Safe at home; or at least safer!

Thursday, December 10th, 2009, Netcast 979

Hospitals use UV light to kill germs. You can do the same at home. Verilux says that required laboratory tests show that their CleanWave UV-C Wand eliminates up to 99.9% of viruses (including H1N1), bacteria, molds, dust mite and flea eggs from beds, upholstered furniture and other household surfaces. Hypoallergenic sanitizing eliminates germs from surfaces that don’t tolerate chemicals such as mattresses, upholstery and electronics. Each surface requires different amounts of time to kill germs via the UV-C light. This wand has a built-in LED count up timer. The time required is printed on a hangtag and in the instruction booklet. A computer keyboard might require just 8 seconds, while a standard bed could take six minutes. As you turn on this wand by holding the on button down for a few seconds, the LED timer also starts. Since it's harmful to look into UV-C light, the unit has an sensing switch that turns the light off if you turn it to face up towards yourself. And because it’s rechargeable, the wand is cordless. Once you charge The CleanWave Wand via the included AC cord, it’s easy to use anywhere around the house. The suggested retail prices is $89.99, but when I wrote this on November 22nd, it was on sale at the company website for $69.99. You can also do a web search on a shopping site like Amazon to see if there's even a lower price. There are many versions of this wand, including a travel version, but only this model - VH01WW4 - is said to have passed the new tests to show it does eliminate H1N1 virus on surfaces.

http://www.verilux.com/uvc-allergy-relief/uvc-sanitizing-wand

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