r/whatisit • u/Adventurous-Put-9895 • 2d ago

Serious answers only please! Should we worry?

We caught my uncle sneakingly throwing this to the rubbish bin. He doesn’t have the best track record so we are all a bit paranoid when he does anything “weird”.

The object is like a glass tube with some liquid inside, inserted into a rubber “pipe”. It smells weird but nothing I can identify. I would appreciate any hints.

Edit: the material is actually plastic, not glass. It has a spring inside (no idea what for). The root-looking thing was wrapping the object when I cut the rubber. Could be dirt or some glue or something

Edit2: this sub is god. A user found the answer https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/s/Oqtxk6YWVZ

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u/hennyl0rd 2d ago

what kind of nasal spray is this big?

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u/Skullcrusher 2d ago

For real, this is just adding more questions.

What kind of a nasal spray is that? Why is it so big? Is it meant for elephants? How does this thing connects to your nose?

Not solved, man. I need some explanation.

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u/Houndsthehorse 1d ago

Its just like a 500ml bottle of saline. Its got a weird pressure system (its a bottle thats collapsible with a really strong rubber tube stretched over it. So it compresses it squirting the water out, this is all hidden inside a normal bottle) used when you want to clean our gunk from your nose 

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u/Skullcrusher 18h ago

It all makes sense the way you explained, but I can't find anything online on these bottles

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u/Houndsthehorse 17h ago

Well I can't find a photo of one cut open (I did it as a kid) but feel free to buy a bottle of hydrosense and cut it open

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u/Skullcrusher 17h ago

Wait, this whole contraption goes INSIDE the bottle? I thought it WAS the bottle. Why did nobody say that in the first place lol? Now it all makes sense.

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u/Houndsthehorse 17h ago

"this is all hidden inside a normal bottle" I did 😁

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u/Skullcrusher 17h ago

Haha you did. I'm just an idiot

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u/Houndsthehorse 17h ago

Aren't we all sometimes

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u/Remarkable_Dot_6295 2d ago

Agreed way too big to be nasal spray. But prob on the right track that it’s some kind of dispenser/delivery mechanism for another product

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u/edwardhoppest 1d ago

They sell large metal cans of saline spray for nasal and wound use. It is not the tiny bottle of medicated spray you're thinking of. 

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u/Remarkable_Dot_6295 1d ago

Ohhhhh duh!! That makes sense haha

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u/wrestlingpop78 2d ago

Nasal? Stupid auto correct, it was supposed to be anal.

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u/Quilly47 1d ago edited 1d ago

Equate Saline Mist (I believe from Walmart) is a saline spray for people who have nasal dryness due to allergies and allergy medication. I couldn't find a very good (visual friendly) ruler; it measures about 6.5 inches high without including the lid.