Halo UVX ultraviolet vacuum kills germs while you clean

Don't look now -- unleashing that army of singing Roombas might make your floors seem clean, but you're still leaving a lot of microscopic bacteria and parasites behind. While we're not sure this is all that bad -- hasn't killed us yet! -- Halo is betting on the more severely Type A to freak out and drop $399 on its UVX ultraviolet vacuum cleaner, which claims to kill those nasties while sucking up the evidence of last night's Wheat Thins fight. In addition to standard vac features like HEPA filtration and "industry-leading suction," the UVX sports a UV-C light source in the vacuum head, which Halo says kills bacteria, parasites, viruses, fleas, lice, and mold by "disrupting the DNA features of their cells." Wow, maybe they should just slap a Spider-Man logo on this thing and let it sell itself.

[Via Freshome]

[craig @ May 8th 2007 7:13PM]

and it fades your carpets at an alarming rate as well...

[Otsego_Undead @ May 8th 2007 7:16PM]

oh man, that kid probably had an anurism when he heard about this thing....
wonder what he will name this one.. Ultro Violety?
http://household.engadget.com/2007/05/02/obsessed-kid-collects-names-and-dreams-of-vacuums/

[JK @ May 8th 2007 7:28PM]

Or you end up with the GIANT mutation of a KILLER germ!!!!

[bradvert @ May 8th 2007 7:46PM]

Whoa. What a great solution to a nonexistent problem!

[LongshotX @ May 8th 2007 11:01PM]

This is great. I can't wait until they start mass producing Bubble Suits, that way we'll never be in contact with germs and have the opportunity to build up our immune systems. I mean who them when you have germ destroying vacuum cleaners and bubble suits?

[Brett @ May 8th 2007 11:11PM]

I'm skeptical as to how effective this would be. My knowledge of UV as an antimicrobial is that it's used in systems that recirculate air or water continuously in a closed system to be effective. I wouldn't think a rapid pass or two with this vaccume would effectively do anything. Seems more like a gimmick to appeal to germ-a-phobes?

[segovia101 @ May 10th 2007 3:51AM]

We also need some kind of handheld vac to blast the outside of the bubble suits with UV too. And a smaller vac to vac the bacteria ridden handheld vac. And some kind of clean room environment to sleep in. Oh bacteria! Whilst thou never learn?