Open top bag, or combination.

I grew up as a Higginsonian, and remain so today. I only ever owned one traveling open top bag, which I used for douching in the early days of my marriage when I used a diaphragm for contraception.

Most of the pics I see show the combination syringe with a stopper, which could also be used as a hot water bottle. Where these more popular, than open top bags and if so why? What are the advantages of the one over the other, and what is your personal choice and why? what advice would you give a first time purchaser?

Delia

I've had both and currently have a Seeking Health open top. I prefer the open top for cleanliness. I think they are easier to clean,they dry much more quickly and they are easier to fill, more especially to re-fill. On the downside, they do make a mess if you drop them while they are full.

Personally I like the open top, So much easier to refill for multiple enemas.

The naughtiest are on hands and knees with a bulb type douche syringe.

This is based on my own experience dating back to my teens when I first tried an open-top

Hot Water Bottle Style

Pros:

Obviously a HWB-type is neater than an open-top.

Nothing spills if you have a good valve.

It's safer. Nothing gets added after it is sealed. you KNOW what is in the bag when you seal it, and that's what you are taking, at least for this round!

The water stays at temperature longer in an HWB style bag.

They seem to be easier to find in serviceable condition.

Easier to mix. Since warm water is best you end up with cold soapy water, adding hot water to it to get it warm.

You can turn the bag over several times and even let it lie on it's side through the final stages of prep.

Cons:

Harder to clean

Once cleaned takes longer to dry

Seems not to get the serious klismos as aroused as quickly.

The last pint or so takes longer than the rest because of back pressure.

A little more waste A couple of ounces stay in the bag.

Open-top

Pros

The more Klismo you are the more arousing it is seems to work faster than an HWB style

Easier to clean.

Steadier, more even flow

Makes a sucking sound to indicate when it's empty. Easier in the knee-chest position because you don't have to look at it to know.

No waste. No water stays in the bag.

Cons

Messy! Almost impossible to avoid some spillage, especially in the later rounds when you can already be a little discombobulated.

If the room is not secure, substances you DO NOT want inside you can be slipped in by a well-meaning but dangerous SO, or sibling

Just more awkward to handle

Water cools faster!

That said, I have always preferred HWB style for most enemas.

My 4-qt bag is an open-top.

I have used a 2-qt open-top for my worst, "rough ride " enema

My Mom used a red combination syringe from he first enema until the last one she give me. The syringe hung in the bathroom until my 20s. I purchased a combination syringe with black nozzle then and have used that type sen

se then. I have purchased several more sense then.

For many years i used a closed top 2 quart red bag, actually 2 of them. When Seeking Health put their 4 quart silicone rubber open top bag on sale, i bought one. I really like the open top, easy to fill and clean and i can see the fluid level drop, can't do that with the red bag. It is made well, so it's probably the last bag i will ever buy.

Mom used a 2 ounce bulb syringe on me till about age 7 . I hated the bulb and fourth with her everytime. I hated it going in and out each time she filled it and back in to empty it. She would fill and refill 5 or 6 times sometimes more. Then at age 7 ,I wasn't feeling well and was sent home from school. On the way home Mom said I think you should take a enema. I immediately started getting up set telling and crying. Mom said waite a minute I have something new. It only has to go in once. Oh I thought, I don't want it , but that does sound better . I cooperated, undressed and played on the kitchen table on the bath towel she played down. She went to the sink and picked up this red bag, and started to fill it up. I looked with fear in my eyes, Mom said it looks scary but this is better, Easier and you might like it. Oh well she put it in me. Well it had alot more water, and was much more uncomfortable. But it only went in once.

It was a Devol comfy combination bag. I have bought and used open top bags, seems to me the water rushes in a lot faster. So I prefer the combination bag, it seems like the flow is slower and more comfortable . But that could be all in my mind......toni

My preferred bag is an open top. Easier to fill or add more solution, dries faster after usage.

As a child I got the bulb. Then as a teen it was the typical closed top combination bag.

The first bag I bought myself was a yellow latex Faultless Folding Syringe. Since then I have purchased and used several different bulbs and bags.

Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and I still have several types, but the one I use most often is an open top "fountain syringe". It is the quickest to prepare and fill, and you can actually use a hand towel to wipe out the inside when you are done.

The sight of my fountain syringe bulging to the brim, with a little soapy water cascading down the side admittedly gives me the tingles. My older daughter jokes that my pink fountain syringe is "a lot sexier" than the combo bag we've used mostly as a hot water bottle.

My go-to bag is the red Davol open top shown in my avatar, just as you see it with soap foaming over the brim.. that my favorite classic enema. Beside the Davol open-top, I have a few other brands of open tops. Don't use them tthat much, but they bring back memories of the gals I used them on...

Also have some hot water bottle style combo bags that I don't use that much now that I'm scared of large volume (thank to my hernia); I like to force fill it, making it look scary and powerful - the expansion causes a very fast initial flow - so fast before you know it you have quart inside you.

I prefer the closed / hot water bottle style. That might be because that is the style I first saw and fantasized about and the kit in the link is the exact one I first saw and saw all my life as it is at least fifty-five years old and I still have it all except the box ( which itself was exciting because of the lady on it and the instructions also) . I like the overall look and since it was the first bag I saw and used it will always be special to me Also once or twice when younger and sneaking using it I had the bottle fall and there were no spills, so that is an obvious benefit of the sealed container. That is the kit --> https://en.zity.biz/gallery/image/160953

It is hard to say. To me, the traditional enema bag is the open top fountain syringe. It is made only for two purposes. ENEMA and DOUCHE. It also can be refilled with no interruptions while being given the enema. Nothing more sexy than a mature lady walking into the room you are in, me, face down bare bottom waiting for my fate and the first thing I see (besides her) is the full bulging enema bag with the suds dripping down the bag and the long hose and nozzle. :-)

Closed top or open top bags work equally well for me, both have their pros and cons. Years ago, good quality closed top bags in various quart sizes could be found with ease, in todays market, good quality closed top bags in various quart sizes have gotten almost impossible to find. In contrast, in todays market, a wide variety of good quality open top bags in various quart sizes are easy to find. Just my two cents...