Distilled water? I've been using just regular tap water, mixed with the salt and stuff that came with it. (I also got the squeeze kind. Considering that the boiling water I poured over my hand a few days ago was far from the first time I've been injured by my food, I figured I'd go with the kind that seemed least likely to spill.)

And like every told me when I was having trouble with it, it does take a few tries before you totally figure out how to get it to work.

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Omnis, why do you need distilled water? Is the mechanism so delicate it might get crunchy with mineral deposits? If it is just because the instructions are trying to advocate the most pure water for using on human tissues, unless your tap water is particularly toxic, it will do just fine. I always use tap water in my ceramic tea-pot style neti pot.

Happy birthday, Andi!

Caution with the squeezy neti pot.

I love mine but I totally made the water too hot the first couple of times. Plus, a little bit of squeezy pressure goes a long way. Gentle. Gentle. And tip your head to the side so that you are not squeezing straight up.

I learned each and every one of these the hard way. Heed my mistakes!

eta: the distilled thing is just a way to get you to use the cleanest water possible to avoid introducing nasties into your delicate membranes. I use filtered water but I don't think tap will be a problem unless you know your water is bad. (DC, I'm lookin' at you.)

I love mine but I totally made the water too hot the first couple of times.

I've had more trouble with having mine not warm enough. Bleah. So I've learned to test the water on the inside of my wrist, baby bottle style.

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I have learned to sync my google calendar with my BlackBerry calendar! Yay! I have all my appointments in my BlackBerry now! (I am a mess at organization, and cannot deal with things that don't sync automatically. I am getting very addicted to the BlackBerry.)

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