Philips Avent Digital Bottle Warmer SCF260/22

Doesn’t work – Was given this by my cousin and Have only used this a handful of times and realised it does not heat milk warm enough. The buttons are also really difficult to press (especially when holding baby with the other arm), the shape makes it impossible to press buttons with one hand. Also not very intuitive .. it doesn’t remember last used settings or… Read more

have a memory button. Not user friendly as you have to hold start button for three seconds, then scroll through the options milk or food, room temp, fridge or frozen (every single time you heat up) and then enter the ml and water content again. Would not recommend.

Doesn't work! – I was very excited to use this product. I don't know what's going on but I'm doing everything it says to do and it won't turn on. Haven't even used it once! Not happy at all!

Doesn't work! – There's a long list of items I bought while preparing for the arrival of my first child & this Avent warmer is the biggest waste of money. The buttons are so hard to press, the milk, even at room temperature, never get warm enough. We put this bottle warmer away then took it back out for another try, after 4-5 times, we just gave up. Is my product faulty or is it just not working as I expected? So disappointed.

Absolute Rubbish! – We brought this warmer because we are using the Avent bottles and microwave sterialiserAt first glance it looks like this will make life so much easier, the concept is great but in reality the warmer is so inconsistant and just doesn't do the job. Even if the milk is at room temp and you select the correct amount of liquid, it still doesn't warm… Read more

the milk anywhere near an acceptable temp. you have to repeat the process again & sometime a 3rd time, then it will be too hot.

If it was consistant then you could work out what tyou should set it to, but its not, same amount, same starting room temp, different result everytime. Our daughter ends up screaming for her food because you are busy mucking around trying to get the temp warm or cool enough for her to drink. She is starting to get used to cold milk now just because its so difficult to get it right.

I would no way recomend using this product, we have thrown ours away and gone to boiling the kettle. saves water...? Doesnt do what it is supposed to do, inconsistant,

Best product for busy mums – When my daughter was born i used to use the microwave to heat up her bottle but found every microwave had different settings and therefore inconsistent on warming and not to mention hot spots. Now that my son was born I used to warm the bottle in a jug with boiled water from the kettle. While that was good, i felt as though I was leaving the… Read more

bottle in the water to long and I was going through a lot of water. With the Philips Avent Digital Bottle Warmer i only use 30mls of water to heat bottle from fridge or room temp and it’s amazing! I can put the bottle in the warmer, walk away to comfort my son and then go back to it when it beeps! Once its done, i wipe down the bottle, check the temp and then walk away to feed him and the Philips Avent Digital Bottle Warmer turns it self off. Amazing product and will continue to use it when he starts on solids. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this product :)) Easy to use, turns it self off, uses little water to heat Expensive but worth it

Excellent – This unit has to be the best on the market. I honestly do not care that it doesn’t fit any other brand of product as Avent has everything I have needed. Admittedly a microwave may be quicker - but this is my baby and I would prefer for her to be upset for the few minutes it takes to heat her food than to know that I burnt her throat because I… Read more

heated her bottle in the microwave.

Points from other reviews

- Steadiness of unit is not a problem as there are now rubber grips on the

bottom of the unit

- It does not matter that this unit does not have a thermostat as it heats

according to the volume in the bottle, not the temperature of the liquid

and then it shuts off

- Not replacing the water in the unit each time will affect the temperature that a bottle is heated to - Uses less water than a normal bottle warmer

- Automatic shut off

- Fast (really no need to worry about predicting when bub will need a

feed as milk is ready in around two minutes!)

- Safer than using a microwave, milk does not continue to heat after the

appliance has shut off (no hot spots!)

