dont__hate t1_je02ied wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:26 PM

Careful with that thing! Ours worked great for 3-4 months, then something happened. Not sure if it started mixing too rich or too lean or what, but the baby just stopped eating it out of nowhere. Couldn't figure out what was going on, but then we took her to her grandparents for the weekend and she ate like a champ. Came back and she stopped eating again. Mixed by hand and she was all over it. We cleaned the thing regularly and thoroughly. Very sad because I loved the thing when it worked properly! Hopefully y'all have a better experience, just giving you my anecdote.

mkosmo t1_je0n0rb wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Ours worked great for the duration we needed it (pulling double duty for twins) and for the person we gave it to afterwards. The thing saved so much time and frustration.

ALeakyValve t1_je0rhz2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:14 PM

It was handy at first but I felt like it didn't always put a consistent amount of formula in the bottle. Plus cleaning it was kind of a pain

mkosmo t1_je0rtf7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:16 PM

I definitely concur with the cleaning, but the overall time savings was there. What kind of formula were you using? I imagine different powders result in different consistency. The Similac Pro-Advance did well by us, where what I put in the hopper resulted in the expected output over time.

ALeakyValve t1_je9s2ty wrote on March 30, 2023 at 1:30 PM

My kiddo has a pretty severe dairy allergy so we had to use this formula called PurAmino. Certainly possible that the formula was to blame, maybe it's more prone to clumping or some such. It definitely helped for those middle of the night feedings where a bottle seemed a lot more complicated than usual haha

Gardenadventures t1_je1iymm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:05 PM

There have been multiple issues reported with it not dispensing proper amounts. Tons of articles online about it.