Sure, a UV cell phone sanitizer might help your peace of mind — but will it actually kill germs?
An ultraviolet-light-emitting robot named Rosie disinfects a hospital room in Milford, Massachusetts. Photo: Essdras M Suarez/Boston Globe via Getty Images We first heard about the disinfecting powers of UV-C light while talking to certified sex coach Gigi Engle about the best rabbit and bullet vibrators you can buy online. Engle uses a UV-light sterilization pouch to clean her sex toys of bacteria that could lead to yeast infections or bacterial vaginosis.
With their advice in mind, we found a number of devices that use UV light to kill a range of dangerous bacteria and viruses from MRSA to E. coli. Like in hospitals, where UV-light-emitting robots quite literally zap operating rooms of all pathogens. And Boeing designed a prototype for a self-cleaning airplane bathroom that uses UV light to disinfect after each use. Outside of those industrial uses, there are a bunch of portable UV sanitizing boxes, wands, and water bottles that claim to kill 99.
$20 at Amazon Buy $20 at Amazon Buy BVibe UV Sterilizer Pouch $85 The skin in and around your private parts is extra sensitive. So whatever you use to clean your vibrators, butt plugs, and menstrual cups should be gentle and shouldn’t leave a chemical residue. Cleaning sex toys is especially important if it is used by more than one person, says Eric Lee, an ER physician, medical director of several nursing homes, and medical expert for Invigor Medical.
$100 at Amazon Buy $100 at Amazon Buy BRIGHTINWD UV Light Mini Sanitizer Travel Wand $29 “I think these devices would make more sense in public places,” says Berezow, who strongly believes that industrial UV-light devices could reduce the transmission of diseases on a large scale if used in airplanes, restaurants, subways stations, and other places where people congregate.
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