Best Bottle Warmers & Sterilisers

Works fine for us – Simple to use product. It can fit 3 sets of bottles in it. 200ml of water and microwave for 4 minutes which makes it a lot easier and faster. Deducted one star as the bottom container starts to get a yellowish tint.

Fantastic product. Saves me so much time daily. The auto setting is fantastic as I put it on at night and it automatically sterilises then dries and then stores. Ample space for multiple bottles and pump parts. Love!! Show details

Love the size. Great storage on the bench and drys the bottles do well better than the first product I purchased . I found the instructions a little… Read more

vague but watched videos on utube and tick toc to find out how to work it. I found so many positive reviews and the size is just great and it looks lovely on my bench. Especially when your house is exploding with baby stuff it’s nice to have a space for storage knowing it keeps sterilising . And for toys , phones so many things . I have already told people buy this . I’m not a twin mum but this would be a great idea for one.

I bought this item not sure if I would be breastfeeding feeding or formula feeding. It is a pricey item and was ordered when out of stock, but it has… Read more

paid for itself and was worth the wait. I exclusively pump and uses formula top up and this item is very useful. I use this machine atleast 6 times a day and it is one less thing to worry about. I highly recommend this product. I will be buying this product for future mums. It takes a while with trial and error to figure out the max amount of bottles, parts you can out in. But with some Tetris, I can easily get 9 bottles or 4 pump parts and 5 bottles every time (the Minbie ones take up slightly more space though do expect less). I purchased part of the washer bundle - I didn’t need the bottles or teats but the bottles are compatible with the spectra pump in addition to the Minbie so that is useful.

Makes my everyday drying and sterilising process easier As a FTM this machine is a real helper. It stands heavy daily use, have a few useful… Read more

settings and does the job well. It’s not perfect and the drying setting could be better but overall pretty good value for money as we purchased it at 50% of the original retail price.

I’ve been using the Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep Day & Night machine for 6 months, and while it worked well at first, it has recently started… Read more

dispensing 20 ml LESS water than it should.

I’ve gone through all their requested troubleshooting steps, taken video evidence, and measured using a precise measuring jug — NOT a bottle, as their tolerance only applies to bottle markings. According to their own official terms, the machine itself has a tolerance of +/-5%; mine is dispensing well beyond that range, making it faulty.

Their customer service has been disappointing. Instead of honoring their manufacturer warranty, they’ve tried to deflect responsibility by claiming a combined 10% tolerance (5% for the machine, 5% for the bottle), which contradicts their official documentation because I provided them with a video of the pour done with a measuring cup. They also kept telling me that it was safe to use that measurement of water to feed my baby. (Highly concerning to suggest I give my baby 20ml less water with their formula). The reality is that this is a machine fault, and as a consumer, I am entitled to a replacement or repair.

For a machine this expensive and vital for making safe feeds for an infant, I expected far better quality and customer support. I’m very disappointed and wouldn’t recommend this product until Tommee Tippee improves both its reliability and its warranty service.

We love our Baby Brezza sterilizer & dryer! We had a different brand that sterilized only. It took FOREEEEEVER to dry the bottles and left water… Read more

marks in them. The dryer function is great with 3 different time settings. It's important to clean the heat dish regularly as it gets gross and crusty if you don't.

Frustrating to use – I purchased this steriliser as part of a pack with a bottle warmer, insulated pouch, plastic tongs, dummy, bottle brush and a 150mL closer to nature… Read more

bottle.

I was happy to buy this package as it was on sale and I've had two other variants of Tommee Tippee sterilisers in the past that worked well for my older children.

This steriliser is subpar compared to the old ones.

The positives first: - Great value for money - Intuitive to use - Compact - saves on bench space - Easily fits 6 bottles and some dummies

Negatives - Needs descaling at least once a week - scale is evident after the very first use and builds up far too quickly - the bottom plastic rack is already warped - needs to be more durable - the design of the lid is absolutely terrible - the small flat handle is not ergonomic and only works if you use two hands. If you've got your hands full (as you usually do with newborns), trying to put the lid back on one handed often results in dropping the lid or failing to align it and knocking the top tray contents everywhere - the top tray is too unstable only exacerbating the above problem

I wish Tommee Tippee had kept this steriliser similar to the previous design.

Convenient - Necessary/Handy as a backup or travel sterilizer – Our journey into microwave sterilizer bags started abruptly. Tuesday morning a few weeks ago, our UV sterilizer wouldn't switch on. With the calls of… Read more

our hungry baby filling the house and piles of feeding equipment (shields, bottles, pumps dummies etc ) needing to be cleaned to be able to be used, we needed a solution and fast.

So out came the microwave sterilizer bags that we had recieved complimentarily as part of various different bottle combo packs we'd bought before babies arrival. Luckily we hadn't thrown the bags out and they were stashed in a drawer in babies room.

In the 2 weeks it took to get our UV sterilizer back in action I became quite expert in using these bags. Both the Medela bags (reviewed here) and the Spectra bags (in an other review). Although there was a small learning curve both brands of bags work fine although are slightly different to use. And not surprisingly the instructions to use them are slightly different too. So after the review of the medela bag just below I have included some tips, tricks and what I have found using microwave sterilizer bags.

Medela Quick Clean Microwave Bags review

Good points - Compact and easy to travel with - we won't be taking the UV steiliser travelling anymore, although it is better to use at home. - Quick and easy to use, utilising commonly found items in most kitchens - Intructions pretty good - An integrated snap lock which runs the full length of the bag - this makes it easy to run your finger along to seal - A dedicated cool spot to pick the hot bag up - It sits upright on the microwave turntable - A steam escape vent on the side of the bag - you can see the trail of steam as the microwaves table spins - The steam vent acts as a drain when finished as it is positioned opposite to the cool pick up point - Durable - way more than the "20 times" usable lifespan (allegedly). It looks like it's brand new (although steamy) after 20 uses

Neither here nor there - One of our medela bags had its snap lock strip delaminate from the bag (after several days and many, many uses - way more than the rated 20).

