Grownsy vs Papablic Bottle Washer: Which one Is Better?

Welcome to Dad Guide. I'm Cooper and today we're doing a comparison review between the Pop-A-Blick Baby Bottle Washer and the Gronsi Bottle Washer Pro. I put both these bottle washers through the same five real-world tests to determine which one is better as a parent. So we're going to look at cleaning, drying, capacity, cost, and maintenance. So to start off, let's get into cleaning. Both of these did a good job in my opinion. breast milk and formula is inherently very fatty so it tends to stick to bottles. That's why often we end up using products like a bottle washer because dishwashers washing them by hand can be quite frustrating and takes a lot of extra time that you might want to save when you're dealing with an infant. So to replicate that I use whipping cream. Very fatty, sticks to the bottles and gave that same residue that you would get from breast milk. Now both of these I didn't even really give them a good rinse. I wanted them to really work to make sure they did the job both of them clean them dried them very well so when I was looking at the cleanliness I was really looking in to make sure that it got in all the spots there was nothing hidden in there that could lead to bacteria growing and I honestly feel like both these bottle washers did a fantastic job on this they both have the lower area that spins and really cleans the bottles really well they both have the upper spot that spins to wash nipples rings anything like that the extra parts that go along with your infant using a bottle. I was really impressed both of them came out really clean no residue on them at all so I was very impressed with both these bottle washers when it came to the cleaning aspect. Now the one thing I will say is the Gronsi has the nightlight in it and when you're looking at a nightlight and a bottle washer is that something that really matters? Well I find most your feedings you do at nighttime so you can have this in the sterilizer mode keep some dry and then you just go up pop the lid off and the nightlight comes on and you can get all your pieces out very handy in that early stage of having an infant at home it means you don't need to turn all the lights on if you're trying to get back to sleep after you feed your baby or your wife is or your spouse this is a great feature that I really really enjoy it also has the light on the inside so you can see it washing the bottles. Really cool. Gives nice ambiance to the bottle washing process and it gives that nightlight so you can see what's going on and that makes a huge difference for me. Such a small addition to a bottle washer but something that Gronsi has really thought out well so I really really like. As far as cleaning goes I'm going to give these the same grade. They both get top of the mark for cleaning your bottles. I really enjoyed both of them. They did a fantastic job on that. And when it comes to drying, this is something that's really important because sometimes you need to leave them in the drying cycle and you want to be able to take your bottle out right away and use it once it's done if you need to. Now I use the same eight bottles in both of these tests. I didn't use a uniform bottle. I used a mix and match. I wanted to see these bottle washers really be put to it and get some of the trickier bottles to make sure they get all that nook and cracks clean and these both did a really really good job not only cleaning it but also drying the bottle. So when it comes to cleaning and drying I'm once again giving them the same grade. I enjoyed both of them but I'm going to give the Gronzi a slight edge so far because I enjoy that night light. It makes a big difference to me and I think when you're up at night this is such a game changer that all parents would agree on. The third test I put them to is capacity which one holds more bottles and is most effective with the space so capacity they hold the same amount of eight bottles you'll see in my test that I use them I just transfer them one to another and it fit on both of them no problem however the pop-up lid is much much bigger and because it has the detached filter it takes up so much space so when you're putting it on your counter it's quite a bit bigger and you have to have it near a spot so it can drain properly which is fine they both need that but when you have two spots that are not connected it can lead to issues especially with the hose that goes from the pop-up lid to the filter itself it's just held on by pressure so if you have multiple children you got a toddler running around or in my case a five six year old and they catch that it's very easy to pull that off and you have a disaster of a mess everywhere I know my son was actually fiddling around with it and he did pull it off now I was there and I just put it back on but we did lose some water onto the floor so this is something that I think I think it just is a little bit too big it just takes up a lot of space so when it comes to capacity they hold the same amount of bottles but the pop-up lid is so much larger than the Gronzi to do the same thing I'm definitely giving a big edge to the Gronsi in this category now our fourth test, maintenance, ongoing maintenance of this. So the Poppablick has the external filter to filter out hard water, but it is changeable. So it stays submerged in the water. So it's something that is an ongoing maintenance with it. The Gronsi has a self-cleaning mode. So it constantly cleans its internal filters. So you don't have to worry about going out and getting the replacement part. So the more you use that filter on the Poppablick, the more you're going to have to replace it and it's an ongoing thing that you have to maintain instead of the Gronsi which has the internal filter which does a lot of the same work but doesn't need to be changed because it's not constantly submerged in the water. The filter for the Poppablick is a filter of hard water chemicals like calcium and magnesium. It's not doing any extra sterilization to get rid of bacteria that could build up. So it's not getting rid of any of that kind of viruses or anything like that that's the both of them have the same sterilization so you're basically for the extra space and the extra work you're getting a little bit of that hard water taken down now for the most part you know when I was doing the test I had both of these bottles very caked in products and they both removed the hardness and I had no streaks left on on either one so for me this is another clear advantage for the Gronsi. You don't have to worry about constant maintenance and that's something as a parent I don't want anything extra I need to think about. If I go 32 cycles and that filter starts to get clogged and it's not filtering out that hard water that's just more work for me to constantly think about where the Gronsi in its self-cleaning mode it's just constantly filtering that out so it just does a great job as well. Our final category we're going to talk about is cost. So to start off on the upfront cost, you have about $300 American for the Gronsi and about $400 American for the Poppablick. So the Gronsi is a little bit cheaper for, to me, what feels like a superior product. And not only that, you have an ongoing maintenance cost when you have to change these filters. Papa Blake says they're good for 30 to 60 washes or cycles, which means you're replacing these basically every 30 days. And they cost about $20 American per replacement filter. So on average, you're going through about $240 American of filters in a year where the Gronzy, you don't have to worry about that. The only thing you're going to have to do on both of these is your detergent tabs. So every wash you put your tab in. Now, even there, they're basically the same price. The Gronzy is a little bit cheaper. You're looking at about $18 per 130, where the Papa Blake is $20 for 120. So a slight edge to Gronzy there as well. So when I did this overall comparison review, sticking to just those five tests, Gronzy was the clear winner to me. I really enjoy both these products. I think they're both very, very good. I just, as a parent, I want the one with less maintenance that does a good job and takes up a little bit less space for the same amount of capacity. So overall, I'm giving the edge to Gronzy. This is cost less. It does the same thing. It has features like the nightlight that I just really, really appreciate when companies go to their way to think about parents and what they're dealing with. Feeding in that first, call it three months, is super intense. You're up a lot during the night. So to have a bottle washer that's there ready and can give you that little bit of extra help is such an important product to me. So if you've enjoyed this review, please leave a like, please subscribe, and I'll see you next time.