Medela Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bags
by Medela
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Baby Products Reviews of Medela Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bags
Customer Review: Extremely convenient
Summary: 5 Stars
Living in a house with an infant and no dishwasher is no picnic, I can assure you. At first, my husband was making himself crazy boiling bottles when we ran out and couldn't get to my parents' to retrieve the ones we'd sent to be run through their dishwasher. When I decided to start pumping exclusively, it only made the whole thing seem more daunting. When I found this product, I was absolutely thrilled.
I've gone through two and a half bags already and I have to say that this is a very convenient product. I still do handwash all of my bottles and pump parts first before putting them in the bag, so that aspect of it is a drag. However, the bags work beautifully and we no longer have to go through the trouble of boiling everything and/or farming them out to my parents' dishwasher. Now we can clean and sterilize all bottles, pacifiers, etc. right in our home. I'll be glad once we move to a place with a dishwasher but these bags will still come in handy for sterilizing my pump parts and for sterilizing bottles and things in between dishwasher cycles. The bags will also be handy for use when we're traveling.
Customer Review: Good for newborns, Bad for babies
Summary: 3 Stars
This product was great for the first two months. Wash off the parts and the bottles in the sink, toss them in the bag, sterilize, and put them on the drying rack for use. Easy as pie.
After a couple months though, this product becomes nearly useless. My 2oz preemie bottles, and 4oz newborn bottles fit perfectly in these bags with no problems, but the bag can't fit the standard 8oz bottle size that most babies will use. What good are sterilized bottle parts if you can't sterilize the bottle at the same time?!# I ended up sterilizing all the parts and throwing the bottles in the dishwasher, basically defeating the purpose of the bags.
A good alternative are the Munchkin bags. Munchkin bags are about half an inch to an inch longer and can fit at least two 8oz bottles and sometimes three bottles if you pack it just right, along with all the bottle parts for those bottles and even some extra pacifiers. Do yourself a favor and get the bigger and far more useful Munchkin bags for the same price, you will be able to continue to use those bags as your baby grows.
Customer Review: Excellent product!
Summary: 5 Stars
These bags are everything they claim to be -- extremely convenient and very effective. I consider them a "must-have" item. I've been pumping twice a day at work for 5+ months and these make it so much easier, not having to scrub all the parts when I'm done -- just rinse, put them in the bag with the required amount of water, microwave for 3 minutes, pour out the water, and it's all ready for the next use. I can leave my pump and parts at work all week, and then just bring it all home on weekends to hand-wash everything. The bags last a long time, too; I've been able to get 20 uses out of each bag, just like they say. My only very minor complaint (actually not so much a complaint, more like a detail to watch out for) is that the steam vent/pour spout is just big enough for a valve membrane to fit through. I found this out when I shook the bag a little to get the excess water out, and a membrane slipped out and landed in the sink, so I had to clean it all over again. But like I said, this is minor compared to the time-saving convenience of this product.Customer Review: Great for getting rid of thrush
Summary: 5 Stars
My son and I developed thrush (yeast infection), due to a large dose of antibiotics I was given after surgery. I got the thrush and due to breastfeeding, and I passed it onto my son, who got it in his mouth. It is hard to get rid of thrush, a fungus, because it survives almost everything! These Medela steam bags killed the fungus, and helped us break the cycle of passing it back and forth. I put my breast pump parts, pacifiers, and bottles components in the bag and killed everything! I used three bags at a time, I washed everything in the sink, filled one bag, put it in the microwave and filled another, then put it in the microwave after I took the first bag out and then filled the third bag while the second was in the microwave and the first was cooling down, it was a great system. We got rid of the thrush and my son's pediatrician said that under normal circumstances boiling and sterilizing are not necessary, so I discontinued to use the bags, but once in a while I throw his pacifiers in the bag and nuke the germs!Customer Review: A must for a working mom who pumps
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm mom to a 7 month old and returned to work when she was 2.5 months old, so I've been pumping 3 times a day at work for 4.5 months now and plan to continue pumping during my work day until she's a year old. She nurses when we're together, but it's still going to add up to a LOT of pumping sessions and cleaning of pump parts.
I have a Medela Freestyle pump and between sessions I use the Medela Quickclean Wipes - 24-pk on my pump parts to save time. At the end of the day when I get home I wash the pump parts with hot soapy water and then steam sanitize them in these wonderful bags. I switch to a new one after 15-20 uses when the plastic seems to start to get really brittle. I've also occasionally used the bags to sanitize pacifiers.
These bags are a good value for the money and are so quick and easy to use, I recommend them for every breastfeeding working mom.