I swear by Avent bottles. I don't like the plastic with the cheapy bottles.

My SIL bought cheapy ones (her bub hated them) and then turned around and converted to Avent and she never looked back!! On the other hand my friend bought Avent bottles and her bub refused to take it, he much prefered the cheapy teats. Moral of the story is don't go an buy a heap of bottles because your bub may not like that particular teat/brand.

I used a microwave steriliser however I will be going for an electric (Avent) one this time around. Mainly because I have a small kitchen and I can keep the bottles in the sterilizer for longer, they holds more bottles and it is neater. I found that I was for ever fumbling with the micro steriliser and moving it from one bench to the next.