Product Description

NasalClear is a new battery operated nasal aspirator. It quickly, easily, and safely clears your baby's stuffy nose and helps her breathe more freely. The NasalClear aspirator provides you with suction that is stronger than that of a traditional manual aspirator, yet gentle enough to use safely and comfortably on your newborn or toddler. Battery operation lets you control the suction, so that you maintain the suction or release it as needed. NasalClear operates on 2 AA batteries and includes 2 different tips to accommodate different shaped nostrils and a variety of congestion conditions. The tips are made of soft silicone, making them comfortable for children of all ages. Although NasalClear has greater suction power than a manual aspirator, it is still gentle enough to use on newborns. It comes apart for easy and thorough cleaning and is dishwasher safe. NasalClear includes a plastic collection cup that helps you evaluate your baby's level of congestion. Also, the aspirator plays 12 different children's tunes to help distract the baby while in use. It requires AA batteries (not included).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265 in Baby Product
• Brand: Graco
• Model: 1750335
• Released on: 2009-01-01
• Dimensions: 1.90" h x 5.60" w x 9.20" l, 6.40 pounds

Features

• An added feature of this aspirator is the option to play 12 different children’s tunes while in use, this may help divert your child and comfort her while clearing her nasal passages
• Battery operation lets you control the suction you maintain the suction or release it as needed
• Soft, flexible silicone tips make it gentle and comfortable to use even on a newborn baby
• Two silicone tips for different nostril shapes and different types of congestion
• Clear plastic collection cup helps you evaluate your baby’s level of congestion

From the Manufacturer
This NasalClear aspirator can quickly clear your baby’s nasal congestion and help her breathe more freely. It provides you with continuous suction not available from a traditional manual aspirator. This is gentle enough to use on your newborn. It works in seconds so you are finished before your baby can start fussing. Using a traditional manual aspirator may be very uncomfortable for your child making it very difficult to use. It may not work very well, it will take longer to clear the nasal passages. This NasalClear aspirator will allow you to safely clear your child’s nasal passages quickly and comfortably to help her breathe more freely.

Customer Reviews

excellent little item
Wish the hospital would have supplied us with this little gem instead of the bulb. Our daughter picked up a cold at Christmas then developed an inner ear infection that we could not get rid of. We had to use the bulb aspirator regularly for the past months, which she hated. She ended up with ear tubes, but now the fluid is draining. We opened the musical snot sucker package today and she actually giggled when we aspirated her nose. It has amazing suction too.

It's not too bad...
So the first thing I can say about this product is that is really does help decrease if not completely abolish the crying and fighting of a small baby when it's time to suction their nose. It's a continuous gentle suction so it seems to not feel so intrusive. The music is kind of loud, but if you put your finger over the small speaker it helps diffuse it a bit. It probably isn't so bad for an older baby. When my son got sick he was just barely two months old so it was still a bit loud for his ears. Now for the suction itself, it's effective for thin secretions of mucous, not so much for anything thicker than that. It worked well in combination with the bulb aspirator. I thought I would be able to throw that thing out...but not the case. It seems like it would be a good product for a cold with a continually runny nose, or just looser mucous. It's not really great for use on more congested noses because it's gentle suction is just not enough. Clean up is gross but easy! I think people have said you can run the pieces in the dishwasher however, I just clean the pieces out with hot soapy water and a small bottle nipple brush. It has a great little storage drawstring bag and two differently shaped nasal pieces. Overall I think it's a useful product for certain types of mucous. It's definitely worth the cease in suction session battles when the mucous is a prime candidate for it.

So the bottom line: Is it a must-have? No, I don't think it's more effective than the bulb. Is it nice to have? Yes, I don't mind having it to resort to for certain types of colds in addition to baby being okay with having it in his nose. Should you buy it? Depends on how much you need your twenty bucks. Lastly, clean up is probably more sanitary because of the pieces pulling apart, but it is definitely something you want to clean as soon as your done using it.

Awesome!
I wasn't sure at first if this would be worth the money, but let me tell you: IT IS. I was used to the screaming struggle to clear my son's nose with the dreaded bulb syringe. When I first used this on him, he gave me a puzzled look, and then laughed. I was amazed. I promptly threw away the awful bulb, and haven't looked back. The songs it plays actually are a good distraction, although I haven't needed to "distract" him, because it's not unpleasant to suction his nose anymore!