Irish Daily Mail

PHONE CASE

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EvoCheck, €39.95, tech21.com

CLAIM: ‘Did you know that smartphone­s carry up to ten times more bacteria than a toilet seat?’ asks the maker. It claims its phone cases, with BioCote antimicrob­ial protection built in, will get to work within 15 minutes of coming into contact with germs, killing up to 99.99 per cent in just 24 hours.

EXPERT VERDICT: I think this could be quite effective. BioCote is respected as a supplier of antimicrob­ial surface protection, although it does depend on what bacteria it was tested on.

What I wonder is how effective it is over short periods, when touching your phone every few minutes. If I use mine for long periods and it’s not clean, I get spots, which illustrate­s the level of bacteria they can hold.

The best thing to do is maintain good hand hygiene, and give the phone a good clean with a 70 per cent alcohol wipe daily.

8/10

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