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The clos­est thing to the ill-fat­ed pans are steam neb­u­liz­ers. Although even in this case, the effi­cien­cy is clear­ly supe­ri­or to the old-fash­ioned method. The med­i­cine here only enters the upper parts of the nasophar­ynx, so devices of this type are suit­able for the treat­ment of a lim­it­ed num­ber of dis­eases.

The most com­mon type of neb­u­liz­ers can be safe­ly called com­pres­sor. Such devices are con­stant win­ners in the cat­e­go­ry “price — qual­i­ty”. In addi­tion, ultra­son­ic and mesh neb­u­liz­ers are also on the mar­ket. We will also talk about them in detail in this analy­sis.

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Choice of Experts

1. Omron Comp Air NE-C28

Seri­ous Japan­ese, work­ing on the com­pres­sor prin­ci­ple, suit­able for both home and pro­fes­sion­al use.

Good for absolute­ly every­thing: qual­i­ty char­ac­ter­is­tics (when choos­ing a neb­u­liz­er, it is impor­tant to pay atten­tion to the aver­age par­ti­cle size into which the drug is bro­ken down and the speed of their spray­ing), and reli­a­bil­i­ty, and ease of use, and, of course, the price.

It is dif­fi­cult to argue with Japan­ese prac­ti­cal­i­ty: all con­tact parts of the device can be eas­i­ly removed and dis­in­fect­ed, the inhala­tion cham­ber is quite volu­mi­nous, and a bag for car­ry­ing and stor­ing equip­ment is includ­ed.

Of the minus­es: None of the com­pres­sor neb­u­liz­ers can boast of silence dur­ing oper­a­tion, but here the noise lev­el is still above aver­age. In addi­tion, this device is quite heavy (the weight declared by the man­u­fac­tur­er is 1.9 kg), so it is not nec­es­sary to con­sid­er it as a mobile option for pick­up.

2.B.Well WN-112K

A fea­ture of this neb­u­liz­er is a breath-acti­vat­ed cham­ber and a long hose con­nect­ed to the device. In fact, this allows the patient to be in a con­ve­nient place for him and in a com­fort­able posi­tion. The noise lev­el in this case is also not so impor­tant. Such an indi­ca­tor as par­ti­cle size is also wor­thy here, so B.Well may well become a life­saver. More­over, the econ­o­my class, for this mir­a­cle you do not have to over­pay.

Of the minus­es: The flow rate of this neb­u­liz­er is not the high­est, which sug­gests that the effec­tive­ness in the fight against com­plex dis­eases can be reduced, although it will cope with ARVI, acute res­pi­ra­to­ry infec­tions and aller­gies with a bang. In addi­tion, the device has a lim­it­ed oper­at­ing time of 30 min­utes, some­times this fig­ure, alas, is not enough.

3 Flaem Nuova Delphinus F1000

Sure­ly not every­one knows the Ital­ian brand Flaem Nuo­va, but believe me, behind these words there is actu­al­ly a hun­dred-year his­to­ry of the pro­duc­tion of med­ical equip­ment. This com­pres­sor inhaler is equipped with vir­tu­al­ly every­thing you need. There is an abun­dance of var­i­ous noz­zles, and, impor­tant­ly, the adjust­ment of the lev­el of par­ti­cles.

Of the minus­es: this neb­u­liz­er is quite heavy (2.1 kg) so it should be con­sid­ered as a good sta­tion­ary option.

4. Berdsk Chamomile‑2

If your option is “cheap and cheer­ful”, then you should take a clos­er look at this steam inhaler. He will cope with a cold for sure, in addi­tion, it can be used for cos­met­ic pro­ce­dures. It is sim­ple and reli­able in use; any herbal decoc­tions are suit­able for it as med­i­cines.

Of the minus­es: steam inhalers are not suit­able for treat­ing all dis­eases, plus you need to remem­ber that it is bet­ter not to let a per­son with car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases near him for a can­non shot.

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5 AND UN-232

This ultra­son­ic beau­ty is reli­able, quite qui­et and com­pact. But like any neb­u­liz­er of this type, it is far from com­pat­i­ble with all types of drugs, this is the main dif­fi­cul­ty when choos­ing an ultra­sound machine. But at the same time, there are a lot of plus­es on the face: both good indi­ca­tors of the aver­age par­ti­cle size, and excel­lent speed, and ease of care and dis­in­fec­tion. Anoth­er fea­ture of this device can safe­ly be called the pos­si­bil­i­ty of heat­ing drugs and water for ther­mal inhala­tion. This is just for those who, with a run­ny nose and viral dis­eases, choose old school with nos­tal­gia.

Of the minus­es: This neb­u­liz­er does not have a hose, so inhala­tions can only be done at the table. Alas, it will not work to get com­fort­able in a chair with a book.

6. Medisana USC 541005.0

Anoth­er Japan­ese in our review. This ultra­son­ic neb­u­liz­er is tru­ly pock­et-sized: its weight is only 300 grams, it runs on 4 AA bat­ter­ies. Agree, this is just a sto­ry about the fact that inhala­tion can be done every­where: both on the road and on a walk. What could be more con­ve­nient?

Of the minus­es: due to the com­pact­ness of the device, man­u­fac­tur­ers had to give up the time of con­tin­u­ous use. It is lim­it­ed to 15 min­utes.

7. Omron Micro Air NE-U22

Mesh neb­u­liz­ers are portable and silent. This per­fect com­bi­na­tion, of course, cap­ti­vates any­one. This device, for exam­ple, weighs only 97 grams, it can work both from the mains and from bat­ter­ies. In addi­tion, the NE-U22 has a con­tin­u­ous use time of two hours, which is sig­nif­i­cant­ly longer than devices with sim­i­lar char­ac­ter­is­tics. If you are look­ing for a neb­u­liz­er and you don’t care how much it costs, trust me — this is the per­fect option.

