How do you use the Bololo?

Thanks so much!

Somebody asked Dr Falkingham on the NTM forum whether the dryer function could possibly recontaminate the equipment, and he said he was more comfortable not using it and just leaving the equipment in the Bololo wet til needed. He may have changed his stance on it since, but it made sense to me and that’s what I do. It seems to make even more sense to me thinking about NTM needing a biofilm to hang out. Theoretically there should be no biofilm on the equipment if used in a couple of days. That’s why we r supposed to soak in the dawn water before rinsing and sterilizing. This conversation was only 3 or so weeks ago, but you could go over to that site to be sure he hasn’t amended.

What setting do others use? Auto setting or sterilize?

@irenea8
When I first started using the Bololo, I was using the sterilize cycle and the drying cycle individually. I switched to using the auto setting since it was taking about the same length of time. Everything I had read on connect from other members said it was important to use the drying cycle.

@clynnp
If the auto setting sterilizes and dries, I wonder why they have the sterilize and dry settings separately.

The auto setting is for 60 minutes. If you add distilled water to the fill line, the sterilizing takes about 12 minutes, then the drying kicks in for the remaining 48 minutes. When using separately, the drying setting can be set for 20, 40, or 60 minutes. Because I just have one nebulizer part to sterilize, I was using the sterilize setting, and then drying for 20 minutes when the sterilizing finished. I decided to use the auto setting, even though I don't need the additional drying time, because it's easier and shuts off automatically when finished.