- Heats according to the temperature (ie room, fridge or frozen) and

quantity (mls) of food in the bottle or container and then automatically

shuts off

- Buttons can be confusing to start with although once you have the hang

of it, it’s very easy to operate

- Appliance beeps to say when milk is heated, if bottle is left in the

warmer for a further minute a second series of beeps will sound

- Bottle is heated by steam

- Safer than bottle warmers that use water to heat or using boiling water

from the kettle in a jug or cup, as only 30mls of water is used and

water is not visible

- Compact design

- Easy to clean – with natural products (vinegar and water) and unit

indicates when this needs to be done - Only fits ‘Phillips Avent’ brand products

- Has been inconsistent with the temperature that it heats to at times

(although it may have just been me being frazzled)

- Buttons can be confusing to start with although once you have the hang

of it, it’s very easy to operate

- Price RRP is $130.05 but we bought it off eBay for half that and it is

worth every cent

- Two hands needed, so bub has to be put down (If you are worried about

safety though you should probably be putting bubs down whenever you a

heating a bottle by any method!?)

Inconsistant – I find it impossible to get consistent results with this bottle warmer. Sometimes the milk comes out icy cold,other times boiling hot. By the time you either reheat or cool the bottle down the baby is getting quite hungry.It is also impossible to operate the warmer one handed,you have to grip the back of the warmer with one hand and push quite… Read more

hard on the buttons with the other,not ideal when you have a baby in you arms. Quite dissapointing. saves water inconsistent warming,need both hands to operate,expensive for how it operates

Handy, Time Saver – Initially I was disappointed with this warmer as I found it difficult to tell when the right temperature had been reached. So, I bought a water thermometer and place it in the bottle while it is inside the warmer. I now find this product to be excellent, very handy and quick to heat up from room or fridge temperatures. Quick, easy to use, time saving. Need a water thermometer to be able to tell when the correct temperature is reached. Show reply

Very useful! – Absolutely love this bottle warmer! Makes life so much easier for me! I don't have to run to the kettle every time I need to warm milk. So easy to even warm food! Easy to clean as well.. Its god sent , as I have always been bottle feeding! Keeps milk warm for longer when inside! Quick, easy to clean, amazing customer service We need to increase the volume than what it actually is!

Not as good as I thought it would be – I purchased a avent pack that included the bottle warmer. After a number of uses I found it didn't warm the bottle fast enough and when it did the milk was too hot( bubs is screaming for milk by now) this added another few mins of running the bottle under cold water. Although the item has three heat settings none of these were the fit I… Read more

needed.

It has a mechanism where it switches off and on after a couple of minutes. I gave up and now use the hot water heated from the kettle & have extra bench space in my kitchen. It is smaller then a kettle and can be taken with you anywhere there is a switch. Not as effective as I would have liked it to be.

Super quick and reliable – After experiencing frustrations with the chicco food and bottle warmer, I was looking for a warmer that was super quick and reliable with temperature. The avent digital bottle warmer is it. Very quick to heat and great that you can identify whether the bottle is already room temperature, chilled, or frozen plus the amount. And it is relatively compact. Quick to heat The buttons are a bit fiddly.

Can't live without – I find this product great for heating and I like that temp of food or milk may vary so my baby doesn't get to fussy and only eat or drink if a certain temp. I use Medela bottles and they fit well. It is a pain that you have to use one button to turn on and choose temp then only one button to choose amount I am heating if hit hold to long it… Read more

goes past the temp I want and I have to start again.

Because of the button problem it is hard to use with one hand while holding a baby. (even harder with a hungry crying baby in my arms) Fits Medela bottles, food and milk when heated does vary so baby wont get too fussy. hard to use buttons with one hand when holding a baby

Could be great but isn't – We bought two of these as we have twins and need every bit of help we can get. The key issues we have with this product are: it's really hard to use one handed - you need to butt it up against a wall so it doesn't fall over as you press the buttons; the icons and nos are tiny and really hard to read when you're bleary eyed at 3am; setting the… Read more

warmer for the right temperature is through trial and error, which kind of defeats the purpose; there is inconsistency in warming temperatures; if you don't get to the bottle in time (which can happy with a baby)and it sits in the warmer for more than a few minutes, it can end up way too hot; the top ring around the Avent bottles we use end up VERY hot, which could be dangerous as we usually have a baby in one arm (plus they often like to hold it when feeding); AND there's got to be a better way for emptying the warmers (particularly when you've got a baby in one hand). Having said that, once you get it down pat, it provides some convenience (but not much more than a bowl of warm water). Once you get the hang of it, it can add some convenience See our comments - just not user-friendly enough

