GUIDE TO BOTTLE WARMERS

The First Years Quick Serve Bottle Warmer

Manufacturer : Learning Curve
In Stock : 6

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Features

Bottle warmer heats single bottle of formula or milk quickly and easily
Can be used to warm jar of baby food
Compact design; contemporary styling
Auto shut-off for added safety
Recommended for babies from birth on up

Product Description

Warm bottles and baby food more accurately with more consistent temperatures. Warming chamber fits any bottle type. Includes basket for baby food jars and graduated water droppers and easy-to-read grid for simpler measuring. Ages birth and up.

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for use from birth, the Quick Serve Bottle Warmer from The First Years lets you warm bottles and baby food more accurately and with more consistent temperatures. The compact design and contemporary styling complements any kitchen or nursery counter or table top, and the safe, user-friendly design saves time so your hungry child doesn't have to wait to eat.

The Quick Serve Bottle Warmer offers:

Fast and easy heating of a bottle of formula or milk.
Ability to warm up a jar of baby food.
Auto-shutoff for extra safety.

By using steam heat, there are no hot spots and nutritional value is preserved. View larger.

Fast, Convenient Heating
The Quick Serve heats any bottle instantly, whether it's straight, angled, wide-necked or disposable (glass bottles, however, should not be used). Once baby starts eating solid foods, you can also use this unit to warm a jar of baby food. An included basket for baby food jars and graduated water droppers keep things neat and organized, while the easy-to-read grid allows for effortless measuring.

Safe Steam Heat
The Quick Serve takes the fear and guesswork out of warming, so you won't have to worry about inconsistent temperatures or the loss of precious nutrients. By utilizing steam heat to warm bottles or jars, this warmer eliminates the possibility of hot spots and unlike microwaves, preserves the nutritional value of the liquids and foods it heats. For added safety, the auto-shut-off button ensures that you never leave the unit on too long or risk overheating milk or baby food.

User-Friendly Design and Operation
The Quick Serve is easy to use--just plug in the unit, add water, slip in the bottle or jar, and press the "on" button. Five minutes later your formula, milk or baby food is warm and ready. If you need to immediately heat another bottle or jar, simply wait 10 minutes to allow the heating element to cool off, and you're ready to go. And for added peace of mind, it also comes with a 90 day limited warranty.

About The First Years
Part of the Learning Curve brand, The First Years knows that what matters most to parents is keeping their children happy, healthy and safe. That's why the company strives to develop innovative products for every stage of a child's development--from feeding to playing to sleeping. The First Years products feature enduring and instantly recognizable characters from Disney and Sesame Street to engage children, and their travel gear, bibs, toys, collectibles and hobby and infant products provide both parents and children with a safe and comfortable play time, bath time and nap time.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.50 out of 374 reviews

Rating :
1st years bottle warmer - Ada U. Obua, May 14, 2008

Pretty unsatisfactory product. Arrived very quickly. Doesn't heat a bottle any faster than running the bottle under hot running water. My nanny has simply refused to use it.

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Love this product! - V. Jalbert, Apr 21, 2008

This product worked great when we had bottles that you could warm this way (using drop-ins now so they cannot be warmed in it.) One thing to note, with all the hoopla over BPA this is a great warmer for glass bottles and glass baby food jars too.

Rating :
Works great - safe for breastmilk - Scotty, Apr 11, 2008

We have been very pleased -- heats milk quickly & efficiently (about 1 minute). As long as you follow the instructions it works well. We confirmed that this unit is safe to use with breast milk (even comes with specific instructions for breast milk). We use Playtex Nursers with drop-ins.

Perhaps other negative reviewers who experienced inconsistent results did not always have exactly the same amount of milk, or perhaps they did not snap in the bottle cage correctly...? It is a very easy mistake to make. Just some ideas. In any event, we have had consistent results. We recommend this unit.

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Great Product - R. Srulovich, Mar 18, 2008

This is a great bottle warmer. It is a bit hard to figure out just how much water to put in to get the right temperature. It warms up fast and works great for the middle of the night feedings. I am very happy with it.

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Yay! I finally got it to work for me! - Amelia Earhart, Feb 11, 2008

I'm quite convinced now that late pregnancy and early post-partum are probably the worst periods of time to try to figure out gadgets that don't have clear instructions. In my case, although there was a warning that a basket should always be used in the warmer, my brain erased that comment with the subsequent paragraph that said wide mouth bottles don't require the lift out basket. To be clearer, in both places it should say that the large basket is always required (otherwise you are heating the bottle directly on the plate and also in boiling water... both of which are no-nos.

The instructions are also too simplistic. The type of bottle one uses (shape, size, material) will very dramatically affect how the heat from the steam impacts the solution being heated. I would also imagine that some further tweaking will be required as the composition of breastmilk changes during the day and over the course of the post partum period.

For example, I used 9 oz MAM Ultivent (BPA free) translucent bottles that are wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. In my successful experiment with water chilled in the fridge to about 40 F, I needed to add 2x the max level in the provided measuring tube to get the water up to about 80 F. The unit was on for about 6 minutes until the water all vaporized. This is more than 2x the amount generally recommended in the instruction sheet and the sticker plastered to the side of the unit has even less detail.

Note that if you make the mistake of running the unit without any basket, some overheat sensor will trip before the water is completely used up after about a minute or so.

Given that there is unlikely any product out there which monitors the temp of the solution being heated (or is otherwise aware of what kind of bottle/solution combo is in place), trial and error and patience will be required with any such product. Life will probably be easier for formula babies since formula doesn't change over time!

Good luck!

p.s. a water softener with regular applications of rust-inhibitor solution, or the use of distilled water will probably reduce the amount of cleaning required. Using vinegar to remove mineral deposits is the age old standard for cleaning everything from pots and pans to humidifiers etc.

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