A must for any parent (Mothercare Steam Steriliser)

Member Name: Tea65

Product:	Mothercare Steam Steriliser
Date:	11/05/05 (363 review reads)
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Advantages: Quick, Easy to use

Disadvantages: Mothercare Mother Nature bottles do not fit in our version

This is something that was bought for us as a present on the birth of our son by my sister in law. I wasn't too keen as I much prefered to use the old fashioned type of cold water steriliser, but decided to give it a go.

This has been one of my top ten baby things that I feel every parent should get and would recommend them to every parent.

Let me tell you more about the steriliser. There is a removable lid on top of the base unit and the base unit has a power cord attached to it that you plug into the wall, on the front of the unit is a tab button with a light next to it which when you press the tab down the light illuminates to signal that the unit it on, however you cannot turn the unit off once it has been switched off unless you turn it off at the mains.

Inside the unit is a lift out holder which comes apart easily so you are able to fit your bottles in it. First of all you need to take the top of the holder off by lifting it up off the central pillar and place it to one side, then you put the central pillar through the plastic rims of the teat holders so they are stacked up in the middle of the unit.

You then need to fill a clean bottle with 60ml of water and place this water in to the unit.

Next you place the clean bottles upside down on the holder around the central pillar in a circle. You then place the removable top back on to the holders, the top has holes in it, so you can place the teats on top of each bottle and the lids on top of each bottle.

Now then, if you are using Mothercare bottles, the unit is designed so that you place each bottle through the holes on the top of the holder but still follow the same principals as before with the teats and lids.

Next you lock the lid into place on the base unit and switch it on and leave it. The unit takes 10 mins maximum to sterilse the bottles, which is better than the cold water sterilisers are they take 30 minutes to sterilise bottles and you also then need to wash them with hot water and in the end it takes you what seems like a lifetime just to do some bottles.

With this system you find that you have got bottles sterilised, filled and in the fridge within 30 mins maximum, so a great plus in my book.

Now the bad thing about this steriliser is that the Mothercare Mother Nature bottles do not fit properly in it. On the inside of the steriliser is a holder which holds the bottles and when you push the Mothercarfe Mother Nature bottles into the top of it, the bottles end up with stress fractures on them that eventually crack.

This particular kind of stema steriliser was from Mothercare as it was their own brand, but if your not keen and want to spend a bit more money there are a few steam steriliser brands out there, Avent, Lindam and Tomy to name a few and are all reasonably priced from £13.95 - £38

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