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Home made suction pumps - any ideas?
May 18 2008 at 5:30 PM Louise (Login Louise1982)
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Copied this from the other post to hopefully get more response:
I think I've come to the conclusion that for suction you don't need any fancy equipment, just something round to use for domes, rubber tubing and some way of sucking the air out - what we need to do is scour hardware stores for things to use to make our own breast pumps, as these things are not being marketed towards desperate and vulnerable people they are likely to be a fraction of the cost! So come on girls - let's make our own and grow our own!
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jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 19 2008, 2:08 AM
Fun topic ... The tricky part is the domes I think. What about a large plastic stemmed glass for a novelty drink? I'm thinking of the rounded ones on stems. You could cut the stem off, and drill a hole for the tubing, which you'd have to seal on with silicone caulk.
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 19 2008, 6:22 AM
you also have to think of a cushion - i know i cant use the noogleberry without cushion it hurts too much!
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kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 1:08 AM
Well, not sure how you could make your own domes but when I made my homemade BB (like two years ago!) I had used my brava domes and an evenflo breastmilk pump. eventually the silicone started coming off so i tore it all the way off and got some silicone sheeting and cut two holes out for my boobs to fit through. if you already have brava domes you could probably use those with your NB pump or airlock.
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aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 1:05 PM
I thought I had a EUREKA moment yesterday while checking out random household items that could be alternatives for booby domes. Here's one idea: Plastic coca-cola bottles!
Just cut off the top section and voila --- a dome
I thought they'd be perfect considering it already has a hole at the top of the dome. So I tried it out this morning but apparently the domes were a tab bit too small for me.
Maybe someone else can try this out, it really wouldn't hurt. All you need is a cocacola plastic bottle, a pair of scissors, tubing and tape.
I'll attempt my little prototype again as soon as I log off. Goodluck booby hopefuls
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annie2
(Login annieboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 5:21 PM
Very Intreseting!!!!! Off to reseearching...
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aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 12:06 AM
lol! well, i was the one who suggested the cocacola plastic bottle idea yesterday. the prototype isn't finished yet as i haven't found any rubber tubing but i did ask my fiance to do a trial run on me by sucking the domes manually.
lmao. it was just absolutely hilarious but hey, they worked like magic. it actually does have a suction effect and you can retain it too. might seem a bit unpractical but i suggest someone give it a try
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kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 12:21 AM
lmbo, what we won't do for boobs
What a way to recycle!!!
well if you need bigger "domes" maybe those big size water bottles would be wider at the base, I think they are like 2 liter size. Wonder if milk jugs would be way too big and not sturdy enough.
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jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 2:41 AM
Did you cover the cut edges with anything? It seems it would be pretty brutal when it dug in.
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rainbow
(Login rainbowbaby) Is this safe May 21 2008, 8:11 AM
OMG reading all these ideas made me a little scard.Should you ladies really be using these home made things on your poor old boobs.I really think you are best to stick to something a little safer.Anything used on your body could cause you problems later on and if you end up cutting your skin it could leave you a scar.
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Tori
(Login Tori365)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 10:10 AM
If you found something suitable to use for the domes, like the coke bottles suggested I don't see why it couldn't work like a homemade BB/ noogleberry device. But I think it'd be extremely difficult to make something that was comfortable enough and stayed put to wear for all night like brava.
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aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 1:49 PM
I just outlined the bottom edges of the plastic bottle with 2 layers of tape. It doesn't hurt one bit, just the suction effect when sucked excessively hard.
I've found 4 advantages so far:
1) Cost effective. Very pocket friendly. It didn't cost me a cent!
2) You're recycling
3) You're in control of the suctions intensity level.
4) No use of electricity or batteries.
I'll stick to it for a while and see how it goes. As for the concern regarding its harmfulness to the body, I think all other forms of breast pumps work in the same way so I'm not *that* worried.
We'll see. All it takes is a little trial and error
Good luck booby hopefuls.
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jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 22 2008, 2:07 PM
Don't the coke bottles collapse under the suction?
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jellyboobs
(Login jellyboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 1:05 PM
this is all very funny but at the same time utterly amazing !!!! Im intriuged how would you attatch a pump to the openings hang on I just got an idea. youd put the lids on anddrill through the bottle tops and glue the tubes in ????? what does anyone think this could be a good answer for me as the current noogleberry large isnt deep enough for me also to make stronger you get 4 of the same bottle and put one inside the other making it double ???? I wonder if that would work !!!! come on Jackie your the one thats great with making stuffup and trying anything how about it ??? love jelly....
