What is the safest way to disinfect an iphone?

[brand]

Insert Chuck Norris joke here

That was not funny at all.

 

[terraphantm]

I don't know why buy it is very hard in my country to buy isopropyl,hard to find

Doesn't have to be isopropyl. Methanol and ethanol are fine.

I will say that if it's been 3 months without you contracting anything, you don't really need to worry. Most of the bacteria and fungi on your phone now we're probably introduced while you've had it.

 

[Gincoma]

Unless you have some hideous immuno-deficiency disease, ust get over it. OCD people who disinfect everything are helping add to the problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Let your immune system deal with it.

Exactly....if i drop food on the ground Ill eat it, thats whats my immune system is for and it keeps it active

 

[I7guy]

I actually think opening the bathroom door with a paper towel is more sensible. That way, you don't get the cooties on your hands to transfer to the phone in the first place.

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By all means, do the alcohol wipe, but I'm thinking after three months, you would have already caught whatever was on the phone.

You might as well walk around in a hazmat suit if you are that concerned.

 

[Zxxv]

That was not funny at all.

 

[terraphantm]

Exactly....if i drop food on the ground Ill eat it, thats whats my immune system is for and it keeps it active

Well that's not a great idea either. The skin is our immune system's first line of defense. You're deliberately bypassing that by ingesting something that is potentially contaminated. Also worth noting the immune response often is the problem itself

 

[Gincoma]

Well that's not a great idea either. The skin is our immune system's first line of defense. You're deliberately bypassing that by ingesting something that is potentially contaminated. Also worth noting the immune response often is the problem itself

My point was that im not a germaphobe, yes Ive eaten things off the ground but I take into consideration what ground, obviously not a dog kennel more like my kitchen floor.

 

[greytmom]

You might as well walk around in a hazmat suit if you are that concerned.

I'm not the one concerned... just trying to soothe OP's fears.

 

[Zxxv]

Well that's not a great idea either. The skin is our immune system's first line of defense. You're deliberately bypassing that by ingesting something that is potentially contaminated. Also worth noting the immune response often is the problem itself

Potentially contaminated? your kidding surely? have you seen how animals eat? we are animals. We are built to eat things off the floor if they smell ok.

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My point was that im not a germaphobe, yes Ive eaten things off the ground but I take into consideration what ground, obviously not a dog kennel more like my kitchen floor.

yea if it smells ok eat it. Obviously if it smelt of **** you wouldn't eat it cause it eh smells bad and our noses are designed to inform us but nowadays some people need an app to tell them what to do. I don't even follow the 3 second rule. I drop it its still good 20 seconds later.

 

[terraphantm]

Potentially contaminated? your kidding surely? have you seen how animals eat? we are animals. We are built to eat things off the floor if they smell ok.

Animals also get sick much more often than we do. We live about twice as long as our closest relatives, the chimpanzee. Animals in the wild in general live shorter lives than animals in captivity (which generally have cleaner sources of food and such). Many animals also have adaptions to deal with potentially unsafe food; we've lost many over the course of our evolution.

Animals also don't wash their hands, brush their teeth, or wipe their asses. You think none of these things offer us benefits?

 

[Zxxv]

Animals also get sick much more often than we do. We live about twice as long as our closest relatives, the chimpanzee. Animals in the wild in general live shorter lives than animals in captivity (which generally have cleaner sources of food and such). Many animals also have adaptions to deal with potentially unsafe food; we've lost many over the course of our evolution.

Animals also don't wash their hands, brush their teeth, or wipe their asses. You think none of these things offer us benefits?

I'll not argue with you mate. I'll continue to pick my food off the floor and eat it if I drop it. You can throw yours away. Its all good

 

[FatPuppy]

I am not a germophobic, my iphone has some strange little spots on the back and I can remove them with alcohol, also, my father has an iphone 4 with a glitchy home button and pouring a drop of alcohol can fix it temporally.