Easy to use and saves time – I got this product 8 months ago for my baby and have been using it every day since. Very reliable and easy to use. well worth every cent. Would highly recommend this product. so quick and easy to use  Show reply

Best buy ever! – I find the warmer to be extremely convenient, I cant do without! Once you ge the hang of it, ist hard to do out. Heats up milk very well, and is very reliable and safe as it was the only product I found on the market that auto switches off. reliable, energy efficient with auto switch off, great features in terms of heating options, takes all… Read more

bottles, heats fast difficult to use at first, if bottle is left too long after heating will get too hot, will not always heat milk to desired temp and will only get used to it through trial and error, expensive, not so good with heating lareger (300ml) bottles

Terrible – Just read the review below and I completely agree. The settings don't work properly. It overheats or underheats and never seemed to get it right. Eventually it broke down after 3 weeks. We then went and bought the Cherub Baby LCD warmer at the Baby show for 1/2 the price of this one and its works brilliantly. The avent one was a total ripoff The few times it worked it was really good Simply doesn't work like its supposed to at all

Good – This warmer is easier to use than the electric one because it has volumes and states on it. If you are using the avent system I think this product is a must, as it fits the bottles and also the via storage cups. It can be inconsistent - sometimes too cold, sometimes too hot, so you need a bit of practice to get it right, especially when you… Read more

have different volume to what the indicators have. Easy to use with lots of options (volume, state - frozen, fridge, room) Need to remember how much water to use for each state

Only fits avent products

Can be inconsistent with heating

Need two hands to operate

OK – This is a great machine that we use daily. We use it to for milk and frozen fruit/vege puree and it heats the food to the same temperature every time. There are two niggling problems. Firstly the trendy curved shape of the unit makes it really hard to operate one handed. A lot of the time we have a baby in one arm so it can be annoying to use.… Read more

The other problem is that when there is some kind of problem (unit needs descaling, top not one properly, etc) it just flashes its lights and beeps. You have to go dig out the manual to try to work out what's going on. When you're run off your feet with the kids it's the last thing you want to have to think about. Compact and reliable. Heats well. Hard to use when holding a baby. Error states are confusing.

Good – This is a fairly good product. I have used it daily since May 2010 and haven't had any mechanical or warming issues. Easy to use and clean. Fairly quick to warm milk. Is able to warm milk to suit my baby's liking. Also heats up food quite well. A little inaccurate when heating. You can't just rely on its ability to warm the bottle according to mls… Read more

(when pressing the button on warmer to indicate how many mls are in bottle) but once you warm a few bottles you get to know what works best. Fairly expensive product.

OK – I use it because I insist to warm it this way so the nutrients doesnt get destroyed like everyone says they do by heatng in the microwave. Its a hassle that often it requires troubleshooting and I still need to stir after heating cos it doent heat evenly, somehow it doesnt make the beeping sound with mine,so I have to be standing nearby to keep an… Read more

eye, maybe one of my many other faulty avent purchases... =( is it just me being unlucky everytime or is that avent manufacturer produces many faultys??? Good design, intelligent functions. Can only fit avent products, slower than heating in the microwave, functions are too sensitive sometimes or often I have to do the trobleshooting, doesnt heat evenly, expensive

OK – this iq bottle/food warmer does an adequate job. However I have found that it does not warm the milk in the bottle enough even though I had set it as per the instructions. I think Phillips needs to readjust the temp settings on this machine. You need to work out the required settings through trial and error. However, once you learn what settings… Read more

are suitable, it does make warming a bottle of milk a lot less stressful. Seemingly simple design. Makes things a little easier when warming bottles. Does not consistently warm the bottle to the right temperature.

