germs are a very hot topic across the
globe right now and it got me thinking I
remembered this product that I unbox 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 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 hand
it's 20/20 it's very important I'm just
saying these things are a cesspool
they're there 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% of
bacteria as well as viruses 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 on on people's hands is because
it says it can be dangerous to your body
but in a device like this it actually
makes a lot of sense
all right so kill 99.9% 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 percent
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 whoa okay well that's a bit bigger
than portable I mean it's not going in
your pocket
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 what 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 you 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 first 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 I mean
it just makes your life a bit easier
doesn't always have to be plugged into
the wall for travel purposes I suppose
that's 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
gonna 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 notice
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 well like this is people are
concerned about this and like I said
you've got the clean hands you want a
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 a hundred percent for its
6,500 milliamp hour 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
alright 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't 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's get a type-c cable for one and so
we can plug that into the input/output
seaport 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 gonna 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 so 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 it's science will its
science do you understand 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 coated 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 updates oh 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 analysis
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.ca for I think
47 dollars 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 microUSB
to the back so it's gonna function in
the same fashion you got your cables
inside a couple different options here a
two micro USB and then a multi cable
that's a nice little touch to see 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 a same size 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 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 it's
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 gonna come out smelling fresh I
guess that's all right so whatever if
you're on a budget UV UV sea is what
it's called these guys have been around
a little bit longer they have more
models available to you which are gonna
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 a 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 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 gonna 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 UV phone soap
clean your phone