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May I ask why you boil for 10 minutes and then also place in the bottle sterilizer? Wouldn't the 10 minutes of boiling sterilize it? I know that the bottle sterilizer also dries and is a good place to keep the equipment until it is used again. That is a real plus. I have found that, as soon as I remove the nebulizer equipment and the Aerobika from the boiling water, it almost immediately dries. I shake what little water remains on it off, and then I place it on clean paper towels and loosely cover it. When I used the microwave Avent steam sterilizer, there was always so much water on the equipment when I took it out. That is when I began boiling. I am leaning towards also having an electric bottle sterilizer because I think it is easier on the Aerobika when it is done twice a day than when boiling.
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Oh no I boil water for 10 minutes and then use it warm to rinse all pieces. It looks from Sue’ s post that I don’t need to do it and it’s enough to sterilize only. I agree with you that boiling aerobika even once a day could destroy it. Somehow a bottle sterilizer is not that harsh on it. I bought a two part sterilizer where top and bottom can be used independently and I use only the top portion of the bottle sterilizer- it’s enough for the small pieces of aerobika, pari nebulizer, aeroclipse and a silicone mask. I do it twice a day. When the sterilizing time is over the machine automatically goes to drying mode. I save a lot of paper towel rolls that way.