The fresh food feeder is awesome! You have to soak it to get clean though. The grinder is doable and grinds well but it hard on the hands. For a small amount of food it’s ok! For me it is difficult and the juices of food come out the wrong side and make a mess!
Rating: 3 / 5
I like the masher a lot. It does very small amounts of food easily, so the baby just gets a little of whatever we’re having – beets, sweet potatoes, peaches, whatever. This is way easier than making separate baby food, and more interesting for him. Plus, if he doesn’t like something, I didn’t have to make a blender-full to find that out. (For whatever reason, current dislikes include carrots – who’d have guessed?)
The mesh feeder is more hit-or-miss; the baby will mouth the food end a bit and then settle into chewing the plastic ring end. Perhaps this will improve as he gets the hang of it. I’ve heard these are difficult to wash but we have not found it so. (We’ve just avoided putting banana in it, which I hear is the worst culprit for sticking to the mesh.) It’s been used so far with cantaloupe, watermelon and apricots without trouble. The feeder does need to be hand-washed; a dishwasher will not get the bits off.
Rating: 4 / 5
Both products are excellent and easy to use. Cleanup however is not so easy. The fresh food feeder seems to be a one time use. I have soaked, scrubbed even used the dishwasher but I cannot get the banana out of the mesh. Big disappointment because my daughter loved the independence it gave her to eat on her own. The grinder cleans up easily as long as it is done immediately after using it. Although clean up is a pain I would still recommend this product.
Rating: 4 / 5
The fresh food feeder is awesome! You have to soak it to get clean though. The grinder is doable and grinds well but it hard on the hands. For a small amount of food it’s ok! For me it is difficult and the juices of food come out the wrong side and make a mess!
Rating: 3 / 5
I like the masher a lot. It does very small amounts of food easily, so the baby just gets a little of whatever we’re having – beets, sweet potatoes, peaches, whatever. This is way easier than making separate baby food, and more interesting for him. Plus, if he doesn’t like something, I didn’t have to make a blender-full to find that out. (For whatever reason, current dislikes include carrots – who’d have guessed?)
The mesh feeder is more hit-or-miss; the baby will mouth the food end a bit and then settle into chewing the plastic ring end. Perhaps this will improve as he gets the hang of it. I’ve heard these are difficult to wash but we have not found it so. (We’ve just avoided putting banana in it, which I hear is the worst culprit for sticking to the mesh.) It’s been used so far with cantaloupe, watermelon and apricots without trouble. The feeder does need to be hand-washed; a dishwasher will not get the bits off.
Rating: 4 / 5
Both products are excellent and easy to use. Cleanup however is not so easy. The fresh food feeder seems to be a one time use. I have soaked, scrubbed even used the dishwasher but I cannot get the banana out of the mesh. Big disappointment because my daughter loved the independence it gave her to eat on her own. The grinder cleans up easily as long as it is done immediately after using it. Although clean up is a pain I would still recommend this product.
Rating: 4 / 5