It's Like A Bathtub For Your Smartphone...

germs are a very hot topic across the globe right now and it got me thinking i remembered this

product that i unboxed a really long time ago i was thinking about the hands you're washing the

hands you're singing happy birthday and the whole thing because you're trying to be socially

responsible but then you reach into your pocket and you grip your filthy phone over and over again

and you can't possibly wash your hands every single time you touch your phone you might touch

this thing 20 30 40 times a day maybe more if uh you're an addict like many people in this office

right here so what good is it you see the problem there i'm not saying you shouldn't wash your hands

you got to wash your hands it's 2020 it's very important i'm just saying these things are a cesspool

they're they're they're gross it got me thinking remembering this product from unbox therapy

history called phone soap which is this phone cleaner charger thing that claims to kill 99.9

percent of bacteria as well as viruses uh now would be the time to take a look at their latest

version of that product it's kind of a topical matter and so they came out with a new one it's

called Phone Soap Go, clean and charge on the go. So this one, this is the new version. Let's just

get into it and check it out. Now it uses UV to kill the various germs and bacteria and things

that are living on your phone. And they've got all kinds of tests on their website talking about

how much bacteria and gross stuff that you can actually pull off your phone if you were to test

it. It is expensive. It's about a hundred bucks, but what price is your health worth

Maybe something like that. I don't know. Actually, I was reading about this because I was curious. I

was curious about the effectiveness of UV germ killing. And one of the reasons it's not used on

people's hands is because it could be dangerous to your body. But in a device like this, it actually

makes a lot of sense all right so kill 99.9 percent of harmful bacteria on your smartphone

with uvc light this type of uv light can also kill certain viruses so i'm not saying i'm not

saying that this is 100 guaranteed to sanitize whatever germs you throw at it but it is better

than nothing. I think we can all agree on that. So look at this. A real rugged carrying case

Ooh okay Well that a bit bigger than portable I mean that not going in your pocket Kurt You go to bed at night you likely charge your device anyways Why not give it a little UV bath at the same time you wake up in the morning

fresh battery, fresh phone, 99.99% cleaner than when you put it in

Okay, so here's the kit. Now keep in mind, like I said, I have experience with this product

I looked at the old version, but this is new and improved. lock your phone and place it in the sanitizing bay plug your phone's charging cable into the usb

if you want to charge it while it's cleaning okay and then for i mean for some reason there's a

battery in here it's got a 6500 milliamp hour battery capacity i suppose it's just yeah look

i mean it just makes your life a bit easier it doesn't always have to be plugged into the wall for travel purposes, I suppose

That's got to be the appeal of it. Anyways, these are the important components

on the inside of the package. Those are your UV bulbs. That's what's going to kill all the germs and whatnot

And the LED illuminators on the top are going to indicate the battery life

of the overall unit. So I don't need to plug it in right now, in fact

to start the UV process. It's a 10 minute cycle. I noticed on the website

they're saying, yeah, you travel with it. That's what the case is for. You put it in the luggage

So this is a thing, Will. Like this is, people are concerned about this

And like I said, you got the clean hands, you want the clean phone. Look at this

Kills cold and flu viruses. Ah, they did some testing. The testing that was conducted

looked at some various strains, including E. coli, salmonella, staph, MRSA, H1N1 flu

and a common cold, amongst others. So, okay, I mean, that's serious stuff right there

The device itself takes 4.5 hours to charge to 100% for its 6,500 mAh battery

They say it will disinfect a phone 45 times or recharge a phone two to four times

So the battery inside of the unit is either going to be used to operate the UV bulbs or to charge your phone or both consecutively

So that's kind of cool. All right. On the back of the device, we have a USB output, USB type A port, USB type C input or output

That is sick. I'm happy about that. that means that you could charge this unit

with the same cable and power brick that you would already use for your smartphone. So that's pretty cool

And then pop the power portion off and then put that into the phone to charge from here

