People have asked about the prospect of sharing a neti pot among family members. It is possible to share a neti pot as long it is properly cleaned after each person uses it. You should never use a neti pot after someone else before it is cleaned.
In larger families or group settings, the time it takes to properly clean the neti pot would not make it’s use feasible under these circumstances. Ideally, each person should have their own neti pot and thus be responsible for cleaning it after they are done using it.
Plastic neti pots offer an inexpensive way to equip larger groups with their own pots. An example here would be a large family where everyone uses a neti pot for sinus flushing and would be using them around the same time. Children would likely be using theirs as they prepare for school, and as you can see, sharing one neti would be very difficult in this setting.
