Hi.
Do those of you that use the Bbraun Irypump know that it is now discontinued and out of production. Bbraun will service parts and honour warranty only till next year.
Bad move by Bbraun, they could have had a world market .
John
Past Member
Aug 02, 2022 7:32 pm
Bill
Aug 03, 2022 6:24 am
Hello Douglas john.
Thank you for this information and despite the fact that I opted to go for a DIY version of this device, I am still disappointed that Braun have decided to discontinue the Irripump.
It was a good idea and, for the most part, a well-designed product ( if a tad expensive). I did write a review on the Irripump some time back and gave it the thumbs-up.
However, one of the main drawbacks for me was that the water reservoir was too small for my needs, which led me to experiment with other (similar) approaches;
At the time there were some small battery operated camping showers on the market and I bought and adapted one of those, which allowed me to pump as much water as I needed from any container available. the shower lasted about 1,5years before it suddenly stopped working.
My next experiment was with a 5 litre hand-pumped garden sprayer. This has worked well for me for approximately 5 years and looks good for another 5 at least. I use it with an adapted anal irrigation catheter, which are quite hard to get hold of but I had some left over from when I used to anally irrigate prior to a stoma. ( I am sure that it would work equally well with a cone ). Being manually pumped it has little to go wrong with it and it is relatively cheap to buy and operate. The one I bought also has the advantage of having a wide screw-top, which allows me to stuff stoma gear inside it for when I'm travelling.
I hope these couple of ideas might be useful to those who may want such a device and bemoan the fact that they cannot now get one ready-made.
Best wishes
Bill
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w30bob
Aug 03, 2022 8:15 am
Hi Doug,
There was a lot of discussion on here about that product, and why it wasn't allowed to be imported into the US.....I forget the details now, but it had something to do with Braun not meeting some specification for medical equipment here in the US. A technicality of sorts. There were other products mentioned by folks, but I don't remember the details now. You might want to do a search on here (good luck with that, wink, wink) for Braun or Irypump.
;O)
bob
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