Avent Fast Baby Bottle Warmer (SCF358/00) White

Bought as I was exploring the Avent baby line, have two other warmers and this one takes the cake. Yes, it's a little more costly but seriously works so well. I love that I don't have to finick with the temperature, just as long as the water height is correct, you get the perfect temperature every time. And it ACTUALLY heats in three minutes, I've found that other brands will warm but not to optimal temperature in that timeframe.Not as important, but I love the sleekness and seamless design. It's not just an eyesore on my counter. This purchase spurred on my obsession with the rest of the Avent line and I am not disappointed.

This is a very popular baby bottle warmer commonly found on registries. I put it on my own registry (actually 2 of them) and it works great! I honestly would've chosen a different one however. It does what it is supposed to do and only takes a couple minutes. I like the light feature around the knob so you can estimate when the bottle will be done. A lot of settings to use and easy.Only 4 stars because any bottle you have to warm that is less than ~6oz you cannot see the water line. It is so hard to see where the water line hits on the bottle. I used a flashlight to look inside and see. When you have a screaming baby waiting for food trying to see where the water is is extremely frustrating to the point where you just dump in water without measuring and turn it ... MoreThis is a very popular baby bottle warmer commonly found on registries. I put it on my own registry (actually 2 of them) and it works great! I honestly would've chosen a different one however. It does what it is supposed to do and only takes a couple minutes. I like the light feature around the knob so you can estimate when the bottle will be done. A lot of settings to use and easy.Only 4 stars because any bottle you have to warm that is less than ~6oz you cannot see the water line. It is so hard to see where the water line hits on the bottle. I used a flashlight to look inside and see. When you have a screaming baby waiting for food trying to see where the water is is extremely frustrating to the point where you just dump in water without measuring and turn it on.Also, the instructions need to be better and in a booklet form. Not this huge paper that needs to be unfolded like a map.

We used to use a different bottle warmer by a brand from Australia in the past which was a bit more expensive but we decided to get this one for our new baby because of recommendations from our friends and also because it was a bit more affordable.It works great and is super easy to clean and maintain. The warm-up time is a bit slow but as long as you don't have to warm up in a hurry you will be fine. It does keep the bottle warm for an hour afterward also. The only two other things to know are it does not beep after finishing which is not that big of an issue, to be honest, and also if you are heating two bottles one after another it is not smart to know the temperature of the water in the unit already so it reheats the water again for the same duration causing the ... MoreWe used to use a different bottle warmer by a brand from Australia in the past which was a bit more expensive but we decided to get this one for our new baby because of recommendations from our friends and also because it was a bit more affordable.It works great and is super easy to clean and maintain. The warm-up time is a bit slow but as long as you don't have to warm up in a hurry you will be fine. It does keep the bottle warm for an hour afterward also. The only two other things to know are it does not beep after finishing which is not that big of an issue, to be honest, and also if you are heating two bottles one after another it is not smart to know the temperature of the water in the unit already so it reheats the water again for the same duration causing the water to be a bit warmer than it needs to be. I think that’s a flaw in the design but it doesn’t affect us that much so it doesn’t bother us. I figured I share this though so you know in advance.

The media could not be loaded.This bottle warmer is quick and easy to use. You just put the bottle in, fill it with water to where it’s flush with the milk line, set the dial to how many oz (or mL) of milk you’re warming, and press start! The start button blinks in a ring for about 3-5 minutes, and once it’s fully lit the bottle is warm. I would think that it would just kinda keep the milk warm once it’s done, but it will continue heating it hotter and hotter if you don’t turn it off. So always check your milk temperature before feeding baby! Once we left it in for 10-15 minutes and it was too hot to give baby. This is a minor con though, and doesn’t affect us too much. Still love the bottle warmer!

The first bottle warmer we tried was the munchkin. It had really good reviews and we like the technology like the LCD screen. However, the temperature setting was only available in Celsius, which isn’t that hard to convert but it would’ve been nice to just be able to see a nice 98.6°. It also was very slow to heat up and did not pull the temperature of the bottle steady. The Phillips is very simple. You just set the dial to the ounces of milk in the bottle and push the power button. When the LED light stop spinning and stay solid, your milk is ready. A lot of times we have to add one or 2 ounces to the setting to get the right temperature but that may just be user preference. Our little one tends to like the milk under or at body temp. This bottle warmer will hold ... MoreThe first bottle warmer we tried was the munchkin. It had really good reviews and we like the technology like the LCD screen. However, the temperature setting was only available in Celsius, which isn’t that hard to convert but it would’ve been nice to just be able to see a nice 98.6°. It also was very slow to heat up and did not pull the temperature of the bottle steady. The Phillips is very simple. You just set the dial to the ounces of milk in the bottle and push the power button. When the LED light stop spinning and stay solid, your milk is ready. A lot of times we have to add one or 2 ounces to the setting to get the right temperature but that may just be user preference. Our little one tends to like the milk under or at body temp. This bottle warmer will hold the milk at a very steady temperature for one hour and then shut off milk probably isn’t safe after an hour anyway unless kept in the fridge so if we have a bottle in the warmer longer than the hour we just throw it out.

