Medela Pump in Style Review & GIVEAWAY!

After try­ing to breast­feed two lit­tle guys, Medela is a brand that I’ve become very famil­iar with (more so than I ever planned on)! And, I can gen­uinely say that I not only LOVE their prod­ucts, but would not have been able to give much breast­milk to my chil­dren with­out them. Because of my breast­feed­ing strug­gles, I’ve pur­chased pur­chased Medela’s Sup­ple­men­tal Nurs­ing Sys­tem, bot­tles, creams, clean­ing wipes, more Quick Clean MicroSteam Bags than I could pos­si­bly count (they are one of my “must-have” baby prod­ucts) and used my Medela Pump In Style breast­pump round the clock for months! With Lit­tle Brother, I even rented Medela’s Sym­phony Hospital-Grade Pump.
Thanks to Medela, I recently got to check out the new Pump in Style Advanced!
It’s a def­i­nite upgrade to the pump that I pur­chased over 4 years ago! Here are the specs from Medela’s site:
 
Fea­tures and Benefits:

  • Daily use · dou­ble pump · electric
  • Adjustable speed/vacuum dial lets mom choose her most com­fort­able setting.
  • Remov­able PVC-free cooler bag with con­toured ice pack keeps milk cool for up to 12 hours.
  • Bat­tery pack lets mom pump any­where, any­time. (Optional 9V vehi­cle lighter adapter available).
  • More milk in less time with 2-Phase Expres­sion® tech­nol­ogy when pump­ing at Max­i­mum Com­fort Vacuum™.
  • Every­thing included in an attrac­tive microfiber tote for fast and easy pumping.
  • Help­ful stor­age pock­ets for organization.
  • Con­ve­nient inte­grated work sur­face for mom.
  • Dou­ble pump­ing kit includes Per­son­al­Fit™ breastshields.
  • All parts that come into con­tact with breast­milk are BPA-free.
  • IMPORTANT:  This prod­uct is a sin­gle user item.  Use by more than one user may pose a health risk, per­for­mance ques­tions, and voids the warranty.

What’s Included:

  • Con­ve­nient microfiber tote bag
  • Bat­tery pack (8AA bat­ter­ies not included)
  • Remov­able cooler carrier
  • 4 — 5 oz breast­milk bot­tles, lids & travel caps
  • Wide base, slow-flow nipple
  • 2 — 24 mm Per­son­al­Fit™ breastshields
  • 2 valves
  • 4 mem­branes
  • Con­toured ice pack
  • Breast­feed­ing Infor­ma­tion Guide
  • Instruc­tions
My thoughts:
I love the smaller, more sleek look to the bag than the pre­vi­ous model I had! Yet, it has WAY more stor­age space inside! The lighter color inside also makes it eas­ier to see inside than the old all-black version.
I also love the fea­ture of hav­ing a remov­able cooler pack! It fits into the tote per­fectly with quite a bit of extra room on top!
So, it’s not only the per­fect size, but MUCH more con­ve­nient than try­ing to put together & bring along a sep­a­rate cooler bag! The new bot­tles are great also! Much nicer look­ing than what I had (new bot­tles on the left, my old bot­tle on the right).
The only thing it doesn’t come with that I think would be a nice addi­tion is a bot­tle stand. While the new bot­tles do seem less tipsy than the old vari­eties, I wouldn’t want to take the risk. Who­ever coined the phrase, “Don’t cry over spilled milk”, never spilled a bot­tle of breast­milk that they had worked so hard to pump (ask me how I know…).  The new bot­tles do fit the old con­tain­ers though, which is great!

Over­all, this new pump is out­stand­ing! As a mom with extra­or­di­nary dif­fi­cul­ties breast­feed­ing, I know all to well the value of a high-quality pump! If you are expect­ing a new lit­tle one (or are already a nurs­ing mama), I whole­heart­edly rec­om­mend Medela’s pumps (and their other prod­ucts in gen­eral)! I’ve had great expe­ri­ences with their cus­tomer ser­vice too!  

Now, here is the extra excit­ing part: One lucky Mom Endeav­ors reader will WIN a Pump in Style Advanced from Medela (an approx­i­mate $300 retail value)!!! Remem­ber, even if you’re not in need of a pump, this would make an AMAZING gift for a mom-to-be! 

