I had been using Breathe Right Strips since they first came out and I had never slept the night without using them.
I never did like the cost but I tried various other manufacturers over the years and none of them worked nearly as well.
Then one day I am shopping at Sam's as I usually do now and lo and behold they were out of Breathe Right.
Well, I did not expect the Sam's Club brand to work nearly as good but for the price I thought what the heck I'll give them a try just like I have tried other brands before.
Well, the very first impression I had was trying to open the individual package and finding the same problems that other people here have related to and have even condemned this product because it was so difficult to get into the individual wrappers.
Well I struggled with the first one and I sure am glad that I did because I found at this nasal strip is far better all the way around then the best Breathe Right Strips.
For one thing, I was always having a difficult time getting the Breathe Right glue off of my nose after removing the strip even to the extent that I was rubbing the glue off hours later during the day.
Neither soap and water nor rubbing alcohol seem to help at all.
The only thing that seemed to work was actually rubbing the glue off with my fingers and that took a while and was quite a hassle.
I have found that the Sam's Club brand of nasal strips works at least as well if not considerably better than the Breathe Right extra and they do not leave behind any residual glue to mess with.
All of this of course at a fraction of the price that you have to pay for the Breathe Right Strips.
Now then, for the rest of the good news.
Several people have reported and probably thousands have experienced a great problem opening the individual nasal strip packages.
As I mentioned, I also experienced this problem on the first few of them and then I actually stopped and used my brain a little bit and figured out a way to open them even more easily than the Breathe Right Packages.
It's really extremely simple and they should actually put these directions on the packages themselves but here we go.
Along one side of the individual package is a small separation that you are supposed to be able to pull apart in order to open the package.
Unfortunately those two little pieces are still usually stuck together so that you cannot get your thumbnail or your fingernail in there to spread them apart so you that you can pull the package open.
Frankly you can't even get the tip of a knife blade in there but do not dismay.
Simply hold the individual rapper with the opening side facing you where you would normally try to spread the two pieces apart.
Now simply put your lips together fairly tightly and blow against the edge of the rapper and lo and behold those two pieces will open up nice as can be and you can now finish the process of opening the rapper with your fingertips.
This works first time every time and it is absolutely foolproof
Once again, just blow a sharp stream of air into the edge that opens and it will open the package far enough for you to continue opening it with your fingertips.
I hope that everybody picks up on this because they are really missing out if they are still using the Breathe Right Strips instead of the Sams Club Member's Mark brand.