Do you have to bite the straw while sucking to get liquid? Is it hard to suck from?
1304810
It doesn't allow anything with pulp to come out but any thin liquid comes out of it fine.
1304811
You have to suck a bit harder than a normal straw but no, no biting is required and it's very easy to use we've had these cups over a year and I still love them.
1304812
You do not have to bite the straw for the liquid to come up. My grandson had no problem with this cup and has used it for about 6 months (he is now 23 months old). He still has this cup but his other plastic zippy cups with straws have been replaced with stainless cups.
2229297
i think it depends on if your child bites on the straw and how gross it starts looking. I personally did not like these replacements because the straws were too long for the smaller cup and they ended up frustrating my son since it wasn't fee to swing in the direction he needed to drink from. we ended up not using these cups anymore and switching to lollacups.
33647
They come with a piece that if put on the inside of the cup, your child will need to suck on the spout for the liquid to come out - very handy when in the car or when they are in the drops everything phase. However, you can leave that piece out and the liquid will come out on its own.
1212321
When the child puts the straw in their mouth, they automatically put enough pressure on the straw to release the liquid. They don't have to bite hard like some of the other cups.
1443526
It depends....my pediatrician recommended starting my son on sippy cups by his 1st birthday. I started with the sippy part and after 3 days he got it so I moved to the straw and thst only took him one day. However, this cup is horrible for the straw...yes it taught my son howto use it but the pressure bbuild-up made the milk always come up the straw and pour out all over the place. I recommend Munchkin click and lock cups, theyv have a straw cup to and no matter how many times it gets dropped it never leaks! Hope this helps.
1614246
No, you do not have to use the straw, in fact the ones I got did not include a straw. It has a drinking hole and a air hole in the top. It has a cover that rotates to cover the holes. It is not a very good mug for trying to use a straw because the drinking hole is not round.
1058084
I haven't had a problem with a leaky straw. Whatever is left in the straw from the previous sip will come out, but that's been it for us. It is not that hard to get water out as long as you don't have it filled up all the way
807773
You kind of have to bite and pull it open. It seemed like I had to bite and suck pretty hard to get the water out (as in much harder than a camelbak). There is a plastic piece on the valve that also fell off mid race and I almost lost it. That said it is a decent product for the price- I recommend it more for men though because it would fit someone with broad shoulders better.
229208
My son learned to drink from the straw (he skipped the sippy feature all together) when he started solids at 6 months old. It took him a couple days, but he figured it out.
1403124
No, but you do need to suck. The inner spill proof piece can be removed, which will allow liquid to flow faster. My 1& 3 year old grand kids both use these every day. Good product!
304047
You can just suck like normal straw. The spout has a soft rubber surround on it but I think it's just for comfort and ease of drinking.
1094530
It doesn't have a straw inside, only the small maybe 0.75 inch hard straw outside to drink. So it's very hard to drink out of it.
342607
The straw has a stopper that is closer to one end of the straw. I use the straw with the stopper in the cup to keep my straw from coming out of the top, but I have seen others use it toward the sucking end of the straw ... guess you can do what you want. But mine don't move from what I can tell. Hope this helps.
1412972
I usually add a lot of water and it becomes like a juice. I give him a straw, too. My nephew is the pickiest and I just him that the sooner he drinks it the sooner he won't taste it.
2253813
No straw at all. You just pop it open and bottoms up to drink from it. Though I have to say its one of the best bottles I've ever gotten. Nicely sealed and the top part can detach into a hoop so you can hang it from a back pack or so.
23195
You can remove the bite valve, and its tough to get inside of it to clean. I use a q-tip. You cannot just use the straw.
1062390
Yes. You twist the top part and the straw retracts to keep liquid from spilling out.