The First Years All Purpose Steam Sterilizer
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Baby Products Reviews of The First Years All Purpose Steam Sterilizer
Customer Review: It did its job
Summary: 4 Stars
We first got this as a gift and we had no problems with it. It fit our Dr Brown bottles and all the little pieces that bottles and pumps come with. We did end up having to get a second one because our first one broke but that was our own fault.
Because I read the mix reviews here, I checked out all the other products. They either didn't fit enough bottles I wanted or were more than I was willing to pay. I decided to take a chance, hoping that my first one wasn't just a fluke.
After being shipped, there was a big crack on the bottom of the white plastic container, however it looked like a foul up from the seller or shipping rather than the manufacture. Luckily, there was nothing wrong with the one from the old one. And it did a good job just like the last one.
So would I recommend it? Yes
Would I buy it online? No
Customer Review: Only one steam sterilizer to choose from!
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this product purely because my daughter and grandson were visiting from the UK. I had a lot of trouble finding a steam sterilizer in the major stores where I live. I thought I would be able choose top models from a large selection. This product was the only one I could find anywhere! It does the job adequately but in comparison to the one I bought from huge selection in the UK, this is nowhere near as good quality, not as fast to sterilize (12 minutes versus 6 mins) and not as versatile (1 way to sterilize versus 3).
In my opinion this product does well as a basic model.
My gripe is that although this product is essential, I could not find more to choose from. This was the only choice on the Amazon site! There must be more...somewhere.
Customer Review: Serves its purpose
Summary: 4 Stars
I use the Playtex Drop-Ins bottle system to feed my baby, so I needed a better and safer alternative than boiling to sterilize the nipples and such.
I chose this particular steam sterilizer, since it seemed to be the easiest to use, it got good reviews and would work for what I needed it for.
I like this a lot, it saves time and sterilizes like it's supposed to.
The things that I don't like is that it's not large enough to fit the bottles (I thought it was a lot larger and was kind of disappointed at how small it was when it arrived), only the caps, nipples, closing rings, pacifiers and other small items. It doesn't have a drying feature, so like with boiling, I have to wait till everything cools down and air drys before I can use anything.
Customer Review: PERFECT - If you run it according to directions.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am seeing a lot of negative reviews for this item. You have to wait for the hot plate to cool before running again. This takes no longer than 20 minutes to cool. You can't just hit the button again while the plate is still very hot. That doesn't mean it doesn't work. I'm sure that's actually a safety feature. I have 2 children, 2 years apart, and I sterilized everything for months and months. I pumped so I had bottles and pump parts constantly going through this unit. Now that my kids are older, I still use it on a regular basis for sterilizing jars prior to canning. I even sterilize our toothbrushes regularly. I have used this unit on a constant basis for years. It's an excellent unit.Customer Review: Good Product for 7 months
Summary: 3 Stars
I used this sterilizer f0r 7 straight months 1-2 times everyday. Overall it was great..better than doing the boiling water method. However, there are two major faults I see to this product: 1) the metal plate accumulates scum or dirt so you have to wash the metal plate(which is attached to the entire product) or else the scum will keep accumulating where you dont want our bottle to be cleaned in anymore AND 2) after 7 months of using it, it finally SHUT DOWN on me and it would not turn on anymore. Im reading ALOT of reviews where this product just stops functioning.