Random Review: Vicks VapoSteam Inhaler

Love it or Leave it??

So, I have been MIA for quite a while. Shameful, I know. BUT in my defense, the latter portion of my absence was due to a nasty flu I caught. I've never had such clogged sinuses in my life! and still do even now in fact! It's been 10 days! Ridiculous!!! The more clogged I got the more difficult it became to sleep and after several days of crappy sleep I was pretty frickin irritated! My face hurt, my ears hurt- I discovered sinus passageways in my head that I never even knew existed because they ached and throbbed like death!! Ugh!

Naturally, about halfway through that time I was desperate for some sort of remedy. So I went to the store looking for a humidifier and while I was standing there scanning over the limited options at Fred Meyer, I came across Vicks VapoSteam Inhaler. Everyone knows what Vicks VapoRub does so I thought to myself, Vicks vapors mixed in with steam sounded pretty awesome to me at the time. I was dying for anything that might offer an inkling of relief. It was only $10 so I snatched it up with a quickness!


Well, I have to say that in this instance, the makers of Vicks VapoRub totally let me down. You tell me. When you read the term "VapoSteam", does it not imply to you that there might be actual STEAM that comes out of it? Well, the product name is bit misleading because there is no steam at all and that was a disappointment to me.

This is how the VapoSteam Inhaler works:
You fill up the bottom chamber with hot, "not boiling" water then drop one of the VapoSteam pads into the water, which in turn is supposed to create vapors that you inhale through the funnel shaped top half.




To me, this product didn't do anything better or work anymore effectively than the Vicks VapoRub itself. I could have easily saved myself $6 by simply buying the VapoRub instead for the same overall results. I was highly unimpressed.

Love it or leave it?? Obsession Confessions vote: Definitely LEAVE IT!