I have used Dr. Brown’s sippy cups for all of my kids over the past 12 years and we have loved them. Baby #6, I wanted some again. I noticed that they have changed the design quite a bit, but the cup still delivers. Here are the pros and cons.Pros:– This cup DOES NOT LEAK. This is the main selling point. It just doesn’t leak. WIN.– The size is compact. This is something I love about it. Kids who need a sippy don’t drink that much at a time, so bigger sizes are redundant IMO. This one is perfect.– It’s extremely easy to clean. It comes apart into only four parts: the cup, the screw-on cap w/handles, the nipple/gasket, and a lid.– The lid is an updated design from what I remember; instead of a free-flowing cap, it has a hinged flip-top lid, which can be easily removed. Good update.– It’s ergonomic and has a soft spout. My babies could always pick these up easily and figure them out quickly, and they really enjoy the soft tip over a hard plastic one (which gets ruined even with mild chewing – this doesn’t). Again, size matters here – smaller and more compact is easier for a baby to manage.– It’s a cost-effective sippy at only $6, and the price hasn’t really changed over the years. Win.Cons:– The cup only comes in two colors: blue and pink. As a nonbinary person who is also sick of the “norm,” I rather dislike baby and kid products that only come in blue and pink. I would like to see more purple and green, personally. (Or hey, go crazy and do multi-colored.)– The handles on the cup are too long/tapered, and they hit my fingers when I’m twisting the cap on, unless I grasp the very bottom of the cup with the tips of my fingers. It’s awkward, I hate it, and I feel like I’m going to drop it. It would be fine if I only used it once in a while, but this is something I’m going to be using every day, multiple times per day, probably for the next two years or so.This last bit is the reason I came to write this review, and a reason I knocked a star off. Hopefully Dr. Brown’s will change the design back to something that makes more sense.Otherwise, GREAT CUP! The bad handle design is easily overlooked because of all its other good qualities.
