Best Breast Pumps of 2025
We asked 34 moms to help us evaluate electric models from popular brands Medela, Motif, and Spectra
Whether you’re exclusively breastfeeding, combination feeding, or exclusively pumping, your breast pump can be a helpful (if not exactly beloved) tool. With a breast pump, you’ll be able to ensure you have milk available when you’re not able to breastfeed, like when you’re running errands, heading back to work, or traveling. But breast pumps, like breastfeeding itself, often come with a steep learning curve—and some are easier to use (and clean!) than others.
- CR’s Breast Pump Evaluations: Motif Medical Luna Spectra S2 Plus Medela Pump in Style Spectra S1 Plus
- How to Choose a Breast Pump
- How We Evaluated Breast Pumps
How We Evaluated Breast Pumps
We enlisted 34 lactating moms and learned about their personal experiences with one of four popular double electric breast pumps: the Medela Pump in Style, the Motif Medical Luna Double (without the battery), the Spectra S1 Plus, and the Spectra S2 Plus. We recruited a mix of first-time pump users and experienced users. All participants obtained their pumps within a year of the study and used them frequently—typically several times a day.
We asked our participants to score their breast pumps according to a number of factors that affect ease of use and comfort. Questions our participants considered include:
- How easy is the initial and current setup of the pump?
- How easy is the pump to use? For example, is it consistent in its performance? Is it comfortable? Is the sound of the pump bothersome?
- Did the suction levels meet your needs?
- How easy is it to clean the pump?
How Each Breast Pump Did in Our Evaluations
