Bottle Warmer for the Car

Updated on April 07, 2009
L.B. asks from Morgan Hill, CA
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Has anyone used one of these that they like? My son is 4 mos. old now, and we are getting out more and I'd like to have a portable bottle warmer for the car. However, all the ones I've seen have gotten mostly poor online reviews. The biggest complaint is that they take too long to heat up or don't heat up at all...I am hoping to find one that isn't a waste of money.

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My little guy definitely won't take a cool bottle. My older son who was born in the summer had no problem with this at all. I have had the servers in restaurants bring me hot water to warm my bottle in, but when I am just out and about not in a restaurant this is not possible. I like the idea of warming the bottle a little more than usual beforehand, and also the idea of carrying a thermos of warm water. Both of those methods should solve my problem!

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D.J.

answers from San Francisco on

My son will not take a cold or room temp bottle either. And can you blame them? Formula tastes gross. If I’m only going to be out for an hour or so I preheat a bottle a little warmer than I’d normally give him, and bring room temp water with me if I have to cool it down a bit. I use the “munchkin” bottle warmer, it’s insulated and helps to keep the bottle warm. I usually do not have to use it to warm the bottle however, if I do, my bottle is usually warmish already so, I plug it in about 30 minutes before I will need it. Since I switched to this method I have NOT had a bottle problem. At first it was awful, he wouldn’t take a bottle that had cooled and was impossible to sooth, if your out in town that’s so unfun. He’s 8 months now and I started this method when he was about 3 months. My son is a healthy, beautiful boy. I wish you luck.
Best, D.

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E.P.

answers from San Francisco on

I used to carry a thermos of hot water to make up bottles when we were out and about.

E.

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C.A.

answers from San Francisco on

I'm assuming you are formula feeding (not pumping and bottle feeding). If so, I would just travel with a bottle of water (how many oz he is drinking) and a container of the formula, mix as needed. The water is usually warm because it's sitting the car or diaper bag. I bought one small can of formula and I use to carry that with me, changing it out ever few weeks and scoop what I needed. I have a friend who used the containers that separate into 4 compartments and another one who used travel packs.
My friend bought a car bottle warmer and didn't like it.
Hope this helps.

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N.L.

answers from San Francisco on

Hi,
I bought one of the portable bottle warmers and found they do work just not quickly enough. So, I carried a construction worker sized thermos of hot water and a cup to put the bottle into and voila--immediate gratification for all involved. Best of luck.

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A.T.

answers from Stockton on

Keep in mind 10 people will take the time to go online and complain about something for every 1 person that will take the time to compliment something. It's human nature.
We used a bottle warmer that looked like a blood pressure belt - it wraps around the bottle and can be tightened to fit. We figured out we needed to plan ahead - it did take about 8 minutes to warm up a chilled bottle so we kept an eye on the clock for feeding time. It was great for a drive to San Francisco or other long trips. Otherwise we just asked for a bowl of hot water at a restaurant to warm up the bottle while we waited for our food.

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K.V.

answers from San Francisco on

I had a couple of different bottle warmers when both my boys were using bottles & they were junk. I highly recommend not wasting your money on one & either get him used to chilly, or room temp. bottles or do what another mom suggested that I did as well. I carried warm-ish water & measured amounts of formula & then mixed when needed. If you're in a restaurant, the server will warm up the water for you. For the most part, my 2nd son got bottles that were on the cooler side & got used to that very early on. Best of luck!

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T.S.

answers from Sacramento on

This may be a silly question, but will your son take a bottle that is not warmed up? I just remember spending weeks using a portable bottle warmer thing (like a beer cozy with a skiing hand warmer) until one day when he was about 6 months old I forgot the warming insert and discovered my son couldn't care less about the temperature of his bottle. After that I just gave it to him cold and saved myself the extra step.

T.

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J.H.

answers from San Francisco on

The Munchkin brand takes a ridiculous amt. of time to heat. I had better luck taking a thermos of very hot water with me and putting into a tupperware dish w/ the bottle. Good luck!

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S.B.

answers from San Francisco on

We tried the first year's bottle warmer. It takes 20 minutes to warm a 5 oz bottle.
Also, when you have a car bottle warmer, You can't warm a bottle when you are inside a store or a mall.

So, I got an electric kettle. I just boil water in the restroom ( takes about 2 minutes to bring to boil ) and use that water to warm up the bottle, bottle warms in just 2 minutes.

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