Of the minus­es: price only. Mesh neb­u­liz­ers are the most expen­sive devices on the mar­ket and it is up to you to decide whether you are will­ing to pay so much for con­ve­nience.

8 AND UN-233AC‑M

This device may well com­pete with a col­league Omron. In terms of porta­bil­i­ty and con­ve­nience, it is in no way infe­ri­or to it. But on the oth­er hand, it wins in price, on aver­age in the mar­ket, this baby is 2–2.5 times cheap­er. There­fore, if you choose a device that will lie on the far top shelf and be used from time to time, AND may well become one.

Of the minus­es: not a high par­ti­cle flow rate, and there­fore, in some cas­es, not too high effi­cien­cy.

9. Little Doctor LD-207U

Anoth­er inex­pen­sive col­league, the Lit­tle Doc­tor mesh neb­u­liz­er is also quite con­ve­nient and easy to use. This mod­el has the abil­i­ty to work both autonomous­ly and from the net­work, it is quite light and silent. A set of bat­ter­ies is enough for about 6–10 full-fledged inhala­tions — so this neb­u­liz­er may well win in the nom­i­na­tion of the best trav­el option. In addi­tion, the device can be tilt­ed at an angle of 45 degrees, which allows inhala­tion even while lying down.

Of the minus­es: AC adapter must be pur­chased sep­a­rate­ly.

10. Xiaomi Andon VP-M3A.0

First, the guys from Xiao­mi took up phones, then lap­tops, then vac­u­um clean­ers, and now med­ical equip­ment. I must say they were every­where wait­ing for a resound­ing suc­cess. So when devel­op­ing a neb­u­liz­er, they were able to take into account all the wish­es of cus­tomers and made a styl­ish, silent, com­pact device that, at a low price, has bet­ter char­ac­ter­is­tics than oth­er mar­ket giants.

Of the minus­es: here except that you can talk about dis­trust of the brand. But how fair this assess­ment is is up to you.

How to choose a nebulizer for adults

When choos­ing a neb­u­liz­er, you should focus on five main indi­ca­tors: par­ti­cle size, flow rate, ease of use, its size and price. Not always good per­for­mance of the device, its com­pact­ness and ease of care cor­re­late with ideas about the aver­age Russ­ian wal­let. And here you already have to choose, if you are look­ing for a device for the home, and mobil­i­ty is not impor­tant for you and you are com­fort­able car­ry­ing out the pro­ce­dure with­out pay­ing atten­tion to noise, then you should def­i­nite­ly give pref­er­ence to com­pres­sor devices. Most of these are on the mar­ket.

Expert opinion

Every fam­i­ly faces the prob­lem of res­pi­ra­to­ry dis­eases. Chil­dren of preschool and school age are espe­cial­ly often sick, but adults are not immune from this either. When the course of the dis­ease is pro­longed and com­pli­cat­ed, the infec­tion descends into the low­er res­pi­ra­to­ry tract. It is no longer so easy to get to the dis­ease with drugs there, and in these cas­es we often pre­scribe inhaled drugs to patients using a neb­u­liz­er. This device is also required for the treat­ment of patients with chron­ic dis­eases, such as bronchial asth­ma, chron­ic obstruc­tive pul­monary dis­eases, ”explains Tatyana Stepano­va, gen­er­al prac­ti­tion­er of the Clin­ic of Mod­ern Med­i­cine of the IAKI.

— What are the prin­ci­ples of oper­a­tion of neb­u­liz­ers? They are ultra­son­ic, in such devices the split­ting of the drug solu­tion and its trans­for­ma­tion into an aerosol occurs under the influ­ence of ultra­sound, depend­ing on the inten­si­ty of the ultra­sound, the speed and vol­ume of the spray of the drug changes. The neg­a­tive aspect of the work of these neb­u­liz­ers is the lim­it­ed choice of drugs.

There are also mesh neb­u­liz­ers. The prin­ci­ple of action there is also based on ultra­sound, but there its action is direct­ed not direct­ly at the drug, but at the mesh mem­brane. When it starts to move, the active sub­stance turns into an aerosol. The dis­ad­van­tages include the high cost and the need for thor­ough wash­ing, which is not always con­ve­nient.

There are also com­pres­sor neb­u­liz­ers in which an aerosol is formed by split­ting the drug with a pow­er­ful jet of air, and this pow­er­ful jet is cre­at­ed by the com­pres­sor. Experts regard this type of neb­u­liz­er as the most reli­able, when using such devices, the loss of the med­i­c­i­nal solu­tion is min­i­mal, and only noise is not­ed as an incon­ve­nience, the expert con­tin­ues.

— Inhala­tions through a neb­u­liz­er are pre­scribed for var­i­ous dis­eases: for laryn­gi­tis, sinusi­tis, bron­chi­tis, tra­cheitis, pneu­mo­nia, bronchial asth­ma, chron­ic obstruc­tive pul­monary dis­ease, cys­tic fibro­sis, tuber­cu­lo­sis, etc. In addi­tion, inhala­tions with a neb­u­liz­er are nec­es­sary for the pre­ven­tion of pneu­mo­nia in the post­op­er­a­tive peri­od. But like any ther­a­py, inhala­tions have their own con­traindi­ca­tions, includ­ing aller­gies, pneu­moth­o­rax, bleed­ing, and emphy­se­ma. So you can’t do with­out a doctor’s con­sul­ta­tion here,” Tatyana Stepano­va sums up.