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Jun 8, 2010 at 3:29 pm #1259924
You know your product or concept has gone mainstream when some industrial fashion designer starts trying to tart up the basic product. Seems the Steripen UV wand has just qualified.
This is a designer concept recently featured in the (trade) Photonics Spectra magazine at http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=42269.
However, note that the fashion designer admits that
'The device has not been tested because the project was not taken as far as a fully functional prototype. However, the technology that it is based on – the application of UV light to sterilize water – has been tested and proved to be effective.'Wheels get reinvented regularly …
Cheers
Jun 8, 2010 at 3:42 pm #1618004I'm waiting for the Apple iUV wand.
Jun 8, 2010 at 3:56 pm #1618013"I'm waiting for the Apple iUV wand."
Only problem is it will be a closed system and won't have a user-replaceable battery. But it will be offered in six swell colors ;-)
Cheers,
Rick
p.s. Nice find, Roger. My kitchen needs one, just because. (Consumer-grade handheld UV wands seemed to magically appear during the H1N1 thing, but they're for surface disinfection, not dunking.)
Jun 8, 2010 at 3:58 pm #1618014"Only problem is it will be a closed system and won't have a user-replaceable battery."
touche!
Jun 8, 2010 at 8:01 pm #1618122all joking aside, the UV wand pictured in the OP looks as if it would be great for anyone who doesn't want to carry a widemouth bottle in order to be able to use a steripen.
Long and narrow to fit down into most normal .5 and 1 L soda/water bottles.
Jun 8, 2010 at 8:37 pm #1618139"Only problem is it will be a closed system and won't have a user-replaceable battery. But it will be offered in six swell colors "
Don't forget, it will only work with iWater in an iBottle, both by Apple.
;)
Jun 8, 2010 at 9:49 pm #1618158Apple and Sony — two admittedly sexy brands that I avoid.
Jun 9, 2010 at 8:29 am #1618245Mat Tallman posted:
>all joking aside, the UV wand pictured in the OP looks as if it would be great for anyone who doesn't want to carry a widemouth bottle in order to be able to use a steripen.
Long and narrow to fit down into most normal .5 and 1 L soda/water bottles.The Steripen Journey already does that. 1 oz heavier but you get that back by not carrying a widemouth. Plus you get nice smiley face icons when it's done. Unfortunately Platy necks seem a bit too long for it.
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