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Update - 3-5-2017 The manufacturer responded -- yea!! -- so all is forgiven. I hope to get a higher suction unit when they are available. I will post new review at that time. Update - 8/19/2016: Contacted the company to suggest/request in next version the ability to control the strength of suction. Because of deviated septum, one side gets "trickle" of solution going through, the other side okay. I still use this, and if (when) I get another head cold I will definitely use it to "vacuum" out the mucous. For me, without a bit more suction, it is not as useful. I am most disappointed that I did not receive a reply from the company about my inquiry. Sigh. I guess once the sale is made . . . . Original Review (unchanged): At first I wasn't sold on this device. Once I found a way to use it without plugging up my hearing, it was just okay, but I didn't really notice that much difference. Then I got a BAD rhinovirus. My sinuses were so clogged and my head felt so stuffy, I fully expected to see brain matter expelled when I blew my nose for at least a half hour at a time. The effectiveness of the Navage was a surprise. If you don't want to be grossed out, stop reading know. Just know that it really cleared my sinuses. First, my method of use is to run it for several seconds and when I feel the build up of too much pressure, I pull it out of my nares and a significant amount of fluid rushes out both sides of my nasal passages. Obviously, I lean over the sink during use. Then I repeat the process two to four times. I have a severely deviated septum which I have been told cannot be surgically repaired because of its location -- which is why the fluid during use builds up until I remove the nasal horns. Now, the gross part. The first time I removed the Navage and expected saline solution, I expelled a huge amount of histamine-colored (yellow) mucous. Each time, more and more came out. I could actually breathe in air on both sides of my nostrils, which hasn't happened in years. It would have taken an hour to blow all that goo out of my sinuses, plus use up a box of tissues. I made sure to use it just before going to sleep, and it helped make it easier to fall asleep -- instead of feeling like I had 20 pounds of gook in my head. My technique of "nasal interruptus" is not described in the literature or on the web site. I found it through trial and error. Know that this device takes some practice to find a way it will work for each person. Being able to wash the sinuses by using saline with suction is so much better than other methods. I know. I'm old. I've tried them all. Highly recommended.