Anyone know how this compares with the Samsung aside from lack of wireless charging?
Purchased! This is a deal!!!
Obligatory Douglas Adams quote:
These tales of impending doom allowed the Golgafrinchans to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. The story was that they would build three Ark ships. Into the A ship would go all the leaders, scientists and other high achievers. The C ship would contain all the people who made things and did things, and the B ark would hold everyone else, such as hairdressers and telephone sanitisers. They sent the B ship off first, but of course the other two-thirds of the population stayed on the planet and lived full, rich and happy lives until they were all wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone
I have a similar model. They will sanitize the top and end of the phone. The Phonesoap has larger lights and subsequently more cleaning surface.
I’ve purchased several of these leading up to the holiday season. Both from PhoneSoap direct (using coupons) and here from Woot. Woot’s is still the best price.
My wife works in a high risk situation so hers was the first one we picked up and tested on in November. Then I also gifted to my elderly parents in FL (thanks for everything, DeSantis), all college the age kids in or associated with the family, my sister in law, and for small business friends in retail situations. While I of course haven’t swabbed and plated our phones post-Soaping, everyone we’re given them to is grateful for the added piece of mind, and not wasting sometimes hard to find disinfectant wipes.
TL;DR - best price out there, great for piece of mind.
Don’t be fooled. This is not a good idea. Can UV kill the virus? Yes, but guess what else UV does - it causes plastics to degrade and deteriorate. So unless your phone is made entirely of metal and glass this handy little product is going to damage the plastic bits… and guess what is behind the glass screen. A plastic film for the display. The glass doesn’t block all the UV light so even if you don’t feel the plastic that it being damaged by this thing it is happening every time you put your phone inside it.
This smacks of the ozone generator naysayers.
Please provide proof correlated to usage time/day causing measurable deterioration in cell phones, rather than just generalizations which amount to fear mongering otherwise. Also show proof using phones that are in cases, and with screen protectors.
Anyone with a basic understanding of plastics knows that UV light deteriorates plastics. Hell just go look the headlights of an older model car and you’ll see the yellowing of the plastic covering caused by UV exposure. You’ve already shown your ignorance by denying reality and falling for a unproven products marketing hype. The Fact is they have not provided any specs on the amount or intensity of the UV light the device produces so it is impossible to know how quickly the plastics in your phone will be impacted. What you foolishly ignore is the fact that their marketing BS. I’m betting you think this provide some covid protection as well… well if you bothered to read what was written it is only spouting off about an ability to kill bacteria not viruses… and even then it contradicts itself when it states it kills 99.99% of bacteria before claiming it “completely” sanitizes your phone. You cannot completely sanitize any phone unless you kill 100% of the bacteria and even then when you fail to eliminate the viruses you’ve still missed completely sanitizing your phone. I can only guess that you work for the company selling this POC, which is where Woot should be putting it the POC grab bags because that is where it belongs.
I’m aware of how UV affects plastics. In fact I have worked in the past in a lab performing accelerated durability testing of plastics and pigments. I have more than a basic understanding.
I don’t deny that UV can affect plastics. Per your car headlights example though, cell phones are nowhere near exposed to the same harsh environmental conditions and durations. That’s apples to oranges on so many levels.
What I asked you to show was data that using these units in real world situations actually causes any measurable damage, rather than stooping to generalizations. Then you trot out the classic “you must work for the company” deflection.
Let’s move on. Enjoy your day.
“You cannot completely sanitize any phone unless you kill 100% of the bacteria and even then when you fail to eliminate the viruses you’ve still missed completely sanitizing your phone.”
Fyi, bacteria and viruses are 2 different organisms.
The following link is in regard to testing of Phonesoaps effectiveness…
I’ll take my chances with Phonesoap any day.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
I think that’s his point. Because phones aren’t naturally exposed to UV much, they aren’t designed with that in mind, so there’s no reason manufacturers would care about using UV-resistant materials.
Once again you’ve proven your ignorance. If you actually understood plastic and worked in any type of lab you would have known that they didn’t provide any specifics on the strength of the UV so that anyone could tell how much it would impact plastic. But again I think it’s safe to assume the only lab you work for is the one that selling this crap.
Hey now, you can have a discussion and disagree but still use nice words.
