Philips Avent, Baby Bottle Warmer

This review is coming from the father. After having twins born 2 months premature, we were left scrambling for things we hadn't yet purchased, one of which was a bottle warmer. After doing a good amount of research and reading several reviews, I landed on this bottle warmer.I'm a big Amazon user (I buy hundreds of things a year) but am not normally a reviewer (I've only written a couple). However, I feel like this product deserves one.We liked it so much we ended up buying a second. It works well, though not as well as advertised. 3 minutes is pretty quick, but even now that they're 5 months old, we can heat 4oz of formula from the fridge in 6 mins. The water heats up really fast.It's simple and has held up to being used several times a day, every day. The only complaint I have is that the knob feels a little loose, but that's it. Great product and has held up to plenty of use.I'd highly recommend this product to anyone who wants a simple, basic warmer that will last you a long time.

This warmer is controlled by a thermostat that works quite well, and if turned full "on" will get quite hot. It heats up very fast, like the vintage "Hot Shot" water heaters for beverages. I used a Taylor digital probe type thermometer to test it out for heating and maintaining luthiers Hide glue at 150 degrees F.The water bath, filled to the internal fill line with room temp water, reached 150 degrees in 2:46 and 170 in 5 minutes. Added a glass Avent Brand 4 oz baby bottle filled to 5 ounces with the nipple attached. Starting with tap water, found the 150 and 160 degree position of the controller knob at about the 1 and 2 O'clock positions respectively and marked the positions with a pencil line. The warmer heated the water in the bottle to 150 degrees in 15:45 minutes and maintained it very well. Using the glass baby bottle adds thermal mass that helps regulate the temperature of the water extremely close to the "set" temperature. And the lid (with nipple) even acts as a pressure release. I just marked the 150 and 160 degree settings with a sharpie. 150 degrees will be right in the middle.This should be a very good, fast Hide glue warmer and should be great for baby bottle warmer if one reads the instructions. It will work fantastic for a Hide glue pot, heating the glue in the Avent baby bottle.

I don’t know a THING about bottle warmers, but I decided I’d get one to test it out and see if it would make my first time mom job any easier. I bought this for around twenty bucks on Amazon, so not out of the budget at all. I read a few reviews and saw that this works with other branded bottles as well. I recently purchased a bunch of Avent bottles because that seems to be the only bottle my son likes and that work for us. So I haven’t used any other brands yet in the warmer, but this has been very effective! I’ve noticed it warms breastmilk up a LOT quicker than formula. The only thing I’d recommend is really watching the time and making sure you take it out on time. It can get really hot, really quick and it will take an awfully long time to cool down which can make it a bit stressful if you’ve got a hungry baby! Overall I love this product and I’ve got no complaints! Make sure to read all the instructions so you don’t end up with burnt milk or a ruined bottle!

This warmer isn't for everyone as it's a little tricky to figure out the right settings, water level etc... That will work for your bottles and whatnot. But what I LOVED about this warmer is that is has an always on setting, as long as there's water in there, it will keep it heated to a constant, perfectly warm temp, sort of like a tiny, baby bottle crockpot. It was perfect for my formula fed baby. At each feeding I would make a bottle and then fill an empty one with the proper amount of water and just place it in the warmer (lid on top, but not screwed on), that way it was ALREADY WARM AND READY TO GO FOR THE NEXT FEEDING, all you had to do was scoop and swirl. It was a great system, baby never had to wait for Bottle to be heated while starving and crying. No measuring water and standing around in the gleam of your microwaves clock at 2 AM waiting for things to reach a warm temp without over heating. Once or twice a day I would refill the water, and give it a cleaning every once in a while, but this thing worked a charm and having used many warmers in my childcare career, I probably won't ever buy a different one.

I love this bottle warmer. My baby is almost a year old and I still use it. Great for keeping bottles/food warm and defrosting baby food/breast milk. For the price it can’t be beat either. I make homemade baby food and the small 4oz containers fit perfectly. I’ve used glass/plastic. Although the ones with the plastic lids if the food becomes too hot the steam makes the lid pop off and the food will get in the bottle warmer. But you can clean easily and I find using jars with metal lids work best.Fair warning though that it doesn’t have a timer and if put in the highest setting can become really hot. So you have to keep an eye on it especially if warming/defrosting breast milk. But I tend to put breast milk at the lower setting as to not destroy the nutrients in the breast milk and also if I have other things to tend to. But if I’m in a pinch I put it in the highest setting and it defrosts fairly quickly.

I'm super cheap and I didn't want to get this product but I read the reviews and decided it was worth giving it a try. This is such a great buy! Super quick to actually warm the bottles and way more convenient than boiling water and then waiting for the bottle to warm. A few notes: there isn't a self timer to turn off the warming, so you have to really keep an eye on it or your bottles can get too warm. Also kind of wish the power cord was longer. I need to use an extension to have it when I need it. I wish there was some was this was portable or had back up batteries so I can use it on the go. But other than those few notes, I'm completely satisfied with this product. It has been one of the best things I've spent money on so far!Photo shows the size compared to a 4oz bottle and a bottle water.