Sears Enema Bags

I got all my boyhood enemas with the Victoria enema bag. My adult enemas have been with that enema bag and a few with a Davol bag. My late 2018 hospital SSE was with a Covidien1500ml. disposable bag. The hospital enema felt more intense with the inflow and it had a somwhat stronger soapy water feel. Basically I don't think it matters what enema bag is used. It's a combination of gravity --the enema nozzle used--and the height the enema bag is hung.

I so enjoyed looking at the enema and douche syringes in the Sears and Wards catalog. I was careful with the pages so mom wouldn't notice the wear on them. I also loved walking by the syringe counter at Sears. My pulse would jump looking at those lovely bags and bulbs in the glass counter.

Jim

@jimmy1 - Didn't know Sears had store display of enema equipment. For all the times I was in the local Sears back in the 1950's never ran across it... They did have a big lingerie dept and it seemed hard to avoid upon entry into the store and I most remember a mannequin sitting up on a counter featuring a pale blue long-girdle that really captured my imagination...

My father absolutely loved Sears! Every tool in his workshop was Craftsman. My mother was a devotee of Kenmore appliances, loved Sears lingerie and my first bicycle came from Sears.

I'm sure if Craftsman or Kenmore's name had been emblazoned on an enema bag, we would have had one, for sure! As it was, we had a Rexall "Victoria" fountain syringe that graced the back of the bathroom door.

Ah, those were the days...and I'm glad my father never had to witness Sears demise.

Deb

Ah, those were the days...and I'm glad my father never had to witness Sears demise.

My Dad was the same, every hand tool was a Craftsman. He passed away 24 years ago, back when Sears was still going strong.

I loved those Sears catalogs especially the pages touting "rubber goods".

I think it was 10th grade or 11th, sitting in Latin class, there was a re-print of an old Sears catalog and it had many pages of enema, douche, etc. that I used to look at when I was bored.

I used to love the Craftsman warranty and if it broke, you got a new one. I don't know what it is today and Craftsman tools is now owned by, drum roll please, Stanly Black & Decker... and they own a whole bunch more, Porter Cable, Dewalt, Lenox to name just a few...

I don't remember seeing any enema or related stuff actually in the store. I do remember seeing it in the catalogs we used to receive in the mail. I would look at the enema equipment pages before looking at the toys.

I donI think it was 10th grade or 11th, sitting in Latin class, there was a re-print of an old Sears catalog and it had many pages of enema, douche, etc. that I used to look at when I was bored.

I don’t think it was because you were bored. 😁

For nearly 50, 60 years, I guess, I would always go to the enema bag shelf in a drug store or grocery store and look at the boxes of bags...always! It would always turn me on. Then the Fleet Enemas showed up and the bags were few and far between. I never could get turned on by a Fleet Enema! I bought them and took them when I couldn't get a bag, but they didn't do the same for me. And of course, I always inspected friends' bathroom closets to see the enema bags...always turned me on also. Amazing!

My grandmother had a sears bag which always hung on the inside of the linen closet door. Once I developed an attraction to enemas I would always peek at it.

Aaaah , Yes , We had one of those tan transparent Sears combination syringes , was all latex and had graduations cast into side wall .

It finally did what all latex does dried out cracked and was thrown in trash . What fond memories from the past , seeing its photo has revived . Several fine feminine fannies were syringed with it .

If I recall, the enema bags came with various guarantees - the more expensive the bag the longer the guarantee. Now, being embarrassed and standing on a checkout to buy and enema bag is one thing, but having the nerve to return one for the guarantee - got to wonder if that ever happened.

For nearly 50, 60 years, I guess, I would always go to the enema bag shelf in a drug store or grocery store and look at the boxes of bags...always! And of course, I always inspected friends' bathroom closets to see the enema bags...always turned me on also. Amazing!

I did the same thing. Fleet enemas have revolutionized the enema market and bags are few and far between. I was a bathroom snooper growing up and spent many an hour looking at equipment in the Sears catalog.

Sears ranked their rubber goods as, "Good, Better, Best". their prices went up as the rating did.

Sears ranked their rubber goods as, "Good, Better, Best". their prices went up as the rating did.

I remember that. They gave you the option to upgrade. My mom always bought the cheaper one.

Sears ranked many things as 'good, better, and best' and the guarantee length increased with the price in general. Many other companies, like Davol, Rexall, and Faultless, did the same. Generally the model numbers did too.

For example:

Davol Comfy line had a 1 year and model number 1x

Davol Petal line had a 5 year and model number 9x

There were variations with vintage.

Among all the enema equipment my Mom left behind, I have never seen any Sears, despite the fact that when they lived in Toronto they had a Simpson-Sears almost the same distance as the nearest Eaton's They seemed drawn to Eaton's There ARE several bags that probably came from Eaton's but none from Sears.

I don't know whether any of the various bulbs and bags I saw as a kid in friend's and relative's homes were Sears branded, but the arrival of the latest Sears or Wards catalog certainly provided lots of stimulation as I browsed the latest offerings. I was, and still am, amazed at the variety of things they offered in those days.