This review is not to add nor subtract from other reviews, which are confirmed and validated by us. This is a very fast bottle warmer, but does not automatically enter warming sustaining mode. However, since it is extremely fast, with warming bottled water to drinkable warm temperature in under 2 minutes, one can watch the dial indicator showing the warming process (rotating LED light circling around the bottle size dial) and rotate the dial to the sustaining position (furthest dial counterclockwise position) to enter sustain mode.This warmer does not have adjustable temperature settings nor does it provide a temperature display, however, taking a reading after the bottle was warmed indicated that he warmed temperature to be 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit which is an ... MoreThis review is not to add nor subtract from other reviews, which are confirmed and validated by us. This is a very fast bottle warmer, but does not automatically enter warming sustaining mode. However, since it is extremely fast, with warming bottled water to drinkable warm temperature in under 2 minutes, one can watch the dial indicator showing the warming process (rotating LED light circling around the bottle size dial) and rotate the dial to the sustaining position (furthest dial counterclockwise position) to enter sustain mode.This warmer does not have adjustable temperature settings nor does it provide a temperature display, however, taking a reading after the bottle was warmed indicated that he warmed temperature to be 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit which is an acceptable temperature for most babies. It would be better if there were a way to set the temperature as babies’ preferences can vary.Otherwise, for the price and method of heating, this is a good alternative for a bottle warmer.

Hard to be precise

The good: it warms your bottles rather quickly.Where it falls short:- you can only set it by increments of 30 ml (or odd-numbered ounces), which means you are over- or -under heating if you're working with amounts not divisible by that.- the design of the indicator on the dial makes it hard to tell what amount you are setting it to from different angles of viewing. Some painted lines extending from the numbers right to the edge of the turn-dial would easily fix this.- When the device first "finishes" heating your bottle, it is slightly to cool. Leaving the bottle in there for some extra time makes it slightly too warm. It's usually pretty close, but I often have to wait for several minutes with a screaming baby while re-testing the temperature of a ... MoreThe good: it warms your bottles rather quickly.Where it falls short:- you can only set it by increments of 30 ml (or odd-numbered ounces), which means you are over- or -under heating if you're working with amounts not divisible by that.- the design of the indicator on the dial makes it hard to tell what amount you are setting it to from different angles of viewing. Some painted lines extending from the numbers right to the edge of the turn-dial would easily fix this.- When the device first "finishes" heating your bottle, it is slightly to cool. Leaving the bottle in there for some extra time makes it slightly too warm. It's usually pretty close, but I often have to wait for several minutes with a screaming baby while re-testing the temperature of a "finished" bottle to make sure it isn't too hot.

Not worth your money

I've been using this warmer since my son was ~4 months old. When used as directed, it overheated the milk WAY beyond the recommended limit of 104 F. I just did a test with a 6-oz bottle of ice-cold water and it heated it to a whopping 126 F(!). I'm reluctantly giving 2 stars because it worked well enough once I started only using the 1oz or 2oz setting regardless of bottle size, but only after accidentally overheating countless bottles when using the "correct" setting.It's been a number of months since I first became aware of this issue (I'm just now writing the review because motherhood) so I tested it again. I filled a Dr. Brown's narrow-neck glass 8-oz bottle with 6 oz of water, chilled with ice to 44 F. I set the warmer to the 6-oz setting and filled it all ... MoreI've been using this warmer since my son was ~4 months old. When used as directed, it overheated the milk WAY beyond the recommended limit of 104 F. I just did a test with a 6-oz bottle of ice-cold water and it heated it to a whopping 126 F(!). I'm reluctantly giving 2 stars because it worked well enough once I started only using the 1oz or 2oz setting regardless of bottle size, but only after accidentally overheating countless bottles when using the "correct" setting.It's been a number of months since I first became aware of this issue (I'm just now writing the review because motherhood) so I tested it again. I filled a Dr. Brown's narrow-neck glass 8-oz bottle with 6 oz of water, chilled with ice to 44 F. I set the warmer to the 6-oz setting and filled it all the way to the top with water because the "milk" (water) in the bottle was above the top of the warmer, then turned it on. At one point during the heating process, the water was actually starting to boil so I knew this wasn't going to go well. As soon as the light stopped blinking, I immediately removed the bottle and measured the temperature. As mentioned above, the water inside the bottle measured 126 F -- 22 degrees above the level at which nutrients supposedly start to break down. I don't know if water and milk heat differently, but I do know this is consistent with the experience I had with milk.I'm beyond upset about the number of times I may have destroyed nutrients in the breastmilk I worked so hard for. What makes it extra disappointing is that I specifically sprang for this model because it claimed to have a temperature sensor and I really wanted to avoid overheating the milk. If I could do it over again, I would save my money and buy a cheaper model and just test carefully the first few times I used it.I've attached photos showing the bottle contents and temperature before and after. I would expect much better from the brand and price point.

Piece of junk

Hi, your product is a piece of junk with horrible instructions and no clear indicator of whether it's working or not. Something that should be the simplest of items to operate is something that instead makes my blood pressure skyrocket. It would be nice if just once the instructions were written by someone who has seen or used the product in any capacity. Instead it seems like they are made by someone from another planet. Some sort of beep or click or sound to indicate the machine is working would go a long way in making this a better product. Consider me thoroughly agitated and disappointed.