# Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Baby Bottle

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/tommee-tippee-closer-to-nature-baby-bottle
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/baby-bottles
- Placement: #18 of 18 in Baby Bottles, F tier
- Brand: Tommee Tippee
- LP on this board: 0
- 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

No page in the retrieved evidence names this specific model. It is included as the archetypal coasting-on-an-old-reputation buy. It trades on a decade-old reputation while the brand's current verified ratings sag, and the Lansinoh Feeding Bottle does the breast-like nipple better.

## For

- Widely stocked and easy to find on shelves
- Breast-like nipple that defined the category's wide-neck era
- One of the best-selling bottles in the category
- Still a mainstream recommendation across current buying guides
- Two-part bottle with a wide flexible nipple, very little to wear out or misassemble

## Against

- Still bought on the strength of a roughly decade-old reputation
- The brand's current bottle line shows poor verified buyer satisfaction on Trustpilot
- Fast flow that many babies outgrow immediately
- Current testing consensus has moved toward other systems for breast-like flow and venting
- Bag-style wide teat is notorious for latch refusal in breastfed babies

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 7 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 21 cited sources across 16 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Facebook | Kiara Wehus | - | https://www.facebook.com/groups/1205945920928223/posts/1537604277762384/ | fetched and confirmed |
| TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ESacmQ7pCU | fetched and confirmed |
| Baby Product Reviewer | Baby Product Reviewer | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qDY6zuEi0E | fetched and confirmed |
| BabyCenter | BabyCenter | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTppgM3ULtg | fetched and confirmed |
| Le Minh Tam | Le Minh Tam | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BMrnC9gchs | fetched and confirmed |
| TRUCARE FZC | TRUCARE FZC | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PG-OxlvwQ | fetched and confirmed |
| TRUCARE FZC | TRUCARE FZC | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt6uzTJMPiE | fetched and confirmed |
| buybuy BABY | buybuy BABY | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXe6g0kunBs | fetched and confirmed |
| Mama Cassidy Reviews | Mama Cassidy Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww4O4bEIgA0 | fetched and confirmed |
| TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUtw-OT8OPI | fetched and confirmed |
| TRUCARE FZC | TRUCARE FZC | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBKJUUSeQc | fetched and confirmed |
| Aprille Escueta | Aprille Escueta | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAyYcjgnTG0 | fetched and confirmed |
| TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | TTPM Baby Gear Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Yna59Ymp4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Smyths Toys Superstores | Smyths Toys Superstores | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPNdYDxRFc | fetched and confirmed |
| Name Bubbles | Jordan Dockery | C | https://www.namebubbles.com/blogs/tips-tricks/what-are-the-best-baby-bottles-for-daycare-and-why-you-should-always-label-them?srsltid=AU7gw4Vm_eMW2gdphPRmS6imEn_mNrX2m4F4DsedTt_adtiUBcVuzhT5 | fetched and confirmed |
| Mommyhood101 | Tal Ditye PhD | C | https://mommyhood101.com/best-baby-bottle-sterilizers-dryers | fetched and confirmed |
| Mother & Baby | motherandbaby.com | B | https://www.motherandbaby.com/reviews/feeding-products/tommee-tippee-closer-to-nature-bottle/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Tell Me Baby | Melissa | B | https://tellmebaby.com.au/product/tommee-tippee-closer-to-nature-ppsu-baby-bottle/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Tell Me Baby | Hannah Reilly | A | https://tellmebaby.com.au/product/tommee-tippee-closer-to-nature-colour-my-world-feeding-bottles/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Littlewoods | littlewoods.com | B | https://www.littlewoods.com/tommee-tippee-advanced-anti-colic-starter-feeding-bottle-kit-clear/1600997806.prd | fetched and confirmed |
| TTPM Toy Reviews | TTPM Toy Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRYu5t_7K4 | 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 |
| 5 | MAM Easy Start Anti-Colic Bottle | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/mam-easy-start-anti-colic-bottle |
| 13 | NUK Smooth Flow Anti-Colic Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/nuk-smooth-flow-anti-colic-baby-bottle |
| 14 | Tommee Tippee Natural Start Anti-Colic Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/tommee-tippee-natural-start-anti-colic-baby-bottle |
| 15 | Comotomo Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/comotomo-baby-bottle |
| 16 | Boon Nursh Silicone Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/boon-nursh-silicone-baby-bottle |
| 17 | Philips Avent Anti-Colic Bottle with AirFree Vent | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/philips-avent-anti-colic-bottle-with-airfree-vent |

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

## What this tier means

- F: Avoid. The evidence points you elsewhere.

## 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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