De-scaling the sterilizer

padmini i dont have the electric steam sterilizer but i have the regular microwave sterilizer from nuby.
and TBH i have never descaled it. i just use hot water and soap and rinse it well....

but i am not sure if the coil of ur electric sterilizer has deposits etc.

but if u are keen u can use vinegar or lime juice with hot water and let it run one cycle.

the reason why i chose MW sterilizer is that it doesnt really hv to be descaled as such, just that it cant take big lods, but we hardly do 3 sometimes 4 bottles a day, so it works for us.

 

Agreeing with P, Vinegar usually does a good job of descaling all our kitchen equipment. What more, it is biodegradable and so very washable. I read elsewhere that you can also use citric acid for descaling sterilisers, that you should find in any nilgiris in the food section.

 

Hi Poonam,

Please suggest a good sterilizer which can be used during travel and can be used regulary at home.

Regards

Rani

 

rani, we have the nuby microwave sterilizer and it works just fine for us, holds 4 bottles at a time... takes 5 mins in MW to sterilize....i got it for 900 bucks. it is a tad smaller than tommy tippie or avent microwave sterilizer but works just beautifully.
http://www.nuby.in/picture.html?code=ID1544_microwave_steam_sterilizer_with_valve

 

Thanks Poonam & Padmini. Are these(Avent & Nuby) BPA free.

 

Thanks a lot Padmini.

 

Margg, from my understanding most PP5 (recycle code polypropelene 5) plastic does not have BPA i.e. ones that are microwave safe and food grade. It is the polycarbonate plastic or the clear plastic that one will have to avoid. I think what Padmini and Poonam say will work to be BPA free.