Sippy Straw Cleaner: Review and Giveaway

The Sippy Straw Cleaner is one of the smartest parent hacks I’ve seen in awhile. I have thrown away way too many sippy cups simply because I couldn’t get the straw components clean. If you’ve had toddlers, you know what I mean. They become gross!  Throwing away sippy cups is also costly and not very environmentally friendly.

Still, I have yet to find a way to avoid needing sippy cups. Most toddlers use them to transition from bottle to cup. I’m all for trying “MacGyver” solutions around the house before buying something, but I still couldn’t get the straws clean.

I was excited that the mom who made this gave me a sample to review. Here’s what I found: the brush has a small, nylon bristle tip that is just the right size for squeezing into those hard-to-reach places. It’s not just for straws, either; my husband and I noticed that it did a great job of getting around the inside rims of the boys’ sippies too.

The stem is stainless and rust proof, and the handle is sturdy. When I used it, the stem had just enough flexibility to allow me to really get in there and clean while the bristles actually got the muck out. It works, hooray!

Many parents are concerned about items being BPA free; no worries here. The Sippy Straw Cleaner is actually FDA approved and meets all the requirements of the US Consumer Product Safety Regulations.

Concerned about the cost? I wondered too. It seems like gimmicks abound with baby products and there’s always some other thing that companies are asking parents to buy; but this one gets my stamp of approval. It is very well priced at $3.98 for two brushes at strawcleaner.com. It also keeps parents from having to continually purchase new sippy cups. Having been through the toddler years with three boys,  I know that really adds up over time. The Sippy Straw Cleaner is a smart, economical solution to a very common problem.

*GIVEAWAY*

Sippy Straw Cleaner has graciously allowed me to give away a package of straw cleaners! I’ll choose a winner with the help of random.org at 10 pm CST on Friday, December 18. The winner has 48 hours to respond and must live in the U.S. or Canada. Here are the ways you can enter to win. You must do the mandatory entry to be eligible, but the others are optional entries to increase your chances of winning. Note that each comment should be given in a separate entry.

1. MANDATORY: Visit Sippy Straw Cleaner’s website here. Come back and share your favorite benefit or feature of the Sippy Straw Cleaner.

2. Follow Sippy Straw Cleaner on twitter: @sippystrawclean then post a comment letting me know you’re following.

3. Join their Facebook fan page. Leave a comment letting me know you joined.

4. Grab one of Sippy Straw’s buttons here. Post it on your blog, if you have one and leave a comment with a link back to your blog.

5. Purchase an item from Sippy Straw Cleaner’s site during the contest and you’ll gain 3 entries. The cleaners are a great item for a shower gift (or baby’s Christmas stocking!) Leave a comment letting me know that you made a purchase.

6. Subscribe to my blog via feed. Leave a comment letting me know that you’re following.

7. Become a Facebook fan of Housewife Hacks. Leave a comment telling me that you are a fan.

8. Follow me on twitter: @Housewifehacks. Leave a comment letting me know that you’re a follower and leave your Twitter name.

9. Grab my button for your blog and put it on your site. It’s way down the page on the right side. (3 entries!) Leave 3 comments with the link.

10. Tweet daily to win. You can get creative or use something like this: Win the Sippy Straw Cleaner from @Housewifehacks and stop having to throw your sippies away! http://bit.ly/4VnJ9f Leave a comment with the link to your tweet. You can get one entry per day by tweeting.

11. Blog about the giveaway linking back to this post. (5 entries!) Leave 5 comments with the link.

12. Join my email newsletter list. Leave a comment letting me know that you joined.

There are many ways to win. Good luck!
Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Sippy Straw Cleaners. I received a sample Cleaner but my opinions, as always, are honest and my own. I have not received compensation for this post.