 Con­grat­u­la­tions lucky win­ner, com­ment #58!!

To Enter: Give­away now closed!!
1. Sim­ply leave a com­ment telling me why you’d like to win (i.e. you’re expect­ing a new lit­tle one; you want to upgrade the pump you have; you want to give a sweet baby shower gift, etc.).

Get extra entries (leave a sep­a­rate com­ment for each):
2. Sub­scribe to Mom Endeav­ors on Google Friend Con­nect (see wid­get on the left side bar)
3. Join Mom Endeav­ors on face­book (and share about the give­away if you’re so inclined)
4. Fol­low Mom Endeav­ors on twit­ter (and tweet about the give­away if you’d like)
if you’re already fol­low­ing, thank you, just make sure you leave a com­ment & let me know!!

(up to 4 entries per per­son)
Lim­ited to US res­i­dents only. Give­away will end on May 30th at 10pm PST. Win­ner with a valid entry will be selected at ran­dom using random.org. I will email the win­ner and post the win­ner on the blog. They will have 48 hours to claim their prize (make sure you leave your email address or that it is attached to your profile).

Dis­clo­sure: I was given the Pump In Style by Medela for my review. All opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are my own. For more infor­ma­tion, read my dis­clo­sure pol­icy.

Comments

  1. 1

    I am expect­ing my sec­ond lit­tle one! I would love to upgrade the pump that I have. I bought one that was on clear­ance at Tar­get for $16 (reg. $45). It worked well enough since I didn’t have the money to buy any­thing too fancy. I had also been wor­ried that I wouldn’t end up breast­feed­ing long enough to make a big pur­chase worthwhile.…Let me just say…two and half years later.…my son won’t give it up! Thank got that my being preg­nant seems to have shut down the utters, because I think that’s help­ing him to wean. He still won’t drink reg­u­lar cow’s milk.…..and I’ve tried skim, 2%, 1%, whole, Soy, straw­berry, choco­late, organic.….didn’t try almond.…but you get the idea!

    Any­way, the point of all of that is that I know I can use the pump and make it worth it’s value.

    Thanks so much!

    lesnide@gmail.com

  2. 2
    Mormishmom @ Funky PolkaDot Giraffe says:

    I would love to give this to my sister-in-law — it would help her make the tran­si­tion of going back to work.

  3. 3
    Trisha says:

    I’d loved to win this pump! Right now I’m exclu­sively pump­ing for my 6 week old baby girl, I couldn’t get her to latch prop­erly and resorted to pump­ing for her. The pump handed down to me isn’t the great­est, but unfor­tu­nately get­ting a new pump isn’t in our fam­ily bud­get. Win­ning this Medela pump would make pump­ing so much eas­ier for me! I love that the bat­tery pack allows you to pump any­where and I could really use that con­ve­nience! =)
    TrishaAGrimes@gmail.com

  4. 4
    Trisha says:

    I fol­low via GFC!
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  5. 5
    Jaclynn says:

    I’d love to win for a friend. My 6 year old Medela still works great, three kids later!

  6. 6
    Jaclynn says:

    I fol­low on FB. :-)

  7. 7
    hippiechickmom says:

    I am hav­ing a baby boy due August 23…my son is 9 and I just donated my pump last sum­mer (I had one sim­i­lar to this) to raise money for his sum­mer camp…go fig­ure! So I have no pump:) And no job…lol..this would really help:)

  8. 8
    hippiechickmom says:

    I fol­low you on GFC as hippiechickmom

  9. 9
    hippiechickmom says:

    I fol­low you on fb as Jodi B Zim­mer­man Schoof

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    hippiechickmom says:

    I fol­low you on twit­ter as hippiechickmom:)

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    mama josephine says:

    My daugh­ter is hav­ing a baby soon and could really use this…

  12. 12
    mama josephine says:

    I am a gfc fol­lower
    razzle_920@yahoo.com

  13. 13
    mama josephine says:

    I like you on fb!
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    mama josephine says:

    I fol­low you on twit­ter
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    Mary says:

    I would love to give this to a friend who is due in about a month. I really think she could use this.
    Thanks for the chance,
    Mary
    ladefly@aol dot com

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    Sara says:

    I fol­low you on FB!

