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Prep machines?

I’m a first time mum due to have my baby girl in may, I’ve heard mixed opinions about prepmachines..if you use them what’s the positive and negatives of it. And if you don’t what’s the positive or negative. I really don’t know what to do x

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I panic bought it when I planned to breast feed but things didn’t work out. I try not to use it all the time as I use Kendamil formula and that’s in ml whereas the prep machine is in oz so the measurements are slightly off.

If I was to choose whether to buy one now or not I probably wouldn’t and would just get a couple of rapid cools instead.

There have been reports that the hot shot on the prep machine isn’t hot enough but I’ve not actually tested it.

Generally I use kettle/rapid cool for day and prep machine for night feeds

I've used one with both my little ones. We started out with making bottles via the kettle with my little boy and whilst it was easy enough, we had to make sure we were always one step ahead with bottles made up so we could just put them in the warmer when needed. Once we had the prep machine, I used to measure out the powder into pots so I could put in straight in the bottle and have a ready made bottle at the right temperature within a couple of minutes. I honestly loved ours as it meant I could make a bottle quickly whilst having a hungry crying baby. The only issue I found with ours (Tommee Tippee) was you can't make a bottle that is less than 4oz but that wasn't an issue once baby was a bit older/taking bigger bottles x

Please do research into them. I bought one being sleep deprived, having a velcro baby and not being able to put her down to safely make a bottle.
Worst decision i ever made, it made her so sick. She would projectile vomit after every bottle made from the machine. I came across a video on tiktok about machines not reaching temperature so decided to test mine and the maximum temperature i had from the hot shot was 52 degrees. We stopped using the machine and she stopped vomiting- she NEVER vomited with bottles made from the kettle/rapid cool.

Swansea University carried out a study on them and found that 70-80% of the machines they tested did not reach the NHS recommended 70 degrees x

We use nuby rapid cools. I had a prep machine but the machine didn’t get hot enough to kill the bacteria and I found it ALWAYS over poured (even when checking without any powder in the bottle) x

Honestly don't bother x
Just get a Nuby rapid and the kettle

I love mine, used it for both babies and never had a problem. My friend uses the nuby rapid cool and raves about it so i think that's a good option too!

We had the baby brezza, it was amazing and we will be using it this time round too x

Midwifes and health visitors advised against a prep machine as they don't reach the high temperature they need to but I got a rapid cool and its the best thing I got for my LG

I think they are defo. Waste of time and money. Kettle and rapid cooler is the best. Don’t waste your money x

I got a prep machine but after testing the hot shot found it wasn't hot enough to kill the bacteria so never ended up using it, we use the kettle and rapid cools x

Prep machines aren’t actually recommended by the NHS due to the water not always being hot enough to kill the bacteria in the formula. I would highly recommend the nuby rapid cool. It’s is an absolute game changer and so easy to use

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