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New options for glass baby bottles
By Jeremiah | October 09, 2008 | 8 comments / Comment now
Silikids' silicone sleeves are now designed to fit a variety of brands of baby bottles.
BPA-free plastic baby bottles are becoming more widely available than ever, with major brands like Playtex working their way towards being BPA-free, Avent coming out with BPA-free, honey-colored PES bottles, and Dr. Brown's with a new polypropylene bottle on the market since last April [thanks, Jenny!]. At the same time, we are seeing new innovations in the area of glass bottles that should make even more new parents turn to them.
Babylife pioneered the glass-bottle silicone sleeve back when the first dedicated BPA-free plastic bottles were just coming on the market, and Silikids one-upped them with a far cheaper model. Both were designed for Evenflo bottles, and we told the folks at Silikids that they should be working on sleeves for other brands of glass bottles. Of course, execution is what makes the difference between a random (and probably obvious) idea and a great product, and Silikids has hit another mark by being the first to come out with a series of skins for 4 and 8 oz bottles, shown above. Here are the glass bottles and brands Silikids says their line of silicone bottle covers are compatible with:
Standard Bottles
Wideneck Bottles
Meanwhile, Nurture Pure has designed an innovative sleeve for their own bottles that represents a real step forward.
Nurture Pure's new sleeve is not yet on the market, but we got a sample to take a look at after spotting it at the ABC Kids' Expo last month. The sleeve features pockets of air that add additional padding and a pillowy feel to their glass bottles, and will be available for all of their bottle sizes. This is the second of four innovations we mentioned in a recent post about the company.
There are a number of new companies gearing up for distribution of glass baby bottles made of tempered glass, which is harder at thinner wall thicknesses than standard glass. We'll report on those as we get samples in. At least one of these startups, which shall remain nameless, sounded unnerved when we talked with them at the trade show and told them that we subject glass bottles to a drop test.
Babylife pioneered the glass-bottle silicone sleeve back when the first dedicated BPA-free plastic bottles were just coming on the market, and Silikids one-upped them with a far cheaper model. Both were designed for Evenflo bottles, and we told the folks at Silikids that they should be working on sleeves for other brands of glass bottles. Of course, execution is what makes the difference between a random (and probably obvious) idea and a great product, and Silikids has hit another mark by being the first to come out with a series of skins for 4 and 8 oz bottles, shown above. Here are the glass bottles and brands Silikids says their line of silicone bottle covers are compatible with:
Standard Bottles
- Evenflo
- Dr. Brown's
- Medela
- The straight MoMo Bottle (w/out curve)
- Pigeon
Wideneck Bottles
- Born Free
- Dr. Brown's (launching new glass wideneck bottles soon)
- Pigeon Wide Neck
Meanwhile, Nurture Pure has designed an innovative sleeve for their own bottles that represents a real step forward.
Nurture Pure's new sleeve is not yet on the market, but we got a sample to take a look at after spotting it at the ABC Kids' Expo last month. The sleeve features pockets of air that add additional padding and a pillowy feel to their glass bottles, and will be available for all of their bottle sizes. This is the second of four innovations we mentioned in a recent post about the company.
There are a number of new companies gearing up for distribution of glass baby bottles made of tempered glass, which is harder at thinner wall thicknesses than standard glass. We'll report on those as we get samples in. At least one of these startups, which shall remain nameless, sounded unnerved when we talked with them at the trade show and told them that we subject glass bottles to a drop test.
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i think Dr. Brown’s already came out with the polypropelene bottles.
You’re right, Jenny - thanks for pointing out my slip. Those bottles have been available for a long time, and we did report on them when they came out. Dr. Brown’s is currently polishing up a PP version of their training cup, which we saw at ABC.
Thanks for mentioning the error.
Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly to these silicone sleeves accomplish? Do they protect the bottle? Or are they one more thing you have to wash separately?
When the Silikids sleeve first came out, we drop tested its Evenflo glass bottles with and without it. As it turned out, we could drop from a height of four feet without any damage to the bottle, even without the sleeve.
Evenflo bottles are very thick. We haven’t drop-tested Dr. Brown’s or any other brand of bottles, and new tempered glass bottles are coming out with thinner glass. So it is conceivable that a glass bottle might break during normal use; we haven’t worked with them all.
However, in general I’d say that silicone sleeves are an added bit of security for parents nervous about using glass bottles. Glass is the best option for environmental reasons and among the safest materials you can use. So we applaud these companies for providing a service that does help some new moms and dads take the plunge to using sustainable, long-lasting glass bottles.
I have used Evenflo glass bottles with my 18 month old since he was born. I have loved using them, and had very little problems with breakage until he was about 1 yr, when he figured out how to throw them with force, typically outside. At that point I ordered two Silikids sleeves - which worked well to help protect against breakage, but, both of our sleeves broke (i.e. a piece at the bottom tore off) within several weeks. That said, I totally endorse glass bottles, and will use these sleeves again with my next child, my advice is just to order more than 2 (to save on shipping). The tear is a problem as then your child can try to tear/bite/eat more of the sleeve, once it has been torn.
Evenflo is coming out with a bottle sleeve at the end of the year.
With a lower price, great, easy to use design and made of TPE (a material that is 100%recyclable) it should be much better than the silicone versions out there.
They will be sold separately or with a bottle.
I will carry it on my web site.
We’ll look forward to evaluating it when it is released. As for recycling, I assume you are speaking of the recycling of scrap materials generated during the production process, not by the end consumer. Please let us know if you have information suggesting that consumers can recycle TPE products!
Hi, I am using glass botlles with my baby girl, and I was wondering if there is a great trick to getting the sleeves on and off?