Playtex Baby First Lil' Gripper Twist 'n Click Straw Trainer Cup, 7 Ounce, Colors May Vary

by Playtex

• Designed for children transitioning from a bottle, Squeezable cup helps moms and dads teach children how to drink through a straw, Designed especially for a child's grip, Twist 'n click leak-proof guaranteed seal, Available in multiple colors; Colors may vary, you may receive one of the following colors: red, purple, green, yellow or blue

Product Description

Moms will love our easy-to-use trainer cup designed to teach little ones to drink from a straw. Simply squeeze the cup to push liquid up. This makes it easier for children to learn how straws work and for moms to track a child's development. Colors vary, you will receive 1 of the following colors: red, purple, green, yellow, blue.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Would be great if it performed the one job it's supposed to perform. March 14, 2012

By Chad Baker

Pros: has a straw so that kids can drink while sitting up, even if they haven't mastered tipping the cup waaaaay back to let gravity do its thing.

Cons: *takes a deep breath* Here we go...
Leaks - These things leak. That's the one thing they're supposed to prevent, and they fail. They leak out the straw. They leak out the seal. They just leak.
Liquid squirts - They don't have a air pressure relief hole, so as the contents of the cup warm up to room temp, expanding air pressure forces liquid back through the straw and out onto your coffee table. If you're unlucky enough to have closed the straw lid before the cup warmed up and then you flip the straw back into ready position, you get a nice 2-3 foot jet of whatever was in the cup. Awesome science lesson (Boyle's law)!
Straw length - Too short. Lots of liquid remains in the bottom. If that's milk, then you throw away lots of sour milk remnants. It also insures that rather than drinking the cup dry, your child will have plenty of liquid to drizzle around the house, see above.

I would really love these if they worked, but sadly they don't. I'm about to throw away two because I spend a huge part of my day mopping up milk dots from all over the house.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Purchase Lots of Paper Towels & Furniture Cleaner With It January 13, 2013

By R. Harris

Two things that can draw one's mental state into sharp relief: What they wear (or don't) to a football game and what they choose to review on Amazon.

So assume what you will, but I am compelled to articulate a deep, malignant hatred for this cup. I've explored new depths of malice that I didn't know existed. I am consumed with a rage hitherto unknown.

Why despise a poor, unassuming cup? Because it's ridiculous.

1. Your child needs to be ˝ vacuum cleaner to suck anything out of it. My son's left temple is permanently indented due to severe negative cranial pressure brought on by having to draw sweet milky nectar out of this cup.

2. As the liquid and air warms inside the cup it oozes the contents out of the straw and down onto your furniture, your piano, your floor, your kid, your clothes... etc. You get the idea.

Skip this cup. Any modicum of convenience it offers is offset by all the milk rings all over your house that you need to clean up.

I hate so very little in this precious fleeting life of mine. But I do sincerely hate this cup. I really do.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a GREAT cup June 16, 2011

By Samylee00

This is the only "sippy" cup I have been able to get my 8 month old to drink out of. We have tried them all and he got the hang of this one. Yes the straw could be a little longer but other than that it is great. He won't hold it yet but that is because he is stubborn but other than that I love the cup. I originally bought it from Walmart for $4.97, came on here to order some more because normally Amazon is cheaper, needless to say I am going back to Walmart.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good concept but straw is way too short March 12, 2011

By Justbooking TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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I was looking forward to receiving this as I used Playtex cups with my oldest with great success. However, the bottom of this sippy cup is cone-shaped and the staw is too short (coming down only to the 1 oz mark), so there will be a lot of liquid that will be left behind. Over time, this will really add up - what a waste. This is one baby item I'm returning ASAP.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst of the worst November 5, 2012

By S. Eisele

I've purchased 4-5 different types of sippy cups for my now 15-month old daughter. These received high reviews at a mom blog, so I bought two of them. Big mistake! Both of them leak really badly. When you twist them far enough so milk doesn't leak out of the top, the pressure builds up within the cup, moving liquid up the straw, and any liquid in the straw projects out of the straw when you go to open it. I've tried to loosen the top, but then it leaks, and I can't quite figure out the exact amount of turning to keep it from leaking out the cover while also not exploding. A sippy cup shouldn't be so complicated!

Also, the straw is short, and lots of liquid can't be sipped!

The one good thing is this is easy to clean compared to the cup I like the most. I have a thin straw wand/sponge thing from a bottle set, and it works perfectly to lean the straw. But easy cleaning doesn't make up for the mess from leaking! Terrible, terrible, terrible product!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible. Leaks. DO NOT BUY. June 26, 2012

By Jay in California

This "cup" is a mess. I have practically every sippy cup on the market, and this is by far the worst. The liquid shoots out the top if you close the straw and reopen it, liquid shoots out if you shake it (uh....that's what babies do!), liquid shoots out if you heat it. Instead of putting the beverage in the cup, save yourself some time and just throw it at the wall or your baby or spill some on yourself, because that's what will happen if you try to use this cup. I have no idea how anyone can recommend this thing. It is absolutely the worst baby product I have purchased.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the bad reviews - this is a GREAT cup! May 5, 2013

By Eureka14

I was surprised by the negative reviews on this sippy cup. We tried a few different cups when my son was 6 months old (he's now 8 months) and he rejected all of them except this one and the ZoliBot cup. This cup actually doesn't leak, UNLESS you turn it upside down completely and shake it. It will then leak from the straw. However, it's not like a ton of water comes out, and from what I've heard, the ones that absolutely don't leak, kiddies can't even get any liquid out of them. One key note is make sure that you are putting the top on correctly. It has a little arrow which you must line up when screwing on the cap. This is the only way it won't leak out of the cap. By following these directions, we've never had issues. I pack it in my diaper bag with the flip top closed and it's perfectly fine. There is a tiny spurt of water when you flip the top open sometimes, from the pressure seal, but we're not talking gushing here. Anyway, I think this is a fantastic trainer cup. My son got the hang of it on the 3rd time using it and still prefers these cups over any other ones we've tried. Wish I'd known to go right to the straw sippy cups in the first place. I didn't buy off of Amazon because I didn't want to end up getting sent a pink or purple cup...I wanted the blue/yellow or green/blue combo.