- Hi. It's Parris from Epic Review Guys.
Mid-January here in Central Texas, so, even though
the weather out is really nice, it is the one time of year
that I have allergies, what's called cedar fever.
Every year it gets bad enough, I need to start taking
the medication several times a day,
and I walk around the house like a zombie.
So, I'm very curious to see what the MyPurMist
can do to help me out.
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If you live in the US and own a television set,
you must have see the MyPurMist TV ads
many, many times, as have I.
I finally decided to break down and give this a try,
see if it will help out with my allergies.
Also have two kids in school who this time of year
come home with colds and sniffles.
So, they'll get a chance to try it out as well.
This kit goes for $149.00.
They advertise you can find it locally
at Target and Walgreen's.
I ordered this one online, and it actually came with some
additional accessories that are supposed
to make it easier to use;
same price though, $149.00.
I'll put a link to that package right
down below this video.
In the package I ordered, they included these scents pads.
These are eucalyptus and peppermint to help
clear out the sinuses, I guess.
This accessory, which is the hands-free accessory,
and I've heard this is a good one to have,
so you don't have to hold it up to your face.
You can use this and I guess it straps it on to your head,
and it looks like there are also a couple of extra masks.
Now, my favorite place to be when I've got a cold
and I'm all stuffed up or the allergies
are really bothering me is not in bed.
It's in the shower.
A hot shower, all that steamy warm air,
after a few minutes seems to clear things out.
Suddenly, you can breathe again.
It's so nice but after your shower, when you step out,
a few minutes later, all the problems come back.
So, I think the idea is that that water that can go
deep into your lungs, up into your sinuses
will give you that same sort of I'm-in-the-shower effect.
The first thing I see in the box here
answers my first question,
was, "Can you use regular water for this?"
I don't think you're supposed to.
This is distilled water and on the box,
that 1 ounce is supposed to give you 25 minutes
of that humidifications
So, this ought to last a few hours,
and I guess I'll go out and buy a big bottle
of distilled water.
So, in here, I guess this is to transport it.
Here's a mask.
So yes, what they gave me in the kit
are additional masks.
I don't know if they wear out or if they're
for different people in your family
to want to use it at the same time.
The device itself, the cord, the transformer,
the other cord that plugs into the wall.
So, you are going to be tethered to this.
I don't see a fill line here where you pour the water in.
So, I'll just fill it up to where it doesn't spill over.
You can leave water in between uses,
but if you're not going to use it for a few days,
then you should drain it out, pour it out.
Now an interesting thing with this is that
you don't need to go and clean
any of the internal components.
When you're done with it and turn it off,
a fan comes on that blows air through and dries
everything out, supposedly, for 10 minutes,
so no bacteria will grow there.
The cap has got a little seal inside.
So, let's see.....
how spilly it is.
Okay. Didn't spill.
Oh, till it snaps in. Okay.
Alright. The mask is pretty thin
but very flexible.
It's got a metal piece on the top
to fit the bridge of your nose.
Alright. I'm going to actually go outside
for a little walk now.
That does wonders for stirring up the allergies,
and I'll be back in a few minutes to give this a try.
Actually pretty windy outside this afternoon.
I may have a few leaves in my hair.
I have a little of the allergy response going on.
I can feel the stuffiness here but it isn't
to the point of sneezing or having the watery eyes.
So, let's see what this can do, if it can help me
to breathe more easily.
So, power switch.
Hit this button at the bottom.
Blue light comes on.
I think that means it's warming up.
Oh, it's already getting steamy.
Wow, and it's already warm.
So, the bottom light must be the, okay, the 105,
and all the way up is 115.
Let's go with, does this go any lower?
No, 105, okay.
(blowing air)
One size fits all.
It's warm and very humid.
Doesn't feel quite like a shower.
I can smell the plastic because it's being
warmed up for the first time.
Gotta keep it pressed all around your face
to keep the steam in there.
Think you can see it's gotten very humid and steamy.
Other than the smell of this plastic getting warm,
there's no other smell.
When I talk, it wants to come off my face.
The key is, don't talk when you're using it.
It's definitely warm and humid in there.
I don't think you can see any steam coming out,
but I can feel it here,
and you can see the condensation on the plastic.
I'm going to put the temperature up some.
I thought 105 would be plenty warm,
but I'd actually like it a little warmer.
Let's go up a couple of dots.
Now this actually functions, as I understand it,
as a vaporizer, which my brother could
probably explain about a lot better than me,
but it takes the liquid in a little, tiny, tiny
chamber and vaporizes it and that's what
comes out and what you inhale.
Well, that's much hotter.
Yeah, I can feel the temperature difference there.
Feels like there's not quite as much steam.
Though it's hotter, there's not as much of it,
like it takes longer for it to produce it.
So, it doesn't blow it out quite as fast.
Well, it would be more relaxing if
I didn't have to hold it up to my face.
So, I think I ought to try out that attachment
that makes it hands free.
So, I'm going to turn this off with this button.
We used it for what, maybe five minutes
and the fan is still going.
That will run for 10 minutes to dry it out,
but what I want is to try this attachment.
Wonder if it's okay to fall asleep with it on.
I guess so.
I'll let it go for a few minutes
and see what effect it's had.
Alright. I got bored after a minute. (laughs)
I want to try these out.
These, I thought they dropped down into the water,
but not, they clamp on on outside
where the air gets pulled into this device, so.
Press one reservoir blister firmly.
Enjoy soothing aroma.
So, there are eight little packs on here
and you pop one and you use that.
Okay, now,
press one reservoir blister firmly.
Is that firm enough?
I smell stuff. I guess it was.
Just had to break the seal.
That should get drawn up...
into the mask.
Wheeewww! That's nice.
That's very strong.
Now it's a little too strong.
There's no way to (coughs) go from
full strength to no strength.
It helped.
I had the eucalyptus and peppermint pack going.
After about three minutes of breathing
in through my nose, out through my mouth,
it helped to clear up the congestion.
So, that actually did help.
I went and collected some of our alternative humidification,
cold and allergy treatments.
It's been a few minutes.
You can hear this is still going.
Can't unplug it, well you shouldn't unplug it
because then the drying process won't complete,
and then it is subject to having something
growing inside where you can't get in to clean it out.
Here's an old favorite.
It's the big Vicks' tub.
You fill this up with water and this is the unit
that actually creates the steam and you can put
a spoonful of mentholatum, eucalyptus sort of stuff
in here and then that warms up and it humidifies
the room and gives it the nice smell and helps
to clear out your sinuses.
It uses that much water in about a night.
So, it only works if the room is closed
and everything in the room gets kind of humid.
So, this is a nice alternative in that
it only takes an ounce of water and you get
almost half an hour of humidification
right where you need it, in your nose,
mouth, and sinuses instead of having
to fill up an entire room with the humidity.
You'll have to decide in your case if the MyPurMist
is worth the expense.
Again, if you're interested in the package
with the extras that we got, I'll put a link to it
down below this video, and I did check
their website to see if you can use this
lying down.
They said you can use it lying at an angle.
So, in a recliner or with some pillows
behind you in bed,
and the day that you have two kids come home sick
or three kids come home sick, or four
kids come home sick, you may wish
you could just put them all in the same
bedroom to sleep and break out this guy.
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