Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These straw cups are similar to the ones that restaurants give out with the kid’s drinks. They are thick enough and sturdy enough to keep and reuse, but inexpensive enough that if you loose one, it’s no big deal. There are three small things that make these cups less than perfect: The lids do not have a tiny air hole in them. The cup with the lid on is so “air tight” that as you drink out of it, air is unable to get into the cup to fill the growing empty space. That creates a suction effect and makes it really hard to drink through the straw. A way to solve this is by poking a very small air hole in the top of the lid. (Cup lids usually have a tiny hole in them; these do not). There is a small dimple in the center of the lid, and you can use a sharp tool to poke a small air hole there. I used an awl on a cutting board to poke a tiny hole, and then a turkey skewer to make the hole a little larger. It’s a little difficult to stick the straw into the hole because it’s so snug—but it does go in with a bit of force. The colors are random and do not match as sets. The four cups I got are blue, green, yellow and orange; the straws are blue, green, yellow and red; and the lids are yellow, orange and two reds. It can be dangerous for a kid to walk around with a straw sticking out of cup because if they fall, it can jam inside their mouth. These seem fairly safe because the straws are short—the cups are 4 1/8 inches high, and the straws are 5 1/4 inches. I don’t recommend that you microwave these because (1) they are not that thick and (2) the liquid will shoot out the straw and then you have a mess to clean up. If my review is helpful, please let Amazon know by clicking “helpful”. Thanks.