However, if you’re anything like Jade, you might get more benefit from the much cheaper manual pump. There’s a Double Electric pump that’s not rechargeable for $299.99, and a Single Electric pump for $189.99. The Avent Double Electric Rechargeable Breast Pump starts at $329.99 in Canada, but Philips has other versions for less. However, it’d be great if it had a pumping bra to hold the flanges in place for hands-free pumping. The pump comes with several helpful accessories, like a carrying bag for pump parts, a cooler bag for storing milk, and a belt to hold the pump. Jade felt like a third suction option that ran longer would be ideal. An added benefit of testing other Avent gear was that all our bottles and feeding equipment worked with the pump, making it super easy and convenient. The Avent pump also offers good suction and battery life. For comparison, the Medela pump had hard plastic flanges, and you needed to swap them based on breast size. Some of the benefits of the Avent pump include that it’s comfier, and the flanges – the pieces that go on the breast – use a soft silicon material that’s more adaptable to different breast sizes. Likewise, the Philips Avent pump worked well, and Jade even preferred it to the high-end Medela pump. I won’t spend much time on the Medela pump since it’s only really available to hospitals (and she only used it briefly while staying at the hospital), but it was really good. Before that, though, she used electric pumps, including a high-end Medela one and the Philips Avent Double Electric Rechargeable Breast Pump. My wife actually tested several different breast pumps over the last several months, but eventually settled on using a manual pump from Philips because it worked the best for her. I did ask if she wanted to write this section, but she preferred to relay her opinions to me and let me do the writing. The truth is, I won’t – my wife, Jade, will.
Next, we’re going to venture into the exciting world of breast pump tech! Now, you might be wondering how some dude writing for a tech website is going to accurately review breast pumps. The Philips Avent sterilizer costs $129.99 in Canada and is available at: While not a difficult process, it can be time-consuming (especially if you have a ton of things to sterilize). Without an electric sterilizer, you need to boil water and submerge bottles and other items for five minutes, then leave them out to dry on a clean towel or drying rack. I didn’t know this, but I learned very quickly that sterilizing takes a lot of time. The Avent bottle warmer costs $59.99 in Canada and is available at:Īlthough the Avent bottle warmer came in handy, Philips’ electric steam sterilizer has perhaps been one of the biggest timesavers of all the baby tech we’ve tried.įor those who don’t know, you have to sterilize just about everything related to baby feeding. A bottle warmer will be an even bigger lifesaver if you’re primarily bottle feeding. We mostly breastfed, but it was super handy to have around for times when we needed to bottle feed. Ultimately, I’d say a bottle warmer is a must-have piece of baby tech, whether you go with Philips’ Avent warmer or another option. A quick temperature test on my wrist confirmed that it was good to go. I could adjust the dial to match the amount of milk I was warming, then wait for the LED ring to light up to let me know it was ready. The Avent warmer also took the guesswork out of warming breastmilk. The simplicity made it super easy to use with one hand, which was important when I needed my other hand to hold a hungry baby. The warmer was faster than traditional warming methods, but the biggest win in my books was the ease of use. Philips’ bottle warmer expedites this process by letting you put water into the warmer, then putting the breastmilk-filled bottle into the warmer, adjusting the dial, and hitting the start button. If you’re not familiar with the process, warming a bottle typically involves putting breastmilk into a bottle and placing the bottle into water you warmed on the stove or in the microwave (you can’t microwave the breastmilk, though!). Starting with the bottle warmer, it was much easier than other methods of warming a bottle. Philips sent over its Avent bottle warmer and electric sterilizer for us to try and both worked great.
These two items were probably the biggest lifesavers for us, even though we mostly breastfed our baby. I’m going to touch on two main things here, bottle warmers and bottle sterilizers.
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