NEW Heinz Baby Basics Unbelievabowl™ – the super strong suction bowl!
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The NEW Unbelievabowl is a super strong suction bowl to help make life a little less messy at meal times. The unique Unbelievabowl has been designed to stick your baby’s highchair or your tabletop with ultimate, super suction power. Simple and easy to attach, once securely locked in position, it will be difficult for your baby to spill or remove the bowl, making meal times less stressful and less messy! Designed for ultimate convenience, bowls are interchangeable and are BPA Free. Truly Unbelievable!
Notes for using the Unbelievabowl:
USE THE SUCTION PAD ON SMOOTH, FLAT SURFACES ONLY. NOT SUITABLE FOR POROUS SURFACES.
To test the suction pad of the Unbelievabowl, secure it to a mirror. If the suction base adheres to the mirror, then the Unbelievabowl should attach securely to a smooth flat surface, such as your baby’s highchair. Please note that the Unbelievabowl is not suitable for porous surfaces such as wood, leather and some stone surfaces.
This product is available from the following retail stores*: Big W, Target, Toys R Us, Baby Stores, Woolworths/Safeway. The Heinz Baby Basics Unbelievabowl retails for around $11.99 and a 2 pack of spare bowls retails for around $9.99.
*Not all products available in all stores.
Bubs on Film … it was just so much fun to receive photos from lots of our mums who were reviewing the Unbelievabowls. Check out some of the MoM Review bubs in action as they put their Unbelievabowls to the test.
February 08, 2011 at 4:13 am, neat.mum said:
Little Mr. One Year Old gave it his best shot last night but it didn’t budge! SO … he gave up and started eating instead.
Love it and am off to buy the spare bowl that you can get to go with it. Can’t tell you how cool these bowls are !
February 08, 2011 at 10:45 pm, bradle said:
February 09, 2011 at 12:45 am, mumoffour said:
February 09, 2011 at 1:41 am, blairsmum said:
February 09, 2011 at 2:15 am, helen2490 said:
February 09, 2011 at 2:21 am, karleigh1991 said:
February 09, 2011 at 2:24 am, Tabs said:
February 09, 2011 at 2:38 am, Daniella said:
I read all the instructions and tried it out. First day was great, little Miss tried and tried to get it off without success. As she has been able to get other brand ones off which is very annoying and messy.
Day two, little Miss managed to get it off, we are yet to try again but what I noticed was that she twisted it and it eventually twisted off. I am sceptical that I may not have secured it good enough (or the high chair try had some residue or crumbs), so I will update next week.
I like that it is microwave friendly, I have another stick down plate that says do not use microwave and therefore heating and transfering is painful.
February 09, 2011 at 2:39 am, babyem said:
February 09, 2011 at 2:50 am, JSim14 said:
The suction works very well – albeit a little too well. Sometimes I have struggled to unattach the bowl from the base and I have had to get assistance to remove it from our highchair tray. I also find the bowl (when attached to the base) sits rather high in front of my one year old and he is struggling to see the contents of the very deep bowl. It is for these two reasons that I have marked the product down on the design.
I look forward to continuing to use this over the coming weeks.
February 09, 2011 at 2:55 am, BellaAngela said:
We have had issues with it not sticking to the table and not being able to remove the bowl from the base easily.
Maybe with some more practice it will work better although with the heavier base it stays put on the table much better than other bowls.
I will review again next week after some more practice and use.
My daughter loves this bowl more than all her others now though.
February 09, 2011 at 3:20 am, lana88 said:
February 09, 2011 at 3:59 am, kailz9@hotmail.com said:
February 09, 2011 at 4:04 am, Lisa10 said:
My little man loves the bright blue colour. I normally spend dinner time distracting my son from trying to throw his bowl on the floor but last night that didnt happen, I dont think he knew what had happen.
I look forward to keeping you posted on how it goes.
February 09, 2011 at 4:04 am, sherismith said:
So far so good. Will check back in in a couple of days
February 09, 2011 at 4:35 am, ASmith57 said:
February 09, 2011 at 4:46 am, aliren said:
February 09, 2011 at 4:53 am, mwhitney said:
February 09, 2011 at 5:27 am, kbrill said:
My husband saw it and thought it was the worlds best invention! I think he was disappointed he didn’t comeup with the idea!
February 09, 2011 at 6:25 am, Lindy said:
I do like the design, range of colours, BPA free but prefer the bowl to be hollow and not raised in the middle. I found my son to feed easily from it but the setting up was a hassle. The bowl was able to stick to anything, even my sink!!! Also I have seen sets of bowls (variety of sizes) in another brand for the same price (on special) so a bit expensive for my liking. One bowl is never enough!!!
