Continuing the theme of the article, there is no evidence that peroxide or whatever else they put in those kits works any better than lukewarm water. But peroxi

Continuing the theme of the article, there is no evidence that peroxide or whatever else they put in those kits works any better than lukewarm water. But peroxide is definitely more dangerous if you have an ear injury. I highly recommend just going with the water. Also, it's definitely possible to rupture your eardrum with a squeeze bulb too. Given how incredibly loud it sounds when you do it, I bet it can damage your hearing even if you don't rupture your eardrum. Furthermore if you're doing it yourself there is no way to know if you've actually cleaned everything out or you need to do it harder, so you just have to go for it until you get tired. I find it exceedingly unpleasant. My approach is to use an endoscope designed for earwax cleaning. Works great and (in the absence of reliable evidence) it seems to me to be the least risky way to do it since I can see exactly what I'm doing and know when I'm done. I highly recommend getting one, preferably the fiber optic kind rather than electronic, for latency and reliability reasons. They make them in Japan.