I have a tommee tippee electric and an Avent manual In the early days my tomee tippee was fantastic but I found it too noisy and it wasn't draining my breast very effectively. It was VERY gentle though and super easy as we use TT bottles. Now I just use my Avent manual and I actually prefer it because I find it quicker to use the manual pump - go figure? If I had any trouble getting milk out I would absolutely go back to the TT electric though. Hope this helps.