So what kind of breast pump do personally perfer for yourself? Me, I like the manuals better, becasue the milk, I think comes out faster and fills the bottle faster. Last night, a friend, not really a friend, but anyways, this chick gave me her battery operated pump, and I used it this morning, and I took me longer to pump with that one then it would have taken to use the manual. I was trying that one out, since when I was in the hospital, that battery operated pump work wonderful. I think I'll keep using my manual one since my husband spent $40 for it, for me. Okay, I was just seeing what preferences everyone had/have.