Customer Reviews

The First Years: Easy Store & Thaw Milk Organizer

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I'm exclusivly pumping and was looking for a good way to store expressed milk in my freezer. Since my child is 3 months, she's eating at least 5 ounces at a feeding. And since storage bags are expensive, I fill them all the way up. This product fits a TOTAL of 12 full bags. That's $14.99 to store 12 bags of milk.

I returned it. Now, I use the Gerber storage bags, and freeze them lying flat in my freezer with the ziplock part turned up so nothing leaks. Once frozen, I place the bag upright in an ice cube storage bin I bought for $1.99. Each bin stores at least 15, AND it's easy to use the old milk and just push the fresh ones to the front.

Have to agree with the other reviews - wish I'd looked before I bought this. I think this is a pretty new product and when I saw it at BRU it seemed like a good idea. BUT, it DOES NOT hold what it says it does. I've found the same thing other reviewers did - that you can only get about 12 bags in there.

I'm very disapointed because I've generally liked the First Years products. The drying rack and the bottle warmer are great. This is the first that will be going back!

I wish I would have kept the box so that I could return this. I agree w/the previous review-- it only stores 12 pkgs of milk frozen in Gerber bags. Buy a $1.99 bin and store way more... save your money... the bags, once they freeze, can be stored acc'ding to dates in regular cheap bins.

I use this to store milk for when I'm not home. Not for "freezing" milk as others have done (I think it is just easier to freeze bags by laying them flat in the freezer). I like it a lot because the milk is contained in one area and its easy to find in the fridge. Yeah it can be a pain to have to shuffle the milk as you add new milk, but I don't let it upset me. Sure it only holds 12 bags of milk, but exactly how much milk should it hold? Would there ever be a # that satisfied everyone, I doubt it. Breastmilk only lasts up to 8 days in the refrigerator and with constant rotation 12 bags works just fine. Don't be discouraged by some other reviews, it works just fine as long as you're not expecting it to feed the baby for you.

Like everyone else who bought this, it seemed like a great idea. Upon getting it home and using it though, it was useless. When I read the fine print on the box, it says it will only hold 24 if there is only 4 ozs in each bag. I assume they just want you to squish them on top of each other, which is just annoying.

I, too, went back and bought a $1.99 ice cube storage bin which is the perfect size, and actually makes rotating th oldest easier, you just add to the back, unlike this product, where you would either have to put a marker in, constantly move each bag forward into a new compartment, or pick each one up and look at the date.

This is a great way to keep milk stored and organized for caregivers. My husband stays at home with our daughter and this takes the guess work of away for him. I keep the organizer in the refrigerator, take the milk from the freezer and rotate every few days so all he has to do is take the milk from the front, pour, heat and go. It's also great when my mom is here, because she knows exactly which bag to get next. Each slot only holds one bag (the manufacturer says it should hold two). But then again, I'm really only using it for the daily organization, not the bulk of the frozen storage.

I got this as a gift and I wish I had a gift receipt to return it...

I takes up too much space in the freezer and only holds 12 bags. Before I got this organizer, I used a tall rectangular snapware container with a lid; it held more bags and took less space in my freezer. I'm definitely going back to my good old container, I hope to find another use for this.

Everything everyone else said PLUS:

Previously frozen packs cannot be put into the compartemnts as they didn't freeze in the proper shape.

And yes, rotating is a pain.

I agree that this is not the best solution for long term storage. I have found it very useful for the first freeze so the bag is frozen in a nice block. Then when the container is full I transfer those bags to a ziplock bag. I found that when they were in the block shape they were much less unruly than when they froze in lumpy sheets.

As other reviews have stated, each container (2/box) will only hold 6-4 ounce milk bags. The containers are expensive and not at all worth the money.