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    Sara says:

    We are try­ing for our 1st & from all my mommy friends I’ve talked to they rave about the Medela!

  18. 18
    Jeremy, Lana, Brenna and Mason says:

    I would LOVE to win because I have made it through two kids now with a cheap manuel hand breast pump since these ones are so expen­sive… we are try­ing for a 3rd now, and this would be an amaz­ing upgrade!

  19. 19
    Jeremy, Lana, Brenna and Mason says:

    I fol­low on Google too

  20. 20
    Jeremy, Lana, Brenna and Mason says:

    And on Facebook!

  21. 21
    faeriequeene says:

    We’re TTC baby #2, and I’d love to upgrade the pump I have — it’s not a Medela :( Hope­fully by this time next year I’ll have good rea­son to be using a new pump :)

  22. 22
    faeriequeene says:

    I fol­low you on FB.

  23. 23
    faeriequeene says:

    I fol­low you on Twitter.

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    faeriequeene says:

    I fol­low you on GFC.

  25. 25
    Jessa says:

    I’m try­ing for num­ber three !!! and the Medela pump I used for the first two is due to be replaced. This would be awesome!

  26. 26
    Jessa says:

    I fol­low you on Twitter!

  27. 27
    Jessa says:

    I sub­scribed on Google Friend Connect!

  28. 28
    Wife to one and Mom to another says:

    I would use the pump to sup­ply milk for Baby #2 when­ever he/she makes the appear­ance in our lives. From my abil­i­ties, I know I would put it to the test! Or I could give it away as a superb gift to some lucky mother!

  29. 29
    Wife to one and Mom to another says:

    I fol­low you on GFC! (It’s Anna, by the way)

  30. 30
    Wife to one and Mom to another says:

    I’m a fan on Facebook!

  31. 31
    Jana says:

    I’m expect­ing my first in Decem­ber and my sis­ter raves about her Medela, but like you it’s old. Hers is from her first lit­tle girl who is now 5.

  32. 32
    Jana says:

    I fol­low through friend connect!!

  33. 33
    Jana says:

    I fol­low on FB!!

  34. 34
    Jana says:

    I’m a twit­ter fol­lower as well!!

  35. 35
    Megan says:

    What a great give­away! I am expect­ing in July, and this would be a won­der­ful thing to have.

  36. 36
    Emily says:

    I would love to win. I have a really cheap pump, that takes for­ever. I have a three month old baby and it would be so nice to have a pump that really works

  37. 37
    Kimberly says:

    I would like to win because I’m cur­rently expect­ing my first baby. A good pump is expen­sive, but I think it’s impor­tant to put my mind at ease as I breast feed for the first time. Cross­ing this off the reg­istry list would be huge!
    kir­by­colby at gmail dot com

  38. 38
    Kimberly says:

    I fol­low with GFC.
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  39. 39
    Kimberly says:

    I fol­low you on twit­ter and tweeted. Thank you!
    kir­by­colby at gmail dot com

  40. 40
    Jessica says:

    I would love to win because we’re plan­ning for baby and every­one I have talked to about breast­feed­ing has said Medella is the only way to go when it comes to breast pumps.
    jjak2003 at gmail dot com

  41. 41
    Jessica says:

    I fol­low through Google friend con­nect
    jjak2003 at gmail dot com

  42. 42
    Jessica says:

    I like Mom Endeav­ors on face­book (Jes­sica Miller)
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  43. 43
    Jessica says:

    I fol­low through twit­ter (@jjak2003) and tweeted
    http://twitter.com/jjak2003/status/71647945874866177
    jjak2003 at gmail dot com

  44. 44
    kellie says:

    Love to add to my col­lec­tion for baby #4.

  45. 45
    maggie4182 says:

    I too have a cheapo pump. This would be great!

