Ardo Alyssa Double Electric Breast Pump. Rechargeable, Cordless & Compact. Light Weight & Simple to Use. Control Via Smart Phone with MyArdo App. Mimics Babies Natural Feeding Patterns.…

Overall great product, compared really well to hospital grade pumps, incredibly easy to use and versatile and finally customer service is excellent. I used a pump in hospital and was not disappointed with the Ardo pump I used at home. It comes with a lot of different sizes pump heads which makes a SIGNIFICANT difference. Other pumps don't have this (you might be able to buy pump heads seperately), Ardo sends you various different sizes as standard and you can try them out to see which works for you. The pump is nice and strong and has a very simple to use set up where you can vary suction strength and auction frequency. This is great and works very well. It is portable - works both with a mains connection and with batteries! It is super clean and totally mess free. It comes with milk collection bottles but not baby bottles. I think this is a huge plus because it allows you to use which ever brand bottles for your baby (and as any parent will know, you might end up trying different bottles to see which works for you so would not want your pump to tie you to a certain brand of bottle). It was dispatched incredibly quickly and delivered perfectly. I ordered at 10am one morning and had it with me less than 24h later (for no extra cost). I ordered double pump but have only used it as single - my choice entirely. It is also relatively quiet and like I said, very efficient. Have compared to Tommie tippie and medela pumps that a friend has and I still think Ardo is better (medela might come close too, but the Tommie tippie one is definitely not even a competitor). I would thoroughly recommend this and I don't understand why its not more well known!

After doing extensive research I settled on this pump. Originally used the Medela swing electric pump but really didn’t get on with it and found I couldn’t get different sized attachments easily- I was finding the standard 24mm was rubbing to the point it cracked my nipple. I would say I have large ish nipples and 32FF boobs normally (some breast pumps seem better for smaller boobs which is why I mention this!!) The reason I went for the Ardo double (even though I only need to express one at a time) was because of the multitude of different size options that’s come with the double pump for only £20 more (31mm, 28mm) plus I like to sterilise them a lot! The pump is really easy to assemble and use, plus you don’t have to lean forward horrendously to catch all the milk. There is a 28mm silicone cushion that fits into the 31mm funnel and that makes pumping soooo comfortable. The unit is very quiet- I use this in the night and it doesn’t wake hubby or baby. I’d absolutely recommend- after 4 weeks of pumping pain this has been a real relief!!

Edit: This isn't a very well made piece of kit. Only a week after the refund window the electrical part of the kit failed, I have bought replacement parts but the main box makes a squeaking sound for every pump and the suction has significantly decreased. Leaving me in a rubbish position because I obviously need to keep up with regular pumping so it's either I buy another one or give up and use formula. So I bought the double Calypso after being lent a single one by the NHS. It's a good electric pump and does what it says on the tin. I like how you get provided with different sized flanges catering for different shaped nipples. I wouldn't say I'm able to extract any more milk than with my wearable with this product, which was slightly disappointing as I was told closed systems were more efficient. The thing that bothers me is that I need to use both hands to keep the pumps in place, so it's very difficult to change the settings between stimulating and expressing as you need to stop was your doing to free a hand to change vacuum / cycles. Would be better if you could switch cycles automatically. If I knew how annoying it was I probably wouldn't have bought it.

I bought this for my wife and its far better than the Tommee Tippee electric pump. Its superior in terms of the following: Pros - Quieter and you barely can hear the electric pump - My wife seems to produce more breast milk with this and its less painful. It also mimics similar process to our little girl feeding. - Easier to clean and not many parts - has dual functionality Con's - slightly expensive but worth spending to get the right quality product

Very quiet, easy to put together. My husband was surprised by how quiet it was! I haven't had it long but seems to be getting a good amount of milk out. Very easy to use. I like the fact that it has a range of settings which enable you to find the best setting for you and also that it comes with 3 different shield sizes, again meaning that you can make it more comfortable for you personally. Also a benefit is that fact that you can still chose to pump only one breast if you wish.

I have used a few different breast pumps- a horrible Nuk one that went straight back to the shop, a Medela hand pump & an electric Medela one rented from the hospital. The Ardo Calypso is miles better than all of them. It is MUCH quieter than either the Nuk or electric Medela. You can adjust both the suction strength and frequency, with 8 levels for each- finding the combination that works best for you. It has good range of suction strengths- the lowest setting is very gentle going up to a very strong pull. The progression through the 8 settings is smooth (so it isn't like you have 7 weak settings and then jump to a strong one or vise versa). Level 3 gives a stronger setting than the Nuk did at it's highest setting. I generally use level 2 for letdown and 4 or 5 for the remainder. What I really like about this pump is that it comes with a number of different breast shell sizes. I cause myself a fair amount of pain and wasted a lot of time and money with the Medela pump trying to find what worked for me. Since this one comes with several sizes, you can try them all. There are also even bigger/smaller sizes available from Ardo's website. I actually ended up having to order the 22mm (their smallest size) for day to day use, but I found the 31mm (largest size included with pump) to be useful when clearing a blocked duct. Again- it is really nice to have so many options. Ardo's customer service is amazing. I contacted them when I was struggling to find the perfect combination that produced pain free pumping with a decent yield. They emailed me back within 24 hours with a few suggestions and recommended I phone if I was still having issues, which I did. When I phoned they were really helpful, patiently asking questions and offering suggestions. And I must say their advice worked because I can finally pump comfortably and actually empty my breasts (which I never could do with either the hand or electric Medela pumps). The Ardo Calypso is a closed system so it is more hygienic than some of the other options (Medela Swing, for example). It is easy to put together and doesn't have as many little pieces that might get lost in the sink/dishwasher (the Medelas all have this really annoying little white flap that is so easy to lose). I haven't yet tried the pump using batteries so can't comment on how it works with them.

This breastpump has been fantastic for us: I used its big sister in the hospital and loved it, so I decided to get the same brand when I struggled with breastfeeding directly. I've used this every single day, six times per day, for 2.5 months now and it's like my best friend. I have the double version since it saves time to pump both breasts at once, and it works super well. It's pretty quiet, it's quite sleek, and you can get different inserts for the flanges. It's easy to assemble and to sterilise between uses. My only complaint is probably that the buttons are very stiff.

I've heard excellent things about this brand and how it's hospital grade pump. Unfortunately the display on this control pack was faulty and very difficult to use. Amazon were excellent at arranging a refund. When I used it first time, before realising the issues, I was surprised how fiddly it was to fit.....more difficult that my Momcozy pump. Also, the 'saved' feature doesn't remember the strength that you put the vacuum or the cycle setting! I also saved a longer lettdown time the first time I used it as two minutes was not long enough - with my other pump the 2 minutes was more than enough - and it doesn't 'remember' this in the saved setting so I had to keep an eye on the settings the next time I tried to use it and manually change them again! The power pump button was great! I'm sort of pleased the unit was faulty as I wouldn't have been happy keeping this for the cost of it!