>>I called the company and was told it is not supposed to take the place of the Mini-Electric, but that it will be sold at K-Mart or Target or some such stores! Not for mothers seeking instructions, just a cheap pump! Egads!!! Is this going to be another problem for LCs--like the Pump-N-Styles being sold UNDER what we are supposed to sell them for and nothing we can do about this?<< I have an even bigger question. Did you see the suggested retail price? It's the same as the mini-e! So someone please explain to me why they needed to create a "different" pump (I notice it's a diaphragm in a small box, from the PNS technology) when it is the same price? Why didn't they just market the mini-e to the discount chains straight-forwardly? Is it better, worse, the same as the mini-e? And how about the new, cheaper manual pump? How does it perform against the manual-e? I suppose that this will be good for the mothers, but I can't help but sigh heavily at the same time. We are all struggling enough as it is. The pump company feels that the competition will sharpen us in the long run, and maybe they are right--- but on the other hand, maybe we'll die before we make it that far. It *is* good that mothers have access to better pumps........... so why am I not cheering? -Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC