The Momcozy Superfast Portable Breast Milk And Water Warmer Review: Great For Families On The Go

When I was pregnant with my second baby, I promised myself that this time, I was going to do what I needed to make things just a little easier. You know, get out of the house more to see other people. Take baby on the nature walks that I desperately needed to power through the sleep-deprived haze. Prepare more bottles so my husband could share the feeding load.

When my daughter was born last June, those well-intentioned goals were quickly sidelined. Our very old-school second-hand bottle warmer took close to 15 minutes to get refrigerated breast milk even close to lukewarm; by the time the milk was ready, my daughter would wake up everyone in our family—actually, probably everyone in our apartment building. The bottles were soon returned to the cupboard and forgotten. And, when you're running on fumes, getting out of the house to hike with a newborn and a preschooler feels like an impossible feat.

Then I discovered the Momcozy Superfast Portable Breast Milk and Water Warmer—exactly the product my family needed. We were able to get out of the house more easily, and for more than a couple of hours at a time. And we finally brought back sanity-saving nighttime bottles.

What is the Momcozy Portable Breast Milk and Water Warmer?

Whether you’re breastfeeding, formula feeding or combo feeding, the Momcozy Superfast Portable Breast Milk and Water Warmer is designed to make parents’ lives easier, especially when you’re out of the house. It’s wireless, fully charges in just 90 minutes and locks to prevent leaking, making it the perfect baby-feeding travel companion. Thanks to its dual heating modes, it’s easy for parents to switch between warming breast milk and warming water for formula, with the precise virtual display showing when the liquid has reached temperature. And it reaches temperature fast—water takes just three minutes to heat up to 40°C and four ounces of refrigerated milk heats to 37°C in five minutes.

Plus, there’s no need to stress about finding an outlet when you're out of the house. The warmer’s battery will last for a full day’s feeds—or feed multiple babies several bottles.

Our review of the Momcozy milk warmer

As a mom of a three-year-old and a seven-month-old, I am very sleep deprived. Reading comprehension takes a whole lot of effort, so I appreciate that the Momcozy warmer’s instruction manual is very easy to follow and the product is intuitive to use—no steep learning curve here. Plus, there are only three components in the package: the charger, a USB charger and the warmer itself.

My family loves visiting new restaurants and hitting the hiking trails, both things we haven’t done a whole lot of since the baby arrived. But we found the Momcozy warmer made getting out of the house, for longer periods of time, a lot easier. My husband and I would plug in the device, and by the time we got ourselves and our kids ready to go—parents know that convincing a preschooler to use the bathroom before venturing outside can be a battle—it was fully charged. We simply packed up the pumped milk, bottle supplies and warmer for outings to hiking trails, playgrounds or restaurants, selected the Momcozy warmer’s milk setting when it was approaching bottle time, and fed the baby within minutes of turning the warmer on. Thanks to its long battery life, we could stay out of the house until my preschooler’s afternoon naptime—no need to search for outlets for a battery boost. Big bonus that I could avoid baring my midriff in the B.C. Lower Mainland’s brisk and rainy mid-winter weather to nurse.

The Momcozy warmer is designed to be travel-friendly, fitting perfectly into any bag’s water bottle holder. And there’s a silicone handle that, with a carabiner, can easily clip onto a stroller or hiking carrier. But for families who don’t have any real need to leave the house for hours on end, this product still hits the mark. For me and my husband, it was a real game changer when it came to nighttime feeds.

After we gave up on our very slow plug-in warmer, I took on every nighttime waking and feeding. But with the Momcozy Superfast Portable Breast Milk and Water Warmer, my husband could warm my refrigerated pumped milk in just five minutes; for the first time ever, our baby received a night bottle before she was furiously hungry. And I was able to get more than four consecutive hours of sleep. Glorious.

Pros

• Gets families out of the house fast, as battery fully charges in just 90 minutes
• Heats up milk or water in two to five minutes for quick relief of baby’s hunger
• Long battery life; parents can heat four ounces of milk eight times on a single charge, and baby feeding away from home is stress-free
• Easy-pour spout prevents that precious milk from being spilled and wasted
• No leaking means no messes—beyond the usual baby messes, that is
• Dual heating modes make this warmer ideal for breastfed, formula-fed and combo-fed babies
• Virtual temperature display for precise warming
• Even heating, so no stressing sbout hot spots
• Multiple temperature settings for both water and milk warming
• Good news, parents of multiples: the 17-ounce warming vessel makes it possible to feed more than one baby
• Twist-off cap and wide mouth make the product easy to clean
• Lightweight (less than two pounds!)
• Easy to attach to baby carriers and strollers
• Travel-friendly, sleek design that can fit in a backpack and diaper-bag water bottle holders

Cons

• It's recommended to clean the warmer immediately after heating up milk to avoid any odours—this can require extra planning if you’re using it on an outdoor adventure or road trip
• Bottles don’t attach onto the warmer directly, so sleep-deprived parents will have to make a point to remember all the necessary bottle pieces and cleaning supplies for seamless out-of-the-house feeding

Final verdict

If you do any kind of bottle feeding, I say the Momcozy Superfast Portable Breast Milk and Water Warmer is essential. Parents in the baby trenches know that keeping things easy—and doing things quickly—are key, and the Momcozy warmer delivers on both fronts. Getting out of the house to do the activities we’d avoided since having our second suddenly felt less daunting. And if a road trip, airplane ride or full-day, full-family outing still feels like too much? The warmer is a big help when it comes to nighttime feedings, so everyone can get a little more sleep.