At BPAFreeKids.com, we receive many questions comparing our non-toxic products with the unsafe ones found on many store shelves. We thought we’d share one of these inquiries and our response with you. We hope it is as helpful to our readers here as it was to this customer.
Their question:
I am interested in purchasing two Foogo straw cups. My children are 1 and 2 years old and are use to drinking from Playtex straw sippy cups. Are these cups similar in size and grip? Also, do the personalized vinyl labels stick to these cups?
Our response:
Hello,
I did some research on the Playtex straw bottles you mentioned and there are some important differences between that and our Foogo straw bottles.
The biggest, of course, is that Foogo’s are toxin free. Another is the difference in size. Playtex are 9 ounces while Foogo straw bottles are 12, (sippy cups are 7). Foogo also incorporates the TherMax double wall vacuum insulation to keep drinks cold and safe from bacteria for 12 hours (sippy cups 6). Please follow this link to read the Cornell University study on the Foogo sippy cup. No other child drinking container does that!
Another distinctive difference are the lids. It looks like with the Playtex top, you push up and back to expose the straw. With the Foogo bottles, all your child need do is push the button on the front and the top pops open to reveal the straw. I couldn’t find any information about Playtex’s top or bottom straw, but I can tell you that both the soft silicone top straw and the inside hard straw of our Foogo straw bottles are free of BPA and other toxins that are too often found in other straw bottles.
The only difference in grip is the way it feels; plastic of Playtex to the stainless steel of a Foogo. The personalized labels do stay on.