February 09, 2011 at 7:56 am, crazee-momma said:
Decided to go around the house and test on numerous surfaces as I don’t actually have a high chair anymore and it stuck to all flat surfaces. My daughter who is 2.5 years old thought it was great and started sticking the bowl to our fridge door, top of the coffee table – anything she could find and then got frustrated that once it was on it just wouldn’t budge
We have yet to use it at dinner time but I am sure it will be great and considering my daughter is still somewhat accident prone, I think we will find it makes dinner time a lot less messy
February 09, 2011 at 9:52 am, CWard44 said:
February 09, 2011 at 10:44 am, MagicGirl79 said:
I also love that it’s microwave, dishwasher & freezer safe. Much better than melamine plastic kitchenware.
February 09, 2011 at 10:47 am, eiyah said:
February 09, 2011 at 11:14 am, jhaslemore said:
February 09, 2011 at 11:24 am, eamonsmum said:
February 09, 2011 at 11:24 am, kyliebaby22 said:
It’s a great idea, however I would prefer that the bowl was a little deeper (it can be a bit tricky to mix cereals yoghurt and fruits together for brekky) and a lid to store leftovers in the fridge would have been ideal.
My daughter loves the bright colours and it’s great to pop some fruit in and let her feed herself – she can reach in easily. Once you have used the mechanism a few times it’s easy but it’s best not to do it in front of clever and inquisitive little monkeys who spend their mealtime trying to undo the bowl just like mummy did!!
February 09, 2011 at 9:33 pm, JTrumble35 said:
I loved the bright blue colour of it and the size, its a great product and easy for little fingers to get their food out.
February 10, 2011 at 1:51 am, nedanddani said:
February 10, 2011 at 5:33 am, deanna said:
First time getting the suction off the high chair tray I couldn’t do it, second time I could.
One thing I thought may be changed is the suction colour? Does it have to be white? My sons’s lunch had tomato in it and it stains white. I have already told my Mum how good it is. Will tell the playgroup Mum’s this afternoon.
February 10, 2011 at 7:58 am, preece said:
We have a glass dining table and it sticks very well to it, I think I could lift the whole table by the bowl without it unsticking. Was a little hard to get the suction off when it was released. Think we might have to get 2 spare bowls in a different colour so they have 2 each.
If only this was around when I first started solids with my first child!
Another yay is that its BPA free, great job Heinz.
February 10, 2011 at 8:02 am, mish1986 said:
I was constantly getting my 7 month old hitting the bowl out of my hands and having all his food end up on me and him!
Now…he he he….he tried, but sorry little man…the bowl did not budge!
He almost had a confused look on his face!
Love the bowl and will definitely continue using!
February 10, 2011 at 9:37 am, Tabs said:
They are still great as they are able to eat quite a bit before they throw it off!!
February 10, 2011 at 10:00 am, monte said:
February 10, 2011 at 10:43 am, CMathew49 said:
My little boy managed to twist it off the second time he used it, but he is 17 months old and his favourite thing to do at the moment is to screw lids on and off things. Plus he saw me take it off. He tried and tried to get the suction off and couldn’t.
This would have been fantastic when he was younger. I can not fault the product.
The one thing I will say though is to make sure the surface and the suction are completely dry, it slides around otherwise.
Fantastic that it is BPA free and microwavable. Absolute necessities these days!
I will definitely hang on to this for the next baby and will be buying more.
February 10, 2011 at 10:52 am, Tanya Maree said:
The bowl has great suction compared to others we have tried. There was no chance of this bowl ending up on the floor tonight – what a relief!
Would have really liked if the bowl had a lid for transporting food when travelling and eating out though.
Love that it’s BPA-free too.
February 10, 2011 at 12:06 pm, LMcDermott33 said:
February 11, 2011 at 4:41 am, deanna said:
I will also send in a photo of my child using the bowl.
February 11, 2011 at 11:11 am, cris21 said:
February 11, 2011 at 8:23 pm, willneal said:
February 12, 2011 at 3:44 am, admin said:
We noticed that you wondered whether the Unbelievabowls are available publicly for purchase.
Great news! This Unbelievabowls are available from the following retail stores*: Big W, Target, Toys R Us, Baby Stores, Woolworths/Safeway. The Heinz Baby Basics Unbelievabowl retails for around $11.99 and a 2 pack of spare bowls retails for around $9.99.
