The neti pots trigger memories of "oh no! uncontrolled water up my nose" for me like when I was 4 at the swimming pool. On the other hand, I've been having to use nasal inhalers (the aqueous pump version of Nasonex) for years, so the *idea* of the squeeze bottle wasn't so scary.

Brains are weird. Fortunately both versions of the rinse work just fine.

If there isn't any actual blockage, the squeeze bottle doesn't actually involve much pressure.