Himalayan ChandraNeti Pot Complete Sinus Cleansing System Starter Kit

First time user, is easy to use. I appreciate buying a kit which included the salt & cleansing drops.

This set was a pretty good starter kit for getting into nasal washing. I know that this practice sounds strange for newcomers, but it really is a great way to help with allergies. I'm not going to claim that this works miracles, but it really does help you breath better and is also rather therapeutic. I feel like I just came out of a spa every time I use it. Head positioning is key to avoid having salt water come into your mouth but it isn't tragic if that does happen. The feeling during the wash is really just the same as getting water up your nose, but you still have the ability to breath through your mouth. It sounds intimidating but it really isn't bad and I haven't heard of anybody that refused to use it again after trying it once.As for the pot, it seems to be of very good quality. I've heard of horror stories of people buying cheap ceramic pots, so I would always rinse it well before the first use and poke and prod anything that looks suspect. My neti pot was perfectly fine and I really like it's design. I like the fact that it's ceramic so that I can run hot water through the pot and heat it up. I find that this helps warm water not instantly get cold.As for the salt, I liked the fact that this kit included salt. I knew going in that most people recommended just buying salt at the grocery store since it was much cheaper but I still had a little skepticism about just buying salt off the grocery store shelf. It turns out that the people were right. The salt included is just non-iodized salt in a little tub. I would still understand a newcomer wanting to purchase the neti pot salt the first time but I will pick up my future salt at the store.As for the booster oil, it really doesn't do much for me. I tried it a few times but it just seemed a little weird and I didn't notice it much. Maybe this has use for some people but it just isn't my thing.Overall a good set and I hope to get my wife to try it sometime soon (when she doesn't think it's water torture). When she does decide to try it, I will buy this set again so that we could each have our own.

This little pot has saved me from many a headache and runny nose. I was very apprehensive about using it the first time, sure I would end up with a ear infection, a raging sinus infection and a gravely voice! However all I have had since I started about 7 months ago is clear sinuses and happy ears. And my voice suffered no ill effects either. :)I have severe allergies, the get-into-bed-I'm-feeling-so-bad kind. I have been on cortical steroids and get a sinus infection about every year. When I stopped the cortical steroids, I was desperate. They hadn't worked at all, and my daily allergy pill didn't seem sufficient. I did research, and I learned about neti pots. I bought this one in a fit of desperation. And it worked. I used it every day, twice everyday! I ran off swimmers ear and a sinus infection with this thing (the sinus infection was cause by allergies and the fact that I hadn't been using my neit pot for abut two weeks). It really has helped make my life more bearable. I would recommend it to anyone.I use a little stainless steel scoop for my salts, which is about 1/4 t. If I fill my pot extra full, I will put in a heaping scoop. For water, I bring a tea kettle of water to a boil, and then let it cool off before pouring it into a large sun tea mason jar. I then use this water to fill my neti pot and then I microwave the full neti pot on high for 30 seconds. After that I put my salts in, stir until it's all dissolved. You do not want to skip this step! There is nothing worse than getting a clump of salt stuck in your sinuses. Trust me. I then neti half the pot in one nostril and the other half in the other nostril. If I have a cold or really bad allergies, I will neti one pot per nostril, but for "every day maintenance" half a pot per works well for me. You can use tap water, but our water is hard, and I like the extra safety measure that boiling takes.

This netipot is great - much nicer than my old plastic one I used to use. I appreciate it comes with a tub of solution for mixing, rather than individual packets that aren't very environmentally friendly. That said, the packets I used to use did include sodium bicarbonate and this solution doesn't. I think I prefer the feeling of the sodium bicarbonate (less burning). I did deduct a star because this also comes with a liquid dropper to include in the solution (perhaps this is meant to replace the sodium bicarbonate from other brands). However, mine had spilled all over the inside of the box, and while the box was sealed, the dropper bottle did not have any sort of seal. I mention it because the bottle specifically has the warning "do not use if seal is broken." Disappointing because this is part of why I bought the set, rather than just the porcelain netipot. However, still happy with the set overall.