Philips Avent 9oz Magic Trainer Twin Pack | 
| Brand: Avent
Buy New: $7.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 629
Age: 3 months - 3 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3 x 6 x 6.8
MPN: SCF602/22
Model: 689
UPC: 761269006898
EAN: 0761269006898
ASIN: B00005QBW7
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | Non-spill, easy-sip valve now easier to clean | | • | Firm Toddler Spout is ideal for teething needs | | • | Specially contoured handles help your toddler drink independently | | • | Includes two 9-oz Magic Trainer Cups | | • | Color may vary |
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Product Description
Prevent messy spills, drips and dribbles. The Avent Magic Cup is made with a patented easy-flow valve, which stops flowing as soon as your child stops drinking. The cup's soft-sip spout feels natural to babies, and as she grows teeth, just switch to the firmer Toddler Spouts (sold separately; designed for use with Magic Cup). Plus, Magic Cups are made from a durable, translucent polypropylene plastic, so you can always see when your baby needs a refill. Perfect for any kind of juice -- even drinks with heavy pulp. Dishwasher and sterilizer safe. This special Trainer version of the Magic Cup features easy-grip handles specially contoured for small fingers. The handles attach and detach easily, so the cup can be used with handles or alone. Handles also fit all Avent Reusable Bottles (sold separately). Set includes two 9-ounce Magic Cups and handles.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 NO PROBLEMS HERE! January 14, 2006
V. Castle (NJ)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Our son is almost 16 months old and we have been using these sippy cups for about 10 months now. We have never had them leak, mold, spouts push through or anything! I suggest reading the directions before tossing these sippy cups in the trash. I cannot get over how many parents assume that the Avent line is alot of "hype" just because they failed to read directions.
As for the complaints about mold and sour milk...that's just gross. Wash the sippy cup after it's used. I'm sure any other brand would get moldy and smelly if you left it in your trunk all summer...not Avent's fault!
Anyway, as for the green spouts being stiffer than the white ones and more difficult to clean...OK, maybe for the first few times because they are new; but they WILL get more pliable. I spoke to an Avent rep at the Baby Fair in Edison, NJ and she suggested buying new spouts every month or so (same for nipples with Avent bottles). They do wear out...especially if you're using the same two or three sippy cups every day.
I just bought (and tried) the "sport spout" and although it is quite a mouthful of liquid that comes out, our son has no problem with that spout, either. No leaks so far.
All in all, read the directions and you will see the leaks disappear like MAGIC! Good luck!
 Advent Magic Cups Aren't... (Magic that is) July 22, 2005
Pam Tee
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is not a horrible product. Some young children find the spout easier than other sippies, and we used it as a transition sippy before switching over to the Playtex model.
They will leak, but hardly in floods if our experience is any indication. The BIGGEST drawback is that they are a real *pain* to clean. Very difficult to clean by hand (take something else on vacation!) and not all that convenient even when you do have a dishwasher at hand. There are just so many parts!
Plus the handle and the ring thingie don't fit into our bottle washing dishwasher basket.
Two stars. You might want to try it for an older baby or toddler who is not adapting to other styles. But otherwise give it a pass.
Does your baby bite his/her sippy cup or refuse to drink? February 17, 2005
mommy
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Well my baby boy is 12 months old now. He wouldn't drink from any bottle or sippy cup. He took one sip out of the 9oz Avent trainer cup and loved it. He laughed because, it met his teething needs. He has been teething and places an enfasis on chewing everything. He was nursed, but only used Avent bottles when needed.
I agree, no magic here August 18, 2005
PghYinzer (Pittsburgh, PA United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
These cups - the entire Avent line, for that matter - seem so wonderful in theory. But in practice, they're pretty terrible, and I can't for the life of me figure out how the Avent line came to be so hyped. (A friend of mine speculates it has a lot to do with the cups, bottles, etc being pretty - I'm inclined to agree.)
In a way, these cups remind me of the nursery rhyme my mother would chide me with when I was younger, about the little girl with the little curl in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good - and when she was bad, she was horrid!
When these cups are working right, they are wonderful! But - These cups are STRANGE. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. Sometimes they leak from the spout, sometimes they leak from the collar, but the same cup will not always leak in the same way, if it leaks at all. Avent bottles have the same leaky collar issue and if you call Avent they will tell you that you must have over-tightened the collar, that the collar is supposed to be tightened using the clear plastic over-cap, not touching the collar directly. Huh? Who would think to do it that way? Why would you put a cap on just to tighten the collar and then remove it? But it's a moot point because any way I do it, loose or tight, collar or cap to tighten, sometimes they leak, sometimes they don't.
All that is after you account for the fact that the larger cups only come with the harder green spouts, which are for toddlers. This is OK, I suppose... but the white soft spouts just SEEM nicer, my kid seems to prefer them, and the green spouts are much harder to remove the valves from because they are so stiff! So when I bought these cups I had to then spend extra money on the white spouts, and that is all we used - which may or may not account for my next problem. I don't know if it strikes the green spouts or not.
Over time, these cups stop working. You will hand it to your child, he will suck for a bit, get angry, and hand the cup back to you. You will try the cup. All you will get is a hiss of air, no liquid. Early on, you can remove the cap and press harder to snap the valve in place... but then after a while, nothing works. You have to replace the caps and valves. And maybe I'm just an idiot but it bothers me to throw away things that are perfectly OK, and it bothers me that you can't figure out just WHICH part of the cap/valve set has gone bad, you have to either replace all your caps and valves at once or end up playing sippy cup roulette having an odd mixing of new and old spouts/valves that may or may not work when you put them together.
In short, this cups have nearly driven me insane.
Oh, and my favorite, favorite part about these cups - NOT - is if you use them with the nipple, your kid can push the nipple down inside the cup and spill milk (or whatever) all over the place. My guy first figured this out while we were out in the stroller and he had a cup of strawberry kefir. A pretty much full cup. What a mess!
These cups also hold sour milk smell worse than any other cup I have tried (and we've tried a lot) They pretty much have to be washed in the dishwasher or else repeatedly sterilized which can get annoying. Of course this can be prevented by washing your cups immediately, every time, but let the mom who has never discovered a squirreled-away sippy full of homemade yogurt cast the first stone...
I guess the biggest thing these cups offer over the competition is they have caps. Most other sippies don't - actually I don't know of any that do. But we've switched to playtex and I'm pretty happy with them. No leaks, fewer parts, only one part to go bad...
Avent... ugh. I've used and hated the breastpump, the bottles, and now the sippies.
 Constant Leaking December 21, 2005
B. Leatherman (Avon Lake, OH)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I too thought that since we had such great luck with Avent bottles, that we would love their "magic" cups. I am constantly cleaning up leaks from these cups. It seems like the lid and cup don't seal together well enough to withstand any activity. I'm sad to have to give Avent a bad rating, but don't waste your money on these cups.
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