Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep Machine, White

Amazing - every parent needs one! One of the best baby products we have bought, saves so much time and hassle.Like many of you I presume, we also had the dilemma of how do you prep your formula?1 - Individually each time, boiling the kettle, adding the formula, cooling the milk and trying to get to the perfect body temperature before feeding your baby? This is the recommended process and takes ages! Not what you want to do 6+ times a day, especially during the night.2 - This is not recommended, but others prepare a handful of bottles in one go. Boil the kettle, put in formula and let cool before putting in fridge for a max 24 hours. Each time the baby feeds you boil the kettle again to warm the milk up to the desired temperature. This is not recommended but people do it, but again this takes time boiling kettles and you have to get the temperature right. Not ideal when baby is screaming and during the night!3 - Others boil the kettle and let the water cool. Then add the formula to cold boiled water and feed. This is also not recommended and probably the worst thing you can do as the formula needs boiling water to kill off any bacterial.Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep does everything you need in 2 minutes. Put bottle under dispenser, press button which provides a shot of boiling water instantly. You have to add the formula, shake, then replace under the dispenser. It fills the bottle to the volume selected (ounces) then beeps twice when done!!! Put on the teat, shake and feed! No hassle, extremely quick, safe for baby and at the right temperature......whats not to like about this???I can't understand the poor reviews.......it's the most useful, hassle free product you can buy. My wife and I are professionals and like doing things efficiently. Don't hesitate, this is a must!

We breastfeed our baby, she is 3 weeks old, but like most, we find she needs to be supplemented with formula because she cluster feeds and comfort feeds.I brought this item per a work colleague's recommendation, but knowing we were planning to breastfeed I didn't expect to be using it.Finally, two days ago, we started to use it.Set up is slow. First you have to fill the reservoir, sans filter, with cold water and do a cleaning cycle, which can take up to ten minutes. It didn't seem to take anywhere near that time but I was otherwise engaged with cleaning and sanitising bottles. Then you have to submerge the filter in water until it stops releasing bubbles, and then fit the filter. What took the longest time was once the filter was in place, filling the machine up with water, because it drips through the filter slowly. You fill the reservoir with ordinary, cold, tap water.Once this was done and our "filter timer" was reset, it was ready for use, and I admit I was a little excited to do so, I love gadgets and this was a new gadget. It is really easy to use.You place a bottle under the spout and having pre-selected what amount of formula you want to make up on the dial (you can choose 4fl.oz to 11fl.oz) you press the big power button and a red light starts flashing whilst a "hot shot" of hot water is dispensed. Once this is done, the flashing stops, the machine beeps and you have two minutes to complete the next step, that being adding and dissolving the formula powder. If you do not complete the next step within two minutes, the machine beeps to tell you to discard the formula solution you just made, I guess this is to ensure that the formula is completely sanitized by the hot water and the child is not exposed to any harmful bacteria.You add your scoops, pop on a lid (one is included, along with a 150ml bottle), and shake the solution until the powder is dissolved. You then remove the lid and place the bottle under the spout again to be topped up with cold water. Essentially the same as the "hot shot" except this time the water is cold and the light is green. Voila! A perfect temperature bottle all ready in less than 2 minutes. Tommee Tippee recommend you always test the temperature of the liquid on a sensitive part of skin to make sure it is the perfect temperature, but I've yet to have one too hot or too cold.The machine does seem to make a little over the specified amount. It seems that although the selection dial is in fluid ounces, the machine actually works in millilitres, as 1fl.oz = 30ml, and on the bottles, the fl.oz markers are just below the ml markers. So don't worry. It does seem that the machine makes 4.5fl.oz when you ask for 4fl.oz, but this is because of the markings on the bottle, if you look closely you will see that, in this case, the fluid actually sits perfectly at the 120ml marker, so you are given 4fl.oz when you ask for 4fl.oz.The drip tray is adjustable to four different positions, to fit any and all bottles, not just Tommee Tippee. They do recommend that you have the neck of the bottle as close to the spout as possible, so keep that in mind. The tray is held by hooks and is extremely easy to remove and reattach at an alternative height as and when needed.The machine, itself, is fairly light and compact, so it won't take up much room. It has a smaller footprint than our Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Electric Steriliser Kit, and is probably about as heavy, if not a few grams more. There are little rubber feet on the bottom to stop the machine slipping.I would, by no means, recommend anyone pay the £119.99 RRP for this product, I got it for £60 back in August 2015, and that is the most I'd happily pay for it. It is a brilliant piece of kit, and what it does, it does brilliantly, even if it is just boil and measure water, but I don't think that is worth £120.The machine also tells you when it needs descaling, but I have yet to get to that point as it's only two days since it was first taken out of the box.Always make sure to top up the machine with cold water, as anything over 25°C causes a "reservoir temperature" light to illuminate and the machine will not operate until the reservoir has cooled. I assume this is because the machine has no method of cooling water down, and it is the adding of cooler water that makes sure your bottle comes out at the perfect temperature. During the cleaning cycle you are asked to put a litre of boiling water in the machine and ensure the light illuminates.