I decided it was time to buy an insulated sippy cup now that my 13-month old daughter is drinking whole milk all the time. I'm not sure why they don't make more cups like this one, but I guess most people are satisfied with using the plastic sippies. I was ok with that until I was having to stop at any and every convenience store every time I was out to get a small bottle of milk to refill or replace the warm milk. Plus plastic isn't good for the environment and doesn't keep liquids cold very long, so I felt better switching to the stainless steel cup. I got this cup after I realized the thermos foogoo straw cup that I was already ordering was for older kids, so I added the Eco Vessel cup to the order as a solution for right now. If you're still reading, here comes the important part: this is a well-made cup, but with some quirks. I knew from one of the other reviews that the spout might not line up with the handles on the cup. Such was the case with my cup, which made it awkward for my daughter to drink out of, even though she liked the cup right away. I called the 800 number on the tag that came on the cup (which you shouldn't throw away, because other than arriving in a nondescript white box, that's the only information that comes with it). I was connected to customer service and spoke to a nice (American-yay!) customer service representative who told me that the green spout is removable. The spout is supposed to line up with the stars on the lid, but mine didn't. He told me that you can just pull out the spout, which I proceeded to do and then centered it in the middle of the two handles on the bottle. I never would have guessed that the spout came out. Also, the little plastic stopper on the bottom can come off to be cleaned, but leave it on to keep liquids from leaking. I made the mistake of using it without it, and milk leaked everywhere. Overall, though, once I had some help figuring it out, I'm happy with this cup, and my daughter likes carrying it around!
It doesn't leak, it doesn't leach chemicals, and it's so cute and durable! Unfortunately, the top rim where the orange part meets the stainless steel on the inside has a gap, and drinks (milk ewwww) gets stuck in there. No matter how much I wash it I can't get it out. Why? Because when the cup is upside down, the milk/drink goes into that gap, and when I put it Right side up, it goes back into the cup. I can't get it out!!!! It's starting to stink at the rim where the buildup is. I've tried using the dishwasher, a scrubbing brush, anything to clean it and no luck. Otherwise this would be a great leak proof cup for kids who don't use regular cups yet.
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We have gone through our share of glass and steel baby bottles and now sippy cups. We avoid using plastic wherever possible and glass even with silicone wrappers eventually proved just too easy to break for our little one. For milk or juice, I would still prefer glass as metal does cause foods to oxidize/spoil faster. However, we only give water to our toddler in the steel vessels and they are a better option for this purpose.
The material, fabrication, design and quality is exceptional on the Pura.
Pura Kiki Stainless Sippy Bottle Stainless Steel with XL Sipper Spout, 11 Ounce, Aqua Blue, 6 Months+
Our other three steel sippy cups all have hard plastic parts (lids, spouts, handles, bottoms) that have all cracked or broken after being tossed onto tile or concrete by our toddler.
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The Pura is the only one that has no hard plastic parts to crack or break and has held up to our toddler's abuse and still performs flawlessly.
However, we did tweak the spout on the Pura because it was too difficult to suck (though it did not drip when inverted in this state). I snipped the openings with a small scissor to make the water flow more easily. Yes, our toddler can now shake a little bit of water out (but he could do this with all the other bottles too).
The Pura Kiki is now my favorite steel sippy cup and I just purchased two more!
Thanks for reading, I hope this review was helpful.
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I ordere these sippy cups along with the safe sippy and the foogo stainless steel sippy in my search for the perfect leak-free sippy cup that was also stainless steel. These, of the three, were my least favorite. The avent top has holes in the spout for getting liquid out and then one single hole on the opposite end of the led for releasing pressure. Every. Single. Time. my toddler took a sip, milk 'volcanoed' out of the single hole on the back of the spout. There is a silicone flap inside the sippy that regulates how much milk comes out and whatever is left in that flap after you child is done sucking comes out of that hole. Some reviews say that it depends on how tight you twist the lid so I tried to not tighten it as much as I normally would. This did decrease how much came out of the hole but then it leaked from the neck.
Overall, the Foogo sippy cup is your best bet in terms of leakage.
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This is the perfect sippy cup for us living in the south and wanting something not plastic, well except for one thing. The ring around the top and bottom. The plastic is to hard and after a couple drops onto our tile floor and driveway the bottom basically shattered and came off. The bottom is kinda sharp so I have to throw it out. I want to buy a new one but I think a redesign of just that element is called for.
We have the blue set for my 4-yr-old. He did chew off part of the bottom on the fork, but other than that they are still in good condition 2 years later. We are buying a second set for our 2-yr-old son. We haven't had any problems putting them in the dishwasher. Durable, cute and easy for toddlers to eat with.