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jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 2:58 PM
Jelly you could probably use an epoxy type glue to glue the tubes into the caps. Great idea! Try it out. :-). It could be a great solution for you until the deeper NB cups are available. I'd certainly try it if I had the need. (I don't, still have lots of room in the NB medium).
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kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 3:18 PM
Jelly, have you tried the BB XL domes? they are way deeper than the BB Large.
yeah I hadn't thought much about the homemade domes collapsing. I guess if it wasn't very deep it would be ok but the deeper you make it more likely it would be to collaps under the suction. but the open end of the bottle would be a thicker stronger plastic so maybe it would still work. I guess we just have to try it to find out. I wonder if we can heat the open end somehow to shape it like the BB domes so they wouldn't dig in.
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jellyboobs
(Login jellyboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Big Boobs May 24 2008, 12:10 PM
Hi Keiyah, no I dont have the BB ex domes as they cost over 60.00aus a bitpricey seeing as the whole noogleberry was little over that price and I kept hearing that the new xl noog dome will be out so so I was hanging on. What about attatching the new large rings that are made for noog that would stop the digging in.
Louise kindly told me about the BB but they are just a bit pricey ! hey dont laugh about the lid thing I asked my husband and he said he may get around to it. Ive got a great new ad idea it goes.... drum roll please.......
Boobs grow better with coca cola
Boobs go better with Coke.
Coke is the thing that we never get tired of
A cup to E cup lets grow together
Boobs grow better with coca cola
Boobs get bigger with coke !!!!!!
Does anyone remember that old jingle ???? I guess Im showing my age love jelly....
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Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 26 2008, 12:58 PM
I tried the NB soft rings and was very disappointed, they're very cheap and minimally designed so if you suck hard the whole lot just gets sucked in. Maybe they'd work better with much smaller domes but couldn't get them to work with BB large or BB XL. The sheeting you can buy made from the same material is better but gets pulled out of shape within a few days so maybe silicone sheeting would be better?
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autumn
(no login) Heres an Idea that someone says worked May 30 2008, 6:58 AM
Ok Ladies I found this on a notherweb site and one time i went to lowes to look but forgot what I was looking for and tried to look on there website but was too hard to search for without knowing what to look for. And I keep forgeting to go to see if this will really work but below is the description of it. Let me know if anyone investigates and when i do i will let you know if it works. I will just do manual suction though.
Here is a description of the woman's device:
She said the device cost her about $40 to build. From the plumbing supply department at Lowes, she bought:
two "faucet protectors," at $2 each. These are the equivalent of the Brava domes.
five feet of RVFD 5/16 OD vinyl clear, flexible tubing for $1.75, and a "barbed 't'" to fit the tubing and two single barbed connectors ($5). This would be the equivalent of the Brava tubing.
To create the vacuum, she bought a Coleman "rechargeable quickpump" in the camping supplies department of Lowes or Walmart, for about $29.
To create the system, she cut the tubing into two sections of one foot length each, leaving one three foot section. She attached one end of the three foot section to the small adaptor that comes with the quickpump, and connected the adaptor to the pump. She attached the other end to the single end of the t-connector, and attached one end of each of the two shorter tubes to the sides of the t-connector. She then inserted the other end of each of the short tubes into the tops of the faucet protectors. Then you must find your own way to create a seal. She used duct tape.
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 30 2008, 12:41 PM
can you buy silicone like the one brava uses? its the most comfortable, but wears easily. Does anyone know if think silicone like this is sold?
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Dixieland
(Login Dixieland) cover the edges... June 3 2008, 4:42 AM
Hey everybody,
If you were to buy some of that flimsy tubing and slice it and hot glue it to the cut edge of the coke bottle, it would act as a cushion for the skin. Also, you could use adaptors from the hardware store to bring down the size of the tubing to something that you could suction with. You could also heat the cut end of the bottle in boiling water and form the outer edge of the bottle outwards. Just some ideas...had to put my two-cents worth in. I love crafts!
Dixieland
May 18 2008 at 5:30 PM Louise (Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER
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Copied this from the other post to hopefully get more response:
I think I've come to the conclusion that for suction you don't need any fancy equipment, just something round to use for domes, rubber tubing and some way of sucking the air out - what we need to do is scour hardware stores for things to use to make our own breast pumps, as these things are not being marketed towards desperate and vulnerable people they are likely to be a fraction of the cost! So come on girls - let's make our own and grow our own!
