Bulb vs. Bag vs. Can

Solo, bag. It’s easier to “set it and forget it”.

With a partner, I like a bulb with a thick smooth nozzle. I like the multiple insertions with a lubed finger in between bulbs to relax me/prepare for the next nozzle insertion

I strictly use a can for coffee! I replace the hose about twice a year. Home made delrin nozzle for water clean out and then the popular silicone nozzle for the coffee. I don’t remember its name. Butt it’s fantastic for coffee enemas!

The correct answer is bag. I have two 4 quart open top bags, one blue rubber, and one translucent silicone. I just got the silicone bag. There is nothing like seeing the huge bag hung high on the shower curtain rod, bulging with its very warm contents about to be delivered into the the rectum and colon. It is intimidating and thrilling. I really love the translucent silicone that allows me to see the level of the enema solution in the bag.

The decision is not clear to me, the bag allows you to have your hands free for other matters, the bulb gives more play for insertions and anal manipulation, so both have their play

There is no right or wrong answer, but you missed the Higginson! I've had several Higginsons, not one of them was noteworthy. They either leaked when pumped, or the valves failed or stuck open, or were just pressed in the bulb and slipped out easily. I've just started using a Higginson made from a new fuel transfer bulb from Harbor Freight (about $7.00). I cut the metal crimps off & removed the stiff plastic hoses and replaced them with silicon hoses. It works PERFECT! Another favorite is laying on my bed, where I use a clear open top bag with a hose in the top of the bag fed from a submersible pump in a 5 gallon bucket, controlled by either a push button or an adjustable on time, off time timer. I watch the water fill the bag until it reaches critical level and I get a rush of water. Another favorite is my Peristaltic pump fed either by a closed top bag hanging low or laying on the bed, or silicon hose in the bucket, using a brass hose barb to NPT fitting to weight hose to keep the suction line at the bottom of the bucket. I use this for the Higginson too. I'm a frustrated enema inventor! Don't over analyze equipment or our feelings, just enjoy the feeling and memories our enemas give us!

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Lately have been using the bulb more as the cleanup is faster and easier. Start out with the traditional short nozzle to do a quick flush. Then I use a higher capacity blue bulb with a long nozzle ( 7”) to go deep - the knobs feel so good as they enter and gently spray the rectum and colon with their warm solution.!

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I also used the bulb with the classic enema nozzle today. I didn't have time for an enema with a bag and I felt bloated, so I quickly introduced 300 ml of clean water with the bulb. I solved the problem in 15 minutes.

I have had all three at different times of my life. No real difference between bag or can really. My 1st enemas when young were given with a bulb over my mom's lap. I didn't like them at first ( didn't like any enemas, actually) but came to like them because of all three insersitions and bulb squeezes. Later on, I graduated to the bag and occasionally the can at my grandmas house. My 1st bag was a children's bag that was half the size of a normal bag. I was graduated to the big bag when I was 9 or 10. I remember when my mom brought it in the first time. My eyes must have been as big as saucers as my mom expected me to take the whole thing which I did with a LOT of whining.

I like the newer silicone bags as they hold a significant amount and the top opening is such that they can be cleaned quite well.

My 'main' equipment choice is a bucket kit from India - It has a silicone hose and a 1500ml capacity.

The tips that came with the bucket set left much to be desired,

but a nice, 'bulbus' barium style nozzle fit into the silicone hose and works quite well.

Some of the enema 'solutions' I use are far easier to manage in the bucket, in a cleaning aspect.

In the future I would like a plastic bucket with perhaps 2500 too 3000ml capacity to make things easier at times.

As a note: Some of the so called 'stainless steel' enema buckets leach metal into certain 'solutions' - This is why I quit using several that I have.

I have posted my preference before which is a hospital provided plastic bucket. I find it a very convenient to use enema apparatus. You can mix the solution directly and it is simple to clean and put away. I don't like bags anymore because I worry about putting them away wet and bacterial growth. I cannot hang a bag out until dry since my wife is completely enema adverse.

Before my last colonoscopy I debated buying a new silicone bag on Amazon, but I decided I would go with the oral Lavage method. It didn't work that well, I got to a point at about 1 in the morning where I couldn't tolerate anymore solution and I still wasn't running clear. So I got out my remaining 2 qt. red bag and 2 or 3 enemas later I was clear. I got chewed out at my Dr's office for not following the protocol. When I looked at their chat on the wall I realized I had gone through all their kits at some point, and had never not had to supplement it with at least one enema. Next time I will buy a new silicone bag and just assume I'll have to use it.

That being said for now I only use the enema bucket.