I never heard of that either, but I'll keep a lookout now that I know there's such a thing. I usually slide them on tines in the DW.

Sounds useful to me. If you use those straws, how else would you clean them? IMHO they don't make good glass/jar scrubbing brushes. You can buy baby bottle brushes but the ones I've seen are pretty darn cheesy if you ask me.

I originally got the straw cleaners for my GBabies sippy cups. Drinking Straw Cleaning-Brush

I for one, am glad to see them. Not for cleaning straws; who knew? But, there are plenty of small things that need cleaning on rare occasions. I have used pipe cleaners for similar operations. There actually are extra long pipe cleaners that might work for straws.

I'd be worried that the wires that stick out from a pipe cleaner would scrape up a straw too badly. Oh! Unless you meant the plush kind that are used for kiddie crafts? Those don't have the wires.

There is NOTHING over the top about a straw brush. If you have a reusable straw, you have to be able to clean it. I'm just really glad you posted the followup link! When you said straw cleaning gadget, I thought you meant some kind of device that looks like an autoclave (but doesn't melt the straws) that magically cleaned them. :)

[winsome look] I have a straw brush. And a decanter wand. And a bottle brush. And a dishbrush I almost exclusively use for cleaning my grill plate post lambchops. And plant based scrubbies. And plant based sponges. And plant based scrubbie sponges. And a corn curly. The right tool for the right job and cleanliness is next to Godliness (as my mother says). Because I also have pipe cleaners made for actually cleaning pipes, with the wires that stick out from the cotton, for the biennial cleaning of the water spout in the steam oven...

you could use that to clean your turkey baster too, if you have one.

Arkansas Girl, I also have a baster brush; it's wider than the straw brush. Yeah, now that's overkill. Baster Brush

I use the long, fluffy pipe cleaners used for crafts to clean our straws and they work great.

I have several straw cleaners in different thicknesses for cleaning various sizes of straws. You might not think that a reusable (hard) straw could get yucky, but it absolutely does. DH and I, my mother and two of our grandchildren who spend a lot of time at our house each have their own containers kept in the fridge, and we use these all the time. I wouldn't think of washing the container, but just rinsing the straw, even if just used for water. I don't consider that over the top at all. DH uses his mainly for iced tea or coffee and those drinks cause buildup inside the straw.

Anybody who thinks straw cleaners are over-the-top apparently does not drink smoothies through a reusable straw. I did not know the existed but will definitely be looking for some in the future.

I'm glad you posted this - I had no ideas these existed and I often use disposable straws instead because I don't feel like the dishwasher will get the inside of the straw clean enough. I probably wouldn't care too much if it was water that I was drinking but I make a lot of smoothies.

Another Tervis devotee here. I soak our straws in bleach water almost weekly.

Search Amazon for "straw cleaner." There are dozens. Heck, you can even buy stainless steel straws!! Who knew?

I use a variant of one of these which I use for many uses. For instance, to clean the holes in the kneading blades in my Zoji bread machine and to clean the holes in the grinders in my food grinder.

Very useful gadget.

I knew. Stainless steel straws are disgusting. All you taste is metal. Plastic straws have a taste too, but it's only apparent when sipping the blandest water. And even then, it's not so overpowering and disgusting as the steel ones. Plastic doesn't bother me with something very flavorful, like a smoothie or pop. Stainless is disgusting.

Some people don't think stainless steel has a taste. If you can lick a fork and not taste metal, you could try the stainless straws.