@OnionSoup They might should be - I was having trouble with a blockage in my ear and went to urgent care and you wouldn’t believe the volume of crap that came out of my ear. And they used something very much like this.
@psbales My right ear doesn’t drain right and any moisture leads to ear infections. I have to put alcohol on my ear to dry it out after any moisture gets in it (swimming, showers, etc). This is an ear infection machine as far as I can tell.
@OnionSoup Hmm. Not well water, but tap. Never had a problem drinking it, but I suppose shooting into your ear-hole is a different story.
And to be fair, I think I was in the early stages of an ear infection before I used it, but I got this gizmo to try and clear out extra wax buildup. That was a horrible idea! It felt worse nearly immediately after.
@OnionSoup@psbales
I lived with well water till I was 27, never had an ear infection (except really young like all children), moved out and to city water and started getting ear infections. I think I have one starting right now. I get them more bc of my allergies.
You should definitely get your ears cleaned. I’ve had it done twice in my lifetime and the amount of junk that came out of my head was startling. (note - in only one instance was I having any kind of “issues” that prompted the cleaning). Just ask your PCP - a nurse can do it in 5 minutes for only a few bucks.
You should definitely not rely on a Chinese-made poorly repurposed portable Water-Pik from a sales site dedicated to failed premises to do the job.
@Pufferfishy I think the Carrollton facility is still in operation so the premises haven’t failed. The failed promises, on the other hand….
Also laughing at the “nurse can do it for only a few bucks”
That is either coming from a different country (that actually has affordable healthcare) or a different century.
@pmarin Most health insurance, including the ACA will not cover ear cleaning as a “simple service” - but your PCP can deem it necessary and it will get coverage. Maybe you just need a better PCP.
Here in FL there’s literally clinics dedicated to ear cleaning - for $40 or so. In the current century where dipshits are paying $25 for Uber to bring them a cold cheeseburger.
@Pufferfishy One reason to use it is that it works. It takes a while - a lot of refills - but not longer that I’ve spend with a professional with apparently the same result (waaay more than 5 minutes). I bought mine on vacation when the wax in my ear had become impacted after swimming. 20-30 minutes later (in the shower, refilling with the warm water from the shower head) a huge amount of really disgusting goop fell out and all was well after that.
As they said in the write up this style cleaner is frequently used in medical facilities to help clear out cerumen impactions. Ours in the ER was not electric, it was on a hand (pump) sprayer bottle, but I can also second the comments that were made in the write-up. Use body temp water, use Debrox if necessary. Once you get the blockage cleared keeping it clean with one of these on a semi-regular basis will lessen your chances of having another impaction. Over the years I’ve used ours many times in the ER with amazing results of what came out of the ear.
Also used it to retrieve small insects that had crawled in ears during the night. Don’t ask!
@chienfou
I worked at 2 different places that housed kids that had been taken away from their parents, one was with adolescent males and the other was the youngest group of males 4-9. I’ve seen and heard some horrible stories about parents abusing their children, it’s awful. One male I worked with was living in such horrible conditions before he was taken away he had a cockroach living in his ear for weeks.
It’s a miracle! First device powered by water, except of course a hydroelectric dam, and the water bird. Meh should license this technology to the power or automotive companies.
Save your money and use an ear blub syringe mixed with warm water and 3% hydrogen peroxide or undiluted peroxide. You can buy a bulb syringe at the dollar store in the baby section.
Let solution stay in ear for 5 minutes, and then flush ear a few times with only a warm water solution. Repeat whole process if necessary. You will hear a gurgling sound when you use the 3% hydrogen peroxide as it breaks down any ear wax present.
I also sometimes just use a removable shower head and spray warm water directly into my ear canal.
@user84355571 I tried many other techniques (including most of the above) before finally buying one of these. My experience with professional cleaning is that it take a lot of water. An ear bulb would likely work, but require many refills and strong hand.
I bought one in a previous sale. I’m glad I did. My history is that my ear wax frequently accumulates. It affects my hearing. Self-treatments have not been very effective, and getting the doctor’s office to clean me out is hard because my insurance won’t pay for it unless there is an infection present.
So. This Wush works. I use it in the shower. The pulses go along the sides of the ear canal, not straight to the eardrum. It’s better than syringe style and bulb style because it provides a much longer stream, with fewer stops to refill.
When I was a kid, I got smacked with a snowball as I turned my head and broke my ear drum. I’ve broken several bones over the years but that ear drum was one of the more painful things I’ve experienced. Every time this thing comes up, I can’t mash that meh button fast enough. This thing makes me cringe.
