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OHbaby! Forums : Electric breastpump worth it? https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:15:50 +0000 Fri, 22 May 2009 21:35:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=26626 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : I have both an electric Avent...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=692817&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#692817 Author: Blankney94
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Posted: 22 May 2009 at 9:35pm

I have both an electric Avent one and a Medula manual one (both bought on TradeMe).

The electric one is great because it leaves me with a hand free so I can surf the net etc while pumping. I got the Out and About Set - comes with a battery pack so you can still move around and not be tied to the plug socket IYGWIM.

Also I have RSI already in my shoulder and my manual pump was starting to irritate that (here's me thinking a year off work would fix my shoulder!).

Because I have two pumps I can use both at once to save time when I just can't be bothered sitting there for so long.

]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 21:35:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=692817&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#692817 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Absolutely, if you are expressing...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=692700&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#692700 Author: busyissy
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Posted: 22 May 2009 at 7:13pm

Absolutely, if you are expressing all the time then you don't want to be mucking aroung with a manual. If you are worried about $$ then have a look on TradeMe.]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 19:13:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=692700&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#692700 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Thanks everyone, definitely sounds...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=691624&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#691624 Author: Stogglebox
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Posted: 21 May 2009 at 1:45pm

Thanks everyone, definitely sounds like it is worth it. I talked with a woman at my La Leche group and she said she has a double one that she might sell to me! So that is good]]> Thu, 21 May 2009 13:45:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=691624&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#691624 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : I used the medela swing electric...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690832&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690832 Author: oscarboo
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 2:26pm

I used the medela swing electric pump (recommended by MW). It was great. They are well worth the $]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 14:26:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690832&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690832 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Yes I would recommend an electric...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690803&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690803 Author: febbabe
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 1:54pm

Yes I would recommend an electric one too, especially since you are going to be using it so often
I had a manual one to start with which actually broke- was an old borrowed one and I hated using it. I cried using it as never seemed to get much.
I bought an Avent Electric and its great, I only use it maybe once/twice a week but was worth the $$ in my opinion]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 13:54:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690803&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690803 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Yes I agree too! I went back...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690756&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690756 Author: EmDee
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 12:56pm

Yes I agree too!

I went back to work when each child was 5 months old. I didn't last long expressing with Ollie (about 1 month) as I was using a manual pump which got really tiring and my milk supply dropped off.

With Lilia I used a manual pump too but very quickly got tired of it and hired a double electric pump (from memory about $50 for 3 months plus $60 bond) which was SO much faster and easier. I managed to keep expressing until she was about 9.5 months along with making sure I ate good milk supply food.

Good luck

]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 12:56:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690756&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690756 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Yep, totally recommend it and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690717&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690717 Author: mamanee
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 12:01pm

Yep, totally recommend it and although I only expressed for Sam for about four weeks, manual expressing gets really tiring, really fast and it's probably the reason I stopped so early. ]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 12:01:42 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690717&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690717 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : If you are going to be expressing...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690693&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690693 Author: Redbedrock
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 11:30am

If you are going to be expressing that often over a long period of time, then yep electric is the way to go, it gets old quickly with hand expressing]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 11:30:04 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690693&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690693 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : I would definitely recommend an...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690608&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690608 Author: Aprilfools
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 9:53am

I would definitely recommend an electric pump. I express every morning as I like to indulge in my love of bubbly now and then and it's a much nicer task now that I have an electric pump. I personally have found that I get more out with the electric pump and I don't get sick of pumping after a few minutes like I did with the manual one. I have an Avent manual pump and a Medela electric pump so can't comment on how good an Avent electric pump is.]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 09:53:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690608&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690608 <![CDATA[Electric breastpump worth it? : Hi, I am going back to work in...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690586&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690586 Author: Stogglebox
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Posted: 20 May 2009 at 9:38am

Hi, I am going back to work in a few weeks and was wondering whether it would be worth buying or hiring an electric breastpump? I currently use a manual Avent pump and therefore have all the bottles etc, so I would rather stick with Avent, so that means a basic electric one would be around $275 to buy. Is it worth it for the convenience and ease/speed of pumping? Can anyone share their experiences? I will have to pump perhaps twice a day cos I think I will be able to feed my baby at lunchtime. If not then 3 times I think. Thanks]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 09:38:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26626&PID=690586&title=electric-breastpump-worth-it#690586