Sterimar Breathe Easy, Daily Nasal Spray For Cold, 100% Natural Sea Water, 100 ml

This is my favourite for the spring and autumn seasons, especially when your nose starts playing tricks on you, and nothing seems to work. Of course, you can’t rely on nasal sprays for too long. I find it to be very natural, yet effective, and it doesn’t irritate me at all. I seem to have ended up with quite a few bottles (not sure how that happened 😄), so I keep them at work and at home — just in case I need it!

I suffer from pretty severe rhinitis and blocked nose all year long so I have long ruled out hayfever although I could well have a dust allergy or something which well, explains why it never goes away. I bought Sterimar last year but followed the bottle instructions to the T and found it didn't work well at decongesting my nose so I gave up on it and went back to Beconase (nasal steroid spray) and Otrivine (an over-the-counter nasal decongestant spray). Well after having relied on Beconase (nasal steroid spray) and occasionally Otrivine to decongest my nose (once a day every few days), I am starting to feel they aren't working well anymore. My nose is getting blocked once a day almost, and I am wary about increasing the dosage of Beconase and Otrivine after having read up on the dangers of such sprays - well Otrivine especially can damage nasal tissues permanently if overused or used regularly even... Fearful of now beginning to suffer from rebound nasal congestion (very common amongst people who rely on Otrivine and the like to unblock noses), I have decided to try Sterimar again after buying it a year ago but stashed it away because I thought it didn't work so well.This time by accident almost, I discovered a better and more effective way to use this product to unblock noses. My son has been suffering from bad sinusitis this week and as he is only 7, nasal steroid sprays aren't for him and I am wary of using Otrivine even though they do a "kids" version. So I tried Sterimar on him but as his sinuses were so bad and so clogged and swollen, I got him to lie down and sniff this solution in while I spray it in, and then sit up and wait a moment for the solution to thin out the mucus before blowing his nose and ridding his sinuses of greenish muck. I did all this without reading the instructions on the bottle and I'm glad I did because this method absolutely worked a charm at clearing and unblocking his nose and sinuses effectively..After a year of not using this, I had forgotten what the actual bottle instructions were until I read them properly tonight and realised it said not to sniff it in. But my son had already used it successfully to clear his sinuses, 6 or 7 times so far, sniffing it in lying down. So what harm can it do right? Well... I tried it on my blocked nostrils tonight. First time I did not sniff it in before blowing my nose. It did not really clear my nose and sinuses very effectively. I tried again a few hours later, this time making sure I tilted my head back and sniffed hard when I sprayed, so it got deep into my sinuses. I blew my nose and successfully blew out all the thick gunk in my sinuses this time. And voila, nose became unblocked as well!Now my nose and sinuses feel so clear and fresh... I will now always use it like this and if you have bad sinuses or blocked nose, I also recommend you use it this way - tilt your head back, sniff in as much of the stuff as you can when you spray it in. Sit up and wait a moment for the gunk in your sinuses to loosen up in your nose, then have a good blow out of your nose. I guarantee you it will work wonders and if you had been addicted to steroid nasal sprays and/or nasal decongestant sprays like Otrivine and want to kick the addiction, give Sterimar a go by using it the way I describe. Don't follow the bottle instructions..It might just do the trick for you as it did for me and my son. I'm so glad we don't have to rely on Otrivine again! And as for steroid nasal sprays like Beconase, I think they do have their uses. For example if I'm out for the day at a dusty place, it may not be convenient to have to use Sterimar to blow out my nose and sinuses every now and then. I might in those occasions, give myself 2 sprays of Beconase before leaving home. It tends to work for a couple of hours. But I'll probably try taking a bottle of Sterimar with me anyway so I can still have it for back up. Maybe I can one day ditch the nasal steroid sprays altogether too and breathe smoothly. One can only hope.

Really good product. I hate using medicine as I’m not comfortable with using products that are full with synthetics. This product is perfect as it’s just basically salt water with the added benefit of easy nostril application. I wear a mask at work everyday due to this COVID pandemic and my nose/mouth has been so irritably dry. I’ve used this a couple of times and it has definitely cleared temporary congestion as well as moisturised my nasal passage. The nasal application tip for me is a bit stiff, not so easy to apply at certain angles but perhaps It’s not with all spray bottles.. maybe just mine. But regardless although application can be a tad messy the relief after is AMAZING. I will continue to use and hopefully remain this satisfied.

very good and helps with clearing nose.

I cannot use decongestants so this was a god send, and it works. Easier to use and more effective than the manual one but you need to practice to get it just right but it is worth the effort

I have suffered for years with dizziness, nausea, brain fog and headaches particularly in the morning. I had been back and forth to my GP and had goodness knows how many blood tests with nothing ever showing. I had explained the feeling of pressure in my head and inner ears until I was blue in the face but all to no avail.At the beginning of 2022 I resorted to going private. I was diagnosed with Migrainous Vertigo and was prescribed tablets which gave me depression and suicidal thoughts. The prescription was changed but nothing improved and the depression etc continued. After several months I stopped taking the prescribed tablets.I came across Sterimar after researching my symptoms once again. For the first few days it didn’t seem to have any effect but after a while when I blew my nose I could hear squeaking and feel some pressure relief in my inner ears. After a few weeks the pressure in my head eased along with the headaches and nausea.It was a very gradual improvement. When I look back at how I was before and now I would say I feel a good seventy percent better.I find Sterimar easy to use, convenient and inexpensive. I know you can make a preparation yourself and buy a device to administer it that does the same but I’m happy to continue with Sterimar.I can only speak from my own experience but it has made a big difference to me and it was worth persevering. I now use it once or twice a day which seems enough to keep things in check.

Really useful during a cold.

I have used this product for many months before the design was apparently changed so that it no longer comes with a top.I have found the new design to be wasteful. The spout has consistently failed to release properly at the end of spraying, and without the top, an entire canister discharged itself in my overnight travel bag.The product itself is effective and good, but the design of the canister has ruined the product.