Boots Manual Breast Pump

We bought this as a standby when our baby was ill and reduced the amount he would feed, I was concerned about milk supply dropping off, found it reasonably easy to get together, compared to electric ones, especially hospital grade ones it is more hard work, but I found it to be effective and great value for occasional use.

Having used an electric breast pump, I must say, I noticed the difference when my husband nipped out to Boots and, in an emergency, purchased this breast pump.

It simply didn't work for me. Yes, I managed to get it together, after some time, which was far from ideal with a screaming baby. But once constructed, I tried both breasts but found it uncomfortable and even a bit painful.

Plus the angle my hand was at to be pumping wasn't ideal - and certainly after an electric pump, its usage fell into the 'too much like hard work' category for me!!

When I tried to ramp up the pumping, ie with my hand nearly falling off, I found that the parts of the pump would come undone/come away out of their usual places and the whole thing would have to be put back together before pumping could recommence.

On the plus side, if you were a little sadistic, I guess, you could get someone else to do the pumping....We just gave up and went back to breast feeding; which definitely defeated the whole object of buying it (ie to pump milk for later use).

This pump went in the bin. Waste of time and money!

Not recommended.

It is a bit fiddly to put together, but is fantastic, excellent value for money, good suction better than others i've tried and comfortable!!! Would definitely recommend.