄🎅🤶

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you Kay!! 🥰 And that made me laugh hahaha!!! Thank you! 😂👌🏻 Hope you had lovely holidays! 🤗

[@martakulpa8372]

Happy Birthday, Janette! 🙂

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you Marta! 🤗

[@leviscarroll]

Happy Birthday, Janette 🎉🎉 I wish many new Great Puzzle Brands next year, imrove your Personal Bests in Speed Puzzles and more and more subscribers ❤

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you Karolina! 🥰 And what great wishes!! I wish you all the same, but instead of subscribers, maybe even more and more puzzles!! 😁🙈

[@leviscarroll]

@@janetteandherpuzzles I’d also like to have more subscribers one day 😉 but now I have soooo much new puzzle brands in my collection, cannot wait to solve them all 😛😎

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I didn't realise you started a channel! I have subscribed now! 😁 Good luck on your journey! 👏🏻

[@leviscarroll]

@@janetteandherpuzzles thank you 🥰

[@dhpbear2]

3:30 - The only other jigsaw puzzle-based board game I can think of was Parker Brothers' *Situation 4* from the late 1960s.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Interesting! I have never heard of those games, but they look fun! 🤩

[@Mewtho9]

Thanks for your opinions. Would love for you to compare a vintage Springbok to current quality.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

No problem! Hope it helps 😁 And that would be good to do, but I don't have access to any vintage Springbok puzzles in Slovenia. If I manage to get some, I will definitely compare the two! 😉

[@dhpbear2]

5:23 - Those random curvy pieces are VERY old-school! I remember them when solving Milton-Bradley puzzles in the early 1960s when I was a pre-schooler. I was quite a puzzler for my age; I outgrew those 'kiddie' puzzles quickly! Oops!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I'm not used to that cut - probably, because we mostly get the newer puzzles in Slovenia. But I do like them, they just need some getting used to! 😊

[@stephaniehung8081]

Happy birthday!!!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@lovespuzzlestoomuch]

Happy Birthday!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@sharonsgottapuzzle]

Happy Birthday🎉🎉

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 😍

[@stacyssassystyles]

I love random cut shaped puzzles- but they take some getting use to!! Happy Birthday!!!!! What is the brand/name of the puzzle you showed of the little girl with the puffy skirt- one that you haven't done yet

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 And yes, I agree! I like them too, but I'm definitely not used to them 😅 I think the one you're talking about is the wooden puzzle from a brand called LaMoonda - a new Spanish brand 😁

[@clarkkent7973]

Merry Christmas!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@tjmozdzen]

Have you tried Buffalo puzzles? I've had good experiences with them.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I haven't no, but I will try to get one! 😊

[@Roald1990NL]

Happy belated birthday!!🎉🎉 Good list, but I am suprised that Ravensburger is put so high. The pieces are not really sticking together and there is a lot of puzzle dust.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 I don't really do the list in order, because it's too difficult for me to determine the exact one, so the 3 brands at the top are all equally good for me. Maybe I prefer Schmidt to be honest 😉

[@Roald1990NL]

@@janetteandherpuzzles Ah ok. It is still a good brand, but I would also have it at number 3. Jumbo would be my personal number 1 😉 I don't think I ever saw a Smidt puzzle here in the Netherlands, so I have to check it out and try it myself.

[@trishaturner2078]

Happy Birthday and Happy Holidays

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you and Happy Holidays to you too!! 🤗

[@michaelatintenbluemchen1719]

Happy Birthday 🎉❤

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@siobhanspeedy]

Happy happy birthday 🎉

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you!! 🥰

[@allandavies9862]

Happy birthday, young lady. 😊

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@chillpuzzle2791]

Hope you had a Happy Birthday! 🎉

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I did, thank you! 🤗

[@dubarnik]

Your opinion of Springbok is exactly in line with my own. I won't be working another of their puzzles. Their cuts are simply bizarre. I didn't enjoy the puzzle I worked at all.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I'm glad to hear that! I know a lot of people love Springbok, so it was difficult to be honest 😅 Apparently, their old cut is better, but I haven't managed to get ahold of them yet, to try it out 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@giddingsa75]

I hope you had a wonderful Birthday!!!

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🥰 I hope you had nice holidays as well! 🤗

[@irency85]

Vse najboljše 🎉 glede Educe se čist strinjam...pri sestavljanju tiste 500 kosov s krofi sem skor živčnega dobila tako da je niti nisem dokončala. Imam še 3 od njih doma, ki jih bom mogoče kdaj sestavila, kupila pa ziher nobene več. Ravensburger pa itak zmaga 💪

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Hvala! 🤗 Ja, sej se spomnm ko sva puzle menjale, pa si rekla da sta težki, pa skor nism mogla vrjet, glede na to kok je slika preprosta! 😅 Tko da ja, te čist razumm, in jst tut definitivno nobene ne kupm! 😬🙈

[@simonebourque1061]

❤❤ from Canada

[@deborahdobson7676]

Happy belated Christmas Day Birthday 🎉

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗

[@ormsucher]

Idk, if Schmidt Puzzle and Ravensburger is actually the same. The cardboard, the surface properties, the cut ... everything looks and feels very similar.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I never thought of that, but technically they could be using the same factory 😅 I'll have to try the cut pattern and see if it fits 🙈 I do agree that they are both great brands! 😁👌🏻

[@kathylynn1375]

Happy Birthday to you and I hope you had happy holidays... I have not heard of most of the brands you mentioned..I'm in the US . . of course we all have access to Ravensburger. I also think they are the best quality brand. they would be perfect if they included a poster, and a few more images to my liking. I do not mind the puzzle dust I have a few methods to deal with that. I also like Dowdle, White Mountain, Cobble Hill, to name a few, they are available in the US.... Looking forward to another great year with the puzzling community..

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Thank you! 🤗 Oh yes, there a big difference between the brands availability between the States and in Europe. I have some more US brands to try - one of the is White Mountain, but I ran out of time last year, so hopefully I'll get to them this year! 😅 I have just gotten a 5k Ravenburger puzzle for my birthday, and it has a poster!!! Probably so it's easier to see the detail, but still, maybe a step in the right direction 😊

[@ValsLife1]

Have you completed any Eurographics puzzles?

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

I haven't no. I hope to try it one day though! 😊

[@jowwza]

Za probat svetujem puzle od Paperblanks, so ful lepe in imajo zanimivo teksturo, med tem tud bleščice, so drage sam, ko dobiš eno hočeš še druge imet.

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Še nisem slišala za to znamko, ampak so me bleščice prepričale haha 😂 Bom si pogledala sigurno! Hvala 🤗

[@macicowata]

as a polishg person with a lot of trefl puzzles - they are trash. the only ones with good quality are expensive ones, cheap ones are absolutely tragic edit: maybe the ones they sent for export are better quality

[@janetteandherpuzzles]

Ok, fair enough! I did hear that the quality differs with brands, depending on where they were produced, and now that you mentioned it, I remembered it was Trefl. This is the comment that I got: 'Those manufactured in Poland have Trefl quality (the standard Trefl), because Trefl prints them. Those produced in France are better, different cut, thick pieces, semi-matte finish; decent, I'd say. And the one made in Turkey is the best. So, you always need to check it on the box.' I will try to remember that for next years brand review video, as I really don't wanna false advertise the brand, but the puzzles I get from Trefl are very enjoyable for me 🙈

[@macicowata]

@@janetteandherpuzzles I absolutely believe you that you may enjoy them! just speaking of Trefl, us polish people, have very different quality it seems :)