Medela Swing and other pumps

[ellasmummy]

i have a medela swing and love it. It has gotten me through 4 months of exclusive expressing while DD1 was in SCN/NICU and I have used it heaps with DD2 as well, and its still going for gold it has the option of putting batteries in so you dont need a power point, but I have never used that feature lol.

[Lisa B]

The swing is great for occasional expressing. I think the motor is designed for occasional and it is only a single pump. I currently use the symphony for fulltime EE which I hire for $35 a week and I find the Swing pretty comparable in suction and I get the same volume of milk from it.

I like the Swing because it is very portable because it is small and you can use it battery operated which is great if you are somewhere where you can't use a powerpoint. This bit might be more helpful for me because I EE. I use the battery component a lot, but the downside is I can only single pump. If you are after a Swing try ebay there are heaps there and going for cheaper than the big baby stores.

I'm looking into the Freestyle as I'm going back to work a few days and the symphony isn't portable and I'm sick of paying for the rent. The Freestyle is going for for just over $400 on Ebay with a retail price anywhere between $520-$650 new, so they seem to hold their value pretty well but if you don't use it very often may not be worth the price.

The pump in style is also being sold on ebay, I can't remember the average price. This pump is not being sold new in Australia anymore but I think places like the US are still selling it new. This one is going cheaper than the Freestyle. So if you really like the pump in style you can probably pick it up for a few hundred on ebay which is probably comparable to getting a new Swing.