Tips To Consider When Buying A UV Steriliser For Your Baby

There is a lot of hype about UV sterilisers and it has been trending because of their technology-enabled features to disinfect baby bottles. But with so many options in the market, it can be a difficult task to choose the right UV steriliser to sterilise your baby’s bottles.

Here’s a list of points to keep in mind while choosing a UV steriliser for your baby.

What Is A UV Steriliser?

UV sterilisers use ultraviolet (UV) light to sterilise baby products. UV light effectively kills bacteria by shining light directly on the product’s surface. like steam, its effectiveness is determined by where the light shines. It shines up and down in a straight path so one must consider if it is suitable for cleaning all the corners of the baby’s products, especially which are curved. 

What Should I Look Out for While Buying a UV Steriliser?

1. Convenience

If you’re in a rush to get chores done and also express the baby’s milk, chances are you don’t get much time to clean the baby’s bottles well. That’s where the UV steriliser is your go-to product. You can do other chores while the steriliser disinfects the baby’s  milk bottles. So look for one that is convenient and hassle-free to use.

2. Capacity of Steriliser

Depending on how many bottles you use per day and the other items that need sterilisation, you can pick a steriliser that is able to handle the volume. If you are breastfeeding your baby, you will have lesser bottles to sterilise compared to a baby that gets bottle-fed. 

Hence, you need to have a few bottles handy for each day as per your baby’s needs. Plus, if you are a working mum using breast pumps, then you would require a steriliser with more capacity. If your baby has the habit of putting toys in the mouth, you can quickly sterilise them too. 

3. Sterilisation Time and Cycles

There are many different types of sterilising devices on the market and they all work in different ways. Some UV sterilisers run multiple cycles to disinfect the bottles and other objects completely. There are some which have a fixed timer.  So, consider this so that you do not have to wait for the steriliser to complete the cycles.

4. Type of UV LED Lights Matter

Remember that a good steriliser needs to have enough LED lights depending on its size to get the job done right. So if the size of the steriliser is large, it needs to have more lights for effective sterilisation. Most brands use either LED beads or Mercury bulbs.

5. Check UV Steriliser Effectiveness Claims

Not all UV sterilisers have the same functionality. So it’s important that you do your research! Cross-check the product claims like 99% or more elimination of germs, viruses and bacteria and make sure they’re backed accordingly.

The UV light kills germs only if it shines directly on the product’s surface containing bacteria. UV steriliser is easy to use and it makes it easier to sterilise any baby product.