Although bottles and teats may look clean after wash, they might still carry germs/bacteria which cannot be seen by the naked eye. It is essential to sterilise your feeding equipment in order to protect your baby.
Two of the most common sterilisation methods are steam sterilisation and UV sterilisation. Steam sterilisers use high energy steam generated from water to disinfect, whilst UV sterilisers use UV germicidal light kill germs/bacteria. Below are the comparisons between steam sterilizer and UV sterilizer.
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Steam Sterilizer |
UV Sterilizer |
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Capacity |
Usually smaller |
Usually larger |
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Mode |
Sterilization + drying (certain models) |
Sterilization, drying, storage, auto |
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Sterilizing tool |
Water - steam |
UV light bulb |
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Sterilizing method |
Steam which is a gas spread across the entire surface of item easily regardless of shape |
Ultraviolet light directly shines on surface to kill germs |
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Item |
Baby bottles |
Almost everything (eg. toys, gadgets, utensils etc.) except natural rubber and latex products |
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Safety |
Risk of burnt injury due to hot water or steam |
No burn injury risk as the drying is with low heat only |
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Cost |
Lower |
Higher |
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Convenience |
To fill the sterilizer with water each time |
More convenient - Easy one-button activation |