Bad points - Apparently can only be used a rated 20 times. 20 uses comes around in a day or two - The bag has a 'use counter' that you are supposed to tick each time you use it. The plastic that the bag is constructed from is very smooth (not to mention steamy when just out of the microwave) that I couldn't find a pen that would actually mark the bag - making the counter somewhat irellevant. (Not an issue if you ignore the number of uses altogether and replace when the stop sealing - see note in further comments).

Conclusion Great bag, easy to use and perfect for travelling. I like the position of the steam vent and the full length zip loc. It looses a star for the arbitrary number of uses rating, and the useless use counter. I slightly prefer the medela bag to the spectra bag if side by side but both are good to use to get the job done.

General comments on microwave sterilization:

Successful usage of bags (well any sterilizing process really) depends of a couple of factors and a basic understanding on what makes them work

How they work They work by making steam from a small amount of water (say 20mls) added to the bag being turning into steam by the microwaves. The parts inside that bag need to be exposed to the steam for a period of time (3m) to reliably kill any bacteria that may be present. Microwaves by the very nature of a wave have areas where they hit and heat and gaps where they aren't and are cool (which is why microwaves have turntables to more evenly distribute the heating effect)

Factors to consider and tips when using bags to us sterilizer bags successfully 1. Microwave power - A lot of microwaves are powerful - like ours is 1100 watts. But some smaller microwaves are pretty weak at 600, 700 watts. Obviously more powerful microwaves turn more water into steam faster therefore on more powerful microwaves you need less time to make the steam. The medelas usages instructions specified suggested on time windows for different microwave powers. In the case of 1100 watts it suggested 90 seconds. BUT the items still should remain in the bag for the remaining time to sterilize the items properly. So I used the microwave for 1:40 and let it sit until the 3 minute mark before emptying the bag - If you don't know how powerful your microwave is, put the model number into google to find the power of the microwave you are using (or look on the label on the back (or underside) of the microwave

2. How you load the items in the bag affects how the steam can get in and around them. So don't over load it And don't put too many of the same things in there as they tend to stick together (thus not getting exposed to steam) - use a mix of different hard and soft things in the bag at the same time - bottle, lids dummies, shields. The bottles proved some structure / space for the steam to move around the items to sterilize them.

3, The materials that the items being sterilised are made out of... Most, if not all, are likely to be constructed some from a type of BPA free polymer. Each polymer has its own resistance to thermal warping to consider. - Most items made from rigid plastics will be in their thermal tolerance window- bottles, lids etc so you don't have to worry too much about them melting (although they can get rather hot to touch when unpacking). - Softer polymer items tend to be more susceptible to heat warping. Dummies are thick enough to no be much of a concern - But with tubing, you have to be careful. The very nature of tubing being small diameter, hollow and long means there is inevitably still some pockets of water inside the tube. Where the microwaves hit the water it is heated and turns into steam. These steam pockets are often trapped between pockets of cool water and are able to get super heated in the spots that the microwaves hit. Super heated steam can warp/melt the tubing. We don't sterilize our tubing using microwave bags as it doesn't come into contact with the milk anyway however if your pump has tubing that does get milk in it - be very careful to empty that tube of as much of that residue water as possible before putting it into a microwave bag to avoid overheating parts of the tubing.

4. The chances are, that you have a reasonable amount of stuff to sterilise a 2 to 8 times a day depending on your baby. To save time I recommend having at least 2 bags in circulation at any given time when washing. One in the microwave being nuked as you stack/unstack the other one.

5. Emptying hot bags - Wait until the 3 minute mark and then pick the bag up from the cool spot, tip the bag over the sink before opening the bag to avoid getting burned by hot water or steam.

6. Workflow for sterilizer bags differs slightly to using a UV machine. With a Ultra Violet it is: Wash > Dry > Sterilize > Store With a Microwave bag it is: Wash > Sterilize > Dry > Store

On the rated number of uses.....: The Spectra bag claims it can be used 30 times The Medela bag claim 20 times. The material for both bags appears to be the same or very similar. There is no good written (scientific or otherwise) reason in the instructions of either as to why the bags are to suddenly to stop being used and become rubbish after this number has been reached. After the respective arbitrary 20 and/or 30 uses each/both brands of bags appear and work as new. To the point that it's almost like the numbers printed are there just to encourage people to buy more of their bags prematurely. A bit like the instruction on shampoo of "rinse and repeat" that virtually doubled shampoo sales (google it).

Personally, I will continue to use each bag until it stops sealing the steam in properly. So far one of my Medela bags is well past 100 uses and still operates fine - zip lock seals, it puffs up full of steam). Another I threw away after the ziplock separated from the outer bag after at least 60 uses (guesstimate cause you can't actually mark the bag counter window but even then that's at least 3 times longer than the rated number so a win for the environment).

Good sterelizer dryer. Pros : actually dries unlike very expensive baby brezza brand. Con - takes long time 60 mins for sterelize and dry. Also not much space to fit much. But great for price. Show details

Bottle warmer to hot to handle – I bought this model of bottle warmer thinking that by now after 6/7 years since reviews were posted that Tommee Tippee would have fixed the… Read more

fundamental flaw in this bottle warmer. That flaw being that even on the lowest setting the milk is far to hot to be considered safe for a new born .

I hope that the company sees this review and responds as $ 99 is a lot of money for a bottke warmer that should have been recalled years ago