I had to chuckle a little bit reading the above posts, not just the ones about making the wife pump the brakes way too many times, but also about the mity vac and the one-man tube with the check valve.
A couple of years ago when I was still helping my buddy at his shop, I tried the mity-vac...always slipped off the bleeder just as vacuum was built.
Recently I was trying to bleed my A100 brakes at home, went to the parts store and happily bought the tube+check valve tool. It stayed on for two pumps and always flew off afterwards. Quite "enjoyable".
So, as usual, YMMV, but for me the helper pumping the pedal is the chosen method. I don't mind being the pedal pusher.
Ran