It's an ideal solution for travelling and, as there aren't specific compartments, any bottles, dummies or small toys will fit. The steriliser's lightweight and compact design makes it easy to take along with you wherever you go — holidays, visits to relatives, etc. The bottle comes apart and can be assembled in such a way that they work as their own steam steriliser in the microwave, making keeping them hygienic a doddle. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Plus, they’re usually more expensive to run than electric sterilisers as they have a smaller capacity (so you’ll be running more cycles) and microwaves ultimately use more energy.Cold water sterilisers involve filling a container with water and adding sterilisation tablets or fluid to make a sterilisation solution. She has also had essays and poetry published in Huff Post, Fourth Trimester Magazine and Dear Damsels.

The Tommee Tippee Super-Steam Advanced Electric Steriliser is made from tough BPA-free plastics and is exceptionally straightforward to use, with plenty of room for bottles and breast pump parts over two tiers. Instructions are clear and easy to follow, but the Dr Brown’s Deluxe Electric Steam Steriliser is really intuitive to use – three lights on the front let you know instantly whether the eight-minute cycle is heating up, cooling down or completed.

It keeps contents sterile for 24 hours and the digital display tells you when it is time to re-sterilise. If you’ve got a set-up where you intend to batch-sterilise once a day, a longer cycle won’t matter so much. The 24-Hour Steriliser takes as little as 6 minutes to sterilise a full load of 6 bottles, teats and dome caps. It's proving a winner with parents who want to take bottles out of the steriliser ready to go without the need to wipe them dry.