🦩 Quirky and Functional: Fred Friends 5238831 Flamingo Tea Infuser Review

Nice but blue paint stains all over the white and the paint is already peeling off the blue tail so I'm worried my friend will start using then the color ends up in their tea. As it's a Christmas present I don't have time to return it.

Bought for my wife who was trying to switch from tea bags to loose tea. The little unicorn floating on top was fun and she loved it. The tabs attaching the top to the bottom wear out within 2 weeks of use and the bottom no longer holds to the top.

I've had the flamingo for a month now and love it, I've had the swan for a day now and I still hate it. Check out my video. I then added a photo to show that the metal is still attached to the plastic flamingo, while the previous video showed that it was not attached to the plastic swan.

I want to love this tea infuser and will always keep it in my heart as the best thing in a coffee mug when I go to a meet - but alas it is poorly made. This makes it easy to separate the bottom part from the top part, leaving all the loose tea in the cup. It looks brilliant when poorly designed - the metal base has three tiny handles that need to cling to the smaller plastic clips on the pink part. This design is so fragile that even the slightest impact will cause the tea infuser to fall…

I bought all three, the swan had to be sent back immediately as it didn't stay. I clicked it onto the three metal bases and clicked the swan base onto the flamingo and unicorn to figure out what the problem was - it was the swan's plastic body that didn't work. So I sent it back and kept the flamingo and unicorn for myself. In less than 6 months the flamingo (my favorite and used a lot but only once a week) has warped on the underside where it won't hold up anymore. It "clicks" but as soon as…

Edit: Legs broke off after falling about 3 feet. I would give this place 0 stars if I could. Original Rating: Terrible design. I used to have Fred brand tea infuser (I liked my silicone ManaTea tea) so I bought this duck without looking at duck reviews. I totally agree with the other reviewers - can't understand why they did this with flimsy clasps instead of a screw cap. The grooves in the plastic where the legs connect to the body collect debris and look awful. Usually, a tea strainer does…