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Product Review: Playtex Twist N' Click Sippy Cups
January 7, 2009 at 1:01 PM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (16)
Both my toddler and kindergartner still use sippy cups -- mostly on long car trips and at bedtime. They like to tuck them in between the mattress and the headboard of their crib/bed. But I hate when the cup topples during the night, soaking the pillow and the sheets.
So I have to tell you about a new product I love: the Playtex Insulator and Lil' Gripper Spill-Proof Cups. You can buy them with the spout top but my kids are using the new ones with the collapsible straw top, shown at left. They really are leak proof when the twist 'n click top is closed. Yay!
The cups come in both insulated (above) and easy-to-grip (at right) versions, in colors
both boys and girls will love. My son has the easy-grip model in a
simple blue with green top -- he likes that it looks more like a big kid sports bottle than a baby sippy. My daughter has the insulated pink cup.
One teeny downside with the straw version: It takes a few extra minutes to disassemble and clean the inside parts, but for me it's worth it. They sell for about $4-$5 each at most stores that sell sippys.
What's your toddler's favorite sippy cup?
Comments:
My 2yo DD loves the same ones! I agree about the straw being a little difficult... I don't mind but DH gets frustrated lol! They are great though, and they don't leak!
Okay, I am going to try them! I have been on the hunt for one I like for some time now. I have had a few with the straws but once I take them all apart to wash them, they seem to no longer want to work well for me. Maybe I am just a dork and have no idea how to put them back together but I don't think so. Thanks for the input!
I don't like them. We have had issues with the fluid "volcano-ing" back up the straw. There have been a few times I went to pick up the cup from the table only to find the straw over flowing slowly with juice or milk and the stuff pooling under the cup. Just my 2 cents with these cups.
Now that you mention this, YES, this does happen! I guess I forgot that part. But for us it's pretty rare and creates less spill than the others. I guess no cup is 100% perfect.
So far my favorite are the Gerber color-changing ones. They don't leak at all, and the valve doesn't fall out when my toddler throws them, like the Playtex ones we have.
as nice as straw cups are, i prefer the playtex coolster tumble, my daughter loves them because she thinks its the same as my coffee cup since it has no spout. Before she switched to these though, I loved the first years sippy cups because they have no valve, even in the hard plastic spouted ones, which meant no extra areas to clean(not just the valve but the hard to reach area around it) and also no waisted liquid! We switched to the tumblers because I want my 2yo daughter to better learn to drink from regular cup.
I as well had issues with the fluid backing up and "flowing" out. The straws are hard to clean as well. :-/
I FORGOT...we use the Munchkin brand sippys and they don't leak! Great cups!
kittymom, that's what I was afraid of. I'd much rather have my four year old using straw cups, but I have not found a SINGLE one that doesn't spit the drink back up the straw and all over.
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Thanks for reviewing these, i was looking at them yesterday and wondering if they were any good. My DS loves to use straw cups but I hate how they leak if he falls asleep with them. I plan on picking up a couple to try.
Mammoo Jan. 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM