loved the old bags! Please bring them back! Nursing working mom of 2, obviously have no time, last thing i need is more parts to sanitize, especially when at work for 8 hrs and have no time to clean part in btwn breaks! What was Medela thinking?!

I actually really like the new bags. I like the adapter piece and found the bags with the tape cumbersome. I typically pump into bottles and pour into the bags to freeze since im at home for now and am building a reserve. I love that the bags stand up by themselves and I have not experienced spillage b/c I use the breast shield as a funnel when pouring into the bags. I have also not experienced the freezer burn or issues with the bags coming apart or leaking. I smell each batch as I thaw it and have had no problems. They save space in my freezer and will be most convenient when I return to work!

I agree the new bags are much worse than the ones with the tape. It is an extra part to wash (which defeats the purpose of easy!) and when you try to pour into the bottle milk spills through the whole in the middle of the top! Medela- how do you not have a focus gp to work out these quirks. Very annoyed wit this new "improved" bag.

I have experienced some spillage due to a poor seal no matter how much I try to close them right. Mostly I am concerned with the smell of freezer burn when I thaw milk out from a refrigerator freezer. I make sure to put the bags at the back of the freezer as suggested but it doesn't change the smell. Though I've been told that it likely is not harmful to the baby, it grosses me out. I feel like I have lots of wasted milk right now in storage.

I haven't come across the leaking issue yet, but after using the lansinoh bags, which hold 6oz instead of 5, and cost half as much plus have the double seals, i'd have to say i'm glad i got the samples of both. i love medela for everything pump related and actually prefer the storage bottles to the bags (though i have not used them in the freezer yet) because they are easier to warm up in the smaller containers and i'm all about being able to reuse them over and over. yay for less in the landfills!

The medela storage bags are good in the early stages of your pumping. It can only hold up to 5oz and it does have the convenience of pumping straight in the bag so less to wash in the middle of the night. My chief complaint is that once you pump more than 5oz, this bag is basically useless. Also, it only has one seal and I find that once i freeze it, the bag opens. It is also double the cost of the Lansinoh storage bags, which holds more and has a double seal. Overall, its not a bad bag but its definitely not for long term use and it is not economical.

I'm a full time working mother. I absolutely love my medela pump. I have been using the pump and save bags since returning to work for ease and convenience. In the beginning, I purchased the pump and save bags with the tape. Then the new design with the adapters came out. I do not like these as well. The new adapter makes the breast shields top heavy and has caused the bags while standing up to collapse. I have lost numerous ounces of breast milk down the drain because of this. I have now learned that I need to prop up the breast shield on the other side while switching out the other bag. It is very frustrating. I wish I could find the old style with the tape. The concept of the new adapter is good, but when it comes down too it it is an additional part to sterilize, wash and is not as efficient as the older style. These bags are expensive and I'm going to be looking into purchasing another brand. I'm tired of throwing my money down the drain on these bag and watching my breast milk go with it.

I'm a working mother and love the medela pump its quick and efficient and built to last. With that said, I do not like their bottles so I went with the Avent bottles so of course when I pump I have to either store the milk in the medela pump bottle or into a milk storage bag. When I came across the medela pump and save bags I thought that it would save me time as I could just pump directly into the milk storage bags. The problem that I've run across is that the seal on the bags itself is poor. Maybe I got a defective batch but I've run across milk spilling out of the top of the bag even though I am careful to make sure the bag is full sealed. Before the medela storage bags I always used the Lansinoh and have never run across this problem.