FYI Asian earwax is different. It’s dry and flaky.
I’ve tried the off-the-shelf peroxide/water-based off-the shelf kits from the pharmacy with the little bulb squeezer thing and I literally got NOTHING from it.
That’s why generations of Asians grew up with the ritual of laying their head on their parent’s lap and having them gently scoop out earwax with the much maligned (and sure, technically dangerous) earpick.
I have eustation tube dysfunction and a partially collapsed ear drum, so I can’t get any kind of water in one of my ears. So I can’t use a product like this at all. Otherwise my inner ear becomes a bacteria breeding ground and I get nasty infections.
I visit a ENT doctor every few months to get my ears cleaned out. The amount of wax, dead skin, etc that he removes is absurd.
If you want to use a product like this, follow the directions, and if you start to either have a lot of pain or feel like your hearing isn’t right, go see a doctor.
Specs
Product: Wush Pro Water-Powered Ear Cleaner
Model: 31769
Condition: New
How to Use
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Mar 31 - Wednesday, Apr 2
WHAT?! I CAN"T HEAR YOU!!
What? I can’t hear you, @yakkoTDI!
@username
Okay… I give up?
@chienfou thats their promo photo!
@username
OK, I saw that … but why?
You need to think of a way to repurpose these. People aren’t big into shooting water into their ears.
/showme alternative creative uses for a water jet ear cleaning kit.
@OnionSoup Um … maybe it’d work for “Feminine Hygiene” purposes??
@IndifferentDude @OnionSoup but for those hard to reach areas
@OnionSoup They might should be - I was having trouble with a blockage in my ear and went to urgent care and you wouldn’t believe the volume of crap that came out of my ear. And they used something very much like this.
@annecat @OnionSoup
Did it hurt? Someone very long ago told me that it hurt when they got their ears cleaned out.
Wush is the sound of copyright law as the global warming plagiarism machine gets another prompt.
DIY wet willie kit, genius
@Ten9Eight For those kids that really miss their big brother.
Somewhat clean ears and all, this was my 5000th Meh click.
Can the Wush also flush the tush?
@phendrick Just don’t use it for the anal then aural. Maybe get two so you don’t forget.
i would buy a painting of that happy guy cleaning his ear out. sell that.
/giphy ravishing teal alarm star trek ferengi
/giphy star trek ferengi ear
This whole thing is just…
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Oh yea, it’s doing a GREAT job.
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@nlouvros Well, now I feel like ear water Mcsquirty guy here… having a duplicate post and forgetting to delete the bad one. Noice.
This whole thing is just…
Oh yea, it’s doing a GREAT job.
@nlouvros
Only if you use it…
Got this at Best Buy a few years ago on a Deal of the Day discount. Used it twice. It (allegedly) gave me an ear infection. Not a fan.
@psbales did you use well water? I’ve learnt to dry my ears very well after a shower after three ear infections my first year on well water.
… No other problems and water tested multiple times, but apparently the minerals and stuff in well water helps bacteria thrive.
@psbales My right ear doesn’t drain right and any moisture leads to ear infections. I have to put alcohol on my ear to dry it out after any moisture gets in it (swimming, showers, etc). This is an ear infection machine as far as I can tell.
@OnionSoup Hmm. Not well water, but tap. Never had a problem drinking it, but I suppose shooting into your ear-hole is a different story.
And to be fair, I think I was in the early stages of an ear infection before I used it, but I got this gizmo to try and clear out extra wax buildup. That was a horrible idea! It felt worse nearly immediately after.
@OnionSoup @psbales
I lived with well water till I was 27, never had an ear infection (except really young like all children), moved out and to city water and started getting ear infections. I think I have one starting right now. I get them more bc of my allergies.
I just bought one of these… Why are they being sold again now?
@Barc777 What are you buying tomorrow?
Couple points -
You should definitely get your ears cleaned. I’ve had it done twice in my lifetime and the amount of junk that came out of my head was startling. (note - in only one instance was I having any kind of “issues” that prompted the cleaning). Just ask your PCP - a nurse can do it in 5 minutes for only a few bucks.
You should definitely not rely on a Chinese-made poorly repurposed portable Water-Pik from a sales site dedicated to failed premises to do the job.
And I have never understood why, when a doctor scopes your ears and sees shit in there, they don’t immediately suggest getting a lavage done…
@Pufferfishy I think the Carrollton facility is still in operation so the premises haven’t failed. The failed promises, on the other hand….
Also laughing at the “nurse can do it for only a few bucks”
That is either coming from a different country (that actually has affordable healthcare) or a different century.
