ezpz Mini Utensils vs Bumkins Spoon + Fork Set

ezpz wins the middle stage because the nylon head actually picks food up and the materials and testing are stated plainly. Bumkins costs less, states more, and outlasts everything here thanks to stainless steel heads.

ezpz Mini Utensils

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A fork and spoon with stiff nylon heads and a fist-sized silicone handle, aimed at the year when a toddler is finally strong enough to load a utensil.

• The nylon head is rigid enough to pierce fruit and hold a spoonful, which is exactly where soft silicone tips fail.
• ezpz states the materials plainly as food grade silicone plus nylon and says the set is third party tested BPA, BPS, PVC and phthalate free.
• The short round handle is shaped for a whole-fist grip rather than an adult pencil grip, so a one year old can load it without help.

• ezpz positions the Minis for roughly 12 to 24 months and sells a larger set for two years and up, so this is a stage tool rather than a forever set.
• Dishwasher safe, but ezpz says do not steam or boil and that only UV sterilizers are compatible, which rules out a standard steam sterilizer.
• No length or weight is published on the product page, so you cannot compare reach against sets that do publish numbers.

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Bumkins Spoon + Fork Set

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Stainless steel heads on textured silicone handles, sized for toddlers and cheap enough to buy two sets.

• Stainless steel heads remove the one failure mode that ends most toddler sets, because there is nothing on the business end to bite through.
• Bumkins names the compliance instead of gesturing at it, saying certified third party labs tested the set against US CPSC rules for lead, phthalates, BPA, BPS and cadmium.
• Dimensions are published: about 5.5 inches long, with a handle 1.25 inches wide at the end and 0.5 inches in the middle.

• Bumkins rates it 18 months and up, so it is not a first utensil for a baby just starting solids.
• The listing describes the set as made from 100 percent food-safe silicone even though the heads are steel, which is careless copy on a page you are meant to check.
• No stainless grade is published, so you cannot tell whether the heads are 18/8 or a cheaper alloy.

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The bottom line

Our overall pick is the ezpz Mini Utensils - A fork and spoon with stiff nylon heads and a fist-sized silicone handle, aimed at the year when a toddler is finally strong enough to load a utensil. Choose the Bumkins Spoon + Fork Set instead if a confident 18 month old and up who needs a set that still works at four.

Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Toddler Utensils: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).