Medela Pump work only with medela bottles?

Re: Medela Pump work only with medela bottles?

• bugandbibs member

  October 2011

  You can use just about any brand of normal neck sized bottles.  I have the PISA and I pump into bottles and then transfer extra into the Lanisoh bags to freeze.  You can also buy a conversion kit to pump into the Playtex drop in bottles.  It doesn't work with wide neck bottles.
  

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• TessieF

  October 2011

  I think a lot of bottle brands sell adapters so you can use the bottles you prefer and pump directly into them.  I bought an $11 adapter and use my PISA with the playtex drop-ins -- it saves so much space and I don't have to run the dishwasher constantly to clean bottles.

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• LnR70707 member

  October 2011

  any normal sized bottle should work.  I use ameda and medela mostly, but playtex bottles work with medela lids and nipples, so they would probably work with the pump.

  
  
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• miesl member

  October 2011

  There are conversion kits for the playtex dropins and avent bottles.

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• pitterpatter129 member

  October 2011

  If you just want more bottles and the Medela ones are expensive, then I suggest the Gerber or Parent's Choice bottles from Walmart/Target.  They are the exact same size, but about 1/4 of the price and they come with nipples and rings if you choose to use them to feed from.

  

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• jessmae10

  October 2011

  You can use any bag if you pump into something and then pour into the bag...I use Lansinoh bags, but they don't wrap to the pump like the Medela bags do.  You can use any bottle that is a regular size neck...I used the Dr Browns when we first started and those fit perfect...now I just use the Medela bottles.

  

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• cessa

  October 2011

  pitterpatter129:

  If you just want more bottles and the Medela ones are expensive, then I suggest the Gerber or Parent's Choice bottles from Walmart/Target.  They are the exact same size, but about 1/4 of the price and they come with nipples and rings if you choose to use them to feed from.

  This is what I was going to say.  I bought the cheap gerber ones - like $3 for a 3 pack.  They fit the medela pump perfectly.  Any normal neck size bottle will, these were just very cheap, and they fit into the little cooler pouch that came with my pump perfectly because they are the same height as the medela bottles. 

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• katiewhompus member

  October 2011

  I use the Medela and Dr Brown. I'm going to go pick up some Gerber though after reading this post!

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