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Thanks for sharing that! I need to listen to that portion again; I thought she said a decrease in NTM. That would definitely solve my dilemma, since the aerobika could probably go in those. I damaged my Aerobika a few weeks ago in the Medela micro steam bag. I did go on Amazon, just not sure which brand. I'm just tired of boiling.

Thanks for sharing that! I need to listen to that portion again; I thought she said a decrease in NTM. That would definitely solve my dilemma, since the aerobika could probably go in those. I damaged my Aerobika a few weeks ago in the Medela micro steam bag. I did go on Amazon, just not sure which brand. I'm just tired of boiling.

The Bololo is a top brand used by many on this site. It can be purchased online. Rinsed neb cups and the Aerobika can go in to be sterized and dried. When I was looking around, not all bottle sterizers have the drying function so if you do go with a different brand I was suggest you get one which also dries as you can leave your equipment in it until ready to use. I believe Monohan which makes the Pari cups and Aerobika list a bottle sanitizer as a cleaning/sterilizing method so safe to use without warping like the microwave issue you had.

I have a Wabi Baby bottle sterilizer and put my aerobika and aeroclipse neb cup in it and have had no problems at all. For me it is much easier than boiling. You do have to descale it once every 1-2 weeks, but that is not a big deal.
In addition, I put my toothbrushes in it as well. You can put anything in it that you want to be sure is really clean.

No, I meant I would try both the 5% white vinegar and 70% etOH separately. Oh, so you don't rinse the vinegar off. That's an idea. I do have a UF filter and I use a 1/4 cup of that in my micro-steam bags-but as I mentioned, I won't be using the micro steam bag with my Aerobika. I could rinse with the UF filtered water, but I'm not sure if I trust the filter. I did think about getting the water tested for NTM but it was too expensive. Ironically, I will learn if the filter is working by the end of the filter life (about 9 months-1 year)-when the water flow is eventually reduced to a trickle.

The end goal is to make this as easy as possible. I would like to avoid boiling. Do you have an exhaust fan in your laundry room?

No, no exhaust fan in the laundry room but.....now that you bring that up I may have one put in. Thanks for the thought.

I am newly diagnosed and purchased a baby Brezza sterilizer. After using my Aerobika devise I take it apart and place it right in the sterilizer that sterilized and drys it. Are you confirming that this is all I need to do? I live in Canada so we don’t nebulizer so I don’t have that to clean.

Clean before sterilizing with a soak in hot tap water with Dawn dishing washing detergent is what I do. Cleaning and sterilizing are 2 different things. Some people soak their equipment in vinegar once a month or more to remove mineral scale buildup.