Bad – This one is a great idea but it never works the way it claims to work. I always find that the milk is way to cold or way to hot. It was an expensive purchase that I am disappointed that I made. I've now gone back to using the microwave. I wouldn't bother buying this one. Great idea. Can warm baby food also. Heats evenly. Takes too long to heat… Read more

bottles and then I always find that its too cold so I put it that the bottle has more than it does hoping it will then be warm enough but it then is too hot.

Terrible – Bought this warmer after reading the reviews on this site. The warmer is extremely inconsistent with temperature. I learnt quickly that the volume scale isn't accurate (ie: for 85 mls I had to choose the 115mls level to get chilled breastmilk warm). After a few days we found that about every second or third time, everything would appear to be… Read more

working, steam, etc... but a bottle of milk would come out stone cold. And if you put it through a second time it would come out too hot. After a week or so of this, and having checked that we were indeed following the instructions exactly, we went for a different model. For something to take a while to go through its warming cycle, and then to come out stone cold in the middle of the night with a screaming baby - not satisfactory. Very bad buy. Fits other brands of bottles Woeful warming ability and consistency

Terrible – Considering that all this product has to do is heat a bottle or food to a desired temperature consistantly, and it cant do that, It is an overpriced piece of rubbish, Do your home work. We have since bought the DR BROWNS DELUX BOTTLE WARMER and found it was cheaper and 100% better, actually working every time. We were completely unhappy with this,… Read more

No pros unfortunatly. Price, The fact it doesnt heat to desired temp. (all iq bottle warmers should be recalled and refunded)

OK – We are happy with this unit. We have been using ours for nine months and have never had any trouble with it breaking. I would buy it again. It would be better if it heated food more accurately, however after using it for a while I have learned to adjust the settings to account for over/under heating and I find that it works pretty well. My… Read more

daughter loves the free spoon, it is a great shape for baby feeding. Faster than heating food and bottles in a container of boiling water. Fits Heinz baby food jars as well as Avent products. Comes with a free feeding spoon. Does not always warm food and milk to the right temperature. Sometimes it makes it too hot, other times it is still too cold.

Good – For those who want to take the professionals word and not use microwaves this is a great product (certainly better than warming up on the stove), but if you are happy to use the microwave that is a better solution. Bottle warmer works well and does work for room temp/ fridge temp/ or frozen milk as well as food. Easy to use. Still takes a couple of minutes to warm up so when you have a screaming child who is hungry it still takes too long.

Terrible – The only thing that I can find on the market with these features. I just wish they would keep working as well as they do when you first open the box. I found that the Avent Digital Digital Bottle Warmer while at times a little inconsistent with heating times mostly operated well, while it worked. It's compact, cleans easily and is realtively safe… Read more

being closed. Unfortunately we have now had 3 of these. Each one has only lasted about a month before closing lid/switch stops operating rendering the unit useless. We are not being rough with the unit. We were especially careful after unit #1 stopped working. The bottle warmer simply has a flaw which makes it less than durable.

Excellent – When you have a new baby, and have trouble breastfeeding... I had to express with my IQ electronic breastpump (Another brilliant product from Avent) anything that makes life easier, especially in the middle of the night is an absolute godsend. Easy enough for the husband to manage and easy for a first time user to manage in the middle of the… Read more

night. Havent used it for frozen stuff yet, but worked brilliantly from room temp or fridge temp. Compact for the benchtop and fits all avent bottles. Probably others too. Havent tried other bottles Everything! THis thing is amazing Pricey, but worth it.