*Not all products available in all stores.
Good luck & a great idea for a baby show gift.
February 12, 2011 at 5:28 am, mingerz said:
Love the bright colours too.
Only thing i would ask for is a lid for the bowl. Would just make using it for storing food a lot easier.
February 12, 2011 at 6:02 am, piccolanippy said:
February 12, 2011 at 6:45 am, leahjo said:
February 12, 2011 at 10:53 am, IBotha37 said:
My toddler usually announces she is finished eating by sending her bowl crashing to the ground (usually just beyond the edge of the splash mat). The first time we used the bowl, she tried to move it, gave up and finished the rest of the food.
Both the bowl and the base are easy to install. It did seem to slide on the wet table the first time I used it. It can be a little hard to remove the suction base, perhaps a pull tag might be useful.
The bowl is a fun colour and perfect size, and I love that it is microwavable, dishwashable & BPA free. The base is easy to clean. We’ve used it for every meal since we got it – I love it!
February 12, 2011 at 10:16 pm, Daniella said:
Still preserveering and like it, would reccommend.
I did try ot find spare bowls but didn’t find any eithout the base. Looked in Coles, Big W and Toys R Us. My locals of course.
February 14, 2011 at 4:23 am, littlebit said:
I’ll admit though, the first thing I asked was “where’s the lid?” For a freezer and microwave proof bowl I assumed there would be a lid. Hubby believes next should be a cup holder with a suction base
He couldn’t budge it either and thinks it’s great. Unless it somehow manages to get dirty, we’ve been leaving the base on the highchair and just attach the bowl as needed, it gives the LO something else to play with while waiting for dinner 
I definately like the idea of spare bowls. The price is a little high but I’d pay it for the bowl including the base, and the 2 pack of spare bowls is very reasonably priced.
Easy to wash, nice bright colour, fun to use… will keep you updated.
February 14, 2011 at 6:42 am, neat.mum said:
I do like Tanya Maree’s idea of a lid – I sometimes take dinner for little Mr One if we’re out and about so a lid would be great.
I bought a pack of spare bowls today from Woolworths – there were heaps on the shelf and I could choose from orange, green or pink.
So glad I got to trial the unbelievabowl – thanks MoM
February 14, 2011 at 10:15 am, jewfish said:
I seemed to have suction issues at first and spent a lot of time attempting to adhere the bowl to the surface of my daughters tray top on her highchair. After some frustration ( and reading the glowing reviews from other MOM’s), I re-read the small leaflet that accompanied the bowl, onlt to find that I was not lifting the lever to attach! Silly me!
So, my next attempt at use was successful and I am very pleased! My 18 month old daughter is quite adept at throwing her bowl as soon as she has eaten her fill and was quite shocked when she could not remove the bowl and could only throw her spoon! Tantrum ensued, but I was quite delighted at not having to clean the floor after her meal!!
Fantastic product!
February 15, 2011 at 4:06 am, mingerz said:
Very impressed so far!
February 15, 2011 at 4:06 am, Gillian said:
February 15, 2011 at 4:13 am, mwhitney said:
February 15, 2011 at 4:24 am, melzook said:
February 15, 2011 at 4:31 am, serendipity said:
The unbelieveabowl is a fantastic product, since using it we have had only one day where he managed to pull the whole thing offbut luckily that hasn’t been repeated.
February 15, 2011 at 4:49 am, jhaslemore said:
February 15, 2011 at 4:51 am, MBuckett13 said:
Does it come with a plate top also??? As it would come in handy for my two year old so that he can not push the plate away everytime………..
February 15, 2011 at 5:09 am, helen2490 said:
found matching feeding spoons and cup in supermarket whilst grocery shopping , had to buy.love the bright pink.
February 15, 2011 at 6:22 am, LMayor32 said:
However I love the colours the shape and design, and love that you can get spare bowls so you dont have to have alot of bases for each bowl. My daughter can carry it with ease as well compared to her other bowls she struggles with.
Love that it suctions down and doesnt move, would have been great when my daughter first started learning to throw her plates around, although now its great because she can eat spaghetti bolognaise without the bowl moving every where on the table/tray.
Thanks for the opportunity to review. I will definetly be getting a few of these for any future mums to be.
February 15, 2011 at 7:58 am, JSim14 said:
February 15, 2011 at 8:58 am, LovelyL said:
February 15, 2011 at 9:35 am, JGarner18 said:
February 15, 2011 at 9:42 am, 3gorgous kids said:
February 15, 2011 at 11:38 am, MGu89 said:
February 15, 2011 at 1:15 pm, lana88 said:
February 16, 2011 at 1:02 am, KimLal said:
February 16, 2011 at 1:23 am, sherismith said:
I always give Miss Em fruit for lunch that she can feed herself. The past few days while having her lunch she has been able to get the base of the bowl off her high chair.
