# Tommee Tippee Natural Start Anti-Colic Baby Bottle

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/tommee-tippee-natural-start-anti-colic-baby-bottle
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/baby-bottles
- Placement: #14 of 18 in Baby Bottles, F tier
- Brand: Tommee Tippee
- LP on this board: 165
- 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

The failure-rate trap. Chronic leak complaints and a 1.7 out of 5 rating on the brand's own Trustpilot product reviews make this the worst ownership bet on the board. Buy the Lansinoh Feeding Bottle instead, which does the same breast-like job without the leaks.

## For

- Self-sterilizing design
- Anti-colic valve with a breast-like nipple
- Very cheap and widely accepted by fussy babies
- Target buyers rate the glass kit extremely highly
- Easy to clean and dual-use as storage

## Against

- Chronic leaking - owners describe being driven up the wall
- Averages 1.7 out of 5 on the brand's own Trustpilot product reviews
- Nipple flow so poor that even a positive reviewer cut the hole larger - never something to do to a feeding nipple
- Parent reviews are polarized on Trustpilot
- Verified buyers rate it roughly 1.7 out of 5 on the brand's own Trustpilot page

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 3 of 4 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Backed by one cited source so far

Limited coverage: fewer than two distinct outlets are cited for this placement. Read it as a weaker reading than a product with broad coverage.

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Argos | argos.co.uk | B | https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9533406 | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Lansinoh Feeding Bottle | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/lansinoh-feeding-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 |
| 11 | Philips Avent Natural Response Baby Bottle | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/philips-avent-natural-response-baby-bottle |
| 12 | Pura Kiki Stainless Steel Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/pura-kiki-stainless-steel-baby-bottle |
| 13 | NUK Smooth Flow Anti-Colic Baby Bottle | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/nuk-smooth-flow-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 |
| 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

- 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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