Philips Avent

Microwave Steam Sterilizer

• Fits most microwaves
• Super-fast process
• Holds up to four 9-oz bottles or two 11-oz bottles

In the time it takes to grab the mail and sift through it, you could have ready-to-go bottles. The sterilizer reaches temps higher than your dishwasher and the items inside remain sterile for 24 hours when the lid is unopened.

All it takes is loading the sterilizer, adding water, locking the lid, and two minutes later you have steam-purified bottles. It also works with pacifiers, breast pumps, milk storage cups, and lids. The sterilizer kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria (a list of the specific bacteria tested is below).

Although touted as toteable for trips, this sterilizer will probably be too big for hotel-size microwaves (in which case sterilizing bags are better).

Do you need a sterilizer? Parents with immune-compromised babies swear by sterilizers, but other families find they do not use them enough to be worth it. If you are on the fence about whether to get a hefty (and pricey) electric sterilizer, a microwave version is a good in between since they’re easy to use and smaller than electric ones.

• BPA-free plastic
• 6.5” x 11” x 11.0”
• Bacteria tested: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes; the test results are provided by an independent test lab