Philips Avent Electric Steam Sterilizer

by Philips Avent

Product Features

• Shuts off automatically when cycle is finished.
• Holds six Avent bottles.
• Rack transforms to a useful basket for dishwasher.
• If not opened, keeps contents sterile for up to 3 hours.
• Microbiologically tested and approved.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches ; 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000056OUG
• UPC: 761269005013
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,464 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #79 in Baby > Feeding > Bottle-Feeding > Warmers & Sterilizers
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

For parents of one or more bottle-fed babies, the Express Steam Sterilizer is a real time-saver. Three ounces (90 milliliters) of water and a standard household electrical outlet (three-prong) are all you need to operate this self-contained, all-plastic unit. Measuring 12 inches high, you can fit up to six 9-ounce Avent bottles and a complete Isis manual breast pump into the sterilizer at the same time. Fitting the breast pump and all of the bottles, nipples, and sealing caps into the sterilizer takes a little practice and you will probably have to follow the illustrated instructions to load everything in correctly the first time. But once you get the swing of it, it is relatively easy to stack all the components properly and fit them into the sterilizer. After it has been loaded it takes just eight minutes to run the sterilizing cycle--with an additional cool-down time of three minutes. All of the unit's internal stacking baskets can be run through the dishwasher for periodic cleaning. Includes two 9-ounce Avent bottles. --Chris Burns

Product Description

The handy Avent Express 6 Bottle Steam Sterilizer is a safe, simple method for sterilizing all feeding accessories in eight minutes. Simply add 90 ml of water and switch on. The sterilizer will shut off automatically when the cycle is finished. The unit will hold six Avent bottles with nipples, screw caps and dome caps. It has also been designed to accommodate the Avent Isis Breast Pump. The rack transforms into a useful basket that can securely hold small feeding equipment in the dishwasher.

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Customer Reviews

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183 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This makes bottle cleaning so much easier!, June 19, 2003

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Catherine "Mom" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips Avent Electric Steam Sterilizer (Baby Product)

With my first baby, I did not bother to purchase a sterilizer because I planned on breastfeeding mostly and did not think it would be worth the money to invest in a sterilizer. I thought I'd just use the big pot on the stove and boil all my bottle and breastpump parts when necessary. And that's just what I did. I saved my money. . . BUT let me just say, I melted numerous pacifiers, bottle parts, and got sick of having to worry about all the bottle/pump parts burning up or always getting them out of the pot and drying them on a clean towel on the countertop. (I pumped often to build up a good frozen supply of milk, so my pump parts were always in need of washing it seemed.) My countertop looked like a bottle factory ALL the time.

So with Baby #2, I decided to make the investment in this sterilizer. It has been absolutely wonderful! It saves time (no worrying about the pot on the stove burning up parts and bottles - I can leave the parts in the sterilizer for quite a bit of time before I have to worry about removing them) and space (my countertop stays neat).

Certainly, you ought to at least wash your bottle and pump parts in sudsy water/rinse them clean before you put them in the sterilizer. But if you're going to sterilize, you might as well get this one. It's worth the money.

My sister melted (literally melted and evaporated) 3 bottles and their counterparts while sterilizing them on the stove top recently. . . She had fallen asleep while her infant was napping (new parents can be so tired). Let's just say, she went out immediately after that incident and purchased this sterilizer and loves it.

Personally, I think this sterilizer gives me less details to worry about when I already have so many little things to worry with.

I love it and recommend it. (I do use Avent bottles and Pump-In-Style pump parts. I've also sterilized sippy cups for my two year old in this!)

139 of 141 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best choice in bottle sterilizers on the market, May 24, 2001

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Olivia "Olivia" (Philadelphia suburbs, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Philips Avent Electric Steam Sterilizer (Baby Product)

The Avent Steam Sterilizer takes up to 6 9oz bottles (with all the caps, nipples and rings), plus an Isis pump. Uses only 3oz of water (I use distilled water to preven scale buildup from tap water) and sterilizes in just 10 minutes! Also uses less energy than the Microwave sterilizer, for you energy concious people out there.

An essential part of your baby gear if you use any bottle! Anything that is silicone or rubber can be sterilized in here (as long as boiling or autoclave is recomended as sterilizer method) i.e., pacifiers & chew toys!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars peace of mind and huge timesaver, December 4, 2002

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Amy M. Sheflin (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips Avent Electric Steam Sterilizer (Baby Product)

I didn't like the idea of running my breastpump in the dishwasher with dishes covered in food, even if it does say that the high temps will sterilize it. I didn't even dream of boiling the parts of my breastpump, who has time for that? I use this product everyday, sometimes twice a day. It gives me the peace of mind that I am keeping as much bacteria as possible out of my expressed milk, which means it will be able to be stored as long as possible. That's important, because pumping is not very fun, and we all like to do it as little as we have to. Now, even if I just want to sterlize only my breastpump, I use just a little bit of water and it takes only 8 minutes! Much less time than boiling or using the dishwasher. One word of caution, this sterilizer will fit many bottles, and will fit the pump, but you cannot fit nine lids, rings, nipples, AND bottles and your breastpump. If you just sterlize your pump and the nine bottles, it will fit along with a ring or two and maybe one nipple. Or you can stack stuff on top of each other, but beware as it may topple out on you when you pull it out of the sterlizer. I still gave the product 5 stars, because I find that its capacity usually fits my needs anyway (i am a breastfeeding stay-at-home mom that expresses breastmilk for evening feedings for my husband and short trips away from baby).