First off - this thing can run circles around the bulb aspirators. Baby hates it, but at least it's effective and over quickly. Can't really clean the tubing, though, and if you put a few drops of rubbing alcohol in like it recommends, that's what you inhale next time you use it. We made sure to change out the filter every time we used it (even bought extras), but it's literally just a little piece of synthetic sponge. It keeps the snot out of the tubing (which, as stated earlier, is basically iSee full review