Sweden is known for two things: supermodels and apparently, snot suckers, since this nasal aspirator has been used by “Swedish Moms and Dads for years.” Basically, if your child is refusing to blow their nose, jam the $15 NoseFrida against their nostril (but not inside) and start sucking on the end to pull out all kinds of nasty nastiness. Don’t worry about it getting into your mouth though, because they assure us:
WITH THE FILTER IN PLACE, THE PARENT DOES NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE MUCOUS FROM THE CHILD. There is no risk of bacterial contamination, in other words, you will not get the cold your child has.
Uh huh. Sorry, but I don’t care how good the filter is, I don’t go anywhere near sick children (or well ones, for that matter.) The last thing I’m going to do is pull their creepy-crawlies directly toward my mouth.
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Seamus
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 7:52 AMWe have a lamer version of this gadget. Babies in particular need this sort of thing, because they don’t know what they hell you’re doing when you’re trying to get them to blow their nose.
The one we have just doesn’t get much suction going, so it is pretty ineffective.
Peter
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:13 AMsorry but … HURL! ahh I feel better now.
Richard
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:14 AMOne is tempted to say ‘this gadget really sucks’. But that’s probably a bit obvious.
Seriously folks, a tissue works fine on a child’s nose. Why on earth would you try to suck out the snot? You don’t pick your kid’s nose, do you?
boytz
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:59 AMAt least it double as a tiny vacuum cleaner for all those hard to reach places!
Ding Dong Santas Here
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 4:07 PMtiny vacuum what the hell like anyone would want this peice of crap
s3p
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 9:30 AMSo if an unsuspecting parent were to blow instead of suck, would the poor child die from a high velocity booger?
lucy
Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:49 PMdo any of you people who have posted stupid comments have children?? do you know how hard it is to get a babies nose clear so they can breathe. think about it idiots….