Medela Symphony Double Pumping Kit - Medela 67099

by Medela

Product Features

• Medela Symphony Pump Double Pumping Kit

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000C13SXI
• UPC: 020451670997
• Item model number: 67099
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,096 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #73 in Baby > Feeding > Breastfeeding
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Product Description

Medela Symphony Double Pumping Kit - Medela 67099.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Functional, September 1, 2011

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ruruyoyo - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Medela Symphony Double Pumping Kit - Medela 67099 (Baby Product)

This product does what it says. It's the kit for use with Medela Symphony hospital-grade pump. It includes the tubes and membranes, as well as a set of bottles and shields and the valve assembly. I personally wish that it came with the soft fit shields, but that's just personal preference. Once you have this set, you can buy more bottle and shield assemblies if you don't want to wash them every time you use them or if you just want spares. You only need one set of tubing--the tubing is the only part that is specific to the Symphony pump. The rest of the parts are the same for almost all of Medela's pumps.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Price and product, September 9, 2011

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Jenn McG - See all my reviews

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These are great to use with your Medela Symphony pump. I ordered an extra set so I didn't have to sterilize my other set immediately after each use. Was nice to have a backup. Just like the ones off the Medela website.

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feeling about this product: milk does back up in the tubing, February 22, 2012

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Pao (DC, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Medela Symphony Double Pumping Kit - Medela 67099 (Baby Product)

Ok here is the thing...I bought this kit (and I got another one at the hospital where I delivered my baby and they have the same issue) in order to use the Medela Symphony pump at work. Nothing to say about the whole system: it is a great pump and the kit is easy to assemble and disassemble, to clean...
I have read other reviews and talked with other moms here at work and it seems that not many women have this issue, but in my case, milk backs up in the tubing. This might be due to my high flow milk but I still have this problem and it is annoying.
I read other reviews and after replacing the tubing with a longer one, rotating the white membrane toward the breast, lowering the suction speed, and keeping the bottle a bit more inclined I still had milk backing up into the tubing. This is a annoying because the pump loses in suction power, I have to spin the tube often to avoid accumulation of milk and I have to clean the tubing using a toothpick otherwise mold will form in it. In addition, the Symphony pump is an open system, so I can't let my milk get to the pump body...it would just be gross.
It happened that my sister gave me her Medela Swing pump to use at home. At first I used one of the new attachments and milk backed into the tubing too! I went back to the Swing attachments and after sterilizing them I gave those a try. Well, the swing has a "connector" that has a much better design then the new connectors (see [...]). I could not find these connectors on amazon but I wrote an email to Medela, I sent them a picture of the piece I was looking for and they shipped it to me for free. Just tell them that is what you want because when I told them that I was using the connector from the swing they told me that it was not compatible with the symphony. This is not true. I have been using it the whole time and it works beautifully.
The connectors that you get with this kit are these instead:
http://www.amazon.com/Medela-Personal-Fit-Breastsheild-Connectors/dp/B000A88JZA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329922739&sr=8-2
My conclusion is that these connectors have a bad design. The tube attaches diagonally and downward. In the connector there is a plastic little wall that separates the flow of milk from the tubing. A little bit of suction is enough to suck few drops of milk in the tubing system in case a bubble forms or if the flow of milk is just too much. The swing attachment has the tubing insert on the top and upwards and I can't see the inside of the connector. All I know is that it doesn't give me that issue.
I give 3 stars anyway because of the Medela customer service (great!) and because I might be one of the few with this issue.
My suggestion is this: get these and try them. If you have milk backing up, don't waist time with other attempts. Just buy the connector for the Swing on another website or write to Medela explaining your issue and sending them a picture of the connector you want. If many women have the same issue they might change the design of these connectors eventually.