Details on using Instapot to boil water for 10 minutes

I would take a gas cook stove over an electric any day! I have hated using an electric stove! Now natural gas is too expensive.🤨

You are doing it exactly right. I got both of my Instant Pots from the Facebook marketplace so I paid very little for them. I made a little sterilizing station in my garage.

One Instant Pot is for sterilizing my drinking water. I use the pressure cook setting for 10 minutes (I live at sea level).

The other Instant Pot is for sterilizing my nebulizing equipment. I use a different lid, set it to saute for 30 minutes then tell Alexa to remind me in 15 minutes to put the equipment in. It usually take 15 minutes to get to the boiling point. Once it's at the boiling point, I add the nebulizing equipment in the silicone steamer basket, and boil it for ten minutes.
When it's finished, I take the steamer basket out and dump the equipment into the Bololo baby bottle dryer. I set that to dry for 60 minutes and forget about it.

You could use one Instant Pot for both but it's just easier for me to use two of them. The baby bottle dryer I had to pay full price for but you can usually find a 6 or 8 quart Instant Pot for $20 or $30 in the Marketplace on Facebook.

This is exactly the protocol given on the Lung Matters FB page for both drinking water and boiling equipment. That page is an invaluable resource for people like us.

It is quicker to cook stovetop with gas.

You are doing it exactly right. I got both of my Instant Pots from the Facebook marketplace so I paid very little for them. I made a little sterilizing station in my garage.

One Instant Pot is for sterilizing my drinking water. I use the pressure cook setting for 10 minutes (I live at sea level).

The other Instant Pot is for sterilizing my nebulizing equipment. I use a different lid, set it to saute for 30 minutes then tell Alexa to remind me in 15 minutes to put the equipment in. It usually take 15 minutes to get to the boiling point. Once it's at the boiling point, I add the nebulizing equipment in the silicone steamer basket, and boil it for ten minutes.
When it's finished, I take the steamer basket out and dump the equipment into the Bololo baby bottle dryer. I set that to dry for 60 minutes and forget about it.

You could use one Instant Pot for both but it's just easier for me to use two of them. The baby bottle dryer I had to pay full price for but you can usually find a 6 or 8 quart Instant Pot for $20 or $30 in the Marketplace on Facebook.

@prayersandmotivation
I do the same as you except I just wait (30 min cycle) until I'm done nebbing and then put equipment in boil for 10-12 minutes. Here's a couple questions for you ...
1) Do you save your distilled water after it cools for reuse? and if so, for how long? After cools, I cover with silicone lid and put in my garage frig. I reuse for about 5 days until it gets yucky before that.
2) do you soak in dish soap and wash/rinse before boiling or just rinse?
3) when rinsing do you use unfiltered hot tap water? or do you have a filter on your faucet?
4) do you store your equipment in the baby bottle dryer or do you store until next use in something else?

I'm fairly newly diagnosed with bronchiectasis (June 2025). Infection free - thankfully.

I typically am a "do everything over and above" type of gal. 🙂

@kate2025
1. Yes, I save the distilled water. I just leave it in the Instant Pot. I change it every Sunday. I never thought about putting it in the fridge. Hmmmm. I wonder if that's important.

2. Yes, I soak the neb equipment in soapy water for about 15 minutes while I wait for the water to boil. I swish it around a couple of times while it's soaking.

3. I do not have a filter. I just use tap water.

4. I leave the equipment in the baby bottle dryer until morning. I use one set up for the morning nebulizing and put the other set up in a glass bowl with a paper towel over it.

I boil everything after my evening nebulizing so I only have to boil once. I soak the morning neb equipment in soapy water all day.

I don't know if I am doing everything exactly right, but this is what I do.

I am in Mexico for three months a year and I use a regular pot on the stove while I am there. I air dry the nebulizing equipment with a couple of paper towels draped over it all.

I haven't been able to find distilled water in Mexico so I use the filtered water, then soak the equipment in white vinegar once a week. I rinse the vinegar off thoroughly using the filtered water, then boil it before use.

It's definitely easier with the Instant Pot, baby bottle dryer and distilled water!

I use the Lifestraw Go cup while I'm in Mexico since I walk or take public transportation. I put my sterilized water in it but sometimes if I am out and about, I fill it with bottled water, which then goes through the filter. At home, I have a Yeti-type cooler in the car so I carry sterilized water in glass bottles with me.

@prayersandmotivation
Thank you so much. Pretty much what I do too, however I do keep it in the frig
Another site just posted that we should NOT be reusing water now so 🤷‍♀️ I'm still doing my own research as well.
Anyone else want to chime in on saving and reusing distilled water or changing water every time boil? If you boil 2x's a day I'm thinking that's going to be expensive quickly. Using unfiltered tap water not safe - any thoughts on using filtered water and descaling several times a week?

@prayersandmotivation
Thank you so much. Pretty much what I do too, however I do keep it in the frig
Another site just posted that we should NOT be reusing water now so 🤷‍♀️ I'm still doing my own research as well.
Anyone else want to chime in on saving and reusing distilled water or changing water every time boil? If you boil 2x's a day I'm thinking that's going to be expensive quickly. Using unfiltered tap water not safe - any thoughts on using filtered water and descaling several times a week?