Customer Reviews

Munchkin Deluxe Drying Rack

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I got this for my bottles when I stopped nursing during the day. This looked nice, and easy to use. But, once I put my bottles on it, all the hinges that held all the spikes up just crashed down, causing my glass bottles to go crashing to the ground. I am sure it would work great for plastic bottles. But, the glass ones are just way to heavy.

We have a month-old baby boy. He feeds about every three hours. This requires a certain amount of bottles, nipples, etc, etc. Then there's the stuff associated with my wife's Modelo Pump. Of course, all of these things have to be washed, dried and sterilized. We have quite a production line going and it tends to overwhelm the kitchen double-sink area, which is still being used for it's normal duties.

My wife picked up the Munchkin Bottle Cleaning/Drying Rack and it has proven to be quite useful. It takes up only a small amount of counter space. We use only lightweight plastic Avent and Modelo bottles, and they've presented no problems. Plus it holds all sorts of other stuff, just as shown in the illustration. It's a very useful rack and is inexpensive. It has greatly improved our little production line.

Gary Peterson

I guess I am satisfied with this product but if I found a drying rack that seemed better, I would trade this in right away. It does leave a small footprint on my kitchen counter and I appreciate that about it. The rack doesn't hold a ton of stuff; it fills up fast with just my pumping parts and storage bottles. I really hate that it doesn't have any drainage holes. As another reviewer commented, I am considering drilling my own holes and putting a towel underneath. Water collects in a pool at the bottom of the rack and it gets pretty nasty if you don't dry it up on a regular basis. It's annoying when little pump parts fall into that puddle; I then have to wash the part again. I have been looking for a better drying rack but haven't found one yet. I would gladly return this if I thought there was something better on the market.

I was looking for something inexpensive but functional to use to dry my bottles and pump accessories, I chose this product. The footprint it leaves on the counter space is small, and has the ability to hold pretty much all the parts I use. I use Dr. Brown's bottles (whooo) glass and plastic, plus the Medela pump, bottle and storage sets. The Dr Brown bottles have some extra parts that need decent drying time, so this rack works great.

THIS IS A PERFECT SIZE .....IT FITS ALL THE PIECES OF MY DR.BROWN BOTTLES AND HAS EXTRA ROOM FOR MORE!

but I love this thing. It's a great mini drying rack for zip bags, cookie cutters, sponges, small bottles and tops, and a million and one other things. Really handy that it folds up, too. I keep it under the sink and use it frequently.

I registered for this drying rack as at the time it was one of the best reviewed drying racks on Amazon. It continues to be fairly well reviewed but its star rating has been dropping.

My biggest problem with this rack is the bottle holders. They are not fixed -- rather, they can fold down so you can put the drying rack in the dishwasher. While this is a nice feature, it makes the bottle holders quite flimsy and for all intents and purposes useless if you are using glass bottles. We own sets of both the 4oz and 8oz Evenflo glass bottles and we have to play a sort of balancing act game to get these bottles on the drying rack without the posts toppling over.

The second biggest problem I have with this drying rack is that there is no removable tray, or even holes to let dripping water drain out. That means you will have stagnant water at the base of the drying rack. Doesn't sound too ideal to me.

So two stars off for the above problems. What this drying rack has going for it is 1) a small footprint on your countertop and 2) its cheap price.

Another problem I have (and i didnt take any stars off for this b/c reading other reviews it seemed like it never happened to anyone else) ... when i received the drying rack the plastic was nice white color. In about two days (for reasons quite unknown as this has never happened to me with any other pastic product) the drying rack turned a faint purple/pink color (uniformly all over). My wife didnt believe me until I put the drying rack next to a white sheet of paper towel to highlight how pink/purple it really turned. Not quite sure why this happened but I will definitely no longer be using this product.

Another reviewer here recommended a Prince Lionheart Drying Station and on that recommendation I ordered one.
Prince Lionheart Deluxe Drying Station
[...]
I could not be happier with this new drying rack. Works perfectly (stable) with my glass bottles and holds way more items efficiently than this Munchkin drying rack. I wish I saw this Prince Lionheart drying rack when I was preparing my registry.

I love this drying rack. It's compact, inexpensive & works PERFECT for all the pieces of my Dr. Brown bottles. It has the slots for the travel disks & I use the straw holder for the internal vents. It also stores my bottle brush. Before this I had the spinning First Years rack, but it didn't spin well, took up a large amount of counter space, seemed cheaply made & I had no place to put the bottle brush or the travel disks. Some might complain that it only holds eight bottles, but it's a DRYING rack, not a STORAGE rack. Assemble your dry bottles & put them in a cupboard. Problem solved.

In conclusion: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! :)

Works just as well as the more expensive brands. We got one of these for ourselves and another for the grandparents' house.

We use this bottle rack to dry Medela pump parts and Born Free bottles. If you are drying heavier objects (glass bottles, etc.), I wouldn't recommend this, however.

excellent way to keep all the baby's bottles organized! super durable - I got one for my son 3 years ago and it is still standing - got this one for my goddaughter.