I have had many mothers on the WIC program tell me they prefer the Elite over the Lactina. They have been using a Lactina in the hospital, or perhaps rent one before contacting WIC. These moms are pumping for their premature babies. I have had one mom start out renting her own Symphony and then get certified on the WIC program and after her month's rental was up we lent her an Elite. She got the same amount of milk, thought they felt the same as far as comfort, except that the Elite's flanges were wider in the tunnel area and fit her larger nipples better than the regular Medela ones. I have had just 2 or 3 in two years prefer the Lactina. Not scientific, I know, but interesting. Part of this may be that the hospital pumps are not checked on vacuum gauges like the WIC pumps are. Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC *********************************************** 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