Author Reply
jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 19 2008, 2:08 AM
Fun topic ... The tricky part is the domes I think. What about a large plastic stemmed glass for a novelty drink? I'm thinking of the rounded ones on stems. You could cut the stem off, and drill a hole for the tubing, which you'd have to seal on with silicone caulk.
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 19 2008, 6:22 AM
you also have to think of a cushion - i know i cant use the noogleberry without cushion it hurts too much!
Edit Message Delete Message
kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 1:08 AM
Well, not sure how you could make your own domes but when I made my homemade BB (like two years ago!) I had used my brava domes and an evenflo breastmilk pump. eventually the silicone started coming off so i tore it all the way off and got some silicone sheeting and cut two holes out for my boobs to fit through. if you already have brava domes you could probably use those with your NB pump or airlock.
Edit Message Delete Message
aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 1:05 PM
I thought I had a EUREKA moment yesterday while checking out random household items that could be alternatives for booby domes. Here's one idea: Plastic coca-cola bottles!
Just cut off the top section and voila --- a dome
I thought they'd be perfect considering it already has a hole at the top of the dome. So I tried it out this morning but apparently the domes were a tab bit too small for me.
Maybe someone else can try this out, it really wouldn't hurt. All you need is a cocacola plastic bottle, a pair of scissors, tubing and tape.
I'll attempt my little prototype again as soon as I log off. Goodluck booby hopefuls
Edit Message Delete Message
annie2
(Login annieboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 20 2008, 5:21 PM
Very Intreseting!!!!! Off to reseearching...
Edit Message Delete Message
aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 12:06 AM
lol! well, i was the one who suggested the cocacola plastic bottle idea yesterday. the prototype isn't finished yet as i haven't found any rubber tubing but i did ask my fiance to do a trial run on me by sucking the domes manually.
lmao. it was just absolutely hilarious but hey, they worked like magic. it actually does have a suction effect and you can retain it too. might seem a bit unpractical but i suggest someone give it a try
Edit Message Delete Message
kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 12:21 AM
lmbo, what we won't do for boobs
What a way to recycle!!!
well if you need bigger "domes" maybe those big size water bottles would be wider at the base, I think they are like 2 liter size. Wonder if milk jugs would be way too big and not sturdy enough.
Edit Message Delete Message
jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 2:41 AM
Did you cover the cut edges with anything? It seems it would be pretty brutal when it dug in.
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rainbow
(Login rainbowbaby) Is this safe May 21 2008, 8:11 AM
OMG reading all these ideas made me a little scard.Should you ladies really be using these home made things on your poor old boobs.I really think you are best to stick to something a little safer.Anything used on your body could cause you problems later on and if you end up cutting your skin it could leave you a scar.
Edit Message Delete Message
Tori
(Login Tori365)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 10:10 AM
If you found something suitable to use for the domes, like the coke bottles suggested I don't see why it couldn't work like a homemade BB/ noogleberry device. But I think it'd be extremely difficult to make something that was comfortable enough and stayed put to wear for all night like brava.
Edit Message Delete Message
aunaturel9
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 21 2008, 1:49 PM
I just outlined the bottom edges of the plastic bottle with 2 layers of tape. It doesn't hurt one bit, just the suction effect when sucked excessively hard.
I've found 4 advantages so far:
1) Cost effective. Very pocket friendly. It didn't cost me a cent!
2) You're recycling
3) You're in control of the suctions intensity level.
4) No use of electricity or batteries.
I'll stick to it for a while and see how it goes. As for the concern regarding its harmfulness to the body, I think all other forms of breast pumps work in the same way so I'm not *that* worried.
We'll see. All it takes is a little trial and error
Good luck booby hopefuls.
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jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 22 2008, 2:07 PM
Don't the coke bottles collapse under the suction?
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jellyboobs
(Login jellyboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 1:05 PM
this is all very funny but at the same time utterly amazing !!!! Im intriuged how would you attatch a pump to the openings hang on I just got an idea. youd put the lids on anddrill through the bottle tops and glue the tubes in ????? what does anyone think this could be a good answer for me as the current noogleberry large isnt deep enough for me also to make stronger you get 4 of the same bottle and put one inside the other making it double ???? I wonder if that would work !!!! come on Jackie your the one thats great with making stuffup and trying anything how about it ??? love jelly....
