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Customer Rating: - Sahara Dry Ear
The item arrived quickly. It works as described however, the heating efficiency is not as great as I expected. It just takes longer to completely dry out the ear. Use your own judgement in deciding whether you think this item is worth the selling price.

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Customer Rating: - I love tech toys but...
I'm sure this is a fine product and will likely do the job as advertised, but you don't have to spend $100 to deal with swimmers ear - you can do it for about $1.

About fifteen years ago I had such a bad case, I would use wooden matchsticks to scratch the insides of my ears, until they were crusted and even bleeding. The pain was severe, but the itch was still worse. I wasn't a swimmer and had never heard of swimmer's ear, so I had no idea what the problem was.

One night I happened to be watching some news show, 60/60 or 20 Minutes, I forget which one - they did a piece on swimmer's ear and how to treat it. Turns out it's incredibly simple - after every swim (or in my case, every shower) put a couple of drops of rubbing (Isopropyl) alcohol in each ear canal. The alcohol both dries the ear canals, and kills the bacteria which thrive in the moisture and cause the itch. In the fifteen years since I have not had a *single* case of swimmer's ear.

While they recommended using an eyedropper, I find that dipping a q-tip into the alcohol, then gently rolling it around just inside the outer edge of the ear canal gets enough alcohol in there to do the job. Since these guys want you to buy the Isopropyl to clean the Ear Dryer anyway, try that on your ears first, and see if you still want to spend the remaining $99.

Some folks are afraid that alcohol will also remove the "natural ear wax" that your body creates - this is a little like worrying about soap removing the "natural oils" in your skin. In both cases, just use a little common sense and don't overdo it. Even if you get your ears wet several times a day, drying them out once, at the end of the day, is enough to prevent the bacteria from establishing a foothold.

One note of caution - you should always be careful sticking *anything* into your ears. In this case though, you don't need to go very far in, and the alcohol will naturally find its way to the same place that the water did.

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Customer Rating: - Surfer's Ear isn't so bad with an ear dryer.
I've got surfer's ear and have been to the doctor too many times to count. He keeps tellin' me I've got to quit surfing in order to get the bone to stop growing shut, but giving up surfing just won't do. In the meantime, I've been wearing silicone ear plugs and that helps, but I always end up with some water in my ears afterwards and getting them dry with such tight bone growth is impossible. I saw this dryear thing in the surf magazine and since gettin' one the wet ears thing is no longer a problem. Even after showers this thing really helps. I feel a lot better knowing that my ears aren't wet all day long after a surf or shower. I definitely recommend this to surfers with ear problems.

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Customer Rating: - I have lots of gadgets...
I have lots of gadgets-this one gets used each morning after a shower because it really works. My hearing aid battery life is about double. I hear better-the car radio volume used to be on 45 for me to hear-it is now on 25. I was sending my hearing aids in for maintenance once each six months or so-always the same thing-too much moisture in my ears. Not a problem anymore.