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    Best Wearable Breast Pumps of 2025

    Which wearable breast pump is the most comfortable or easiest to use? We asked 41 breastfeeding parents to share their experience using pumps from Momcozy, Willow, Elvie, and Lansinoh.

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    A person using a Momcozy All in One M5 wearable breast pump while sitting cross legged on an exercise mat at home. Photo: Momcozy

    Wearable breast pumps promise more freedom of movement compared with traditional breast pumps. Battery-operated, wireless, and hands-free, wearable breast pumps sit inside a bra or nursing bra to attach securely to your breasts and extract milk while you work, grocery shop, drive older children to and from school or practice, and engage in other activities you can’t feasibly manage while breastfeeding, manually pumping, or using a wired pump.

    The 2025 State of Breastfeeding survey from Mamava and Medela found that 81 percent of parents surveyed have pumped or nursed in their car—proving that on-the-go options are a necessity for many families. 

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    When it comes to choosing a wearable breast pump that’s right for you, issues such as comfort, leakage, and noise are major factors. Your insurance plan is required to cover the cost of a breast pump—but not all plans will extend to wearable options, and the experts we spoke to typically don’t recommend choosing a wearable as your primary pump because they may not extract as much milk as a higher-powered breast pump does (more on this below). That means you might face some out-of-pocket costs for a wearable pump that serves as an on-the-go alternative to a traditional breast pump. But, as our users report, the built-in flexibility of a wearable pump may be worth the expense. 

    How We Evaluated Wearable Breast Pumps

    Dana Keester and Kathy Trieu of CR’s consumer experience and usability research team recruited 41 women using some of the most popular wearable breast pumps on the market, including: 

    • Elvie Pump
    • Momcozy All-in-One M5 Wearable Breast Pump
    • Momcozy S12 Pro Wearable Breast Pump
    • Willow 360 Wearable Breast Pump
    • Willow Go Wearable Breast Pump
    • Momcozy S9 Pro Wearable Breast Pump
    • Momcozy M9 Mobile Flow Hands-Free Breast Pump
    • Lansinoh DiscreetDuo Wearable Pump

    All participants were lactating at the time and were active users of one of the eight wearable breast pumps we evaluated in this remote user study. We recruited five to six users for each pump, and gathered both qualitative and quantitative feedback based on the following criteria:

    • Setup. Our respondents looked at the ease of assembling the pump for use and taking it apart for cleaning.
    • Fit and comfort. We asked participants about the ease of positioning and removing the pump, and how comfortable it was to use. 
    • Operation. We asked users how satisfied they were with the location of buttons; the various modes, phases, and speed levels; and how simple it was to transfer breastmilk into another container. 
    • Cleaning. Users shared how involved or easy it was to clean the pump after using it.
    • Noise. We asked participants how they felt about the motor sound when the pump was in use, and whether it was distracting or disruptive.
    • Battery life and charging. We asked users how long the battery lasted and how many pumping sessions they could get on a single charge, as well as whether the pump recharged quickly.

    Each study participant resided in the U.S. and owned a hands-free wearable pump that they had purchased new within the previous two years. They used their pump at least every few days within the previous two weeks of the study.

    The Best Wearable Breast Pumps From CR’s Evaluations

    Our top three wearable breast pumps all scored high marks for setup, operation, and noise, but you won’t find a wearable breast pump on this list that boasts a perfect score. Many of the pumps could have better battery life and charging capabilities, for example, and most could use improvements in fit and comfort, according to our users. But the best part of all? The top-scoring wearable pump is also the one that ranked as easiest to clean. See our full ratings below.

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    Lisa Fogarty

    Lisa Fogarty is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. She studied journalism at Columbia University and has written numerous health, parenting, fitness, and wellness articles for The New York Times, Psychology Today, Vogue, and NPR. Lisa is passionate about mental health and is a co-creator of The Hunger Trap Podcast, which focuses on eating disorders. In her spare time she surfs, plays the guitar, and kickboxes. Follow her on X: @lisacfogarty