{"id":914,"date":"2014-05-04T06:21:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/blog\/?p=914"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:56:12","slug":"snot-sucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivehank.com\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Snot Sucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone does it, everyone has issues with it, no one really wants to talk about it.
Snot.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Going back about fifteen years I can remember discovering my first snot sucker, the wonderfully simple NeilMed<\/a> flusher. It came up on a job because we were all working in a dark dank dusty environment and someone suggested flushing out your sinuses after work as a way to keep from getting sick. That night while perusing the aisles of the local CVS, there were multiple crew members lurking about and preparing to blow some snot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been a huge fan ever since. (and judging form the products on the NeilMed website, I am not the only one, they even have a new ear wax removal kit!, buts that a different body part.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NeilMed became a regular part of my personal hygiene. It is amazing what comes out of your sinus cavity especially after spending 12 hours in a dusty warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my first son had issues of a smaller upper nasal cavity that lead to chronic infection, but was fearful of the forceful nature of the NeilMed bomber and found this device. A gentler, more peaceful way to blow snot. Basically a water pick for the nose. The Grossan HP-100!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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I works great and is quite easy on the schnoggin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next hurdle was deal with infants, when my second son came along and I was committed to sucking as much snot as possible in order to thwart illness, I had to find a suitable device. By this time there was plethora of snot sucking devices on the market.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I have had marginal success with the Graco Nasal Clear Aspirator<\/a> (not nearly as well named as the Grossan HP). The Graco device takes a battery and produces enough suction to deal with a delicate infants nose. But in retrospect it really was not a great investment at $20, a part broke after a year or two and it just did not always have the umph to do the trick. Infants may be small, but they can pack a lot of snot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought I was back to square one until I heard about an amazing new device. New in design, but as old as the wind in concept. People have always talked about manually sucking snot from an infants nose, and I have indeed tried it (once) and it is not only somewhat unpleasant, it has got the be the easiest way to get your self sick in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with the NoseFrida<\/a> you get to use this age old technique without the fear of inhaling a large amount of baby snot. The website clearly states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n