@Pufferfishy I think because for most people, messing with it is more likely to cause problems than solve them.
@pmarin Most health insurance, including the ACA will not cover ear cleaning as a “simple service” - but your PCP can deem it necessary and it will get coverage. Maybe you just need a better PCP.
Here in FL there’s literally clinics dedicated to ear cleaning - for $40 or so. In the current century where dipshits are paying $25 for Uber to bring them a cold cheeseburger.
@Pufferfishy One reason to use it is that it works. It takes a while - a lot of refills - but not longer that I’ve spend with a professional with apparently the same result (waaay more than 5 minutes). I bought mine on vacation when the wax in my ear had become impacted after swimming. 20-30 minutes later (in the shower, refilling with the warm water from the shower head) a huge amount of really disgusting goop fell out and all was well after that.
As they said in the write up this style cleaner is frequently used in medical facilities to help clear out cerumen impactions. Ours in the ER was not electric, it was on a hand (pump) sprayer bottle, but I can also second the comments that were made in the write-up. Use body temp water, use Debrox if necessary. Once you get the blockage cleared keeping it clean with one of these on a semi-regular basis will lessen your chances of having another impaction. Over the years I’ve used ours many times in the ER with amazing results of what came out of the ear.
Also used it to retrieve small insects that had crawled in ears during the night. Don’t ask!
@chienfou
I worked at 2 different places that housed kids that had been taken away from their parents, one was with adolescent males and the other was the youngest group of males 4-9. I’ve seen and heard some horrible stories about parents abusing their children, it’s awful. One male I worked with was living in such horrible conditions before he was taken away he had a cockroach living in his ear for weeks.
/image rubber ear bulb syringe
@Bloodshedder
These actually work better since they direct water to the sides rather than a direct stream onto your eardrum.
It’s a miracle! First device powered by water, except of course a hydroelectric dam, and the water bird. Meh should license this technology to the power or automotive companies.
Save your money and use an ear blub syringe mixed with warm water and 3% hydrogen peroxide or undiluted peroxide. You can buy a bulb syringe at the dollar store in the baby section.
Let solution stay in ear for 5 minutes, and then flush ear a few times with only a warm water solution. Repeat whole process if necessary. You will hear a gurgling sound when you use the 3% hydrogen peroxide as it breaks down any ear wax present.
I also sometimes just use a removable shower head and spray warm water directly into my ear canal.
@user84355571 I tried many other techniques (including most of the above) before finally buying one of these. My experience with professional cleaning is that it take a lot of water. An ear bulb would likely work, but require many refills and strong hand.
/showme an idiot pressure washing his ear
I bought one in a previous sale. I’m glad I did. My history is that my ear wax frequently accumulates. It affects my hearing. Self-treatments have not been very effective, and getting the doctor’s office to clean me out is hard because my insurance won’t pay for it unless there is an infection present.
So. This Wush works. I use it in the shower. The pulses go along the sides of the ear canal, not straight to the eardrum. It’s better than syringe style and bulb style because it provides a much longer stream, with fewer stops to refill.
When I was a kid, I got smacked with a snowball as I turned my head and broke my ear drum. I’ve broken several bones over the years but that ear drum was one of the more painful things I’ve experienced. Every time this thing comes up, I can’t mash that meh button fast enough. This thing makes me cringe.
@PeacefulEasy I’m right with you. I had perforations of my ear drum because of ear infections when I was a kid. This is a hard pass for me too.
FYI Asian earwax is different. It’s dry and flaky.
I’ve tried the off-the-shelf peroxide/water-based off-the shelf kits from the pharmacy with the little bulb squeezer thing and I literally got NOTHING from it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwax
That’s why generations of Asians grew up with the ritual of laying their head on their parent’s lap and having them gently scoop out earwax with the much maligned (and sure, technically dangerous) earpick.
@notyoutoo So all that’s to say, pass.
@notyoutoo I lived in Tokyo for a decade. I love the earpicks and just finished with a peroxide pick of my ears… I am not Asian but love the picks.
I have eustation tube dysfunction and a partially collapsed ear drum, so I can’t get any kind of water in one of my ears. So I can’t use a product like this at all. Otherwise my inner ear becomes a bacteria breeding ground and I get nasty infections.
I visit a ENT doctor every few months to get my ears cleaned out. The amount of wax, dead skin, etc that he removes is absurd.
If you want to use a product like this, follow the directions, and if you start to either have a lot of pain or feel like your hearing isn’t right, go see a doctor.
Even if this came in Georgia Red. . . I’d still pass.
@jrwofuga It only comes in Georgia Red if there’s something really, really wrong.