Boy am I chatty lately. Below is a copy of what I sent Nancy privately when she asked about this pump. Just for the record I am also a LLLL, when I started I was part of the Breastfeeding Aid Sales Program (sell Medela pumps on consignment), but when the store - where I now work part-time - opened and began selling Medela I no longer had any business for my group. So I now have a retail contract with Ameda & Medela (for the extra parts that moms needs) and I own some of each companies rental pumps (possible with wonderful grant funds) which means my group can order supplies and have them paid for with group funds and my husband no longer calls my group work my expensive hobby. I bought one as soon as they came into our store and took it to my co-leader. She is nursing her toddler and pumping for a friends baby so she could compare them. We both have rental pumps for moms so she would do side by side comparisions with other brands. She found the Whisper wear got her as much milk as the Pump in Style & Lactina (she still gets more with the Classic). But she still gets more milk with the White River (the soft flanges lets her hand express to get the letdown and stimulate more complete empting). The Whisper Wear does not have a high suction, the breast cup does some massaging action so high vacuum isn't needed. But a few moms feel this makes the pump ineffective (doesn't feel the same as the Pump in Style, etc.). One group mom (we also had a few moms come over and test the Whisper Wear and some other pumps) felt that the Whisper Wear wasn't working at all, she had the WW on one breast and the White River on the other, although both collection containers had the same amount of milk, she was expecting to feel a lot of suction. For the WW to work you have to get in on correctly (needs to have a complete seal on the breast to create the suction and the breast cup needs to be on the pump completely). You put in on almost like the asym. latch, from the bottom up, turn it on for the latch phase and if it isn't "stuck" to your breast you need to turn it off and try again. The mom was was a J cup only got it to work once for a short time. Once running you can move around, bend forward (at one point my co-leader undid her bra, bent over and shook her breasts and the pump stayed on), you can even pump flat on your back - just put the collection bags down on you side instead of over your belly. We have had one returned to the store because the mom said there wasn't enough suction, so I now tell all the moms that the suction is less but the pump is still effective. Just e-mail if you have other questions. Felicia Henry Oxnard, CA [log in to unmask] *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html