On the topic of....... Why are we trying to find ways for mothers to share what is and is designed to be a personal use item? Why do LCs and others in this field think this is a good thing to do? The PNS is not a lawn mower, that can or should be passed around amongst friends or neighbors. We as a profession, err, when we try to facilitate women to do so with this product by requesting filters etc. The price of this pump is not unreasonable for the product and use it is designed for. We as professionals should have enough respect for the tools of our profession to not contramand manufacturers and FDA regs on them--or we should not sell or recommend these products if we feel otherwise. How about, the fact that when a woman passes this pump along--the 2nd or subsequent user not knowing how the pump felt and performed when new is unable to determine if the pump is performing as it should, i.e. as a new one would. Subsequently, the mother may go along with a poorly working pump not knowing, and perceive it as a problem with her milk supply and follow down same path we see with other lesser quality pumps. Marge Collier *********************************************** 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