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germs are a very hot topic across the globe right now and it got me thinking i remembered this
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product that i unboxed a really long time ago i was thinking about the hands you're washing the
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hands you're singing happy birthday and the whole thing because you're trying to be socially
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responsible but then you reach into your pocket and you grip your filthy phone over and over again
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and you can't possibly wash your hands every single time you touch your phone you might touch
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this thing 20 30 40 times a day maybe more if uh you're an addict like many people in this office
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right here so what good is it you see the problem there i'm not saying you shouldn't wash your hands
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you got to wash your hands it's 2020 it's very important i'm just saying these things are a cesspool
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they're they're they're gross it got me thinking remembering this product from unbox therapy
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history called phone soap which is this phone cleaner charger thing that claims to kill 99.9
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percent of bacteria as well as viruses uh now would be the time to take a look at their latest
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version of that product it's kind of a topical matter and so they came out with a new one it's
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called Phone Soap Go, clean and charge on the go. So this one, this is the new version. Let's just
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get into it and check it out. Now it uses UV to kill the various germs and bacteria and things
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that are living on your phone. And they've got all kinds of tests on their website talking about
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how much bacteria and gross stuff that you can actually pull off your phone if you were to test
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it. It is expensive. It's about a hundred bucks, but what price is your health worth
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Maybe something like that. I don't know. Actually, I was reading about this because I was curious. I
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was curious about the effectiveness of UV germ killing. And one of the reasons it's not used on
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people's hands is because it could be dangerous to your body. But in a device like this, it actually
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makes a lot of sense all right so kill 99.9 percent of harmful bacteria on your smartphone
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with uvc light this type of uv light can also kill certain viruses so i'm not saying i'm not
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saying that this is 100 guaranteed to sanitize whatever germs you throw at it but it is better
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than nothing. I think we can all agree on that. So look at this. A real rugged carrying case
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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
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fresh battery, fresh phone, 99.99% cleaner than when you put it in
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Okay, so here's the kit. Now keep in mind, like I said, I have experience with this product
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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
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if you want to charge it while it's cleaning okay and then for i mean for some reason there's a
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battery in here it's got a 6500 milliamp hour battery capacity i suppose it's just yeah look
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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
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That's got to be the appeal of it. Anyways, these are the important components
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on the inside of the package. Those are your UV bulbs. That's what's going to kill all the germs and whatnot
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And the LED illuminators on the top are going to indicate the battery life
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of the overall unit. So I don't need to plug it in right now, in fact
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to start the UV process. It's a 10 minute cycle. I noticed on the website
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they're saying, yeah, you travel with it. That's what the case is for. You put it in the luggage
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So this is a thing, Will. Like this is, people are concerned about this
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And like I said, you got the clean hands, you want the clean phone. Look at this
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Kills cold and flu viruses. Ah, they did some testing. The testing that was conducted
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looked at some various strains, including E. coli, salmonella, staph, MRSA, H1N1 flu
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and a common cold, amongst others. So, okay, I mean, that's serious stuff right there
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The device itself takes 4.5 hours to charge to 100% for its 6,500 mAh battery
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They say it will disinfect a phone 45 times or recharge a phone two to four times
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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
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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
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That is sick. I'm happy about that. that means that you could charge this unit
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with the same cable and power brick that you would already use for your smartphone. So that's pretty cool
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And then pop the power portion off and then put that into the phone to charge from here
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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
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And so we can plug that into the input output C port and then into our phone
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And you see the LED indicator pops up. And you can see up here we're charging on the S20 Ultra
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Okay, now the way they imagine you doing this is you're about to go to bed
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You are charging. You pop the device in with the screen off
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You close it down. It seals on the edge. And you hit the button
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The lightning bolt. You gotta push it harder. Okay, we're on now
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I'm feeling better than I felt with my phone prior to this
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I'm going to pull that thing out and at least know I'm at zero
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At least know that I've killed 99.99. You can check their own documentation to see how effective they say that it is
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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
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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
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and that's the recommended exposure to the uv light but otherwise you can hit this end the cycle
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if you need to get access to your phone quickly you could tap that and that'll turn the uv lights
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off and then you can pop it open you can pop your phone out and just like that i know it's crazy
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you're thinking it's just light how does it all work it's uh it's science will it's science you
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understand? It'll take me a while. Yeah. It's actually one of the few solutions you have for
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this device. And I'll tell you why. The screens on modern smartphones are oleophobic coded
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They're meant to resist fingerprints and residue. And so the types of cleaners that you can actually
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use on these devices is fairly limited in its ability to disinfect at least without potentially
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ruining some of those coatings or finishes all right quick update so yeah phone soap this is
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kind of like a generic sterilizer it's about half the price of that one so i just thought i don't
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know since it showed up after having shot that it was worth just a quick ysis this one also
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claims to be an aromatherapy diffuser so if you're a guy like Kirk it's two for
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one okay so it's similar yet different it doesn't feel quite as robust as the
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other one I purchased this on Amazon for I think Immediately I can see that the UV bulbs are
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smaller. It might not be as potent. There's a USB port on the inside of it and the aroma drops go in
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there if you're doing the aromatherapy thing. And then you just plug in micro USB to the back. So
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it's going to function in the same fashion. You got your cables inside. A couple different
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options here a to micro usb and then a multi cable that's a nice little touch the c on there
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oh they're just separate cables but for me this one wins because it has the battery built in
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7 000 milliamp hour battery and it's the same size it's a bit heavier but anyway it's twice the price
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same concept this one has the bigger uv lights this one has the smaller uv lights this one is
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It's hitting your device from the top and bottom. So if your phone's in there like that
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it's getting hit like that. This one on the other hand is hitting the front and back of your phone
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which I kind of feel like is maybe better. This aromatherapy, when the thing is closed
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it's sort of sealed. So it's not really aromatherapy for you. It's aromatherapy for your phone
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So your phone is going to come out smelling fresh. I guess that's all right
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So whatever, if you're on a budget, UVC is what it's called
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These guys have been around a little bit longer. They have more models available to you, but you're going to pay a premium
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For me, the advantage of the Type-C and the built-in battery and the bigger UV bulbs
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I'm thinking this is the go-to but I understand if you won't pay the half price either way the
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functionality it's the same proposal your hands they're disgusting they're filthy so you wash them
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but all day long in between washes you're slapping and smacking this thing all right your mitts are
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all over it so what good is this hand washing with the dirty phone with the disgusting phone
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obviously the hand washing is still good it's better than not doing anything at all but i'm
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just saying you throw the phone in here and you disinfect it to go along with the clean hands in
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2020 you just gotta be aware of this kind of stuff that's all i'm trying to say when the original one
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hit the channel i was thinking to myself who's gonna really get this thing what's the whole story
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here are people really gonna buy this and then here we are in 2020 all the things happening in
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the world and I'm saying man this is going to be a hot product right now it's amazing how
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circumstances can change things and all of a sudden you take a gadget which was pioneered
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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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