Best baby bottle sterilisers in Australia in 2025

Although there are many electric sterilisers on the market, this more traditional way of sterilising bottles is talked about a lot in the BabyCenter community. Parents love the ease of filling up the vessel with water, popping in a sterilising tablet or liquid and adding whatever needs sterilising. You just leave it in the solution and after 15 minutes it’s sterile.

You can even leave items in there for 24 hours and add others in. No electricity, no fuss, all done. It’s an ideal solution for travelling and as there aren’t specific compartments, bottles, dummies or small toys will fit. If you prefer to use a microwave, you have this option too and the pop-up safety vent allows some pressure to form inside for thorough sterilisation.

The perfect solution for keeping your baby's feeding equipment clean, the New Beginnings 2 in 1 steriliser and dryer uses the power of UV light to kill 99.9% of harmful bacteria, ensuring that your baby's bottles, teats, and other accessories are always safe to use.

Designed with busy parents in mind, this steriliser is quick and easy, sterilising in 11 minutes and drying in 41. It’s operated by simple yet intuitive digital smart touch buttons, and can fit up to 4 bottles at a time.

These genius MAM self-sterilising bottles don’t need a separate sterilising machine – simply pop them into a microwave. The base unscrews and the clever design means that, just by putting a little water in the base of the bottle and placing in the microwave for three minutes, your bottle is sterilised. It makes life on the go easy. It also means you don’t have to have another large appliance on your kitchen work surface.

The bottles also promise to be anti-colic and also offer a ‘SkinSoftTM’ teat to help your baby accept a bottle – which can be difficult if they’ve been exclusively breastfed.

If you’re after a steriliser that can work rapidly without compromising its level of hygiene, the NUK Vario Express steam steriliser might be the one for you. With a simple touch of a button, you can sterilise 6 baby bottles and accessories within 6 minutes. It will also switch itself off automatically once sterilising has been completed, making it a stress-free choice for parents.

If you’re still not convinced, the NUK Vario Express steam steriliser also comes with bottle tongs, an accessories basket and 6 repositionable rods for maximum convenience.

This steriliser is not only great value for money but does exactly what you need to sterilise 4 bottles in 4 minutes. If you keep the lid closed they’ll remain sterile for 24 hours too. It’s not too bulky and claims to fit in most microwaves. Parents really like the ease of use and the cheap price of this, making it a good option when there are so many other items to buy for your baby. If you’d rather have the plug-in version this appliance is also available as an electric steriliser.

The Philips Avent 3 in 1 steam steriliser is our favourite of the four sterilisers the company makes. Their range provides every mum or dad with a version suitable for them, also offering a 4 in 1 electric machine, 2 in 1 electric machine plus a microwave option.

With a 6-minute cycle, this electric steriliser is fast. Its design also allows you to use each of its two compartments on their own or to stack them. The ‘3 in 1' name refers to the three different combinations you can create to make the appliance smaller or bigger, depending on what you want to sterilise. Stacking both compartments gives you room for everything – bottles, breast pump bits, teats and all the extras so you can sterilise everything in one go.

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What you need to know before buying a steriliser

Protecting our babies from germs is every parent’s priority, so sterilising bottles, teats, breast pumps and dummies is a part of everyday life. If you’re breastfeeding you may be expressing milk, and if you’re formula feeding you’ll be using plenty of bottles for your baby. You may even want to sterilise small toys too.

It may feel a bit of a chore, but once you get into a pattern of sterilising the essentials it will become a routine habit.

It’s advised you continue to sterilise feeding equipment for your baby’s first year while their their immune systems develop and they're most vulnerable to illnesses, bacteria and parasites.

The best sterilisers on the market offer a helping hand, whether you buy a cold water steriliser, microwave version or an electric steriliser. Microwave and electric sterilisers work by steaming the bottles until they’re clean – although you always need to wash everything thoroughly first – before sterilising.

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