So you don need to even carry this cable with you if you have a type C connector on your phone and a power brick that goes with it Let get a type C cable for one

And so we can plug that into the input output C port and then into our phone

And you see the LED indicator pops up. And you can see up here we're charging on the S20 Ultra

Okay, now the way they imagine you doing this is you're about to go to bed

You are charging. You pop the device in with the screen off

You close it down. It seals on the edge. And you hit the button

The lightning bolt. You gotta push it harder. Okay, we're on now

I'm feeling better than I felt with my phone prior to this

I'm going to pull that thing out and at least know I'm at zero

At least know that I've killed 99.99. You can check their own documentation to see how effective they say that it is

And I recommend doing some research on UVC type of light and what it can do to some of the harmful things that are out there in the world

Because like I said, they've got a whole section for documentation. So after 10 minutes inside the phone soap, the blue light will go off

and that's the recommended exposure to the uv light but otherwise you can hit this end the cycle

if you need to get access to your phone quickly you could tap that and that'll turn the uv lights

off and then you can pop it open you can pop your phone out and just like that i know it's crazy

you're thinking it's just light how does it all work it's uh it's science will it's science you

understand? It'll take me a while. Yeah. It's actually one of the few solutions you have for

this device. And I'll tell you why. The screens on modern smartphones are oleophobic coded

They're meant to resist fingerprints and residue. And so the types of cleaners that you can actually

use on these devices is fairly limited in its ability to disinfect at least without potentially

ruining some of those coatings or finishes all right quick update so yeah phone soap this is

kind of like a generic sterilizer it's about half the price of that one so i just thought i don't

know since it showed up after having shot that it was worth just a quick ysis this one also

claims to be an aromatherapy diffuser so if you're a guy like Kirk it's two for

one okay so it's similar yet different it doesn't feel quite as robust as the

other one I purchased this on Amazon for I think Immediately I can see that the UV bulbs are

smaller. It might not be as potent. There's a USB port on the inside of it and the aroma drops go in

there if you're doing the aromatherapy thing. And then you just plug in micro USB to the back. So

it's going to function in the same fashion. You got your cables inside. A couple different

options here a to micro usb and then a multi cable that's a nice little touch the c on there

oh they're just separate cables but for me this one wins because it has the battery built in

7 000 milliamp hour battery and it's the same size it's a bit heavier but anyway it's twice the price

same concept this one has the bigger uv lights this one has the smaller uv lights this one is

It's hitting your device from the top and bottom. So if your phone's in there like that

it's getting hit like that. This one on the other hand is hitting the front and back of your phone

which I kind of feel like is maybe better. This aromatherapy, when the thing is closed

it's sort of sealed. So it's not really aromatherapy for you. It's aromatherapy for your phone

So your phone is going to come out smelling fresh. I guess that's all right

So whatever, if you're on a budget, UVC is what it's called

These guys have been around a little bit longer. They have more models available to you, but you're going to pay a premium

For me, the advantage of the Type-C and the built-in battery and the bigger UV bulbs

I'm thinking this is the go-to but I understand if you won't pay the half price either way the

functionality it's the same proposal your hands they're disgusting they're filthy so you wash them

but all day long in between washes you're slapping and smacking this thing all right your mitts are

all over it so what good is this hand washing with the dirty phone with the disgusting phone

obviously the hand washing is still good it's better than not doing anything at all but i'm

just saying you throw the phone in here and you disinfect it to go along with the clean hands in

2020 you just gotta be aware of this kind of stuff that's all i'm trying to say when the original one

hit the channel i was thinking to myself who's gonna really get this thing what's the whole story

here are people really gonna buy this and then here we are in 2020 all the things happening in

the world and I'm saying man this is going to be a hot product right now it's amazing how

circumstances can change things and all of a sudden you take a gadget which was pioneered

many years ago and you look at it in a different way at a time like now so anyway there it is

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