What is a good brush for cleaning the soft upper part of the straw?
1948018
I use the tiny brush from the Munchkin Deluxe Bottle Brush cleaning system. It's small enough to get in there & clean it!
1948019
When I bought my first foogos 9 years ago, I bought the stainless steel ones and they came with a little brush for cleaning it. The new ones don't seem to come with them. I use the ones that I got a long time ago.
2163132
This brush set has a small brush that is perfect for cleaning even drinking straw size holes! Love this set!
126491
I use a bottle brush to clean mine but it is big enough to put hand in. It's easily accesable to me.
514916
Any brush is fine. I use a blue Avent one that looks like an oversized tooth brush. I pull the whole thing apart each time (warm soapy water)
1133723
Sure. The drink straws that I use it for are the hard plastic ones. Plus the bristles are flexible to fit in even a bit smaller straw.
1199399
You might try a Munchkin baby bottle brush. If you want to make sure brush long enough to reach bottom of bottle, take your Nalgene bottle to Target or where ever you can find the brush and check that it's long enough to reach bottom of bottle. Or you could just see if you can get length of bottle brush off Amazon description. I use a Munchkin brand brush that has a suction cup at the bottom to keep it upright at sink side. It works great to keep the Nalgene bottle clean. If you can't clean it for now, you can put a paper towel into the bottle with some soapy water to swish it around to wipe down insides until you can get a brush. (That's how I clean 5 gallon water bottles.) You might try a Munchkin baby bottle brush. If you want to make sure brush long enough to reach bottom of bottle, take your Nalgene bottle to Target or where ever you can find the brush and check that it's long enough to reach bottom of bottle. Or you could just see if you can get length of bottle brush off Amazon description. I use a Munchkin brand brush that has a suction cup at the bottom to keep it upright at sink side. It works great to keep the Nalgene bottle clean. If you can't clean it for now, you can put a paper towel into the bottle with some soapy water to swish it around to... » Read More You might try a Munchkin baby bottle brush. If you want to make sure brush long enough to reach bottom of bottle, take your Nalgene bottle to Target or where ever you can find the brush and check that it's long enough to reach bottom of bottle. Or you could just see if you can get length of bottle brush off Amazon description. I use a Munchkin brand brush that has a suction cup at the bottom to keep it upright at sink side. It works great to keep the Nalgene bottle clean. If you can't clean it for now, you can put a paper towel into the bottle with some soapy water to swish it around to wipe down insides until you can get a brush. (That's how I clean 5 gallon water bottles.) « Show Less
1889052
You have to separately buy a straw cleaning brush. And in my experience, it gets moldy very quickly, even though we washed it after every use and set it out to dry. Found out the hard way when I saw a bunch of black stuff floating in it while my daughter was drinking her water!!
706123
I would guess a straw would work as long as you aren't going to go swishing it around in your mouth first. Probably a better question for Redmond Trading Company directly though.
126851
I don't know what a TERVIS straw is, but this brush will fit through a standard size straw. I tried it on a 'hospital bendy' type straw, ¼ inch diameter, with the accordion style at the bend, and it worked perfectly The diameter of the brush at the bristles is about ⅜ inch. The bristles flex just enough to allow it to go through the straw, and firm enough to clean inside. If you have a straw with a larger diameter than ⅜ inch, it may not be as effective. I used a postage stamp sized piece of cloth or a piece of cotton to bulk up the brush. (The cloth was better, no cotton to pick out of the bristles)This is a great set of brushes. I don't know what a TERVIS straw is, but this brush will fit through a standard size straw. I tried it on a 'hospital bendy' type straw, ¼ inch diameter, with the accordion style at the bend, and it worked perfectly The diameter of the brush at the bristles is about ⅜ inch. The bristles flex just enough to allow it to go through the straw, and firm enough to clean inside. If you have a straw with a larger diameter than ⅜ inch, it may not be as effective. I used a postage stamp sized piece of cloth or a piece of cotton to bulk up the brush. (The cloth was better, no cotton to... » Read More I don't know what a TERVIS straw is, but this brush will fit through a standard size straw. I tried it on a 'hospital bendy' type straw, ¼ inch diameter, with the accordion style at the bend, and it worked perfectly The diameter of the brush at the bristles is about ⅜ inch. The bristles flex just enough to allow it to go through the straw, and firm enough to clean inside. If you have a straw with a larger diameter than ⅜ inch, it may not be as effective. I used a postage stamp sized piece of cloth or a piece of cotton to bulk up the brush. (The cloth was better, no cotton to pick out of the bristles)This is a great set of brushes. « Show Less
1133724
I have used it on a few straws and it works great! the bristles are soft enough that they push back and allow it to fit into a pretty small space. I can't say for certain without knowing which cup, but I have tried it on a number of water bottles with straw attachments and it really does work
263054
When I ordered the straws on Amazon I also ordered a straw cleaning brush separately. I can't tell you how well it worked because they were a gift for someone else. But they looked like they would clean well. They were long enough to clean the whole inside of the straw.
243820
The brush is rigid stainless steel - you probably should refer to your manual/manufacturer's instructions for cleaning, etc.
2055893
I use a brush I picked up at the grocery store. It has a cotton tip and bristles that go up about 3 inches. It bends so I can get in all of the bottle. Very inexpensive not a brand name, good luck.
2048231
I don't know about that particular brand of accordion type straw, but I did try it on a generic one that was made of a soft plastic and it worked fine. The bristles are stiff but flexible.
1304961
I've only used the brush with these straws: Endurance Stainless Steel Drink Bent Straws (Set of 4)But the bristles are not terribly stiff and seem to collapse well inside the straw.
1541721
A bottle brush works. The ones that I purchased was intended for show and fun.
342688
I also used a pipe cleaner (the kind with a few metal strands also works best), to stick in the folding plastic part (not the bite valve). As this gets gunked up also. If you take the long plastic straw off, you can actually get the pipe cleaner all the way through, and you can pull it back and forth. I love this bottle also, but it is something you need to keep up with the cleaning on.