If you’ve got a set-up where you intend to batch-sterilise once a day, a longer cycle won’t matter so much.

It’s sturdy, and since it’s been designed to hold six Dr Brown’s bottles, it’s generously sized; these bottles are some of the tallest and widest out there.These genius MAM self-sterilising bottles don't need a separate sterilising machine and work by popping them into a microwave. After you have filled the compartment, you can lift it up and fill water into the steriliser until it reaches the maximum level.

Home tester Georgina, mum of a 6 month old, said, "The ease and speed of this machine makes it well worth the money, and there’s no need for descaling or cleaning after each cycle.We work hard to provide honest and independent advice you can trust – brands can’t pay to be featured in our articles or win a Mumsnet Best award. According to the NHS, sterilising feeding equipment is necessary for the first 12 months to keep your baby free from bacteria that could harm their brand-new immune systems. There’s one replacement filter included, but you will need to supply more if you use the steriliser beyond a year. The kit includes a dummy and teat tongs, and the steriliser can fit around four bottles inside, alongside a few smaller items such as dummies and feeding spoons.

She added, “It’s a big plus that it can cope with different brands of bottles, breast pumps and other baby feeding accessories. Because travel sterilisers need to be compact enough to carry around, they’re usually short on bells and whistles. This unit is one of the most advanced on the market, and a typical clean and dry cycle takes around 30 minutes. Whether electric, microwave, cold water or travel sterilisers suit you best, you’ll find tips and top scorers aplenty on this page. Sterilisation fluid is made from sodium hypochlorite, a mild, non-toxic bleach that decomposes into water and a small amount of salt.It takes any brand of bottles, sterilises in five minutes but has a 20-minute cycle which half dries the bottles, or a 35-minute cycle that fully dries your bottles. Short wavelength ultraviolet light (aka UV-C light) kills micro-organisms on the surface of an object by penetrating the cellular wall and deactivating bacteria. It’s a fiddly set-up with, unsurprisingly, a lot of instructions to read and it’s perhaps not a product for those with limited counter space as there are two units to make room for. Midwife and antenatal teacher Kate Bennett says, “Babies are particularly vulnerable to infections from bacteria, viruses and fungi in their first year of life as their immune systems are very immature.