Sanitizing lights have been big news, may it be the big ones you walk through and news of portable UV-C lights to get rid of germs.
First, when it comes to UV Technology for germ sanitizing, there are three wavelength categories: UV-A, UV-B and UV-C.
UV-C is a short-wavelength that can break apart germ DNA, rendering these germ DNA from functioning or reproducing.
But here is the biggest thing that one should be warned. UV light can be dangerous and YOU NEVER want to aim this in your eyes. In fact, you do not want your children getting a hold of this.
As you know, the sun gives off UV rays and looking at the sun can harm your vision and can cause eye issues. UV-A rays can cause damage to your central vision. UV-B rays can damage the cornea and lends of the front of your eye. UV-C on human skin can cause painful burns for lengthy exposure (some studies have show direct UV-C radiation to skin for a long period of time can cause cancer) but it can cause temporary damage to the cornea and is a known carcinogen for human skin. In fact, similar devices have warnings that people should have goggles before using a UV-C device.
So, please know this in advance and do your research.
The UVBRITE Personal Sterilizer and Power Bank Wand looks like a mini pinkish flashlight. It comes with a USB charger and it also functions as a power bank as it has a built in 2000 mAh rechargeable battery. Click on the back and then you have a UV-C light.
The idea is to point the wand to a surface and wave over and over and because this wand is smaller than most, you are probably going to have to do a lot of passes.
While I’m sure this device works, it depends on how many passes are needed. There is no way one can tell if it’s working or not. Especially if one does a few passes via the wand.
While it has a UV-C light, there are other wands that have more UV-C LED’s. But the problem is no one knows how much passes is needed to render germs. I would imagine that with this smaller light, you would need to dedicate several minutes, multiple passes on smaller surfaces.
I have tested a few UV-C devices and this is the smallest. So, I understand one would like a pocket device, one to keep in the car or purse, but the question is how much dedication (and also a lot of patience) you want to put to aiming it at the surface with a smaller light many times and not knowing if it is really working.
At under $20, I give the UVBRITE Personal Sterilizer and Power Bank Wand a generous two stars.
