Philips Avent 3 Pack 4oz Bottles
by Philips AVENT
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Category: Baby Product
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Philips AVENTBrand: Philips Avent
Release Date: 2006-12-01
Model: SCF640/37
Product features:
- The Avent Natural Feeding Bottle is recommended by many doctors. The Natural Feeding Bottle features a nipple with a unique anti-vacuum skirt and one-way air valve that has been clinically demonstrated to reduce colic.
- Clinically proven to reduce the incidence of colic.
- Wide bottle shape allows for easy filling and cleaning.
- Dense, durable polycarbonate plastic holds up to boiling, dishwasher and microwave use.
- Clear markings on the side of the bottle insure accurate feeding measurements.
Description of Philips Avent 3 Pack 4oz Bottles
More doctors recommend the Avent Reusable Bottle than any other brand. The reasons are clear: superior form and function, plus a clinically demonstrated, award-winning design. The patented Avent Reusable Bottle Nipple has a one-way air valve clinically demonstrated to reduce colic. Plus, the nipple's soft shape allows your baby to switch effortlessly from breast to bottle and back again.Avent invented the now-popular wide-neck bottle, with an award-winning design that's easier to clean and hold than conventional bottles. Made of dense, durable polycarbonate plastic, these bottles hold up through repeated boiling, dishwasher and microwave use. Easy-to-read markings on the bottle ensure accurate mixing and feeding measurements. Each bottle also comes with a dome cap for spill-proof mixing and transporting. This set includes three 4-ounce Avent Reusable Bottles.
Breast is best, but a time may come when you'll need to feed baby from a bottle. These Avent 4-ounce bottles feature a wide neck for easy cleaning and filling. The cap seals shut for leakproof mixing and travel; the wide, soft silicone nipple mimics the feel and shape of the breast; and the patented antivacuum skirt valve reduces air swallowing and painful gas. Use these bottles with the Avent Isis manual breast pump to express milk directly into the bottle--no messy filling. --Terri Shea
Baby Products Reviews of Philips Avent 3 Pack 4oz Bottles
Customer Review: Bottles can warp and melt in Steriliser
Summary: 1 Stars
(This is a long review, but if you read the whole thing it may save you some money and frustration. If you just want to read the bit about the Bottles, jump down to the 6th Paragraph and read from there)
I used Avent products with my first child (5 years ago!) and was absolutely thrilled. Back then, I was a solo-mother on welfare, so the cost was a real struggle for me, but I was so thrilled with the product that I found the money to buy the things I needed for my child.
Five years on, and oh how things have changed. This time around I am married and have the funds to be able to buy whichever brand I want, without money being a consideration. So, I eagerly stocked up on all things Avent. I bought the 4 oz bottles, 9 oz bottles, disposable bottle kit, Isis Electric Breast Pump, pacifiers, Bottle & Food Warmer, Bottle Tote, Formula Dispeser, Microwave Steam Steriliser ... the whole shebang!
The first thing to go wrong was the Isis Breast Pump ($US150 from Babies'R'Us). It would work fine for anywhere between 2 and 10 minutes, and then the suction would slack off and the rhythm would go out of whack, stopping the flow of milk from my breast. I would then have to turn off the machine and pump manually instead, or be left only partially expressed. I was reliant on the pump to take off my milk, as my baby would not latch, and I really wanted to keep giving her breast milk. When the machine broke down I contacted Avent and asked for a refund, as I was going to have to replace the machine. Avent told me that it was a non-refundable item, but if I waited a week they would send out a label for me to ship the pump back to them and then IF THEY FOUND A FAULT they would then repair it and return it to me. They said it would take 2-4 weeks. And what was I to do without a breast pump for a month, I asked??! The lady on the phone suggested that I purchase their manual pump to use in the meantime, and boasted that it would only cost me about $US50. Needless-to-say, I lost a lot of money on this, and was absolutely furious!! I threw the worthless pump in the trash and ended up 100% formula-feeding my baby.
Then there were issues with some of the nipples tearing, and they were less than a month old. I figured this was just my misfortune, so rather than make a fuss about it, I simply replaced the nipples at my own expense.
Next came the distorted bottles. I noticed one day that the plastic of one of the 4 oz bottles was warped. I thought it a little odd, but again thought that I had probably just caught a wonky batch and didn't think too much about it. Then another bottle warped, and another, and another, and another ... fairly soon I had 5 warped bottles (some 4 oz, some 9 oz). Enough was enough! I called Avent again and complained, only to have the woman on the phone tell me that I mustn't have read the instrustions on the MICROWAVE STEAM STERILISER properly. The woman asked me to confirm the wattage of my microwave, the amount of time I was putting the bottles in for, and how much water I was using (900W, 5 minutes, 200 mls). After telling her, she confirmed that yes, that was all correct, but she still said that I must have been doing something wrong during the sterilising process.
The lady sent me out a label to send the bottles back to them for 'testing'. She said that once the bottles had been tested then they would get back to me. Well, while waiting for the label to arrive, I ensured that I absolutely was following the instructions correctly when I used the Steriliser, but I still managed to have two more bottles warp on me, giving me a total of 7 warped bottles to return!!
I finally got the label and sent the bottles back. About a week later Avent called and said that the tests showed I had "overloaded" the Steriliser, and that had caused the bottles to warp. She said that "as a one-off courtesy" they would replace the five 9oz bottles. I pointed out to her that I had stacked the Steriliser as told to do so in the illustrations of the instruction booklet, and when I asked about the two 4 oz bottles I had also returned, she denied that they had received them (even though I put them all in the package myself!!) and refused to discuss the matter any further. So, I have lost 2 bottles, and have a steriliser that apparently likes to melt bottles regardless of how cautious I am about follwing the directions.
The other things I have had issues with are the pacifiers and the Bottle Tote. The pacifiers had a hard edge on the silicone, which was very uncomfortable for my newborn. I ended up replacing these with a different brand, as Avent wanted me to return the pacifiers to them at my own expense before they would consider replacing them. The Bottle Tote packaging states that it will keep bottles warm or cold for "up to 4 hours". This is more like "up to 2 hours", but even that is dubious. In order to get the bottles hot enough to stay warm for 4 hours, it would have to be boiling water, but if you put boiling water into the bottles, the pressure becomes too much for them to handle, so that's not an option. I have ended up throwing out the Bottle Tote (which cost me $15) and purchasing a mid-size Thermos. (I put the water of about the right temperature into the Thermos and take empty bottles with me. I even use the Thermos at home, so that I do not have to wait for the Avent Bottle Warmer to hurry up and do it's thing at 3am!)
I also have the Via Nurser Kit and addtional containers, but have found that the lids sometimes do not seal properly, and therefore leak. Very annoying, especially when you had pre-mixed formula in the container, your baby is hungry, and you're an hour drive from home!
I am absolutely disappointed with Avent. Almost every product of theirs that I have purchased this time around has been defective in one way or another, and their cutomer service level has been absolutely pathetic. They have obviously never heard "the customer is always right" because the have continually placed the blame solely on me for the issues that I have had.
Avent used to be a great company with a great product, and now it seems that they are simply relying on their good reputation of the past to carry them through the future. It's not good enough. Their products are NOT worth the money anymore, and I strongly recommend that no one buy any of their products. There are tons of very good (better!) products available on the market, and I will be replacing all of my Avent equipment with another brand as soon as I can. (I noticed while at Target the other day that Circo are now making 'wide neck bottles' that look exactly like the Avent ones, but at almost half the price ... I think I'll give them a go! Maybe you should too?)
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