The Nuby RapidCool Kit won Gold in the Mother&Baby Awards 2025 for Best Travel Product Over £30 and Gold for Best Product for a Newborn 0-4 months - a real standout product.
Meet the most innovative way of preparing formula feeds with the RapidCool Perfect Preparation formula feeding kit. It cools down your formula milk to optimum temperature in just 2 minutes* to NHS guidelines. Just boil fresh water, measure formula powder, fill RapidCool with hot water, add formula powder and mix well. Simply wait for the digital display to show a green Nuby logo and dispense the feed into your sterilised baby bottle. To make a fresh feed while you're out, fill the insulated flask with freshly boiled water and you're ready to make a feed safely on the go.
This amazing cooling kit can make a real difference to your daily feeding routine, letting new mums get back some independence by making feeds outside the house much easier.
Pros
- Makes feeding on the go so much easier
- Less bulky to pack than a prep machine
- Bottle is ready quickly, perfect for preventing those pre-formula meltdowns
Cons
- Doesn't fit in some sterilisers
- Measurements can be hard to read at times
Awards
This fantastic product was awarded Gold in the Mother&Baby Awards 2025 for Best Travel Product Over £30, which was the same category it won in 2024. It also brought home the Gold award for Best Product for a Newborn 0-4 months, so you know it's a real winner. Read on below to find out what our testers had to say.
"I am obsessed with this, I wish I had purchased one for my first child," said one very happy mum. Another described the RapidCool as a "life changing piece of equipment every family needs," giving particular praise to the precision of the heating. She told us that "I can make a bottle the correct temperature really quickly and know that I’m consistently feeding my little one the same temperature each time."
The ease of cleaning was a highlight for these parents too - one told us that "it is simple to wash and sterilise and very conveniently sized to take out and about with us," while another tester was happy to report that "I personally don’t find it a chore to clean it after every use - it simply needs to be washed in warm soapy water."
"I no longer have to worry about bottles on the go and always take it just in case I will be out longer than expected," said a particularly pleased parent, impressed by the travel capabilities of the set. Another mum confessed, "I now do not go out without it tucked away... It’s definitely an essential." Sounds like a perfect addition to any baby bag.
Final verdict
Several of the testers praised the set's convenience, especially the speed at which it can heat a baby's bottle to a safe level. "It enabled me to make a bottle very quickly for a baby that went from 0 to 100 within seconds," reported one tester. Another summed up their thoughts on the RapidCool by saying, "This product has been a godsend for me and my baby."
Lorna White is the Products Editor for Mother&Baby. After running the Yours magazine website, specialising in content about caring for kids and grandchildren, Lorna brought her expertise to Mother&Baby in 2020. She has a keen interest in a range of topics from potty training and nutrition to baby names and early development and has a wide range of experienced medical experts and professionals at her fingertips. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her two young sisters, dog walking and enjoying the outdoors with her family.