Bottle Sterilisers

[josaphine32]

I need a steriliser and its been a long time since I have had a baby and am unsure, I need one that you do not need milton tablets, but equipment needs to be dry when removing from steamer, if not dry how do i dry items so l know they are sterile,
Thanks
Jo
Ps no I am not pregnant orva gran.......lol

[MadMen]

I think the best thing for you would be a steriliser that uses just steam, rather than any kind of solution.
Although they do dry the bottles, they can sometimes be a little bit wet from the steam. The only way to really dry them and make sure they're still sterile would be to leave them to dry naturally, in the steriliser.

[josaphine32]

Sorry question is what is the best steriliser, thanks

[MadMen]

When you say "equipment", you do mean bottles, right? Or do you want it for something else?

[MadMen]

Oh, ok. Hang on and I'll find the one I bought for my sister - which she says was fab.

[josaphine32]

Thanks madmen, I have just started fostering wildlife, I am doing really well at the mo, the formula is tempramental and cloggs using milton, but thanks

[MadMen]

I can't seem to find the one I was looking for, but this is the one I used when I last had a baby in the house! :)

http://www.mothercare.com/Philips-Avent-Natural-Microwave-Steam-Steriliser/478733,default,pd.html

I found it really good because it goes in the microwave, so it's really easy to transport if you're away from home.

And.... it's only £13 now!

Check out the reviews for the different sterilisers on that site :-)

[josaphine32]

Tiny teets, I meen tiny, feed containers that I am making fresh every feed, not bottles yet, feeding cotton tails at the moment, but hopefully going over to bigger things, so I want to be organised, I hate milton, mand am prepared to spend.

[MadMen]

Right. Sorry, won't be much use then!
Wow, that sounds lovely :-)

[loulou111]

[bednobs]

in my recent experience, there is no way of sterilising bottles and then them being immediately dry - milton obv doesn't do it, and neither does boiling or steam. If you dry them they become unsterile.
I have the one MM put in her link, and it's good. Things remain sterile for 24 hrs if you don't open it, so would have a little more time to dry i suppose, but they are usually still at least a little wet