Tommee Tippee Advanced Steam Electric Steriliser for Baby Bottles, 99.9% of Bacteria, 5-Minute Sterilisation Cycle

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There are two simple options. You could use a specially designed descaling product which is suitable for an electric steam steriliser or you could use white vinegar (ideally not the stuff you use on your chips!). If you choose a specialist product, it should come with instructions; if you choose white vinegar, here’s what to do: Things that can affect your machine are excessive amounts of limescale (that’s where the base of your machine looks chalky or brown) or the use of chemicals or water softeners as all of these can damage the machine, causing it to stop working. It’s straightforward and capacious enough that our tester felt it was genuinely useful, and that she would gladly buy it again if it broke. If you don’t remove the lid after the cycle has finished, the contents will remain sterile for 24 hours, which is useful if you don’t need to feed again immediately.

Just reassemble as normal, but wash your hands thoroughly first, or use the teat tongs provided if you have them. The idea is to keep the bottle as clean and sterile as possible. When the sterilising cycle is finished, either remove contents and use immediately or leave the lid closed and contents will remain sterile for up to 24 hours**Based on Tommee Tippee 260ml bottlesYes - that’s pretty common! Just empty it out once you’re finished and you’re ready to start again. Here’s a link to our How to Descale video which will give you some further guidance on how to do it. Whether you’re new to parenting or not, taking care of a baby can bring all sorts of worries and it’s normal to feel overwhelmed at times, particularly in those early months. But when it comes to bottle feeding your bundle of joy, our comprehensive range of bottle sterilisersmeans you can at least have total peace of mind that their bottles are always clean, germ-free and completely safe. We have plenty of quality designs, which work by using hot steam to sterilise bottles so there’s no need for chemicals - and some of our options can even be used in the microwave. Versatility is something all parents come to appreciate, so consider our multi-purpose sterilisers which can also be used for things like breast pumpsand baby cutlery. Pour in 1 cup (250ml) of white/clear vinegar and leave for between 30-mins and 24-hours, depending on the extent of limescale Don’t overfill the machine with too many products as this reduces how efficiently the steriliser works and it may not sterilise properly.

The wire to the plug is short, which does limit where the unit can be placed, but it also means that there are no trailing wires to trip over or for small fingers to pull on.

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Descaling your steriliser as regularly as is needed will keep the machine working as it should. We know it’s hard to find time with a newborn but we highly recommend that you descale your steriliser on a regular basis, this could mean that you need to descale every week if you live in a hard water area or if using more than once a day. Our tester, Maisie, noted that this electric steam steriliser would be safe to have in a kitchen with young children around as they’d be unlikely to burn themselves even if they touched the unit accidentally. After the cycle, Tommee Tippee recommend waiting five minutes before opening the steriliser. There are handles at the top of the lid for you to take it off the trays safely after the cycle. As well as its recommended six bottles, there’s also plenty of room around on the two tiers for breast pump parts, dummies and even small toys. If you’re using Tommee Tippee branded bottles too, each bottle has the correct water measure for the steriliser marked on it, which our tester found especially helpful at night or in a hurry. If you haven’t been using a water softener, cleaning chemicals or sterilisation solutions, then it sounds like there may be or has been an excessive amount of limescale build-up, which has damaged the heat plate. If you haven’t already descaled your machine, it’s still worth doing this, as once the limescale is clear, you can see the extent of the holes (we call this pitting). Clean your baby's bottles and protect their developing immune system with the help of our steam and UV sterilising units.

The teat tongs are included with the steriliser so that you can safely remove freshly sterilised items without touching them with your fingers and potentially contaminating them. You can remove the teats with the teat tongs and then use the screw ring to re-assemble with the bottle.Not the most budget-friendly electric steriliser we tested and a more expensive initial outlay than microwave or travel versions The unit doesn’t seem to attract much dirt or dust and can easily be wiped down if it gets splashed. Once you’ve put the correct amount of water in the base, it’s simply a matter of putting on the lid and pressing the ‘play’ button – it could easily be done at night or one-handed with a baby on the hip. The cycle takes only five minutes – shorter than any other electric steriliser we tested, such as the Dr Brown's Deluxe Bottle Steriliser, and plenty of microwave ones too.