Baby Brezza Baby Bottle Washer Pro Review
Our Most Used Baby Product As New Parents!
Now that I’ve officially begun the exit stage of being a parent of an infant and am now dealing with toddler issues, I get asked often what single baby product I have not been able to live without during that whirlwind first year as a parent. While there is a surprising amount of baby tech out there that I wasn’t aware of until I entered the space as a Dad, there really was one product that we’ve used multiple times a day to this day– and that product is the Baby Brezza Baby Bottle Washer Pro. On the surface this item isn’t anything revolutionary, but let me tell you how much you should not underestimate an item that can clean an essential cog in your newborn’s life deeper than just the surface.
Purchase Price: $299.99
What Does It Clean
A dirty bottle next to a washed bottle from the Brezza
This is a bottle washer and dryer combo that also can sterilize the baby bottles your little one uses religiously in the early days of their lives. Considering infants feed literally every two hours–that’s 12 bottles of milk that need to be cleaned. While we did a mixture of pumped breast milk and formula due to our son’s need for extra calories from the circumstances of his NICU stay, the Baby Brezza can be used to even clean pumping pieces. Those parts are so tedious to meticulously clean over and over in the span of a day, but it's also vital that they remain clean for the health of the mother and the child. You may be thinking this is such an extra thing as you can hand wash everything yourself. That is true and I previously also went into parenthood with that frugal mentality in mind. Most parents know where I’m going with this as within a few days of the energy-sucking routine known as parenting, the Baby Brezza’s simple implementation of dropping the items in and having a chore operate without occupying your precious time seemed like a god-send.
It works like a dishwasher would. The Washer Pro has a capacity for up to four bottles as itemized by a plastic holder that segments where each bottle should be placed. It’s neatly organized into two levels with the bigger items having more height space on the lower rack, and smaller items like bottle nipples and pacifiers. While the capacity does suffice, it would have been nice to be able to load a few more items in here. With that said, while the Washer Pro isn’t small by any means, it’s still what I’d consider storable in its current build and that’s a pro for me.
I’ve loaded a bevy of different bottle brands from Dr. Brown’s, NUK, and Phillips Avent, to lesser known brands like Pigeon. They’ve all been able to be thoroughly cleaned by the Baby Brezza Baby Bottle Washer Pro. Once you stack the parts into the loader, it’s as simple as filling the tank with clean water, dropping in a detergent tablet, covering the load, and pressing the start button. Baby Brezza gives users a choice of 6 different cleaning modes: Wash-Sterilize-Dry, Wash-Dry, Wash only, Sterilize-Dry, Sterilize only & Dry only.
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The operation time will vary depending on which mode you choose– with the full service obviously requiring the most time. I’ve always run the washer to operate in its full capacity with washing, sterilizing, and drying the bottles as it’s merely an extra 10 minutes or so of extra time. In total, a full run of the functions takes 88 minutes. If you run it before bed time, it'll be clean and ready to go for storing in the morning. During the earlier days of our son’s life, we did run the Brezza a couple of times a day. In our case, we had an inventory of about 8 bottles that got cycled through the Brezza in a 24 hour period.
It takes 19 minutes for washing, 10 minutes to sterilize, and 60 minutes to dry the items. After the cycle has completed, the dirty water tank needs to be emptied out and the clean water tank needs to be refilled up to the line for the next batch of bottles. The entire machine doesn’t need to be near a sink, nor does it need to be hooked up to a hose. It only takes a single power cord to a wall outlet and it's off to the cleaners with those baby bottles. This makes the Brezza surprisingly mobile as it has little built-in wheels on the bottom to swivel and roll across a counter top easily.
Not Just Bottles
The Washer Pro can also clean pumping parts, teething toys, utensils, and many more items
Speaking of the actual cleaning process, when you set the bottles into the slots facing downwards, the Washer Pro shoots up 20 precision spray jets through those slots to effectively rinse and remove dried milk from the insides of the bottles. As someone who is a bit of a clean freak when cleaning dishes, I actually found myself quite satisfied with how clean the Brezza actually washes the bottles. Watching the Brezza at work is like getting a close up show of how geysers work. Through different projection angles I found that the Brezza hits items on both racks quite effectively. On occasion the force of water does dislodge the items from their seated position and they do fall out of the rack when I’d open the lid.
Likewise, I’d see a little bit of white residue dissolve left over from the detergent tablet, but that’s easily wipeable and something I’ve been accustomed to seeing from our dishwasher too. Not only does the Brezza use water streams to spray the bottles clean, it also utilizes natural steam to supposedly kill 99.9% of germs. I don’t have the means to test that claim, but Baby Brezza claims it's clinically proven.
It would have been nice if this could wash more than four bottles at a time, but that would likely make the product bigger. While the Washer Pro isn’t a compact appliance, I’d still say that it’s easily storable inside a cabinet or tucked away in the corner of the counter space.
Added Costs
One additional cost that essentially becomes a recurring purchase akin to a subscription of sorts is the reliance on detergent tablets. Like a full-sized dishwasher or a laundry washing machine, this bottle washer does require the aid of a tablet to clean the bottles. The tablets themselves are really tiny and Baby Brezza provides 60 tablets for free with the original purchase of the Washer Pro. After you run through those (one tablet each cycle), you’ll need to purchase additional packets to continue using it. I do recommend buying the proprietary tablets from Baby Brezza to use in unison with the machine as stated to prevent any potential issues with the rinse, especially since the items do end up in the mouths of our children at the end of the day. I’d estimate about a bag a month and the current price of 120 tablets is about $20 on Amazon as of the publishing of this review. On top of that, there’s also another tablet that you’ll need to purchase to maintain and clean the unit itself. These descaling tablets don’t need to be used everyday, but it’s recommended to throw one in every 20 wash cycles to combat mineral buildup to extend the life of the bottle washer. While these things aren’t costly in price, they are additional funds that should be considered when purchasing this product as they’re essential to providing the functionality the Washer Pro provides.
final thoughts
There’s a timeless saying that “Time is precious” or “Time is money” and a product like this perfectly exemplifies that mentality. As a new parent (which is when you likely will be using this), there’s so much attention that needs to be given on a daily basis. It literally never stops in the newborn stage as an infant needs attending to effectively nonstop. Your time becomes so valuable that saving even 10 minutes every couple of hours is worth a certain price. Those early days after my son came home were days where I struggled to even get 30 minutes of uninterrupted sleep. Any parent will back me up when I say people don’t realize how much stuff requires cleaning by a sink when you have a kid. Even with something like the Baby Brezza Baby Bottle Washer Pro taking care of four bottles at a time for you, you’ll still be hand washing a bunch of other things in your kitchen. That’s why I found this to be worth every penny as it takes a load off of my to-do list and I could confidently rely on the efficacy of the cleaning it does.
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Alex
With nearly a decade under his belt running his video production team, and countless hours traveling the country to report on pop culture events during his tenure as a contributor for AXS Examiner, Alex has relied on a lot of gadgets over the years. That still hasn’t satiated his need to get his hands on the newest and greatest the world has to offer!