Born Free Drinking Cup - Colors May Vary | 
| Brand: Born Free
List Price: $10.99
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 783
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 3.5 x 2.7
Model: 40002
UPC: 853049001282
EAN: 0853049001282
ASIN: B000MRK5OC
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 9 oz. drinking cup made from Bisphenol-A free plastic | | • | Provides free liquid flow that helps reduce colic symptoms and ear infections | | • | Dishwasher safe, comes with soft, easy-flow spout | | • | Includes one 9-oz. drinking cup, spout, and travel cover |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A safe and adorable cup for your little one, this BornFree 9-ounce drinking cup is free of the potentially dangerous chemical Bisphenol-A. With a combination of a hard spout and low vacuum valve, this drinking cup provides a free flow of liquid that helps reduce the risk of colic symptoms and ear infections. The BornFree drinking cup is dishwasher safe (top rack) and comes with a soft, easy flow spout and travel cover. What's in the Box
One 9-ounce drinking cup; soft, easy flow spout; and travel cover.
Product Description
Our special drinking cup combine a hard spout and a low vacuum valve, it allows a free flow of liquid and reduces the risk of ear infections. Suitable for 9+ months and contain 290ml. Born Free's baby feeding prodiucts are totally free of polycarbonate which contains bisphenol-a (BPA), today 90-95% of baby bottles on the market contain bpa. researchers across the globe have linked bpa to increased risk for prostate and breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, alteration of sexual maturation, developmental disorders, and reduction in male sperm count. born frees feeding system utilizes a proprietary venting system which helps reduce the risk of middle-ear infection, colic, gas build-up and spit up. The drinking cup has a free flowing spout.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 39 more reviews...
 Great cup (and leaking explained) July 20, 2007
T. Caputo (Somerville, MA United States)
70 out of 71 found this review helpful
We were originally drawn to this cup because of the environmental aspect and the fact that children my family knows love theirs'. My daughter has been using traditional plastic cups for years, but my son was having trouble making the transition from bottles. We thought we'd try these for him and get the added benefit of less chemicals.
It was obvious as soon as I opened the package that it was going to leak. The opening in the spout was too large not to. Sure enough, some milk came out when I held the bottle upside down. To my surprise, the flow stopped after only a couple of drops. I realized that they would be no good for my son, but I gave it to my daughter to use and she LOVED it.
Because I was confused that people would make the claim that these bottles do not leak, I did some more research (which I should have done in the first place.) It turns out that BornFree makes Drinking Cups AND Training Cups. What distinguishes the two is the volume of the bottle and the spouts, hard spout for the drinking and soft for the training. I bought a Training Cup. The soft spout has a much smaller opening. When I held a full bottle upside down it did not leak. I gave it to my son and he LOVED it. It is by far his favorite sippy cup. His bottles are going in the recycling bin this weekend.
If you child can be relied on to keep his/her cup upright, the drinking cup is great. If she/he cannot, try to the training cup or get the drinking cup, a package of the soft spout and save the hard ones for when he/she is bigger.
 Terrible customer service, LEAKS no matter what they tell you March 7, 2008
J. Zamoyta (California)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I ordered these cups directly from Born Free back when I found out about BPA (I have since found out that there are safe plastics that you DON'T have to order specially and expensively off the internet. any #5 plastic is safe as long as you're not actually boiling liquids in it). I have had an awful experience with these right from the get-go. Sure, they do say on their website that the training cups (for ages 12 months and younger, according to them) are the leakproof ones. Well, my stained couch would argue with them if it could. I just threw away my last one after a huge grape juice leak all over my tan couch. GRRRR. Why would I throw it away rather than return it to them, you ask? Because when I first ordered the cups, I logically ordered the ones they say are for toddlers, since I have a toddler. Is there a toddler on Earth that puts his cup neatly upright on a solid surface every time he puts it down? I'm not sure these people know any toddlers because the toddler cups not only leak, but they SPEW liquid when they are even tilted. So, I washed the ones I ordered and sent them back to the company with a letter of explanation. I at the very least expected them to call me or send me back letter of explanation, apology, offer of some kind of reimbursement, at least to preserve their reputation. No such thing. After not hearing from them for a month after I sent the cups back, I called. The woman who answered the phone was pretty nice, and she transferred me to her supervisor when I asked for a refund. Her supervisor/manager was curt and pompous with me, explaining that they did not take back used cups and would offer no refund (I spent over $50 on FOUR cups including shipping, by the way). Then she snottily said, "If you want, I'll send you the training cup, which is the one we say on our website that is leakproof. That's all I will offer you.". I accepted that as I was unwilling to argue. This is the cup I just threw in the trash that leaked all over my couch. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY on these cups or any product from this company. There are MUCH less expensive products, from baby bottles to sippy cups that are made from safe plastic, and there are even glass bottles out for babies again. And I'm sure if you had any problems with cups/bottles that you buy from any other manufacturer, they would offer way better customer service. I do not believe in rewarding crappy customer service and snotty attitudes. I for one, am using playtex sippy cups, which are made out of the safe #5 plastic, and cost me about 3 bucks each at my grocery store. Don't fall for the hype.
Yup, leaky. February 3, 2008
CA or Bust (Los Angeles, CA United States)
13 out of 25 found this review helpful
Great, no BPA. What about phthalates? I'm not planning on putting any very hot/near boiling fluids in the bottle, so BPA leaching is not an issue. Considering the foregoing, this bottle is a waste of money and is overpriced, playing on people's uninformed fears. I find it ironic that people put bottled water (plastic, plastic, plastic) in this cup thinking they've somehow prevented the water from coming into contact with BPA plastic (wonder where that water is stored during the bottling process).
Lay out the parts and look at them. What is the mechanism that is supposed to slow the flow of the fluid and stop leakage? Most other bottles have a dam/vent/channel design. This bottle has three huge ports for water to flow through unrestricted, and the only thing slowing the fluid is the size of the hole in the spout. Anyone who says this bottle doesn't leak is delusional. Tell me exactly what mechanism in this bottle, besides the physics of perfectly balancing the fluid in a static state so that it only drips out of the spout, stops the water from pouring out the spout in the hands of a child. Thought so.
 What I wish I had known before I bought. November 18, 2007
Patrick L. Miller (Clarksville, PA USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The product is good although expensive. The advertising is misleading as all four cups are pictured. It leads one to believe you are purchasing all four. I would like it to be very clear that one cup is being purchased for the price.
Don't waste your money or time - paranoia is their marketing tool February 16, 2008
M. Mcdermet (Vermont)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I only have three things to say about this cup:
1. It leaks, a lot. Kinda defeats the purpose.
2. It has seven parts. Are you kidding me? Trading one environmental issue for another. Wastes materials, time, and water to wash all of that. Oh yeah, and it leaks.
3. The packaging only mentions hand washing. What mom of little kids and babies has time to hand wash leaky, seven part sippy cups.
In summary, I want to throw this environmetally safe cup in the nearest landfill. Oh yeah and it leaks.
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