Electric pumps - best place, best price?

[HotI]

The freestyle is on sale at Mothers direct atm.

[Novella]

For $220 online special I got a medals swing and love it. It's small, can work on batteries (though I've never tried). Was great when I went back to work after dd2 at 8 months and has been handy while at home with dd3 now 10 months. It has variable suction controls and also has the let down suction feature at the start of expressing which you automatically after five minutes I think or manually you can do it when you get let down and it changes to a longer suction.

Con it's only a single pump and after its third round of expressing is getting noisy (I've used it'd or two of my girls and my friends sister borrowed it) but still working perfectly. The cost of a double pump was out of my price range but I have used double pumps in works staff expressing/breastfeeding room and they were awesome but $$$$

Also consider you could purchase second hand or sell on when you are done to reduce the overall cost. You can buy new sets of tubes and flanges for around $30 if are concerned about hygiene

[Three Graces]

I hired a Medela electric pump from a chemist when I had DS1 and it was great. I then used the manual Medela pump occassionally with DS2. With DD last year, I haven't expressed much. I lost my medela pump and ended up using a manual Avent one, which was next to useless. It just did nothing, so I threw it out. A friend lent me her Medela Swing pump, but I didn't like this as much as the manual Medela one that I had previously. If you think you're going to use one a lot, then I'd invest in the more expensive Medela brand one.

[leckert]

I love my medela swing (bought from mothers direct - aba online shop). I've also got a medela mini electric as a back up pump if something's misbehaving with the swing (very occasionally happens) but I prefer the swing. I pump 5 days a week at school (3-4 sessions a day). I did consider getting the freestyle for the double pump option but couldn't afford it when I was having trouble with my original swing (after over 30 months of pumping I figured it wasn't too bad to have to replace it)

[Ladylove]

My Medela swing is excellent. Works effectively and is a (just make sure you have the right size flange for your breasts), is a great size for travelling with. When I bought mine the best online price at the time was Nursing Angel I think, and I also got free bottles and a Calma teat with it. I think there's also a site called ABA Free that does good deals.

[Ladylove]

Forshelby I forgot to add with DD my milk took a bit longer to come in properly and she had latch issues, plus preferred sleep over feeding and the pump really helped bring my milk in and kick start my supply so I do recommend one to buy or hire. If you hire you could get the two-pump ones like in the hospital so you can save time by doing both breasts at once. Or with a normal single one maybe alternate feed and pump on each side.

[No.5]

Haven't read all the replies but I was using a medela swing and it did the job, was a good little pump Nice an portable too

[*beannaithe*]

I got a Medela pump in style advanced from Amazon and it has been AWESOME. Double electric pump and was worth every penny of the $280 I paid for it. It has the quick letdown sucks at the beginning if a pumping session, plus you can press a button to stimulate another letdown (or however many you want) mid pump to squeeze out every little bit of bm you can

[kitten2b]

i have an avent uno electric breastpump that i could send up to you to try, I used it with both girls when I went back to work.

[surprised]

Loved my Medela Freestyle, but I was using it full time for a year so needed an uber-good one. You might not need such a fancy one.

[Mother Goose]

I just put the medella swing on layby at baby bunting. Normally $250 on sale for $199. It's similar to the one I used in hospital to help bring my milk in quicker. Dd is now almost 7 weeks and I want it so I can express so DH can do a night feed when I'm totally wrecked. Also so I can express when I go back to work later this year.

[RhiChiChi]

I just put the medella swing on layby at baby bunting. Normally $250 on sale for $199. It's similar to the one I used in hospital to help bring my milk in quicker. Dd is now almost 7 weeks and I want it so I can express so DH can do a night feed when I'm totally wrecked. Also so I can express when I go back to work later this year.

Thanks for sharing, was looking at purchasing one and since I have a voucher to spend I'll put it towards the pump

[Frangipani Lou]

Another option is the Grow Baby Diana dream pump. The cheapest place to buy one would be from your maternity hospital they are about $140. Not as portable as the smaller medela ones but I'm told its a real workhorse and is a double pump too. In Melbourne they are available from Baby Bunting.
Have you considered seeing. Lactation consultant pre birth to get some support and a plan in place?
I have love supply so a medela symphony would be the one to hire.