BABY-VAC Clinically Tested Baby Nasal Aspirator - Vacuum-Powered Nose Sucker with Suction Head & Cleaning Brush for Safe and Gentle Relief

My son has enlarged adenoids so he's constantly snotty... I've previously used bulb syringes, handheld battery operated snot sucker outters n' the manual mouth sucking apparatus 'Nose Frieda'...1. The bulb works somewhat but was damaging his sensitive nasal passages when I had to get in there to reach a deep seated snot clog and occasionally causing him to bleed (he's a thrasher who won't be still for nasal cleanings)... 2. The battery vacume just isn't powerful enough to get anything but the watery drippings at the entrance of the nasal passage... and 3. The Nose Frieda is fantastic, doesn't irritate his nasal passages, gets the snot out great but as much as I have to suck out n' coupled with his thrashing I would end up light headed n' wishing I had a third hand.Now this bad boy is a God send!! My 5 year old is Autistic and crazy strong... I would have to wrestle with him for a decent amount of time because from his point of view, 'daddy's going to hurt my nose again', so he would punch, kick, scream n' thrash. I've ended up with black eyes, bruised arms n' legs which I would happily endure if it weren't for the emotional damage it was causing my poor boy. Nose cleaning time has drastically changed. Now when my son sees me coming with the vacuum and the aspirator he will initially tell me no but then sits still for his cleanings due to it being over quick n' not having anything poke the inside of his nose. The 1st time I introduced it to him, I let him squirt some aerosol saline solution in my nose, then I used the aspirator on myself and made a point to giggle excliaming, "that tickles!"... offered to let him use it on me while again giggling. Told him it was his turn, squirted saline in his nose and told him I was going to tickle his nose now. No more trauma for either of us now!Cons:1. Loud because you are using it via a vacuum cleaner.2. Does not fit all vacuum hoses BUT wrapping a bit of masking tape around the connector end will easily fix that.Pros:1. Great suction! Note that I did try this on myself 1st to see if it'd be too strong, making it scary for a kid but it's gentle due to the air flow chamber design of the product.2. Gentle because the end you insert into the nose is wider than a bulb syringe so it helps to create more of a seal and doesn't have to be inserted much into the nasal passage.3. Easily cleaned by running water through it.4. Quick and easy to use with a typical unwilling participant.

Works as advertised! I was skeptical & even a bit freaked out by the thought of this, but it totally worked, so I am extremely happy with it!! My 2 month old baby had the flu :( & of course came to hate the blue bulb nasal syringes that I had to use on her nose so she could suck/eat and even sleep while needing to breath through her nose. She had an infection & runny nose for well over 2 weeks, it just wasn't going away (she almost ended up on antibiotics). This came in the mail just in time!! I immediately opened it, cleaned it and used it! Only 2 more days of a runny nose and back to peaceful sleep for everyone in the house, (& a happy baby again)! The one down side to this product is that (which isn't really a problem with the product itself, but rather my vacuum. My vacuum has a safety/automatic shut-off function when the suction is impeded, (so the motor won't get burned out). The Baby-Vac significantly impedes the suction of the vacuum, that way it's properly regulated suction, and not too strong on your little ones nose. So I have to keep turning my vacuum off & on, and work very quickly to get a good sinus cleaning done on my baby's nose. The BabyVac works so fast that it's not hard to get it done. I can get both nostrils done in seconds less than 10 seconds per side if I work quickly and carefully. If my hubby is available, I have him turn the vacuum off and on for me really quickly while I suction so my vacuum won't turn itself off while I'm in the middle of the job. The whole job is still SO MUCH EASIER than any other way to clean a baby's nose. If I have to, I'll get a different vacuum to use with this Baby-Vac because IT WORKS SO WELL!!! Totally 5 stars!! I love this!! FYI, I'm a total germafobe, so the Nose Freda type devices totally gross me out! Besides when we knew we had the flu, I still think the idea of sucking baby's buggers with my mouth through a tube, regardless of the fact that there's a filter, could still totally pass germs and it TOTALLY GROSSES ME OUT!

Ive had this for almost 3 years, and it still works great. This is the best snot sucker I have tried. It does a fantastic job getting all the mucous out. My boys are now 5 and 7 and its still a must when I hear them sniffing. They aren't able to blow their nose efficiently enough, so this is perfect. It cuts colds in half almost all the time. I generally use it dry... like, I don't use any saline first. I definitely recommend this one