Alternative to Irrigation Bag
Posted: 2021-09-25 22:20:02
Hi,
I haven’t been on here on the discussion board in a very long time. But I wanted to ask a couple things and to tell you about something I invented last night. Maybe it would be useful to somebody here who irrigates.
The first thing is a question. If you travel and you are an irrigator, do you find it difficult when you are not home to find a way to hang the irrigation bag to have it up high enough for the pressure you need for an infusion of water?
The second thing is another question. Do you ever just become annoyed at the weight of the irrigation bag with all that water in it?
The third thing is something I want to tell you about. The answers to the two questions above are yes to the first and the second, for me. To the first, when I go somewhere there never seems to be anywhere to hang the bag, especially in hotel rooms. Further, if you are staying at the home of a relative or friend, hanging something like that in their bathroom is sometimes a precarious thing because either they dont have something in the bathroom that will hold it securely or there is no place to hang it at all. For the second, once you fill it up (I use a Hollister irrigation bag), it weighs a lot, which makes the answer to the first question what it is.
So, here is what I wanted to tell you. I invented a thing to replace or to be an alternative to the irrigation bag. Dont laugh, OK? This actually works. I cut the plastic tubing off the bottom of the bag. Then, I bought one of those picnic style clear mustard or ketchup bottles with the very thin end. I put the end of the tubing on the narrow end of the picnic condiment bottle and friction holds it on - you just push the plastic tubing over the end of the nozzle, fill the bottle up with water (about 8 ounces), use the cone end just like always, hold the bottle up a little over your head, and it works exactly the same way as the irrigation bag.
The downside is that you have to keep filling up the bottle, where you wouldn’t have to fill up the bag as often, but you do not have the problem with weight of the water, it is quick and easy, and you do not have to worry about where to store any of it when you are not home. You can just clean off the cone end like you would normally do, roll up the plastic tubing, and put the bottle and the tubing in a little plastic bag. You can even fit it in a backpack or suitcase. If the bottle wears out, you just spend 50 cents at a grocery store or dollar store and get a new one. The tubing, as you know, is very sturdy and rarely is problematic at all, so if you need to replace the bottle, no problem.
I remember years ago a person on the discussion board, a young man I believe, made a comment one time that he wished there was something smaller and easier to work with for irrigation. This is it.
I hope this is helpful to someone. When I am home, for the most part I will just use the irrigation bag. But I am hoping to go on vacation soon and will be staying at two different houses, one of which has only one bathroom. I would rather not have all sorts of contraptions hanging around the bathroom of someone else or having to worry about the irrigation bag falling off of something I might hang it on and make a mess. This really does work.
Nancy
I haven’t been on here on the discussion board in a very long time. But I wanted to ask a couple things and to tell you about something I invented last night. Maybe it would be useful to somebody here who irrigates.
The first thing is a question. If you travel and you are an irrigator, do you find it difficult when you are not home to find a way to hang the irrigation bag to have it up high enough for the pressure you need for an infusion of water?
The second thing is another question. Do you ever just become annoyed at the weight of the irrigation bag with all that water in it?
The third thing is something I want to tell you about. The answers to the two questions above are yes to the first and the second, for me. To the first, when I go somewhere there never seems to be anywhere to hang the bag, especially in hotel rooms. Further, if you are staying at the home of a relative or friend, hanging something like that in their bathroom is sometimes a precarious thing because either they dont have something in the bathroom that will hold it securely or there is no place to hang it at all. For the second, once you fill it up (I use a Hollister irrigation bag), it weighs a lot, which makes the answer to the first question what it is.
So, here is what I wanted to tell you. I invented a thing to replace or to be an alternative to the irrigation bag. Dont laugh, OK? This actually works. I cut the plastic tubing off the bottom of the bag. Then, I bought one of those picnic style clear mustard or ketchup bottles with the very thin end. I put the end of the tubing on the narrow end of the picnic condiment bottle and friction holds it on - you just push the plastic tubing over the end of the nozzle, fill the bottle up with water (about 8 ounces), use the cone end just like always, hold the bottle up a little over your head, and it works exactly the same way as the irrigation bag.
The downside is that you have to keep filling up the bottle, where you wouldn’t have to fill up the bag as often, but you do not have the problem with weight of the water, it is quick and easy, and you do not have to worry about where to store any of it when you are not home. You can just clean off the cone end like you would normally do, roll up the plastic tubing, and put the bottle and the tubing in a little plastic bag. You can even fit it in a backpack or suitcase. If the bottle wears out, you just spend 50 cents at a grocery store or dollar store and get a new one. The tubing, as you know, is very sturdy and rarely is problematic at all, so if you need to replace the bottle, no problem.
I remember years ago a person on the discussion board, a young man I believe, made a comment one time that he wished there was something smaller and easier to work with for irrigation. This is it.
I hope this is helpful to someone. When I am home, for the most part I will just use the irrigation bag. But I am hoping to go on vacation soon and will be staying at two different houses, one of which has only one bathroom. I would rather not have all sorts of contraptions hanging around the bathroom of someone else or having to worry about the irrigation bag falling off of something I might hang it on and make a mess. This really does work.
Nancy