Philips AVENT SCF870

Advantages: great idea, convenient

Disadvantages: quality and construction

Comment: decided to buy a second steamer, as the first was slightly worn out after almost two years of daily use. I saw another rave reviews and decided to clarify a little. So that people don't have high expectations. To begin with, if you have a small child and you need to start switching to complementary foods and self-feeding, then there is no choice, you need to take! Saves a lot of effort and money. Now about the disadvantages: 1. Very poor quality of plastic parts inside the bowl. Very quickly, everything becomes covered with a brown coating that cannot be removed. You need to clean it very carefully and scrupulously. 2. So that during the cooking process unnecessary odors do not appear, you need to very accurately put the bowl on the pedestal, avoiding leaks. It is very important to properly fit the inner valve in the bowl lid. If something gets into the boiler from the bowl, then it will boil off and burn there, this smell will always haunt you. Moreover, the heating element itself can be cleaned (lemon, vinegar, whose hands are straight, you can simply disassemble and mechanically clean), then the plastic of the boiler will forever absorb all the odors. 3. Inside the knife there is a plastic ring with 4 projections, which constantly flies off when the knife is taken out. After suffering for a month, we just threw it out. As it turned out in vain! This ring provides the strength of the hexagonal recess in the knife. Without this ring, sooner or later the drive shaft will turn in this groove, breaking the thin wall. As a blender, this design will stop working. In general, it is advisable to glue this ring, but what is incomprehensible, I do not want to shove incomprehensible chemistry into the "food" device, which is still in contact with high temperature steam. So, in general, we can assume that after 2 years of continuous operation, you will have to buy a new blender. By the way. You can order new parts, but it will cost about 70% (or even more) of the new one. So I went to buy a second one. P.S. I bought a second one. The ring does not fall out (glued at the factory). If washed without abrasives or in the dishwasher, then there is no plaque. So +1!

Advantages: Takes up little space !! unlike a conventional steamer, 2 in 1, reliable brand. Because to cook mashed potatoes for a child, you need a little vegetables / fruits, fiddles with a large steamer breaks, and this unit is designed for a small amount of mashed potatoes (1-2 times. And of course, what I like most is to cook very quickly.He left the vegetables, even fresh, even frozen, poured water and forgot until the characteristic dzin. The amount of cooking time varies depending on the amount of water poured into a special tank (measured with a glass in the kit), the maximum cooking time for 1 time is 20 minutes. During this time, meat is also prepared.

Disadvantages: In addition to the price, I did not find it)

Comment: Very happy with the purchase. Unfortunately, I didn't know about such a thing before. I have a separate blender with a bowl and an adult double boiler. But in the end I didn't cook for the child for a couple, because there is a lot of fuss with a double boiler - to clean up a place for it, get it, wash it, clean it up. This thing is on the table, it really takes up more space than a kettle, it is easy to clean, very convenient to use.

Advantages: 2 in 1, no need to shift anywhere, waste time and dirty dishes, compact, easy to clean, you can make absolutely homogenized puree for babies, for older children - in pieces, easy to use. Washed, cut, left, flooded and wait for the signal! It is much more useful to steam the child than to digest all the nutrients. An irreplaceable item for mothers who think about the health of the child

Disadvantages: the price is overpriced, as is the case for all brand products

Comment: I have been using it with pleasure for the second year, never let down. Since the introduction of the blender, the incomprehensible mashed potatoes from the jars have disappeared from our diet. Now the child is 1 and 8, but I still prefer steaming cutlets to him, rather than frying them. And if we ourselves eat food that is not suitable for the baby, then there is nothing easier than preparing a separate healthy dish for him in 20 minutes!

Advantages: Great for feeding babies. Now we don't buy vegetable purees in jars, since there is this thing. I use it every day. It does not take up much space (about the size of a kettle), it is easy to wash, nothing will burn .. There is a sound signal during cooking - so you can sit with your child while cooking.

Disadvantages: It could be cheaper. Double boiler for adults

Comment:

Advantages: Very easy to use. I cooked it - I turned the bowl over - I ground it and it's done. No unnecessary dishes and unnecessary transfusions. Personally, I really liked that when pouring mashed potatoes from a bowl into a plate, the knife from this bowl does not fall into the plate along with the mashed potatoes (there is some kind of stopper inside) - it was VERY convenient for me.

Disadvantages: 1. When the gift was given to loved ones I was amazed at the too high price, but when I started using it, I was very grateful for the gift. 2. Until I decided how to use the unit, when the child has already grown up ...

Comment: Canned food was not at all useful. The food from the steamer was delicious and the potatoes did not get the "paste" of the blender.