@debgurl: My father absolutely loved Sears! Every tool in his workshop was Craftsman. My mother was a devotee of Kenmore appliances, loved Sears lingerie and my first bicycle came from Sears.

I'm sure if Craftsman or Kenmore's name had been emblazoned on an enema bag, we would have had one, for sure! As it was, we had a Rexall "Victoria" fountain syringe that graced the back of the bathroom door.

Ah, those were the days...and I'm glad my father never had to witness Sears demise.

What you wrote very nostalgic - I often drive past an old Sears that's by itself (not in a mall) and has been around all my life - I remember as a boy entering the store with my dad and winding up going through the feminine holy of holies - the ladies lingerie and foundation wear dept. Still can picture the pale blue long-leg girdle mounted above the racks on a manikin... Besides images, the scent of the fabric left a lasting impression. Years later, as a young man, the Sears credit card was the first credit I got; like many back then, everything was purchased by cash, but the card was needed for catalog sales, and those items we picked up in person at the catalog desk. It's probably why I never order a Sears enema bag...

I have a 1932 Sears catalog that I found in a paper dumpster a few years ago. It's in perfect condition. I enjoy paging through the lingerie, hosiery and foundation areas. There is also many pages dedicated to enema equipment and health. My grand mother had an enema bag in her bathroom but at that time I did not know what it was. I keep that catalog in zip lock bag. Many of the pictures appear to be sketches. It was quite a find!

I referred back to my pictures in post #173. While I still love those old catalog pictures, few things beat the real thing. I've managed to collect several of those vintage items in "like new" condition.

Adding to Red Devils observation about returning equipment, I had the occasion to return/exchange a defective combination outfit. It had a leak where the bag was folded and leaked upon the first attempted use. It was a little unnerving to open the box at the checkout counter to show where the leak was. Fortunately they replaced the outfit without any hassle.

I always discreetly checked out the rubber goods pages of the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs for their douche bulbs and douche and enema syringes every time I got my hands on a catalog, even at friend's houses. I never got the chance to actually see the them in either store, but I did in drugstores and still make it a point to wander down that aisle anytime I'm in a drugstore. Lately I have see a few more bag enema and douche syringes that they used to. One can only hope that traditional enemas make a comeback, at least in home health care if not in the hospitals.

I have also been seeing ads on television and in the newspaper for Fleet Liquid Suppositories, the ones with liquid glycerin in them, which is basically a small glycerin enema. I remember the first time I used one of them; talk about having to GO instantly, I did. The rest of them in the box of four didn't give me the same reaction like the very first one did. Makes me wonder what 6 or 8 ounces of pure glycerin in an enema bulb syringe would feel like when injected rapidly into you.

In Japan, glycerin enemas are used a lot. They are not filled with pure glycerin however, but with a 50% solution of glycerin and water.

Common sizes range from 10ml to 150ml.

The 10 to 30ml sizes are are commonly used by individuals. In fact I've been told that many younger women carry one or two in their handbags when they go out to clubs. If they meet someone they want to play with, they go into a stall and use a mini enema, a "fig", to get cleaned out just in case. For a person that's not constipated, a complete poo happens within a minute or two.

In hospitals or clinics, a more powerful version is used, such as the 150 ml size. The instructions include pre-warming the disposable unit in a bowl of warm water and administration in the knee-chest position. One of those, used that way, produces a very powerful effect and a complete poo within minutes.

A selection of these enemas can be seen here: https://www.mimaki-family-japan.com/item/list?keyword_pc=enema&x=0&y=0

I owned a "Craftsman" house in San Diego, CA. It was originally "built" in 1911, back when the area that it was in would have been nothing but an empty field. It eventually sold for $495K...

As to the enema equipment in the Sears & Wards catalogs, and the ladies' underwear, I was an avid reader. Apparently our "interests" come to us early. I think I was already interested as a young boy 8? 10?. Also of great interest were the medical books we had on hand, which described enemas and giving them in fascinating detail. In my fantasies I was normally the giver, always to females.

There's hope yet. I just got a Monkey Wards catalog in the mail today. It's only about the size of a comic book but it's a start.

I grew up in Brooklyn, NY in the mid 1960s. We were lucky enough to have a Sears Robuck on Bedford Ave & Beverly Road. If you entered from the Beverly Road parking lot, you would walk straight to the escalator. By this time you would catch the smell of the fresh popcorn and candy stand. If you walked to the left, there was a feminine care/health section. I would make an excuse to walk through the aisles and there they were. Sears sold fountain syringes and combination syringes. They were an off white color rubber and if my memory is correct the boxes were a sort of grey with a picture of a smiling lady and the round Sears logo. That ALWAYS got me going. Now that I remember it, this section was located next to the Sears cafeteria, and it was always busy. I miss the old Sears store and at least I was lucky to be able to see the way things were in a much simpler time.

I miss the old Sears store and at least I was lucky to be able to see the way things were in a much simpler time.

Great nostalgia - oh, who could ever imagine back then the way things have changed today!