Puzzle Brands REVIEW | All the brands from 2024

Another year has gone by and many more NEW puzzle brands have been added onto this list! 🤩

Just keep in mind, that this is just my personal opinion and I totally understand if some of you have different view on the brands - I guess at the end of the day, we each have our own things that makes the puzzling enjoyable for us 😉🤗

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Alright Brands (7:57)
Good Brands (14:43)
Great Brands (26:47)

[Msmaria]

Yes I agree, the amount of puzzledust in a Ravenburger puzzle is insane.

[megasphere]

Happy new year from France !
Thank you for this great recap video which gives a lot of ideas for trying new brands.
My parents offered me my first Educa puzzle for Christmas. Oops ! I'll give you my thoughts about the piece cut when I do it.
I've also started a japanese 1000 pieces puzzle I was given many years ago. It is totally black, the pieces are tiny and all have the same traditional shape (2 in and 2 out). Plus, it's easy to have misfits and they don't hold together well. Lol.
Anyway, have a great puzzling year ! I'll keep following your videos. All the best for you and your family !

[Laura_Stanford]

Janette, You featured many brands. I want to point out, I think that these days speed puzzling is taking the front stage since the world puzzling championship started to get live streamed every year and most puzzlers are investing time in training for them which leave them with trying Ravensburger puzzles a lot and this does not allow them to try more different brands. As a follower of your channel and other channels I feel like there is a lot of pull towards speed puzzling as a sport and casual puzzling is equally important but is being a little bit forgotten, which is a bit sad. I truly miss casual puzzling, it brings a lot of joy to watch content creators getting back into the groove of puzzling for fun without the timing. I enjoy your channel and Donnalouise channel and that is why I feel comfortable sharing my opinion on the topic of puzzles. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2025🎉😊

[salishseaquest]

I fell in love with Blue Kazoo this year. I really enjoyed your puzzle reviews as it helps me decide which brands to try. Happy New Year, Janette! Here's to more puzzles in your future and more puzzle reviews for us.

[evelyntheriault]

This is one of the best brand reviews I’ve seen on YouTube! It’s so packed with information. I loved the comparison pictures at the end with the pieces displayed. I also really appreciate when you do the price / value evaluations. Most puzzlers can’t regularly afford the highest priced brands and also it’s fair to a company if they have a lower prices brand and still provide an adequate quality. Thanks so much for all the hard work you’re putting into this channel. Happy New Year from Montreal.

[BMurphy]

Great review - and great reminder to try new things!

[Etrid]

Brilliant video! Thank you so much for all the great reviews. I was curious, have you ever done any Trevell or Penny Puzzle - puzzles? My two favourite brands by far.

[NinaWn]

Schmidt has a very tight fit, i like it but you are right, you have to press a bit harder. I did a 3000 piece Schmidt puzzle from the 80's and i could pick it up very easily, which for such an old and big puzzle really suprised me.

Other brands I like (that are not on your list yet) are Trevell and Magnolia, they are really good quality too.

[laszlosebok]

Hi!
I'm just a Hungarian viewer (hi, neighbour!), not affiliated with the brand in any way, but there is a hungarian brand if you want to try a new brand next year (they started this year around April). It's called Pannon Puzzles, and it's quality is suspicously close to the Enjoy puzzles (I have all of the Pannon ones and 4 of the Enjoy ones). Same feel to it too (I think it's some kind of plastic coating in both cases). I don't know if they sell to Slovenia too, but I think it's worth a try.
Note: if you try a painting-one, the big patches of "shades of colour" (like grass on a field) are basically one single colour unless you have the brightest daylight. Just a heads up. One of them almost ended me...
Thanks for the videos this year too, Happy New Year!

+) The difference between frenemies and nemesis:
nemesis: something you hate because you are so different
frenemy: something you like eventho you are so different
At least I use them like this

[sybilwinfield]

Great video, you need to try New York Puzzle Company. Would love a 2024 blooper reel

[karenyoung]

I enjoy White Mountain puzzles, but they do have a bit of puzzle dust. Need to try and find a Schmidt puzzle. Happy New Year.

[sRockChick]

Lol, you’re like me. I am a puzzle snob now. 😂

[puzzlepiece]

Interesting to see your views on the various brands that you have tried. There are so many brands these days that it can be difficult to keep up with them. You can run the gamut between awful brands and top notch ones. It's only by trying lots of brands that you discover which ones you like best. Accessibility to brands also makes a difference. Not always easy to find sellers that carry a wide range of brands. Look forward to seeing what you get up to in 2025.

[huszartamas]

Hello Janette!

It would be great if you could show me your collection, how you store them, and how much you have!

[danish_puzzler]

The Trefl crinkle bag part made me laugh so much!!! I did the 9000 Disney in the summer and I think I woke up my husband four times opening and dumping those bags. The last bag I took outside and dumped it into a puzzle lid so I wouldn't wake him again. Otherwise great brand and amazing value - I'm hoping to get the Star Wars 13, 500 to do summer 2025.

[siobhanspeedy]

Love the review, totally agree with your assessment of paper blanks but I still love them! Happy new year ❤

[Suzie.G.]

Trefl had so many complaints about the bags that they changed them with the newer puzzles!!! I don't have one yet, but I think they're paper now. The loud crinkly bags were ripping open in transit too! My 9000 disney one had 2 open bags when I got it. I'm so glad they changed them!

[Marlene]

Great recap video Janette! Look forward to seeing which brands you try in 2025. By the way I really love White Mountain puzzles, they mainly have collage style which I love. Another couple of brands to try would be Jacarou and Magnolia...very nice! Hope you had a Merry Christmas and wishing you the very best in 2025...Happy New Year 🥳🥳🥳

[jacquelinerwin]

HOW have you not done Eeboo?
I also love Eurographics and Grateful House.
Thank you so much. We had a great year with you.b🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[MarkWoodward-ni]

I am enjoying Schmidt as an alternative to the mighty Ravensburger as well. Just completed Schmidt's Bethlehem manger scene. Fit, finish and image was very high quality. And virtually no puzzle dust! Love Educa as well. Clementoni I find varied. Their 6, 000 piece Las Vegas was fine but spoilt by a horizontal line right across width of image at centre where whole image top and bottom either side was misaligned. And Happy New Year for 2025.