[theultdev]

I mean, doesn't everyone know to use distilled water? Pretty sure they even say it on the box.

That being said, I can't imagine it to help, I'm usually so stopped up I don't see how I wouldn't just waterboard myself.

[recursive]

There are a lot of compliance warning labels that don't really mean anything. When I first visited California, I was pretty alarmed by the Prop 65 warnings plastered all over everything. Now I can't even see them anymore.

[leptons]

Propositions and people covering their asses is different than ignoring instructions for using a medical device. When it says "ONLY USE DISTILLED WATER", then that should give a reasonable person pause. It doesn't mean use any old water, it means use distilled water only.

[theultdev]

Seems Californians should repeal that useless and dangerous Prop (the exact reason you posted this [boy who cried wolf syndrome]),

instead of requiring distilled water on tap for Neti Pot users...

[dghlsakjg]

Prop 65 was incredibly dumb, since it never required the notice to quantify the risk.

My phone case and cigarettes are not in the same risk category, but they get the same prop 65 warning.

[SamBam]

I don't use distilled water because boiled tap water is close to free, and is more environmental than buying water that someone else distilled and then trucked around the country.

I'm not a full nettipot convert, but last year I did start using the squeeze-bottle version during pollen season, and was able to get over my extreme aversion to waterboarding myself. It takes a try or two, but eventually you get the hang of it and it actually feels quite nice. And if you haven't done it in a while, the snot you blow out the first time will be quite dirty and gross.

[IggleSniggle]

It works wonders, even when totally stopped up, although you may have to push it along a touch.