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    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    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.
    PhotonicsSpectraUVlamp

    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

    #1618004
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    I'm waiting for the Apple iUV wand.

    #1618013
    Rick Dreher
    BPL Member

    @halfturbo

    Locale: Northernish California

    "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.)

    #1618014
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    "Only problem is it will be a closed system and won't have a user-replaceable battery."

    touche!

    #1618122
    Mat Tallman
    Member

    @wehtam

    Locale: Midwest

    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.

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    Rakesh Malik
    Member

    @tamerlin

    Locale: Cascadia

    "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.

    ;)

    #1618158
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    Apple and Sony — two admittedly sexy brands that I avoid.

    #1618245
    Will Webster
    Member

    @willweb

    Mat 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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