Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have been reluctant to buy these since there aren't as many positive reviews for these as there are for the Dr. Brown's standard (narrow) mouth bottles. I finally found a good deal on them here on Amazon and decided to try them out, and I'm very glad I did. For one thing, the standard mouth bottle opening is so narrow that I felt they weren't getting cleaned or rinsed out enough when I run them through the dishwasher. The 8oz standard bottles are so tall that they don't fit upright in any microwave sterilizer, not even the Dr. Brown's microwave sterilizer, which is pretty annoying -- you have to angle them and prop them up which is such a hassle, and half the time they fall over anyway. I am not sure if the wide-mouth 8oz bottles fit upright in the sterilizer, but they are a good 3 inches shorter. These are also less likely to hit the underside of the faucet -- which is so filthy! -- when washing them. Since these are wider, they are less top heavy and less likely to fall over if you accidentally brush them with your hand while preparing a bottle at 3am! The beige part of the valve, is bigger, so I am thrilled that I can fit my little finger in the little crevice around the stem. Like the standard mouth Dr. Brown's, the colic system on these is unbeatable; there's really no denying that. I have not had any issues with these leaking. The only downside is that my baby has a short upper lip and possibly a minor lip tie issue, so his top lip can't fit all the way around the nipple, but that simply can't be avoided with any wide-mouth style bottle. Also, I do prefer warming up my milk/formula in the narrow bottles because they warm up faster (more surface area touching the hot water), so that doesn't factor into my review. Please click the 'helpful' button if this helped your decision! I really wish that I had tried them sooner and I hope that others will also.