Now this doesnt happen at breakfast or at dinner – it is well and truely stuck, so the only thing I can think of is that the juices of the fruit and getting underneath the suction pad and loosening the hold. I sent through a photo of Em proudly holding her bowl in the air – not the best advertisement though
Other than that everything else is going well. I love it – I don’t have to constantly pick it up of the floor – most days – so very happy with the product.
February 16, 2011 at 2:27 am, sharadapriya said:
The reason I have rated the design slightly less is because I feel that this bowl should ideally come in a couple of sizes to match the height/age of children. My daughter has to reach out because she is not very tall, so may be a cup/bowl that is more like a plate and of a less height would have been perfect.
But overall.. a great product..
February 16, 2011 at 10:27 am, Lisa10 said:
I have noticed that my little one is getting a little more frustrated with not being able to get the suction off but he did get it off today. so will keep you updated so far its 2 to the bowl and 1 to Dylan.
Also i just wanted to say i had a chance to suss out this bowl in the shops and thought that $13 for a bowl may be abit steep.
February 16, 2011 at 11:51 pm, kbrill said:
February 17, 2011 at 1:10 am, EJacobs93 said:
When I remember to properly attach the base to the highchair and put the bowl on top, there is no way of it coming off. I have found instances, like other reviewers, where if the food is particularly wet like fruit, the suction can come loose, but this is not a common event.
Also the base has the habit of coming away from the chair when I attempt to remove the bowl, which then makes it hard to remove the bowl from the base.
I like the handles on the bowl and would use it anyway, without the suction base as it is a lovely bowl to use.
I would definately recommend this product and will be buying some spare bowls.
It would be handy if Heinz created a more open bowl or plate that went on top, as Miss 9 months seems to prefer eating fruit and sandwiches off plates, as opposed fishing them out of bowls.
I also found the instruction sticker hard to remove- there are stickers that peel off easily!
February 17, 2011 at 7:19 am, heytherek said:
It also feels like a good bowl to hold without using the suction to keep it stuck down.
Impressed so far.
February 18, 2011 at 5:56 am, KL said:
Even as a bowl without the suction cup its great – its strong, good quality and it kind of has a raise in the middle so everything ends up being easier to scoop out of the bowl without having to tilt the bowl.
The only down side is that it doesn’t have a lid – I find lidded bowls easier for when you need to leave the house – rather than taking separate containers and bowls.
February 18, 2011 at 6:25 am, MagicGirl79 said:
February 18, 2011 at 11:03 am, JShute11 said:
Ironically, my partner was only saying the other week when driving home from holidays that someone needed to invent a bowl which could not be moved like most suction bowls can be. He loves using it too because it means less mess to clean up.
February 19, 2011 at 11:30 pm, Tanya Maree said:
It would be great if the bowl came in different sizes though, as my little boy eats quite a bit for lunch and dinner. We also don’t take the bowl out when we travel as it does not have a lid.
The base is quick and easy to clean after food has been pushed between the suction pad and base – a big plus for us.
Would definitely buy again for the next bub!
February 21, 2011 at 2:51 am, jhaslemore said:
February 21, 2011 at 10:28 am, IBotha37 said:
The best thing is that it seems the new bowl has broken her habit of throwing bowls – for the last week, she hasn’t tried throwing even the ordinary bowls.
A couple of things to note:
–> the white suction pad became stained with watermelon, although the stain is fading again slowly.
–> My girl managed to pull the suction base off twice today. The highchair tray was dry so not sure if it’s just tonight…? She hasn’t worked out how to detach the bowl from the base yet.
–> I went shopping looking for spare bowls but my local Big W doesn’t carry them, just the bowl/suction pack.
All that said, this is still very much my favourite bowl.
February 21, 2011 at 11:24 am, leahjo said:
February 22, 2011 at 2:03 am, Gillian said:
February 22, 2011 at 5:16 am, KMaples19 said:
Next meal I checked that I had put the bowl on properly, I cleaned the surface of the tray again (just to be sure) but again he lifted it straight off with hardly an effort. I tried again at the next meal, but the same thing happened again.
A good point – the bowl is dishwasher safe (though I couldn’t find it to indicate this on the packaging) which is very important in this house!