  46. 46
    maggie4182 says:

    I fol­low you on google

  47. 47
    Katrina says:

    I would absolutely love to win because I am preg­nant with num­ber 2 and will have to pump while when I go back to work. I breast­feed my first for 15 months and I hope to do the same this time.

    yka­t­rina at hot­mail dot com

  48. 48
    Mike & Emily Crase says:

    I would love this as a major upgrade from my man­ual Medela pump!! I’m in the process of wean­ing #1 but would LOVE this for the next one!!!

    Thank you for the giveaway!!

    emily.crase@yahoo.com

  49. 49
    Mandy says:

    We are try to con­ceive our sec­ond lit­tle one and would love to upgrade the pump that we have now (which was gen­er­ously donated to us!)

  50. 50
    Mandy says:

    I “Liked” on Facebook!

  51. 51
    Mandy says:

    I sub­scribed via google reader!

  52. 52
    Mandy says:

    Fol­low­ing on Twitter!!

  53. 53
    The Knapps says:

    I would love to win because I’m expect­ing my first and will be going back to work and will need to pump.

    daniel­leak­napp at gmail dot com

  54. 54
    The Knapps says:

    I fol­low via GFC

    daniel­leak­napp at gmail dot com

  55. 55
    StaceyValdez says:

    I’m a new mom of twins and could really use this pump! My twins were in the NICU and bot­tlefed to mon­i­tor their milk intake. I lived in the hos­pi­tal pump room to make sure they only got breast­milk from the begin­ning. Once home, a friend was gen­er­ous enough to let me bor­row her pump, but now it’s break­ing. With twins our bud­get is so tight. Since they never learned to latch on pump­ing is absolutely nec­es­sary. They’ve been on 100% breas­milk for over 3 months and I’m hop­ing to have the resources to continue.

  56. 56
    StaceyValdez says:

    I fol­low on GFC

  57. 57
    StaceyValdez says:

    I fol­low via twit­ter — flunky72

  58. 58
    StaceyValdez says:

    I fol­low on FB — flunky72

  59. 59
    akritical says:

    I am expect­ing a baby girl in Sep­tem­ber and would love to win this. I am going to breast­feed and will need a good pump when I go back to work. I work 12 hour shifts so I really need a good pump to keep up my milk supply.

  60. 60
    akritical says:

    I sub­scribed via GFC id akritical.

  61. 61
    akritical says:

    I fol­low you on twit­ter @akritical

  62. 62
    akritical says:

    I “liked” your FB page.
    http://www.facebook.com/akritical

  63. 63
    Sarah says:

    I would love to win this pump! Medela is the best.

  64. 64
    Sarah says:

    fol­low you on facebook

  65. 65
    Sarah says:

    fol­low you on twit­ter and retweeted about giveaway

  66. 66
    ♥Helena R♥ says:

    I’m preg­nant of my 2nd baby! :D

    Great give­away!

    Thanks for the chance =)

    helenitarico[at]gmail[dot]com

  67. 67
    ♥Helena R♥ says:

    Fol­low you with GFC

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  68. 68
    ♥Helena R♥ says:

    I like Mom Endeav­ors on Facebook

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  69. 69
    ♥Helena R♥ says:

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  70. 70
    lessyvu says:

    I would love to have a medela pump for trav­el­ing it would be so great.

  71. 71
    lessyvu says:

    I fol­low on GFC.

  72. 72
    lessyvu says:

    I fol­low on twit­ter & RT give­away under #breastfeeding

  73. 73
    FreeIndeed says:

    I want to win since I’m going to be BF our new lit­tle one soon. annatiffany@yahoo.com

  74. 74
    FreeIndeed says:

    gfc fol­lower: free indeed, annatiffany@yahoo.com

  75. 75
    FreeIndeed says:

    anna pry is a face­book fan, annatiffany@yahoo.com

  76. 76
    FreeIndeed says:

    @freeindeedblog fol­lows you on twit­ter, annatiffany@yahoo.com

  77. 77
    Lesley says:

    Oh good­ness I’d LOVE to win this — I am expect­ing my first child in a month and am look­ing for­ward to bond­ing and all of the nutri­tional ben­e­fits that breast­feed­ing will pro­vide him. Win­ning this would be a dream come true!

  78. 78
    Lesley says:

    I am a fan of Mom Endeav­ors on Face­book (Les­ley Karpiuk)!

