Impt Information - Playtex New 10oz expandable drop in Liners

Recently I bought about 10 boxes of the Playtex Drop in Liners ( We go through alot with twins!). Since we had our 2 girls in May, we have loved the playtex Drop-in bottles and Liners. It just makes everything very easy with very little maintenance. When my wife first showed me them, I was sold right away. In my mind I heard a voice that said " Very Little Cleaning ", and just too easy.

Recently Playtex decided to come out with their " New and Improved " Liners. It now says on the box, Expandable to 10oz. So to let you know, in the past, it only held 8oz of Formula. A few weeks go by and my wife started bringing up concerns how our kids aren't drinking as much formula as they did in the past. We didn't know if its because we started them on Rice cereal, or if they are just were not as hungry as in the past.

Note that we have been using the new liners for about a month now.

Over this past weekend, I was at a friends house preparing my kids dinner. I poured in an 8 oz can of formula into the liner which was already in the bottle. I notice it only filled up to the 6 oz line, I did it for my other child and the same result.

It than hit me. These new liners hold 25% more, but the bottles do not recognize it. I felt really dumb at that moment, but than I thought... If we experienced this, than I have to bet many people using these liners have had a similar experience.

So basically, the entire time my wife thought our kids we rent getting enough formula, they actually were. The Bottle was off 25%. So if we filled the formula to the 6 oz line, it really is 8 oz. You can do the Math on the rest.

You would think the Brains behind Playtex would colorize the ounce markers on the Liners, but no such luck. They are as clear as the liner which makes it next to impossible to read, even for perfect eyes like mine. If they just put the ounce markers on the liners black, I would probably not have a big problem with this being that I would be able to see thru the clear bottle to see how much formula is in the bottle.


So I went right to the box, and to Playtex's Credit, they did recognize it by saying in small letters on the box that older bottles will not line up correctly. I go back to the store, and the older bottles are still the ones on the shelves.

Playtex should of been much clearer on this. One may think new and improved is better, but in this case, it just caused alot of problems.

I only wish Playtex would give me the option to but the 8oz liners and not the new and improved 10oz ones. I am not buying new bottles. So I am returning the new liners I bought, and just going with the Target Brand 8oz Liners.