teejk
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I think they are sold as "rings" (not "bands")...I leave them on. Figure that once the jars are empty they will need to be washed before they get used again. The rings don't really do much other than secure the lid during the cooking process so I save them and wash them all at the same time. In the rare instance where I get a bad one, replacements are available (they come in 10 packs with lids). Otherwise I simply buy new lids.When I was a kid growing up, everyone I knew left the bands on. It was many years later, in later life, that I learned about taking the bands off before storing the jars.