In August 2020, the CEO of LIFX announced a new LIFX product on Twitter: the LIFX Clean:

https://twitter.com/davemclauchlan/status/1299128998111272960?s21

This product is designed to be antibacterial and offers both smart lighting and cleaning options. However, the actual cleaning power is not always effective, especially if you use the device for a short time, or from more than four feet away.

So I wanted to record this video and explain the pros and cons of this really interesting product.

0:00 Introducing the LIFX Clean light
1:46 UV versus HEV light
3:13 Scientific studies (not as boring as it sounds!)
3:47 The problem with sticking this in the ceiling
4:38 Wrap up

#LIFX #LIFXClean #HEVLight

This product can be purchased on Amazon.com and directly from LIFX. Below you will find links to the LIFX website:

https://www.lifx.com/collections/lamps-and-pendants/products/lifx-clean-antibacterial-smart-light
https://www.lifx.com/pages/lifx-clean

Specific tests have been carried out on the LIFX Clean lamp by a laboratory in Australia, and the results are below:

https://buddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LIFX-Clean-Passes-US-Testing-Ready-for-Retailer-Orders.pdf
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0219/0638/files/QL20343-2A_An_Evaluation_of_the_Antimbiotic_Efficacy_of_HEV_Light_Report_FINAL.pdf?v1614653165

Also, a general research article concluded that HEV light is effective at killing bacteria at close range:

https://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-019-0470-1

However, other research concluded that HEV light can cause skin to dry out or age prematurely:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1011134415002110
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28315451/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31661571/

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Pop-up sound – https://freesound.org/people/BeezleFM/sounds/512135/

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