  79. 79
    Lesley says:

    I fol­low Mom Endeav­ors on Twit­ter (@geeksoap)!

  80. 80
    Jessica says:

    I’m expect­ing our sec­ond one and would like to upgrade!
    Also fol­low on GFU and Twitter!

  81. 81
    barbafamily says:

    Oh wow would I LOVE to win this! We are expect­ing our third child and I would like to breast­feed this one…we would like to get a Medela pump but money is SO tight! Thank you for offer­ing this giveaway!

  82. 82
    barbafamily says:

    I am fol­low­ing you on face­book :-)

  83. 83
    barbafamily says:

    I sub­scribe to Mom Endeav­ors :-)

  84. 84
    Cher says:

    I would love to win this for myself, I am due in July and have only used a man­ual sin­gle pump in the past. The Medela Pump looks awesome!

  85. 85
    Cher says:

    new gfc — cher

  86. 86
    Cher says:

    new fb fan — Cherise P K

  87. 87
    Cher says:

    twit­ter fol­lower @mamasmoney

  88. 88
    Trisha says:

    AAF on FB and shared give­away (Trisha Ann Grimes) =)
    TrishaAGrimes@gmail.com

  89. 89
    Trisha says:

    Already fol­low you on twit­ter and tweeted (@TrishaGrimes)!
    TrishaAGrimes@gmail.com

  90. 90
    Nina H says:

    I want to win this for my won­der­ful nanny who is expect­ing her first this sum­mer!
    hungrymonkey09 at gmail dot com

  91. 91
    Nina H says:

    Fol­low you on GFC (Nina H)

    hungrymonkey09 at gmail dot com

  92. 92
    Nina H says:

    Fan on face­book (Nina Hi)

    hungrymonkey09 at gmail dot com

  93. 93
    Nina H says:

    Fol­low on twit­ter (hungrymonkey09)

    hungrymonkey09 at gmail dot com

  94. 94
    Debbie says:

    I sub­scribe via Google :-)

  95. 95
    Debbie says:

    I am about to be a grandma for the third time and would LOVE to give this won­der­ful gift to my daugh­ter who truly wants to breast­feed her third child. Thank you!

  96. 96
    Jennifer C. says:

    I would love to win for my cousin that is expect­ing! She would love such an amaz­ing pump!

    jen­nifer­causby at hot­mail dot com

  97. 97
    Jennifer C. says:

    I fol­low via GFC

    jen­nifer­causby at hot­mail dot com

  98. 98
    Jennifer C. says:

    I like you on Facebook

    jen­nifer causby at hot­mail dot com

  99. 99
    Jennifer C. says:

    I fol­low you on twit­ter @JCausby

    jen­nifer­causby at hot­mail dot com

  100. 100
    KS says:

    Cur­rently TTC and would love to try the new PIS!

  101. 101
    KS says:

    I fol­low you on facebook…

  102. 102
    KS says:

    I fol­low you on twitter…

  103. 103
    KS says:

    I fol­low you on google friend con­nect :)

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    Jamie @ I Am A Money Magnet says:

    I would love to win this because I am except­ing my first lit­tle girl this Octo­ber and this would be fab­u­lous to have!!

    coupon­sare­fun at gmail dot com

  105. 105
    Jamie @ I Am A Money Magnet says:

    I sub­scribe via GFC!

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  106. 106
    Jamie @ I Am A Money Magnet says:

    I joined Mom Endeav­ors on Facebook!

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  107. 107
    Jamie @ I Am A Money Magnet says:

    Fol­low­ing Mom Endeav­ors on Twitter!

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  108. 108
    Michael says:

    I would love to win this for my wife. She tried very hard to breast­feed our son but he never would latch on prop­erly. Instead of giv­ing up she decided to pump so he would still get breast milk. She is using a sin­gle pump that takes … I would love to sur­prise her with this pump!
    mob­s­mab­ley at yahoo dot com

  109. 109
    Michael says:

    I sub­scribed on GFC.

  110. 110
    Michael says:

    I am fol­low­ing you on twit­ter @mobsmabley and tweeted about the give­away
    http://twitter.com/#!/mobsmabley/status/74677093845303297

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