I have put the bowl in the cupboard and will bring it out again for dry snacks, but not one I would recommend for wet foods.
February 22, 2011 at 10:01 pm, kyliebaby22 said:
This bowl would be best marketed towards children who are learning to feed themselves, to eliminate accidents, rather than younger babies who love to cause accidents!
My little girl does love to feed herself sultanas etc from the bowl, and she really loves the bright colour.
I still feel the bowl lacks a lid – it would have come in handy to store leftovers.
I’m looking forward to using the bowl when little miss is ready to use her own spoon – I think it will be really useful then.
February 22, 2011 at 10:02 pm, Daniella said:
I must also say that little Miss like to use it on her own!
February 23, 2011 at 3:32 am, mwhitney said:
February 23, 2011 at 10:59 am, JShute11 said:
On the practical side, it washes up well and we haven’t noticed any negatives in regard to this, yet, and the suction doesn’t appear to be loosing its grip. Yet to try in the microwave, but will give it a go this week.
February 24, 2011 at 4:24 am, littlebit said:
I still want a lid though!
Washing up is still easy and we’re still leaving the base on the highchair, occasionally it comes off for a clean but it’s an easy transfer from the bench to the highchair for meals.
February 24, 2011 at 4:30 am, babyem said:
February 24, 2011 at 11:44 am, helen2490 said:
February 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm, KL said:
February 25, 2011 at 5:21 pm, leahjo said:
February 26, 2011 at 7:23 pm, suzuki said:
February 27, 2011 at 12:06 pm, neat.mum said:
March 01, 2011 at 7:24 am, Daniella said:
March 01, 2011 at 1:13 pm, mwhitney said:
March 01, 2011 at 4:22 pm, lisie said:
The only thing is I would like to see deeper or bigger bowls. My one year old eats his cereal using the bowl and I could use a little bigger bowl so the cereal and milk isnt so close to the top.
I also did notice they are fine for the freezer and I would like to see airtight lids with them for that purpose. Even just for taking your childs food to Nana and Pas for dinner a lid would come in handy.
Overall they really are awesome. I have tried several different “suction” bowls with my boys and they have never stayed put for the entire meal.
This lock in suction really works.
Love them and will recommend to all of my friends.
March 01, 2011 at 9:28 pm, lana88 said:
March 02, 2011 at 10:19 pm, bubbles.5400 said:
We all enjoyed the colours of the bowl and the shape and style is practical.
The best part of all is that my daughter is always knocking over bowls, cups etc and with this wonderful bowl is that it didn’t budge. Not even when she tried to move.
I do have to say that my husband and I have both come to love this wonderful product.
March 03, 2011 at 5:41 pm, kbrill said:
All up we were very happy with the practicality of this product.
March 03, 2011 at 9:29 pm, LovelyL said:
Recommendations – would be great if it came with a lid. I have one of the other Heinz bowls and it comes with a lid and a spoon which clips into the lid and has a cover. This kind of thing would be great.
Also he gets a bit frustrated because of the depth of the bowl (part of the reason he seems to remove the bowl is to see inside it). Maybe a flatter bowl shape would be good. Also it would be great to have an interchangeable range with a divided plate, a bowl and a snack cup.
A great innovative product. Thanks for letting me test it out
March 03, 2011 at 11:31 pm, heytherek said:
March 04, 2011 at 2:33 pm, Lisa10 said:
March 04, 2011 at 5:28 pm, willneal said:
March 04, 2011 at 8:36 pm, KL said:
March 07, 2011 at 1:51 pm, BellaAngela said:
It would be neat if the suction idea was perfected, if it came with a lid and if it had matching cutlery.
March 08, 2011 at 8:58 am, Tabs said:
The bowl really needs a lid.
I will keep using this bowl for my 15 month old twins as a couple of minutes of suction is better than none at all. However I will not replace the bowls or suction caps and will not have spares to keep at grandparents place
March 08, 2011 at 9:23 am, MGu89 said:
March 12, 2011 at 6:38 am, KMaples19 said:
Final comment – a good idea, a quality made product, but not suitable to my boy.
Thank you Heinz and MOM’s for the opportunity to review this product
March 15, 2011 at 12:21 pm, Belinda said:
I wish it had a spill proof lid so I could take it out with us.
March 18, 2011 at 3:23 pm, heytherek said:
March 19, 2011 at 12:14 pm, mumoffour said:
April 06, 2011 at 2:46 pm, JSullivan46 said:
April 17, 2012 at 7:59 pm, eandr92 said:
I still choose this over other bowls