Using the power of UVC light, the wand helps to kill germs without the use of harsh chemicals or cleaners. We’ve used a UVC wand on everything from keyboards to couches to stuffed animals.

A. While food being exposed to UV-C radiation is safe, using a sanitizer wand on food will likely not be very effective. UV-C rays take time to kill microbes and work best on smooth, even surfaces.

The Monos CleanPod UVC Sterilizer ($90) is a battery-powered wand that uses special LEDs to emit a high-energy beam of ultraviolet C light (UVC) that can kill up to 99.9% of germs.

At 0.28 pounds, this wand is tiny but mighty. It uses UV-C light to help clean up to 99.9 percent of harmful viruses, germs and bacteria from surfaces, including E.coli, many flu viruses ...

I use the wand for a couple minutes every weekend. If you’re a really bad germophobe, you might tear through batteries faster than normal, though.

The claims The Germ Guardian website claims that the wands “kill up to 99 percent of germs on surfaces using natural UV-C light -- not harmful chemicals.” ...

UV wands are effective tools for sanitizing surfaces, but can they sanitize food? Potentially, but not easily, and not without risks.

Yes! UV wands operate on the same scientifically sound principle as phone-sanitizing gadgets, like the ones made by PhoneSoap, shining a specific type of ultraviolet light — UV-C — that can kill ...

While wands and lamps emit UVC light openly, well-designed sanitization boxes only activate when closed and shut off automatically once opened, containing the exposure.