warm? Samsung UV sterilizer with wireless charger

These UV sanitizers kill bacteria and not viruses, and it has not yet been proven that COVID-19 can be killed through UV light - They noted this in the first two articles that you posted

There's a huge thread somewhere here. Seems like a decent deal but the msrp is inflated. At bestbuy its the same price but just says '$14 off.'

chowardhow wrote: ↑ These UV sanitizers kill bacteria and not viruses, and it has not yet been proven that COVID-19 can be killed through UV light - They noted this in the first two articles that you posted

You mean this won't work? lol

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/it-d ... -1.5188111

Health Canada alert was the first result when I googled "COVID-19 UV light" and currently no evidence has been provided by any manufacturer that UV light kills the virus.

https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-a ... 5a-eng.php

ssjlancer wrote: ↑ There's a huge thread somewhere here. Seems like a decent deal but the msrp is inflated. At bestbuy its the same price but just says '$14 off.'

It was part of this thread the-source-samsung-wireless-charger-pac ... 9-2418332/ but now moved to expired.

Any idea what frequency is it?

Its $29.75 on Samsung going through perkopolis.

chowardhow wrote: ↑ These UV sanitizers kill bacteria and not viruses, and it has not yet been proven that COVID-19 can be killed through UV light - They noted this in the first two articles that you posted

Germicidal wavelength UVC absolutely 100% kills COVID19. There are lots of studies and it is not in question. The FDA article references by CNN basically starts right out by saying that the light is effective.

The concerns with products like this is there's generally no assurance from the manufacturers that they're the right wavelength, that reflected light inside is also the right wavelength (and most of these rely heavily on reflection), that the light intensity and time they recommend actually lead to an adequate dose, and that the directions provided are clear enough.

To my last point - germicidal UVC light only sanitizes, it does not clean. You must clean your items first anyway. It also doesn't clean anything in shadow (obviously) but that means it's going to have to be run two or three times in order to sanitize a bunch of keys on a ring. It means cases have to come off of phones. It means you need to wipe the device down so it's already visibly clean, at which point you may as well have sanitized it.

Lastly there are a huge flood of these items on the market that are not safe and allow skin or eye exposure to the light, or do not produce the germicidal wavelength at all. Purple LEDs do not kill coronavirus, germicidal UVC deteriorates plastics and destroys eyes.

chowardhow wrote: ↑ These UV sanitizers kill bacteria and not viruses, and it has not yet been proven that COVID-19 can be killed through UV light - They noted this in the first two articles that you posted

Here's an article you might find interesting that discusses UV-C light for fighting both bacteria and viruses:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319933/