Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep™ Machine

The perfect sized feed, at the perfect temperature at the touch of a button. The Perfect Prep™works with any brand of powdered formula milk and has an adjustable base to suit different bottle shapes and sizes. Simply measure out the formula and the Perfect Prep™ does everything else.

How to make a feed with your Perfect Prep™ machine

First make sure you’ve completed the set up and cleaning process. Remember after any cleaning your Perfect Prep™ machine will dispense 2 cold water shots when you make the first bottle. Discard these and you’re good to go.

1. Fill the tank with cold water -Before each use you must ensure that your water tank is above the minimum fill mark.
2. Turn the dial to select the feed size you require (4fl oz –11fl oz).
3. Position your sterilised bottle under the dispenser outlet. Adjust bottle stand if necessary (bottle neck should sit close to the dispenser outlet).
4. Press the start / stop button. A red light will flash, and a volume of HOT WATER (hot shot) is dispensed into your bottle.
5. The light will change to solid red and there will be a double beep to indicate the end of the first stage. You will need to make up your feed within 2 minutes.
6. Carefully remove the bottle from the stand and add required formula to the bottle.
7. Screw the sterilised milk storage lid onto the bottle and ensure that the lid is tight. Be careful when handling hot liquid.
8. Shake well until the formula powder has dissolved
9. Remove the milk storage lid and replace your bottle onto the bottle stand.
10. Press the start/stop button again. The red light will go out and the green light will flash. If this button is not pressed within 2 minutes of the hot water being dispensed a long beep will sound.
11. Cold water will be dispensed. Once completed, there will be a double beep and the green light will change to solid.
12. Remove the bottle, add the lid and shake.
13. Your bottle is now ready at body temperature.
14. Always check that the amount dispensed is consistent with the size of feed you have selected on the dial.
15. For your child’s safety always check food temperature before feeding by testing on a sensitive part of your skin.
16. Add the sterilised teat, screw ring and your bottle is now ready to serve. Make sure you discard any unwanted feed as per the formula manufacturer’s recommendation.

*If using Tommee Tippee Advanced Anti Colic Bottles, please visit our website for instructions on how to make a feed at tommeetippee.com

You should clean your Perfect Prep™ machine:

• Before its first use and then on a 4-weekly basis.
• If your machine hasn’t been used for 1 week.
• When replacing your filter.

1. To clean your Perfect Prep™ machine, follow these instructions:
2. Remove the lid, hopper and bottle stand and set the filter to one side (top side down).
3. Clean the external machine surface with a clean cloth (it is advisable to use an antibacterial solution), taking care to clean in all grooves and under the dispenser spout.
4. At this time the lid, hopper and bottle stand should also be cleaned using hot soapy water, rinsed thoroughly, and allowed to dry naturally (do not use cloths or tea towels to dry).
5. Plug in the unit, the empty tank warning light will illuminate.

Now choose from the following two cleaning options:

• Using a cold-water sterilising solution (following manufacturer guidelines for using with 1.8 litres of water), add required amount to the water tank. Fill the tank to the max line with cold water and place a suitable container under the dispenser spout.

• Pour 1 litre of clear/white (food grade) vinegar into the water tank. Top up the water tank to the max line with freshly boiled water and place a suitable container under the dispenser spout.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are also changing your Tommee Tippee water filter, press the filter reset button for 2 seconds to clear the machine memory before using for a feed.

The Perfect Prep™ should be kept in a cool, dry location, avoiding direct sunlight, and kept away from warm appliances. This is recommended to avoid the tank temperature getting too warm.

The Perfect Prep™ unit contains a probe that measures the temperature of the water in the tank which prevents the unit from dispensing if the water is above 27°C. This is a key safety feature to ensure that the final feed is not too hot for your baby.

High water temperature should only ever be an issue in hotter climates, but it is not uncommon for mains water to rise in temperature in cooler climates during a sustained period of hot weather.

We therefore recommend that the cold tap is flushed for 10 seconds before filling the tank.

To prevent your unit getting too hot…

• Keep it out of direct sunlight.
• Regularly top it up with cold tap water rather than letting a full unit stand and warm for long periods of time.
• Keep a cold jug of water in the fridge.
• Add some ice cubes to the hopper.

No, we recommend you use normal tap water in the hopper.  If you do use boiling water, the machine will recognise that the water is too hot, and it won’t let you dispense a feed as the milk would be too hot and pose a risk to your baby.

Water is a food stuff. We recommend using it within 1-2 days.

The hot shot helps to dissolve the formula powder quickly and easily, it also kills bacteria which may be present in the formula itself. The water dispensed in the hot shot is at a temperature of over 70°C.

As is normal with all manufactured products, the Perfect Prep™ machine dispensed water volume has an allowed tolerance of +/- 5%. Additionally, there are potential tolerances in the measurement graduations of our Closer to Nature bottles.

This means that any volume below 100 ml may vary by +/- 5 ml, and any volume above 100 ml may vary by +/- 5%.

It’s therefore possible for the combination of both tolerances, machine, and bottle, to make the volume dispensed by the machine appear inaccurate.

Our Closer to Nature baby bottles all meet or surpass the requirements for volume tolerances as specified by European Standard EN 14350.

Although we do not manufacture formula powder, we have looked at what the leading brands recommend and most assume that a 9lb+ baby will be on 4oz feeds. It is difficult to recommend a "suitable from" age because every newborn’s weight is different. Some babies are onto 4oz feeds within a couple of weeks whereas others may take longer.

We would love for you to be able to prepare a smaller bottle volume with the Perfect Prep™ unit, but it cannot make up a bottle below 4oz because the volume of the feed needs to be large enough to easily split into two:

1. An initial hot shot big enough to dilute the formula into
2. A dilution big enough to dilute the hot down to body temperature ready to serve

For any smaller feeds, we don’t have enough hot water in which to dilute the formula powder effectively, or enough to dilute and cool it down sufficiently from 70°C.

Most standard water filters do not include an anti-bacterial filtration membrane, so even if they fit in your machine, they will NOT remove the same level of bacteria.

On average the filter should last around 3 months, however this depends on the frequency of use and what size bottles you are preparing.

Submerging primes the filter before use ensures that any air bubbles or loose particles within the filter are removed prior to use. If bubbles remain, it could affect the operation of the machine. Submerging should only take a minute or so.

You may find that there’s a small residue of black carbon in the bag or on the surface of the cartridge; this can happen and it’s nothing to be concerned about. These dust particles are harmless and will be reduced during the initial set up process when submerging in clean fresh water.

The carbon used in the filter is food grade certified and therefore poses no harm to your little one