I would have had my son on straws a year ago. He's a few weeks from 2 years old, and because he was a bit behind in speech development, it was recommended we lose the sippy and get him on straw drinking. Problem is, he's been drinking from a bottle and sippy his whole life, and he tips up his drink, just out of habit. So, two months after I've given up possibly dehydrating my son (exaggerating; that was never a danger) by only letting him drink during supervised sessions, and enduring many fits because I wouldn't let him hold the cup, THIS MIRACLE product shows up in my recommendations on Amazon. It's simply a godsend. I don't caaaarrrrre that it takes three different tools to clean. Sponge for cup, bottle brush for lid. Special straw brush (provided) for the straw. (Which, by the by, manufacturer, can you please not bother giving me a bendy straw brush for a bendy straw? Thing is, the straw can get straight. The brush? Cannot. Fixed handle, please.) The straw brush included SUUUCKS but it works. At first, I thought, How Cool, this little bendy brush for a bendy straw...but it's TINY and hard to grip, Especially when you've got soapy hands. Also, because it is flimsy, and the straw is flimsy, things get weird. If you don't put the lid on properly, and I'm talking EXACT pressure here, it will back-fill and ooze liquid from the top of the straw. Doesn't happen all the time, but gets worse as the cup gets older. Other brands have done the same thing, so I'm used to it, and adjust accordingly. I'm not even sure it's the lid's fault. I might be overfilling. Whatever. It drips sometimes from the straw. Not often, maybe once every few days. But, in all seriousness, I am grateful for this. My toddler has already improved in his speech development because he is able to drink as he's used to, while developing the muscles in his mouth. The weighted straw allows him to lay back and drink his juice while he's listening to stories, or sucking down milk at naptime, or just tip the cup up because that's what he's done forever. There isn't just a taaaad bit of milk left in the bottom because it got caught in a pocket, because the straw reaches every bit of the inside of that cup. I love these cups. LOVE. I feel like I am winning at life every time I hand one to my son. Spill that, kid. Hide it somewhere when you're done so that I find it in two days, 'cause there's nothing in it to go sour. Challenge accepted, Mom. He still gets the last laugh, though; I have to wash it. Read more
Pros: The weighted straw allows the child to drink, regardless of the cup angle. It is pretty leak proof. Cons: If the drink is cold and warms up, it may leak a little. Not really a con, more the result of physics. Advice: Make sure that the lid is installed correctly. If it is a little catty-wonker, it will leak. Make sure the straw is pulled all the way, and that the cover for the vent is in the correct location, it will leak. Check for mold. It can start in the lid around the straw and vent. Clean the straw with the supplied brush, daily. Improvements: Sell replacement straws. Our grandson has chewed up three straws. The cups and lids are fine. I highly recommend these cups. Read more
Once you hear the click when you close it, it’s leakproof there after. Love this. Straw is always a hassle for a person like me to clean. My hands are always slippery. So it gets difficult to clean the straw but the bottle and other items are dishwasher free. Love this bottle. My baby loves it too. I used it for both my babies. 7 years later this product is still of same quality. They’re great Read more
The colors are cute and my toddlers love them. The straw makes it easy for them to drink. However, the cups do leak. It’s almost like the liquid backs up out of the straw and will constantly sit there and drip up and out. Read more
These cups are a staple in our house. We've used them for both of our kids and both of them adapted well and used the cups with ease. If the lids are on properly (twisted until you hear the click), they do not leak at all and can survive the toddler "toss off the table." The weighted straw makes it SO easy for really young toddlers to drink from the cup and always get liquid up the straw. The only thing I don't like about them is the process for cleaning the straws. The straws are very narrow and wiggly so you need to use a small brush to get inside them but that negative far outweighs the benefits on these for me. Read more
I see a lot of reviews about these being complicated to drink from but I have never had that issue. A lot of people will forget to take the plastic cover off the little circle weight at the end of the straw but beyond that I don't know why anyone would have an issue drinking from them. My son has always loved these cups but after having them for a while I've realized that the straw breaks easily as you can see in the picture right at the top where the stopper is in the straw is breaking on almost every one of my cups and I have about a dozen of them. Even before they broke they would all leak. And it doesn't take you tipping them upside down for them to leak. If the cup is sitting still and upright on the counter, whatever is in the cup will work its way up the straw and out and creates a huge puddle of juice/ water/ smoothie or whatever. It doesn't matter what's in the cup, all of it will leak out of the straw while just sitting there. These are great cups my son loves them and if I just hand him the drink and he drinks everything right that second it's completely fine but if he sits the cup down, especially if he sits it down like a toddler and puts it on its side it is going to spill and leak everywhere. Honestly I've yet to find a cup that doesn't do that so for now I'm going to continue using these and just put up with it but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that it is not as leak proof as it says. One other good thing about the cup is the weighted straw. When my son was 6 months old and we started using these he had the urge to tip his cups just like he would his bottle or he would drink while laying down so this was a really nice feature that allowed him to drink from any angle no matter how he held the cup. Read more
