Something more for mysophobes to worry about

[Paumavista]

If you want to get totally disgusted, take apart the little folding straw top lid thing on your sippy travel cup. There are things growing in there you don't even want to think about. And unlike a rubber ducky, which is nasty on the inside but basically harmless, this folding straw thing is inserted into your mouth on a regular basis. Yuck!

Dave

All the little pieces need to be taken apart every time you wash them (they make little tiny wire brushes for straws). If they are really difficult to take apart (and some are more time consuming than others, I get rid of them quickly) or I only use the more complicated ones for water & dismantle every other day or so to sanitize (water is the only liquid my toddlers are allowed to carry around or have in the car). Juice and milk are served seated (so the cups aren't required to be as lock tight against spills and aren't as complicated for cleaning). There are many baby bottles with little parts too (Dr Browns, etc) Thats why they come with those little wire brushes for cleaning. (lots of grandkids & our last 15 month old foster baby just left 6 weeks ago....I keep in practice, LOL)

 

[DrQ]

Now think of your CPAP

 

[DaveNV]

All the little pieces need to be taken apart every time you wash them (they make little tiny wire brushes for straws). If they are really difficult to take apart (and some are more time consuming than others, I get rid of them quickly) or I only use the more complicated ones for water & dismantle every other day or so to sanitize (water is the only liquid my toddlers are allowed to carry around or have in the car). Juice and milk are served seated (so the cups aren't required to be as lock tight against spills and aren't as complicated for cleaning). There are many baby bottles with little parts too (Dr Browns, etc) Thats why they come with those little wire brushes for cleaning. (lots of grandkids & our last 15 month old foster baby just left 6 weeks ago....I keep in practice, LOL)

I know about those little straw cleaners, but they aren't really designed for cleaning the tumblers I'm talking about. I had two types: One was a travel coffee tumbler with a rotating lid. There was a lever to rotate the top to open a drinking hole. The top didn't come apart, until I dropped it one day, and the piece with the lever fell off. What was growing between it and the rest of the lid it was attached to was the stuff of nightmares.

The other travel tumbler had a domed lid with a square-shaped folding drinking spout an inch or so long. It was hinged onto the lid, so it folded flat when not in use. Same story about that one - it wasn't supposed to come apart (as far as I knew), until it fell into pieces in the kitchen sink one day. The gunk that was growing inside it was just plain nasty. I don't use tumblers with lids like those anymore.

Dave

 

[klpca]

I know about those little straw cleaners, but they aren't really designed for cleaning the tumblers I'm talking about. I had two types: One was a travel coffee tumbler with a rotating lid. There was a lever to rotate the top to open a drinking hole. The top didn't come apart, until I dropped it one day, and the piece with the lever fell off. What was growing between it and the rest of the lid it was attached to was the stuff of nightmares.

The other travel tumbler had a domed lid with a square-shaped folding drinking spout an inch or so long. It was hinged onto the lid, so it folded flat when not in use. Same story about that one - it wasn't supposed to come apart (as far as I knew), until it fell into pieces in the kitchen sink one day. The gunk that was growing inside it was just plain nasty. I don't use tumblers with lids like those anymore.

Dave

You confirmed my suspicions! I only have travel cups with one piece lids. They look kind of like Starbucks cups. Funny thing is that I originally bought them so that I could drink wine by the pools when we went to a timeshare where you weren't supposed to have your own booze. I used them on that trip only but it turns out that they are perfect for coffee.