these are super easy to clean. I bought a cloth net thing to check that out (different product), and after picking brown banana bugers from it for far too long, I'd like to repeat: easy to clean. Baby is officially less covered in a thick film of slobber-and-food mixture, so the baby is easy to clean. Because of this product, I do not spend time pulverizing, then spooning carefully pulverized food into said baby's mouth. totally cool if you're into that, no judgement, just sayin'. Baby's favorite toy.