Thursday, December 2, 2010

Nalgene Sippy Cups - I love these things!

A cousin came to Thanksgiving dinner at my house with her almost-two-year-old. She had a Nalgene Grip n' Gulp kids' water bottle. It looked cool and the baby carried it with her all around the house. So, of course, the neat freak in me, wondered if it was like most other sippy cups that leak. Nope.  

On black Friday I came across these bottles for sale at a sporting goods store and bought a couple for my boys. They love them!  It's a great way to get them to stay hydrated. They even ask to use them!  They come in a handful of colors including green, blue, pink and purple, and they're BPA-free. 

The best feature of the Nalgene Grip 'n Gulp is that they are super easy to clean. You pull out the silicone valve from under the lid and a nipple bottle brush fits into the sipper spout to get thoroughly clean. Unfortunately the silicone valve stains easily...I put carrot/apple juice in one and the silicone valve is forever stained orange.  

Back to the looking cool comment I made above...they are translucent so you can see how much liquid is in them and the lid is color-coordinated. The lid feels like rubber and the sipper spout seems to be resistant to teeth marks, so it remains clean looking.  (Don't 'cha just cringe at a gnarly-looking chewed sipper cup?!? ) It looks like something an adult wouldn't be embarrassed to carry. Again, I love these bottles and am on the verge of recycling every other one we own.   Here are a couple retailers where you can find these: 
Amazon

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