Bad – I bought this from the PBC expo while I was pregnant, thinking it would be great but have so far been disappointed. I get reasonable results when setting the fluid level to the next one above what is actually in the bottle for room temperature or chilled milk but have yet to discover the trick to heating frozen milk - it comes out with ice still… Read more

in it and if I put it in again it is way too hot. Maybe it works better with food..? Doesn't take up much bench space, automatically turns off after use, easy to operate. Fits all the Avent storage/feeding products. Very inconsistent warming of breastmilk. I found it to be okay when heating from room temperature but not so good from the fridge and downright pitiful from frozen. The buttons are hard to press/hold. And why doesn't the measuring jug it comes with go up to 150 mL?

OK – I bought this over the older model as it was more specific with it heating times and it had the auto shutoff. I am fortunate to say I have been pretty lucky with the breastfeeding and havent had to use it all that often, however- about 40% of the time i have used it either for myself or other friends bubs, the bottle hasnt been the right temp. I… Read more

havent used it for food yet.. It is also quite slow. I would like to have to rely on it heating for breastmilk at 2am or anything.. Actually, I cant think of many pro's. It is more efficient and safer to heat breastmilk, can heat the Avent VIA cups as well as their bottles. Has a food and milk setting. automatically shuts off if you forget to turn it off. Pretty easy to use. Price- I got mine at a cheap chemist for $116, but normally go for alot more than that. The buttons are difficult to push and you need two free hands as the whole appliance will scoot across the bench otherwise. The VIA cups are difficult to get out after it has warmed. The heating is inconsistent, sometimes I will have boiling milk (which cant be too healthy) or i have stone cold milk that still has ice lumps in it! it is very difficult to know how much water is required.Also, it wont take Tommee Tippee bottles.

Excellent – A great buy even if it is second hand! This warmer was great when I was breastfeeding, now my baby is on formula and I'm still using it, even though using a microwave is a lot faster, I always have to shake the bottle to ensure there are no 'hot spots' with the microwave, there is no shaking with the Avent IQ. My IQ doesnt take up a lot of bench… Read more

space. Such a simple, easy to use product I would highly recommend it. Warms up baby bottles at the right temperature, easy to use settings, beeps when completed & keeps beeping until you take the bottle out. Takes longer than a microwave to warm up, expensive normally $115+ but I bought mine for $78 on ebay,

Excellent – This product is heaven sent. As I breastfed almost exclusively, I never really had any use for this. I started using it a lot when my baby started solids. I bought some Avent via cups (BPA free) and stored my baby's food in it. I made a few batches once a week and stored them in the freezer. When it was time for bub to eat, I just took a Via… Read more

cup straight from the freezer and heated them in the Avent IQ Bottle warmer. It warmed the food in less than 10 minutes. Pretty amazing since the food is frozen solid! It gives you two options: whether you are heating up food of liquid. And then you just choose how many mls or oz you are heating up and voila! User friendly even for sleep deprived mums like myself! I also like the beeping sound to tell you that the food/milk is ready. The beep is very subtle and will not wake baby up. A best buy and well worth the money! The best warmer in the market! Heats milk and food whether they be frozen, from the fridge or at room temperature, automatic shut off

Excellent – I am very happy to purchase this product. And you only to press the buttons and worry nothing. It doesn't occupy many space. Easy to use, caculate the time for me, so I don't need to worry either it is milk too hot or too cold

Good – I am really happy that I made the purchase as now I don't have to worry that I might accidentally burn my baby with hot milk. The warmer automatically switches off when it is finished. The avent IQ steam bottle and food warmer is easy to use, fast and compact. It heats milk from the fridge in only a few minutes. Its great as it doesn't create… Read more

hot spots like the microwave. Its practically a really fast and modern way of boiling a kettle and letting the bottle heat up in a cup of boiling water. Its a bit expensive and not as quick as a microwave.

Excellent – I love this bottle warmer I wish I had purchased this one in the first place (I perviously had the express model and I liked it but this is much better) as I use it everyday it really is worth the money and I love how it automatically shuts off so I am not over heating bottles any more. It says to empty out the water every time you use it but I… Read more

don't I just use it like the old one and leave the water in and top it up occassionally. fast, easy to use when you first buy it the buttons are a little stiff but after a few days are easier to use