Comments on: The First Years Bottle Nipple Brush

By: Kathy A. Viau

Kathy A. Viau — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:24:00 +0000

We’ve been buying this bottle brush since 2008 and have come to love it. However, within the past 6 months we’ve noticed that the quality has gone way down. The nipple brushes are more wiggly, but that’s not a huge issue. Much more serious is the recent tendency of the brush’s plastic handle to snap in half right at the seam where the fat part meets the skinny “wand” part. We’ve had to return three brushes due to this same defect in 2010 already. The last one didn’t even last 2 weeks. Proceed with caution. I also emailed the manufacturer, First Years, and their (tepid) response was simply to let the retailer (Amazon) resolve things. That doesn’t seem adequate or fair, but it’s by far the easiest option.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:56:55 +0000

Love this brush for cleaning my bottles and pump parts – it fits in the nipple guard and narrower breastmilk storage bottles much better than other brushes I’ve used. Like other reviewers, the neck between the handle and brush broke after 2 1/2 weeks of using it – but I keep rebuying it because it fits in all my bottle/nipple/pump pieces.

I have also purchased the deluxe Munchkin brush, and the bristles are so stiff it won’t fit inside most of my bottle parts like this one.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Whitney

Whitney — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:20:10 +0000

I found this brush when I had my first child 3 years ago. I had to try several others because I needed a new brush and couldn’t find this one in the stores. They were all too flimsy, too big or lacked a small enough nipple brush to be useful. I came back to this one. Great for cleaning pump equipment too.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: P. DeVincentis

P. DeVincentis — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:26:35 +0000

My wife and I have tried several bottle brushes and this one cleans the best for us. Despite its serious design flaws, we will be buying this brush again because it's the best out there; all the rest are garbage.

Pros:
1. Attached nipple brush - cleans really well (great for breast pump parts too)
2. Different textured sponges and brushes clean bottles and bottle parts really well

Cons:
1. Plastic bridge between bottle brush and handle breaks very easily. We go through brushes every 2-3 weeks because of this poor design flaw (maybe the company wants their brushes to only last a few weeks).
2. Nipple brush can fall out (unscrew) of its housing. This only happened once or twice, but it was still frustrating. Rating: 3 / 5