Essential Oil Diffusers

Essential oil diffusers come in all shapes and sizes. Here’s a run down of the diffusers available.

A cool teapot makes a nice essential oil diffuser.

Diffusers, as you might expect, diffuse essential oil. Some work very well to spread oil scents and therapeutic benefits through an entire space, while others provide a more concentrated effect.

Reasons to use a diffuser with your favorite essential oils include:

• Relaxation: Scents and properties of essential oils can help you to relax.
• Health benefits: Many essential oils provide health benefits, both for physical and emotional health. For example, anti-viral essential oils can help you to fight colds.
• To avoid chemicals: Sure, you could scent your home with a commercial air freshener, but why? Store bought spray cans of scents, and plug-in deodorizers can contain many unhealthy chemicals.
• Some people just like how they look; many creative and beautiful oil diffusers exist.

There are different types of diffusers you can use. You can buy one of the many diffusers on the market or diffuse oil using some basic household items.

Following are some diffusers you can purchase.

Clay diffusers: Clay diffusers resemble tiny terra-cotta pots but come in various colors. They come in burning styles and cold style versions. You can find little pots that you simply add oil to, cork shut, and the smell will diffuse through the clay. Other pots sit atop a small burner with a hole. A small tea light candle sits under the pot and you burn the oil to diffuse it.

Fan diffusers: Fan diffusers are good if you like to have essential oils at work. There’s no candle, no fire, no burning involved. Fan essential oil diffusers usually consist of a tiny fan, powered by electricity or battery. A tiny pad sits next to the fan and you drop oil onto the pad. As the fan blows, the scent blows. Fan diffusers are fairly effective, but some have disposable pads that need re-fills, which can create a cost issue.

Other commercial diffusers include:

• Ring diffusers
• Reed diffusers: Note that reed diffusers tend to use perfume, not essential oils; be sure you’re getting what you want.
• Nebulizers
• Herb vaporizer

These basic items can be used to diffuse oils throughout your home. They work just as well as a store bought diffuser, but of course cost nothing, a big perk.

Your kitchen pot: To create a basic steam essential oil diffuser all you need is a pot, some water, and your favorite essential oil. Boil water in your pot, add a few drops of oil, and the scents will diffuse nicely through a room. Just be careful that no one knocks into the pot, as hot water could cause serious burns.

Other good items to use as steam essential oil diffusers include a big bowl, tea pot, your sink, and in a pinch, even your bathtub.

The main problem with household item steam diffusion is that water cools quickly, and your diffusion will halt. Also these can be slower to diffuse. If you actually keep a pot of tea on the stove, the scent will diffuse quicker, but then of course, you’re using a lot of energy. One nice option is if you have a flat top wood stove, you can set your pot on that.

Another home diffusion tool is your light bulb. You can drop a bit of oil on your light bulb. Fire safety is always a concern though and oil has been known to break light bulbs. There are better, safer methods.

Lastly you can use a candle, but you need to be very careful. Mixing oil with an open flame is never 100 percent safe. If you try the candle method, do the following:

1. Place a wide candle on a wider fire-proof platform (such as a glass plate).
2. Make sure your wick is not too long.
3. Light your candle.
4. Allow the candle to burn for a few minutes – until a small pool of oil forms.
5. Blow out your candle.
6. While your candle is still hot, add a few drops of oil into the little hot pool of wax at the base of the candle wick.
7. Carefully re-light.

Obviously any diffuser with this many steps is more trouble than it’s worth on a normal basis. It’s a good emergency diffuser, but normally use another option.

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