IMO - the Avent one is the absolutely the best as far as wind bubbles and not sucking the teat together for air release I found, so I can totally see why it would be 'anti-colic'. But it really depends on what your baby prefers, their sucking style, and if you're combining BF and bottle feeding can impact on choice too.
I used Avent and Tommee Tippee closer to nature, I did try others but these were the only two that worked for us. With DD1 she preferred the Avent as she did not care to come up for air or let go of the teat ever and it was the only one that didn't create a big gas bubble, or get her so frustrated with the whole 'releasing so the teat could fill with milk thing'. With DD2 however, she hated the Avent as it was too hard and 'bottle' like and she would only take the tommee tippee as it was softer, not as long and hard, and more boob like (that is until she refused to take a bottle at all in later months).
The Avent ones have always peeved me off cos they leak which is super annoying. Tommee Tippee i used with DS2 without any dramas but it is interesting what BOC had to say because DS2 was a late talker until just recently. With the Tommee Tippee ones also i never had any problem switching between breast and bottle with him. Maybe he was just a kid that didn't care where the milk come from.
BAL- i have a medela pump and my oldest was on EMB but we used Avent for him never had any issue he loved them
however we tried Avent, Nuby and finally Tommee Tippee for my daughter and she finally took Tommee (because she was BF she wouldnt take a bottle for months)
my son had horrid colic and we didnt try any other brands so im not sure if it made it better or worse
havent tried my youngest on bottles yet but bought Tommee Tippee for him and kept a few Avents to try
We have mainly Avent bottles, but also have Medela, Tommee Tippee and a few others that I have no idea what brand they are. The TT ones aren't the closer to nature ones, but use the Nuk teat (which also fits the Medela bottles). I have tried DS with the closer to nature ones when we were at the grandparents cos they had one there, but he refused it.
It's a bit trial and error really to find one that bub is happy with
oh and also we were told as well if you are attempting breastfeed to avoid the wide necked bottles as it is false advertising, they might look closer to nature but when in the mouth they are aren't. Also avoid BPA at all costs which means avoiding most of the Avent bottles (although they are phasing their BPA out but please check the bottle you are buying to make sure, don't assume it is BPA free).
And our Dr. Browns bottles fit the medela breast pump as will most narrow necked bottles.
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