# MAM Easy Start Anti-Colic Bottle

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/mam-easy-start-anti-colic-bottle
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/baby-bottles
- Placement: #5 of 18 in Baby Bottles, B tier
- Brand: MAM
- LP on this board: 606
- Last researched: 2026-09-17T13:53:23.504Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
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## Verdict

Heavily marketed anti-colic design whose vented base adds cleaning and assembly failure points without outperforming simpler vents. A two-part bottle serves most babies better.

## For

- Vented base for anti-colic feeding
- Widely available across Europe and a registry-list staple
- Won Mother & Baby's Gold for Best Product
- Named best overall anti-colic bottle in MacroBaby's 2026 guide
- Easy to clean

## Against

- Vented base is a multi-part assembly that traps milk and residue if not perfectly seated
- Needs disassembly beyond what the marketing suggests for proper cleaning
- Cleaning and assembly failure points compound over years of daily use
- Some parents report leaking from the bottom, usually tied to incorrect base assembly
- High parts count annoys some parents

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 1 of 11 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 7 cited sources across 4 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mother & Baby | motherandbaby.com | B | https://www.motherandbaby.com/reviews/feeding-products/mam-uk-easy-start-anti-colic-bottle-2pk/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | - | B | https://www.facebook.com/fb-answers/mam-anti-colic-baby-bottles-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | - | B | https://www.facebook.com/fb-answers/mam-anti-colic-baby-bottle-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Baby To Child | Baby To Child | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZB5jC2BC_4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Mother & Baby | motherandbaby.com | B | https://www.motherandbaby.com/reviews/first-year-products/the-best-baby-bottles/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Your Baby Club UK | Your Baby Club UK | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJeGmgW6294 | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | Fabi Flors | D | https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinosunidosenclearwaterflorida/posts/2861456747572216/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Lansinoh Feeding Bottle | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/lansinoh-feeding-bottle |
| 2 | Dr. Brown's Options+ Anti-Colic Baby Bottle (narrow) | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/dr-brown-s-options-anti-colic-baby-bottle-narrow |
| 3 | Evenflo Balance + Wide | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/evenflo-balance-wide |
| 4 | Philips Avent Glass Baby Bottle | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/philips-avent-glass-baby-bottle |
| 6 | Haakaa Gen. 3 Glass Baby Bottle | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/haakaa-gen-3-glass-baby-bottle |
| 7 | Chicco Duo Hybrid Baby Bottle | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/chicco-duo-hybrid-baby-bottle |
| 8 | Munchkin Bond Baby Bottle | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/munchkin-bond-baby-bottle |
| 9 | Pigeon Nursing Bottle | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/pigeon-nursing-bottle |
| 10 | Olababy Gentle Baby Bottle | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/olababy-gentle-baby-bottle |
| 18 | Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/tommee-tippee-closer-to-nature-baby-bottle |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/baby-bottles.

## What this tier means

- B: Good. A solid choice with real caveats worth knowing.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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