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Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
- jerlam 1y agoI heard these were already common in China: https://xcancel.com/NukitToBeSure/status/1972467734656209164#m https://xcancel.com/NukitToBeSure/status/1972467734656209164...
- ranger_danger 1y agoAny time I have tried to use a UVC light on a product, it always comes out smelling worse. Like, burnt somehow.
- hilux 1y agoGoing by the article, you might try reducing the exposure time.
- ranger_danger 1y agoMy particular device has a fixed 2 minute timer, but apparently a "burnt hair" smell is an inevitable side-effect of the process. https://www.uvccleaningsystems.com/cm/dpl/downloads/articles/16/Root_Cause_of_UVC_Odor.pdf https://www.uvccleaningsystems.com/cm/dpl/downloads/articles...
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago“But push it too far - 10 to 15 minutes - and the odour gave way to ‘strong burnt rubber’” Would definitely want to know what volatiles are being produced by this process.
- exabrial 1y agoI won't believe it until you try it on my belay partner's climbing shoes. Their shoes should be banned under the Geneva convention.
- hilux 1y agoIs your belay partner airing out the shoes (ideally outdoors) between sessions, or storing them in a closed bag?
- exabrial 1y agoThe clip them with a carabiner to their climbing pack they bring to the gym. I think they air out...
- loa_in_ 1y agoI use bleach infused cleaning wipes and I stuff few of them inside each shoe for few nights. I take them out whenever I put on the shoes. On a negative note, it caused some cheaper insoles to literally fall apart overnight while doing this.
- exabrial 1y agoJust curious, do you know the active ingredients on the wipes? ... I wear socks. There's a lot of things holding back my climbing, proper diet, weight training, sticking to a plan, etc... socks are not holding me back pahaha.
- loa_in_ 1y agoThe ingredients are: Anionic active ingredients less than five percent, fragrance, hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, acetic acid, preservative - methylchloroisothiazolinone. I don't see at a glance how it's bleach infused as the packaging claims.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoHave you tried spraying them inside and out with 70% isopropyl alcohol?
- exabrial 1y agoI don't think they do anything to them
- cyberax 1y agoI've been using the bleach trick, especially when my shoes get wet on their own. Add a bit of bleach to a bucket, put the shoes there for 3-4 minutes, and then add a bit of thiosulfate to neutralize the bleach. Rinse under running water, and then dry in a tumble dryer (on a drying pan).
- xnx 1y agoVacuum also reduces odor: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1801263439769182405 https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1801263439769182405
- Gualdrapo 1y agoRecently heard that about a study saying UV light can disable airbone allergens in a short time. And now this make it seem there's going to be a big demand for UV lights