Questions & Answers

There are three wavelengths of UV light. UV-C light is a short-wavelength, ultraviolet light that breaks apart germs, leaving it unable to function or reproduce. UV light kills 99.99% of household germs. The UV-C light our products use effectively destroys nucleic acids and breaks apart bacteria DNA. With their DNA broken, bacteria can’t function or reproduce, and the organisms die.

In nature, the UV-C light that causes this germicidal effect is harmful to our eyes but is blocked by Earth’s atmosphere. In our products' controlled environments, UV-C light effectively and safely sanitizes your cell phone, remotes, keys, tablets, or anything you own!

People have been sanitizing with UV-C light since the turn of the century. In 1903, a Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Niels Finsen for incorporating the use of UV light in battling tuberculosis. Today, medical centers, labs, and facilities use UV-C sanitizing lights to keep their environments sterile and safe. 

These items should be used with caution! We can't stress this enough. A UV-C sanitizing device is not a toy. When used on the human skin, the UV-C rays will cause irritation and long term exposure can lead to skin damage. When using a UV-C sanitizer, ensure that you're pointing the UV-C light down and away from you. When UV-C sanitizing lights are used in moderation with caution, they are safe for human usage. 

Yes! Hospitals and healthcare locations all over the country use Ultraviolet Sanitation Devices to stop the spread of illness-causing bacteria carried by smartphones and tablets. The UV-C light technology our product uses was first used to disinfect environments like hospitals. Our portable wand is used in nursing stations, waiting rooms, NICUs, and many other types of medical facilities.

Yes! UV-C sanitization can be used on any surface including electronics, utensils, eyewear, toys, and clothes. For best results when using our wand, sanitize for 10 - 15 seconds hovering 2-3 inches away from the surface of the item that you're sanitizing.

Yes, Pristine Violet products are safe for your phone, wallets, keys, masks, earphones, and other personal products. Our products are chemical free, and UV-C light safely and efficiently sterilizes your items.

Our products are completely safe for your phone! Our technology doesn't use water or chemicals - it uses UV-C light. UV light kills germs but doesn't harm you or your device. This light is completely safe for anything you use it on - except germs. 

UV light can potentially cause discoloration with continuous, prolonged exposure to lightly pigmented plastics. However, it would take many continuous hours of exposure to have this effect, similar to leaving your phone exposed to the sun over a consistently prolonged duration. Our products were designed with this in mind. When you turn on your product, the UV lights will turn on for a pre-programmed amount of time and automatically shut off when done. This is more than enough time to completely sanitize your devices and kill all the germs, but it is never enough time to damage your gadgets. You can feel confident your phone and tablets are safe, but the germs are not!

The average phone contains 18 times more bacteria than a public restroom! You’re just as likely to get sick from your phone as from the handles in the bathroom. In fact, your phone breeds more bacteria, too. Your phone’s battery keeps it warm, and when it’s stored in warm, dark places like your pocket or purse, the bacteria multiply. 

So you might want to clean your phone!

One sterilization process kills 99.9% of bacteria. One time is enough, but your phone and other items can grab new bacteria at any given moment. You are welcome to sterilize your phone and other personal objects more than once a day, and it will not damage them.