Can anyone recommend something that dries bottles and pump parts for around £100? I’m sick of hand drying them 4 times a day!

I was looking at the Tommee Tippee UV steriliser?? 🤔

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I highly recommend the tommee tippee uv steriliser. I pump and use a bottle daily and this steriliser makes it so easy.
I had a steam steriliser to begin with but hated waiting so long for everything to dry.
It only takes an hour to dry and sterilise and I can fit both my pumps/parts and 3 mam bottles in at a time

You shouldn’t really be drying them because then they aren’t sterile anymore 🤔

I don't dry mine. I hang them on a bottle tree to drain

I got the Minbie steriliser and dryer, and it's really good. It also has 24h storage function.

the tommee tippee uv steriliser drys them using warm air before it sterilises them

If I don’t then they take at least 12 hours to dry 😩 So I need something to dry them

Mine take at least 12 hours to dry in this way 😢

what kind of steriliser do you use? Most can just be put back together after sterilising because the water is sterile and they stay that way for 24 hours.

Do you give them a good shake to get the water out because mine don't take that long. What bottles do you use?

You don’t need to dry just use straight away x

We use the Philips Avent Premium Baby Bottle Steriliser and Dryer - Model SCF293/01 and would highly recommend! Sterilises and dries in 40 mins

I used the tommee tippee UV for pump parts when I was exclusively expressing and it changed my life 😂 best purchase

You don't need to dry them at all

We used the vital baby uv steriliser, would highly recommend

We had a basic Milton cold water steriliser so didn't have this issue. After washing we just kept them in the water until they were needed. The water just has to be changed every 24 hours

Only takes 15 mins to sterilise too

Same as @Rach We don't dry at all. Cold water sterilise with a milton tablet. In for at least 15 mins, usually longer. Take bottles out, shake and place together instantly. Drying them isn't recommended as it exposes the parts and undoes the sterilisation process.

Bottle will be wet inside, but because it's the milton solution they won't smell. Then, when you make bottle up it gets wet anyway.

Sorry to jump in! I was trying to also find a solution for my pump parts. You can’t use them if they’re wet still as it will affect the pump and mechanical parts so wanted a recommendation for drying too. Currently use Milton cold water but as mentioned the drying part is hard! We originally had a tommee tippee one but the timescale would build up soo quickly that it made me not want to use it

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