Pumping Consumables 101


In this blog you will find all of the common consumables needed for your pumping journey.

What's a consumable?

These pieces will need replacement due to wear and tear. Over time the consumable may lose its effectiveness and you may find an unwanted decrease in your milk supply due to poor removal. If you haven't changed anything in your routine, your cycle hasn't returned, you're removing milk regularly and still stumped what may have caused this dip, check your pump parts!


Will you need to incorporate all of these pieces shown into your pumping set up?

No, depending on your pump and flange arrangement you might be using a wide neck adapter, narrow neck adapter, long stem back flow protector or short. Below are additional notes to help guide which parts are for which application and how often they need replacement.
Legendairy Milk Duckbills
These preferred duckbills are compatible with:
Narrow neck medela dupe connector
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
Wide neck one piece flange connector
Valve and Membrane
Above are linked valve and membranes but I recommend the
Legendairy Milk duckbills linked above!
Both the valve and membrane and LM duckbills are compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
Wide Neck backflow protectors
Compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
Pro Tip: You don't have to replace the entire backflow protector everytime! You can just replace the silicone part that wears! Click HERE for this item!
Plastic flanges 
Compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
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Idaho Jones Silicone Flange
Read flange comparison HERE
Both flanges are compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
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Compatible with:
These flanges would have been recieved with your original flange set up from Pumpables or Legendairy Milk. These Flanges seat within a hard plastic housing that will connector to your tubing and bottles.
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Compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
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Cups are compatible with:
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also compatible with all closed system pumps
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Compatible with:
Spectra dupe cut off connector wide neck connector ideal for silicone flanges
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Looking for a cheat sheet how to hack these parts and pieces! Click HERE!
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