Elvie breast pumps yay or nay?

I would say momcozy 5 breast pump are amazing I tried another one too and I didn’t like it.
They don’t make that much noise and easy for travel comes with the box

I personally didn't get on with any hand free pumps and gave up trying as I was spending too much money to try find the right one, I went with the spectra S1 and absolutely love it

I use the Elvie stride and really like it

I have the Elvie stride and works great for me 🙂
I bought a cheaper one first time round and was a waste of time, glad I spent the money this time xx

I’ve borrowed the Elvie from my SIL and it’s great so far and I don’t have the best supply (brought a Laniosh or something with my first and it was rubbish)
Was so apprehensive this time around and although my supply still isn’t great it’s 10 times better than last time !

And not having loads of trailing wires etc makes it’s really easy to use

I hated the Elvie. I struggled to pump much milk, it always smelled like it was burning, it got quite hot quite quickly so I ended up getting a momcozy that I cannot fault! My Elvie may have had a fault and that’s why it was so bad 🤷🏻‍♀️

I used elvie stride :) loved it but didnt use it much

I used an elvie for a bit but it wasn't as easy going about life with it on as it would leak if I bent over or moved too much. I bought it so I could express once back at work but it made doing my job at the same time really difficult I wish I'd just got a normal one and taken more breaks instead. However I tried others and the elvie did work the best in terms of actually getting milk out. I struggled to produce much milk when expressing.

I had the fraupow and loved it. I do think what kind of pump you need depends on how you intend to feed i.e. EBF with occasional pumping (hands free great for this) but if you want to exclusively pump, a double electric like the medela would be much more effective. I heard a lot of mixed reviews for the elvie and just didn't think it was worth the cost based on that. The fraupow was recommended and I was not disappointed at all. What's really important, with whatever pump you use, is making sure you have the correct flange size. They all often come with a standard size, which rarely fits anyone so need to get the right size insert x