The double electric Calypso pump is distributed in Canada by Chester’s Babies and can be purchased either in the Calypso To Go kit or the Calypso Double Plus. I pump during FaceTime with my family and test them: “Can you hear my pump?” And they’re always shocked to know I’m pumping! (They’ve gotten used to the lowing cow noise of a breast pump along with my daughter’s squealing.) And that, my friends, is how quiet it is. Not only does the Calypso meet all of these criteria, it also adds something new to the mix, setting it apart from the other pumps I’ve tried. (I can already hear myself lording this over them when they’re complaining about something I make them do as teenagers … “Boys, I spent 1000 hours pumping breast milk for you so you could eat! The least you can do is unload the dishwasher!”) I need a pump that is portable (the Calypso takes six AA batteries) I need a pump that allows for individual and precise control of pump speed and suction level I need a pump that is easy to clean. The Ardo Calypso is a double electric pump that meets my very specific breast pump criteria, developed over my now nearly 500 hours spent expressing milk for my twins. (It is dubbed the quietest breast pump ever tested, and they have the audio files to prove it!) And since there is very little I can do to get 50% quieter children, I am pleased to announce that I have now discovered an electric breast pump that is 50% quieter than the competition. Peace and quiet is something I pursue constantly yet rarely attain, since young children don’t have volume controls.

I’ve tried without success to use an electric pump while on the phone without my interlocutor perceiving and puzzling over the noise. My husband has likened the noise of some of the electric breast pumps I’ve used to the lowing of a cow. Yes, pumping your breast milk can be a noisy affair. As the Black Eyed Peas once said: “Pump it! (LOUDER!) Pump it! (LOUDER)”

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