Metro Bakewares bamboo rolling pin MB 5574 review

A 5.0 Shopee rating from 22 ratings, a proper model number, and the highest price on this page. What the MB 5574 does not give you is a single dimension.

The most expensive pin here tells you the least

Every other pin in this category costs less, and several of them publish both a length and a diameter. This one publishes neither. At around ₱449 as of August 19, 2026 it is roughly double the middle of the field, and you are asked to take the size on trust.

A model number usually means a catalog exists somewhere behind the listing. That makes the silence odd rather than careless, and it makes a message to Metro Home Philippines worth sending before you buy.

Bamboo is glued together, and that decides how you wash it

Bamboo is not a timber. It is a grass, and bamboo kitchen tools are made by slicing it into strips and gluing those strips into a block, which is then turned into the shape you want. You can usually see the lines if you look along the barrel.

The surface that gives you is hard, smooth and slow to scar, which is exactly what you want against dough. The weakness is the glue. Soaking a laminated pin, scrubbing it under a running tap, or putting it anywhere near a dishwasher works on those seams until they lift. Wipe it damp, dry it straight away, and it will outlast you.

What the price does not appear to be buying

Bamboo is the cheapest raw material in this whole category. It grows in years rather than decades and it is farmed, not felled, which is why bamboo boards and utensils are usually the budget shelf in a housewares aisle.

So the money here is going somewhere other than the material: the finish, the retailer, or simply the shelf it normally sits on. None of that is visible from the listing, which is the problem.

Cheaper pins that commit to a number

The Smart Cook 6.5 x 43cm wooden rolling pin publishes both of its dimensions and cost around ₱240 as of August 19, 2026, a little over half this one. For a solid piece of wood with a stated 30cm barrel, the Lahome ebony wood rolling pin is cheaper again.

If you want the surface rather than the wood, the SLIQUE wood and silicone rolling pin is the best-selling pin in this category.

Who the MB 5574 is right for

Buy this if you shop the Metro Home range already, you specifically want bamboo, and you are happy to confirm the size in a message first. Nobody who has bought one has scored it below 5.0.

Skip it if you are choosing on specs alone. Two pins here cost less and tell you more.