Has/does anyone use a bottle prep machine?

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I'm pregnant with my first and really stuck on this decision. I've got friends who swear by them and say they couldn't do without them but the advice online seems to be that they aren't recommended.

Has anyone had any experience with them?

I was thinking if I don't get one can I use ready made milk for night feeds? It just seems a long process to boil the kettle and wait for bottle to cool etc in the middle of the night!

i’m as paranoid as they come and used one with dd2. Dd1 would not drink powdered formula milk only the ready pour for some reason.
you do need boiling water to kill the bacteria in the powder but that’s what the first hot shot of water does. It’s then topped up with filtered water. The only problem I had with the tommee tippee was when I did the cleaning process, the hot water blew the machine. Place we bought it replaced though so definitely keep your receipt. I did use ready pour for night time with dd2 though as well. Even with the machine it’s noisy and hassle at 3am

This is the latest on these machines. I had a lend of one from a friend but was always wary of how safe or hygienic they could be. Have now tested the hot shot temperature and it is not reaching the required temperature to kill dangerous bacteria. I'm returning to its owner and she is writing to the manufacturer to demand a refund as it does not meet the advertised standards. Always thought they had to be too good to be true! https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67001503

Lots of people use them.

You do need to know that they don't actually make the bottle with hot enough water. The risks of doing this are pretty minimal if your baby is over 4 weeks old and you're feeding immediately.

I would not use it for bottles that you plan to keep for later or for a newborn. For these scenarios the best option is to make the bottle up with hot water (over 70c, boiling water is fine) in advance of when you need it, then cool it quickly and put it on the fridge. They are allowed to stay refrigerated up to 24 hours.

People think that it's the water that needs sterilising but it's the powder. And people assume that the most important thing is making the bottle up fresh but it's actually the part where you use hot water. Powdered formula is impossible to sterilise, making it up with hot water is the only way to do this.

We had one with 2nd. Loved it.

Hmmm I wonder if kettle hot water isn’t hot enough either then. The hot shot always seemed boiling to me, you could see the steam coming off, hotter than the water from my kettle making tea. I suppose it could also be that you are not using a full bottle of boiling water so it might cool to quickly in the powder before it gets chance to kill the bacteria

My daughter got a tommee tippee bottle maker, didn't like it at all, make the bottles very foamy. She went back to just boiling the water, cooling and leaving the made bottles in tht fridge.

Also for sterilizing, she uses mam bottles which can be done in a microwave without a steriliser.

The TT prep is perfectly safe if used with the correct filters (the TT ones no substitutes), it is cleaned exactly to the manufacturers standard, and you use it fully to the instructions.

I think the research into the mold issues from a few years ago transpired they were not using the correct filters and had bought a non branded one.

It was the best thing for us, that and a steam steriliser and 8 bottles so I just left them in the steriliser until they were needed.

Not surprised, with a kettle you know your hot water is hot enough, you would have no idea if one of these over engineered machines is not operating as it should.

We strongly advise you against using these machines because they deliver a small volume ('shot') of very hot water and then add cool water to make up the rest of the feed. This is not a sufficient temperature to kill the bacteria in formula milk and your baby may become unwell.

The NHS do not recommend prep machines as they do not offer the highest standard of formula preparation safety.

I would listen to those who have babies interests at heart over a company trying to sell their products for profit. Especially when there are simper more robust solutions available.

if you are at all worried about the hot shot not being hot enough, most allergy formula is to be made with cooled boiled water, not boiling water so it can’t be that much of a risk otherwise they’d change the way it’s made and like a previous poster said, in other countries like the US they don’t make a bottle of formula with boiling water either.
I used a TT prep but had to add the hot and then the cold before the formula to make up neocate and it was a lifesaver, especially in the nighttime