Thank You!

I completely agree with your ratings.  A relative bought this cup for my son while we were visiting them.  My husband and I can not believe how bad it is.  It leaks everywhere.  We have had our son leave the cup laying on it’s side and guess what happens? Yup, the cup’s entire contents leaks out onto the floor. Our son also had a wonderful time spraying everyone once he discovered he could shake it.  Fun times all around.

I can’t believe Gerber had the nerve to make and sell this “sippy” cup.  I had no idea this cup was labeled as “tossable” until reading this review. I am extremely irritated.

I literally just bought these 2 days ago.  :( We were without a sink for 1.5 days until a plumber came to fix it and we needed some more options. Looks like we made the wrong choice!

We don’t have this particular Gerber cup, but we have two others… and they are truly terrible.  If the child slams the cup on the counter (or drops the cup), the valve pops out and it leaks everywhere.

I think you’re right about this cup… sounds awful.  And I’m not a big fan of disposable cups, anyway.

That was fantastic!! Love this video. Thanks for all you do to keep us informed - and entertained!
Cheers!
Alexis

For sure...these are terrible.  I was able to pop the lid off simply by squeezing the top of the cup.  And they are definitely not spill resistant - no way.  Maybe these would be good for an older child as an alternative to a cup in the car or something along those lines but definitely not for an 18 month old and absolutely not a good cup to learn with.  I have the set and kept them hoping that one day we can use them.  Sigh…

I have these.  They definitely didn’t get used until my toddler was more responsible with his cups, and even then, only sparingly (because how responsible is an 18 mo old really?) Your video was awesome.

After watching the video, I still think this (and other sippies like it) are more “spill-resistant” than an open top cup, which would spill 100% of the contents immediately. As for the spout, the cups with the silicone valve often don’t allow enough water flow and I often end up removing them altogether, eliminating the “spill-resistant” qualities anyway. My kid’s 3 1/2 and while he uses a regular cup at the table when we’re on the go he now uses a stainless-steel thermos with a free-flow silicone straw...no valve, so it has a high flow when open, but the lid closes it tightly enough so it doesn’t leak.

wow! that is really useless. thanks for this series

Meredith, I personally think you’re better off with an open-top cup, where no one has any illusions about what happens when it tips over and kids can’t create the “spray effect” by shaking the cup. We are in the Baby and Toddler Division at the moment, remember. In fact (spoiler alert!) Munchkin cups overall did not do too well in this category, in part because their flow is soooo slow. Although you have also given me an idea, which I’ll test out and write up soon!

Z started using open-top cups at the table (little ceramic ones, at that!) at about two and a half, I think. She did have some spills early on but we considered that a part of learning. We also found that small, espresso-style cups were easier for her to handle than taller plastic ones, in part because they are heavier and shorter and thus less likely to tip over when she was reaching for something or just waving her arms around.

One more note: We avoided having a points category specifically for spill-proof-ness specifically because of the point you raise - that it is less relevant for older kids and for some scenarios. Otherwise, almost all straw cups would have failed (coming up in the Toddler to Pre-K division) because it is almost impossible to make a straw cup that doesn’t build up incredible internal pressure without a free airflow valve. It’s kind of unfair to expect a straw cup not to leak at all - our criteria tends to be that it can leak from the air valve but hopefully not through the straw or the cup lid edge.

Stay tuned for more ratings, and we look forward to everyone’s feedback, whether they agree or disagree with our assessments!

i have used these for over a year and have never had a major problem with them.  my now two year old drinks her juice or water and then we put the cup away.  maybe you screw the top on wrong?  i don’t see what the big deal is, its a perfectly fine cup.

Karen, you sound like you have a careful child with good early fine motor skills - Z was the same way. I’d encourage you to consider getting your daughter used to an open-top cup - there isn’t much need for a sippy spout in cases like yours, and it’s best for speech development that children stop doing that sippy mouth formation as soon as they’re ready. There is even a cup that will be featured in our Top Picks that transitions well from a lidded sippy to an open cup and has another cool feature to recommend it. We’ll be posting about that in the next several days, after we publish our “middle tier” of results.

What we found with the Tossables screw lid is that the lip that screws to the cup is not tall enough (not enough threading) to get the kind of firm grip most sippy cups have. Also, I’m pretty sure that if your daughter tips over her Tossables cup, the juice will quickly begin emptying from it - but if this is not a problem for you, you have found an inexpensive and very cute cup!

These are the worst! What a waste of money! I bought them on a trip and yes they are tossable… as in throw them away as soon as you get them! (if only they could be recycled) Total garbage! Thanks for spreading the word!

above being extremely entertaining to watch, that was very informative and helpful. thanks (again) for your wonderful tips and input!!

You worded it perfectly - there is not ENOUGH threading of the lid to the cup.  You can even push the top down and skip over threading it at all.  Same effect.

We don’t have these exact cups but have the spill resistant insulated cups from gerber and i love them!  They never leak, they keeps things cold longer and my son loves them!  BUT i can understand how this cup would be terrible.  If it doesn’t have a valve on it, it obviously isn’t spill-proof (DUH) and in my opinion if they’re going to making the threading so thin, why not just put a tupperware type cover on it where it just pops on and off?  Since that seems to be what this cover does anyhow!?  I don’t even bother to look at sippy cups unless they are nice heavy duty thick ones, they may be 7 or 8 dollars for 2 but they’re by far worth it.

Wow, that is terrible! I think I would spill the contents if I used them, let alone the under 2 set.

So you used espresso cups for Z, eh? Funny thing about that-We actually use short little Italian wine glasses for our daughter as she began open top cups. We were stationed in Italy before she was born and Italians use these short little bottom heavy (stemless, obviously) glasses for that casual gathering of wine drinking friends on a Friday evening. We loved this idea and purchased our own set, unbeknown to us that they would be perfect starters for our daughter a few years later.
We also love Nova Natural’s enamel cup for those new to open top cups.

Thanks for always being so helping and informative!

My husband and I hated these too!  We bought them for a trip when we thought cup loss rates would be high, but couldn’t really use them-- too many high-volume leaks everywhere! 

Now that our daughter is 3, we do keep one of these in the car for unplanned drink stops; the lid decreases accidental sloshing-type spills now that she’s old enough to be fairly careful.  So, they haven’t been a total loss, but as a little kids’ sippy we definitely found them worse than useless!

I’m still annoyed at the money wasted on these over a year ago.  Can not believe they are still selling them - I will never buy another Gerber feeding product.

These actually work well for us only because we’re attempting to get little one to drink, not nurse, from a sippy.  We have some Avent ones, and he hasn’t been able to quite “get” those. 

He is young enough though that he can’t “pop” off the top.  And well, so far, he doesn’t get a sippy while out of the high chair so the shake-shake-shake sprinkler is somewhat contained.  As he gets older though...I may be revising my opinion. 

What I do agree with is “why in the hades would you market this thing as disposable?”

I wanted to let you know that I do not like these cups either, so I called Gerber.  They sent me two $5 coupons to use on any of their products and since I love their graduate sippy cups I went and bought four of those with the coupons.  They said they have never had a complaint about them before, so if you don’t call and tell them they will not know they are bad.

As predicted - he’s now a month older, and I’ve completely revised my opinion on the Gerber T&T;, and they’ve been retired for the time being!