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Boots Vapouriser - Help - how long can you leave it on?
Mo2 · 22/05/2003 20:52
Quick question & help needed...
We bought one of those Boots Vapouriser thingies where you put a 'menthol pad' into it and it emits a soothing/ passage- clearing vapour overnight.
However I can't find the instructions, and I remember something about not leaving it on for longer than X hours at a time. How many please folks?
Finbar · 22/05/2003 21:21
Yes I remember that part of the instruction too - I think it was about four hours - but (bad mummy time now) I did leave it on overnight once ..the next morning there was a faint smell of burning if you got very near to it - but we all survived!!!
jodee · 22/05/2003 21:36
Hi Mo2, we've got the Boots electric vaporiser - I've dug out the instructions and it says "never use the unit without a pad inside (obviously!) or with a pad that has been used for 10 hours or longer".
I have always left it on overnight, probably for a full 12 hours, and there's been no problems. As long as the room is well ventilated (we leave the door wide open), you should be OK!
bossykate · 22/05/2003 22:07
Mo2, agree with jodee, we have left it on all night with no ill effects. if you are worried, i suggest you get one of those plug-in electronic timers and set it say, from midnight to 6am or 10pm-4am, whatever is you think is appropriate.
xhausted, the vapouriser/humidifier combo saved mine and dh's sanity when i went back to work and ds started nursery just at the start of the cold season...
Mo2 · 23/05/2003 11:08
Thanks all - as it happened we switched it off after about 2 hours 'cos ds2 ( 10 months) was so miserable with his cold that he wouldn't settle in his cot at all - just wanted to be cuddled, so we took him into our bed.
He was very hot too - 102 degrees. Fortunately managed to bring it down with Calpol & Calprofen.... funny how someone else was posting about this too this morning - we were having the same debate about alternating them too....
(Yawn this morning... )
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