Edit Message Delete Message
jenjen
(no login) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 2:58 PM
Jelly you could probably use an epoxy type glue to glue the tubes into the caps. Great idea! Try it out. :-). It could be a great solution for you until the deeper NB cups are available. I'd certainly try it if I had the need. (I don't, still have lots of room in the NB medium).
Edit Message Delete Message
kieyah
(Login kieyah)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 23 2008, 3:18 PM
Jelly, have you tried the BB XL domes? they are way deeper than the BB Large.
yeah I hadn't thought much about the homemade domes collapsing. I guess if it wasn't very deep it would be ok but the deeper you make it more likely it would be to collaps under the suction. but the open end of the bottle would be a thicker stronger plastic so maybe it would still work. I guess we just have to try it to find out. I wonder if we can heat the open end somehow to shape it like the BB domes so they wouldn't dig in.
Edit Message Delete Message
jellyboobs
(Login jellyboobs)
SENIOR MEMBER Big Boobs May 24 2008, 12:10 PM
Hi Keiyah, no I dont have the BB ex domes as they cost over 60.00aus a bitpricey seeing as the whole noogleberry was little over that price and I kept hearing that the new xl noog dome will be out so so I was hanging on. What about attatching the new large rings that are made for noog that would stop the digging in.
Louise kindly told me about the BB but they are just a bit pricey ! hey dont laugh about the lid thing I asked my husband and he said he may get around to it. Ive got a great new ad idea it goes.... drum roll please.......
Boobs grow better with coca cola
Boobs go better with Coke.
Coke is the thing that we never get tired of
A cup to E cup lets grow together
Boobs grow better with coca cola
Boobs get bigger with coke !!!!!!
Does anyone remember that old jingle ???? I guess Im showing my age love jelly....
Edit Message Delete Message
Louise
(Login Louise1982)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 26 2008, 12:58 PM
I tried the NB soft rings and was very disappointed, they're very cheap and minimally designed so if you suck hard the whole lot just gets sucked in. Maybe they'd work better with much smaller domes but couldn't get them to work with BB large or BB XL. The sheeting you can buy made from the same material is better but gets pulled out of shape within a few days so maybe silicone sheeting would be better?
Edit Message Delete Message
autumn
(no login) Heres an Idea that someone says worked May 30 2008, 6:58 AM
Ok Ladies I found this on a notherweb site and one time i went to lowes to look but forgot what I was looking for and tried to look on there website but was too hard to search for without knowing what to look for. And I keep forgeting to go to see if this will really work but below is the description of it. Let me know if anyone investigates and when i do i will let you know if it works. I will just do manual suction though.
Here is a description of the woman's device:
She said the device cost her about $40 to build. From the plumbing supply department at Lowes, she bought:
two "faucet protectors," at $2 each. These are the equivalent of the Brava domes.
five feet of RVFD 5/16 OD vinyl clear, flexible tubing for $1.75, and a "barbed 't'" to fit the tubing and two single barbed connectors ($5). This would be the equivalent of the Brava tubing.
To create the vacuum, she bought a Coleman "rechargeable quickpump" in the camping supplies department of Lowes or Walmart, for about $29.
To create the system, she cut the tubing into two sections of one foot length each, leaving one three foot section. She attached one end of the three foot section to the small adaptor that comes with the quickpump, and connected the adaptor to the pump. She attached the other end to the single end of the t-connector, and attached one end of each of the two shorter tubes to the sides of the t-connector. She then inserted the other end of each of the short tubes into the tops of the faucet protectors. Then you must find your own way to create a seal. She used duct tape.
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dandelion
(Login dandelion1) Re: Home made suction pumps - any ideas? May 30 2008, 12:41 PM
can you buy silicone like the one brava uses? its the most comfortable, but wears easily. Does anyone know if think silicone like this is sold?
Edit Message Delete Message
Dixieland
(Login Dixieland) cover the edges... June 3 2008, 4:42 AM
Hey everybody,
If you were to buy some of that flimsy tubing and slice it and hot glue it to the cut edge of the coke bottle, it would act as a cushion for the skin. Also, you could use adaptors from the hardware store to bring down the size of the tubing to something that you could suction with. You could also heat the cut end of the bottle in boiling water and form the outer edge of the bottle outwards. Just some ideas...had to put my two-cents worth in. I love crafts!
Dixieland