Medela® CSF Bags
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Baby Products Reviews of Medela® CSF Bags
Customer Review: What? Puncture resistant?
Summary: 2 Stars
I didn't actually purchase these but got I think 25 of them free with my Medela Pump In Style. Love the pump, hated the bags. I've had a few of them come with holes in them. As we all know breastmilk is liquid gold, so these baggies cost me precious milk. Now I just pump into the provided bottles--which I mainly use for storage--then use Gerber freezer bags for freezer storage. The Gerber bags are self-standing and they have a zipper seal, which is so much better than fooling with those stupid twist ties that the Medela bags use. Bottles are much easier to attach to your pump. I hate to say anything bad about Medela, but I wouldn't recommend spending actual money on these by themselves.Customer Review: Durable, easy to use milk storage
Summary: 4 Stars
I used these bags with my Medela Little Hearts pump and they worked very well. The instructions are very clear and accurate. The bags attach easily with a twist tie to the coupler that normally holds the bottle. Removal from the pump is easy, as is securing them for storage with the twist tie. The bags held up nicely in the freezer and thawed well, too.
The method for transferring the milk to a bottle, by tearing a corner of the bag is a bit tricky. Although the instructions didn't say so, I suspect the reason is to keep any contaminates on scissors/knives from transferring to the milk. The first few tries we spilt a bit of the milk, but after a bit of practice it wasn't a problem.
Customer Review: Not the best on the market
Summary: 2 Stars
While these are easy to use when you are pumping, they tie on the pumps nice and snug, they are not the best for storing. The tie doesn't make it leakproof and there can be spillage if they tip before they freeze. A better bag is the Gerber seal and go bag. They fit on the pump but you'll need to either hold the bag so it doesn't slip or use a rubberband to hold it in place. But, the reason it's better is because it's a ziplock bag. So, it seals tight and there's no spilling. The best part about these bags is if you freeze them, you can store them in the freezer lying down so you can have thin bags stacked up, keeping room in your freezer for food for the rest of the family.
Customer Review: Sour Milk; Devastated Mom
Summary: 1 Stars
These bags seemed perfect, as I was unable to breastfeed my son and was pumping full-time for him. Sometimes I would have extra milk at the end of the day, so I froze it using these bags and also some Avent freezer bags that I had. Once I stopped breastfeeding, I went to use the frozen milk that was remaining in the freezer (I had been using it up slowly as I decreased my milk supply, so none of the milk was in there longer than 2 or 3 months), and to my dismay 90% of the milk in the medela bags was complelety sour. The Avent bags, though they didn't fit on my Lactina pump, worked for 100% of the milk I stored. Don't waste your money and effort on these bags. You may be sorry.Customer Review: The milk tasted awful!
Summary: 1 Stars
I used these bags to store several gallons of milk over the past few months. I had to throw all the milk away because when I used the previously frozen milk to make cereal and tasted it,the milk tasted awful. I felt horrible because I had unknowingly fed this milk to my son several times. I don't know if the milk tasted bad because the bags don't seal correctly because of the twist ties, or because the plastic makes it taste bad but something wrong happened. I wouldn't recommend these bags to anybody. I would recommend tasting frozen milk before feeding it to your baby. I also recommend the Gerber bags because they are cheaper and keep the milk fresher.