Advantages: Cooking speed, ease of use. Saving space in the kitchen (blender and cooking in one). There is no need to take out cooked vegetables (boiled, turned over, chopped).

Disadvantages: No.

Comment: A good product that greatly facilitates the life of the mother.

Advantages: This is a super steamer blender 2 in 1. Just an irreplaceable thing for a baby. I have been using it for one year starting from 6 months of age. We boil broccoli, colored, and all other vegetables every day with meat and grind immediately. You can steam fruit, grind cookies in milk, and grind fruit into porridge. It turns out a very tasty soup. Delicious and healthy baby food, better than cans. Saves time and money. Easy to clean with the Avent bottle cleaner and dishwasher. Very compact to take with you.

Disadvantages: Didn't find it.

Comment:

Advantages: Compact piece No need to buy canned puree

Disadvantages: I did not notice

Comment: An absolutely brilliant thing - both at home in the kitchen, and (especially) on long trips. Was purchased at the beginning of complementary foods at 4 months, I have been using it constantly for 8 months. Prepares meat, fish, and vegetables, quickly and conveniently. I didn't notice the poor washability of the lid, about which everyone writes :) yes, on the inside, for example, there were colored spots from carrots (apparently, the pigment is stronger than plastic), but otherwise there are no special difficulties - everything is easily disassembled and washed either in a dishwasher, or manually with a brush. The knife regularly grinds all the products into porridge, in the case of meat, you just need to add a little broth or olive oil.

Advantages: 1. Compact (base diameter less than 20 cm) 2. Ergonomic (the power cord fits into special channels in 2 options - for different locations of the power outlet) 3. Easy to clean, the parts are separated without much effort and do not have corrugated or cunningly shaped parts 4. Light plastic bowl , transparent, dark (what is happening in it can be seen, but with a color distortion, but it will retain its appearance longer: when using colored vegetables (beets, carrots, tomatoes, greens) they do not stain with them and the scratches that occur when grinding solid products will not be so noticeable ) 5. the volume of the bowl is optimal for cooking a small child, it is even possible to cook 2-3 portions at once, and store the hot chopped contents in sterile screw jars that can be stored in the refrigerator for 24 hours 6. a sharp knife is in a closed bowl and is not connected to an electric motor (this is very good from the point of view of the safety of curious kids, the risk of injury is minimal) 7.In the process of cooking on a The handle does not heat up - there is no need to use oven mitts (just do not bring your hand to the center - the steam is hot there, even if you cannot see it !!!)

Disadvantages: during the first tests in steam modes, the smell of plastic appeared, after 5 uses it stopped noticing 1.the bowl is not sealed, when turning over, liquid may leak from it, especially if juicy vegetables (zucchini) were cooked, evaluate the amount of contents in the bowl, before setting to chopper mode 2 it would be more convenient if there was a timer to turn off the steamer (for example, turn by 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes), since young mothers are so forgetful 3.noisy in chopper mode (used a tefal chapper - an order of magnitude less noisy design 4. the perforated lid can be washed easily (if soaked immediately after cooking), but the size of the holes limits the preparation of porridge in a double boiler (I get more sophisticated by loading rice or buckwheat first (pre-soaked for 2 hours), then cover it with a layer of meat, minced meat, vegetables or fruits so as not to pick out then grains from the lid)

Comment: A sensible thing, not without flaws, for a very specific age category (further use is limited by the relatively small volume of the bowl, but for a diet, gastritis or elderly people can provide an invaluable service). I do not regret that such an assistant appeared. Thank you Phillips for thinking about us :)

Advantages: conveniently and quickly prepares tasty and healthy (steamed) meals for the baby, compact, nothing more

Disadvantages: sharp plastic in the flask, tight construction, inconvenient to wash, high price, short cord

Comment: I will not talk about the advantages of this unit, so they write about them wherever this steamer is sold :) I will explain only the disadvantages: 1) On the very first day of using this steamer-blender (hereinafter PB), namely when washing, I cut myself badly. And not at all about the knife, but about the flask, or rather, on that transparent plastic part inside the flask on which the knife is put on. Its edges are sharp! All the same, this unit was created for cooking for children, so often you have to do everything quickly, including washing, so that the plastic could be brought to mind, given the cost that the manufacturer takes for this simple miracle of technology. 2) At first, to open the lid of this PB, I had to put a lot of effort. Then either I perked up, or the lid itself was developed, but it became easier to open it. But I still tear off the green mesh from the washing lid itself with a fork. Therefore, washing the PB is very difficult, given that you can cut off your finger with the flask, and remove the mesh with a fork.