MAM Electric Baby Bottle Steriliser & Express Bottle Warmer; with 6 Functions – includes 1x 160 ml Easy Start Anti-Colic Bottle & 1x MAM 0-2 Months Start Soother (Designs May Vary)

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Not the most budget-friendly electric steriliser we tested, and a more expensive initial outlay than microwave or travel versions

Can only sterilise two bottles per cycle – so if you’re getting through more than four bottles a day it’s fairly labour-intensive Transparency is really important to us and that's why we're always upfront about how we tested the products we recommend. We won't always recommend the cheapest products or the ones with the most extra features. We write about products that we feel offer the best value to most parents – the ones we'd recommend to our own friends and family. We have a Tommee Tippee microwave one and it's so simple, no faff. Wash the bottles and pop them in the microwave."Tried and tested by Mumsnetter hereforfun. Like any electric steriliser, it attracts limescale on its heating plate so will need regular descaling. Our tester also didn’t like its short cable, which limits where it can be placed in the kitchen, and that it arrived wrapped in a lot of unnecessary plastic.The ventilation holes in the bottle?s base regulate the pressure balance and airflow and as the bottle ventilates via the bottom, milk flows undisturbed without air bubbles. This allows feeding with no interruptions which helps to reduce colic in 80% of cases**. Microwave sterilisers are smaller, but not exactly portable. They could sit on top of the fridge or stay in the microwave itself if you’d rather not keep them out. 3. Cycle time

The length of a sterilisation cycle varies wildly between brands. If you’ve got a set-up where you intend to batch-sterilise once a day, a longer cycle won’t matter so much. But if you’re planning on sterilising more often, you won’t want to wait by the steriliser juggling a hungry baby. 4. NoiseLast year’s Mumsnet Best winner is a spacious, professional-looking steriliser with a main compartment for six bottles and a top compartment for smaller items like dummies and teats. This innovation from MAM Baby features six valuable functions all in one product. Forget having to invest and store a steriliser and a bottle warmer separately, simply choose MAM for all your needs. However, Kate says, “It is always recommended to sterilise your baby’s bottles and teats for as long as you continue using them. This is because milk and milk curds can remain in small amounts in the teat and bottle, and the bugs that feed on them can cause stomach upsets.” How do I sterilise baby equipment? Heating breast milk or formula to the perfect temperature in a matter of minutes, a bottle warmer takes the hassle out of preparing your baby’s bottle, leaving you safe in the knowledge that its contents aren’t so hot as to scald your little one’s mouth or too cold that they turn up their nose at it. So we've scoured the Mumsnet forums to bring you tried-and-tested bottle warmer recommendations from real parents. Don’t rinse equipment off again afterwards as the water won’t be sterile. You don’t need to dry them as the cloth likely isn’t sterile either – just shake off the excess moisture and make sure it’s cooled down completely. When can you stop sterilising baby bottles?

Microwave sterilisers also use steam to sterilise their contents, which may appeal to you if you prefer to sterilise without chemicals. Finally, she looked at whether the steriliser represented good value for money considering the features it provided for a wide customer base, noting whether or not she’d buy another if the sample model broke.Best bottle warmer and steriliser: MAM 6-in-1 Electric Steriliser and Express Bottle Warmer | Buy now Most of them are cup-shaped microwave sterilisers large enough for one bottle or one breast pump – though you might not always have access to a microwave when away from home so look out for ones that can be used with cold water solution as well. The advantage of microwave sterilisers is that they’re more capacious than travel models but smaller than electric ones, so they can be stored out of sight. The length of the cycle is almost always shorter than using an electric steriliser, too, which might come in handy with a very hungry baby. The disadvantages are the smell, the need to continually buy new tablets and the inconvenience of keeping a large container full of water in a corner of your kitchen – especially relevant if you have other small children. 2. Electric steriliser

The innovative MAM Steriliser & Bottle Warmer features six valuable functions to make everyday life easier for parents and more hygienic for babies. This award winning breast pump offers mums the most flexible solution for expressing milk. With the combined benefits of both electric and manual breast pumps, mums can have it all with the MAM Baby 2-in-1 Electric Breast Pump. Does it need to be versatile? Some bottle warmers double as sterilisers, while others have an in-built timer or maintain the ideal milk temperature for a certain amount of time, for example.I’m exclusively breastfeeding Violet and at 10-weeks-old we’re still not in a routine on the feeding front so I always leave a bottle of expressed milk when I go out for a run or pop to the shops just in case she needs a top up while I’m gone, making sterilising bottles and warming milk essential. MAM 6-in-1 electric steriliser & bottle warmer review Then you simply select the sterilising programme and switch the steriliser on. The upper plastic drum can also be used as a microwave steriliser, while the electric steriliser base doubles up as both a bottle warmer (please note you should always heat milk with the teat and bottle top removed) and to defrost and warm food.