Philips UV-C Disinfection Desk Lamp for Home, Indoor, Hotel and Travel.

My wife is officially happy now. With the kids coming back and forth, this gives us a chance to disinfect the house (safely), and minimise our risks of catching anything. Importantly, we can use for the longer-term as it helps with killing all viruses and bacteria (e.g., the "super bugs"), as we've a relative who's immune compromised. Super straightforward to use, simple buttons and instructions. On the safety side, I tested a few times and the motion sensor always caught if someone sneaked into the room and it shut off. No issues with false motion detections in our house. The cord is super long, and lets me place pretty much anywhere in any of our rooms. Actually looks pretty nice too and is a compact size, so we keep tucked away on one of shelves in the living room, cord wraps up nicely with the velcro strap. Did a lot of research on this, and this felt like one of the better ones out there, and with "Philips" on the box (a healthcare company that makes machines for hospitals!), we've a sense of trust that this is a safe product and will last for the long term. Will also use in my office to give it a clean in the mornings, when I go to get a coffee. I suspect I might have to lend it to a few folks. --- Update: I like the set timer function (15/30/45min). Means I can turn on and walk away (e.g., go grab a coffee, go out of the house, go to bed, etc) and will automatically turn off after it runs a cycle. Kinda handy... As well, we find it useful to give our fruit and veg a scan to limit mould. My wife did a bit of research and found it was used in industry for this. Doesn't damage the food / affect the taste and it helps limit spoilage.

I purchased this brand of unit really because of the name “Philips” as they always were a very good brand. It is a bit expensive, but it is a nice unit and the protection works well (it is a bit overkill, the motion sensor being very sensitive, but that is ok). Whether it does actually disinfect or not I cannot say yet, but I did the “Banana” test and at a distance of 50 cm it seems to work. I wanted to perform a test using the UVC dosing cards you can buy (as someone else has done in a review), but they were expensive at around £70 for 25 cards, so I didn’t get any. It should be satisfactory for my use as I really want it to irradiate dark places to protect from mould (wardrobes and other dark places. Despite lowering the humidity, good ventilation and cleaning, I still get some form from time to time). The lifetime of the lamp is quoted at 9000 hours and on the Philips site, the number of power cycles is quoted as being 20,000 cycles. This would work out at about: 5000 lamp hours at 15mins, 10,000 hrs at the 30 min setting and 15,000 hours at the 45 min setting, so the quoted 9000 hours gives a reasonable product lifetime. Depending on usage, it should last years for me. It would seem that better than the 1 year statutory warranty could be given. Overall I am quite happy.

I trust Philips quality. At first I thought I had a faulty one, after several try and error, I realize the machine is ultra sensitive. Any single floor movement even if outside the door, the machine would stop. If you leave the room alone and not to walk near by, it does it’s job.

..beware, this kind of light is dangerous. It will kill microbes and bacteria for sure, but it will do considerable damage to human skin and eyes. It may also create a sort of beachy smell which is caused by the minute quantities of ozone byproduct it produces. You may notice a sort of foggy atmosphere in treated rooms. If you do, it's not safe to enter. Give it a few hours to break down and for any volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to dissipation. Thankfully, the unit has a very obvious audible warning, which can be frustrating for regular use as you have to listen to it each time it's turned on. However, it will automatically turn off if it detects anyone entering the room and it will refuse to activate if anyone is still in the same room. Not sure how that but works, so it's probably magic. I use mine for the bathroom to sanitise the whole area. Be aware, anything that will "yellow" as it ages, such as white plastic (you know the type), this will hasten the yellowing as bombarding the plastic with this level of UV will begin to break down the plastic. It will also hasten the failure of things like rubber and seals. Essentially, if you have a Picasso hanging on your wall, don't use the device until the painting has been removed, or adequately covered. Remember, if you can see it, it's damaging you. Radiation is a danger you cannot see or feel. Follow all the instructions.

I find this product very good. It has a sleek compact design, long power lead and is lightweight. I have used it several times since purchase. I move it around to a different location each time it is used in the same room, I obviously can't see that it kills any viruses I just have to trust that it does, I can see its effect on an area where we have a problem with mould so this reassues me that it does work, it has very good safety feature like the lock and auto shut off it it detects movement so nobody will be harmed. I do find the auto shut off is very sensitive and does see to shut off even if there is movement in the next room when in use, I just end up turning it on and sitting still in the nex t room until it had run through its cycle. The few minutes of inconvenience to allow it to do it job is a small price to pay

good product except the motion sensor is extremely sensitive as in if i move about in a different room from the light it shuts the light off room also Philips returns are impossible with this item wouldn't buy again

I mainly got this to wrid my house of smell permeating from my neighbour who keeps A LOT of cats. It clears the smells easily with added benefits of killing viruses and bacteria. I have also used it in the bathroom and noticed the mold had changed colour and shape indicating inactivation. So far, I have only used it whilst outside, turning it on when going out. It works fine, I did some research and this device does not produce any ozone so you can come back in, as soon as the timer is up. I found it easy to use and the size is small enough to put away when not needed. Keep the box that it comes in for safe storage.

I like this as it helps to remove any germs left about. But I also think it’s overpriced for what it is. It is very plasticky and if it wasn’t for the COVID virus being around I wouldn’t of bothered with it.

It works very well, in the bathroom it is especially noticeable by the smell after use, I bought it almost a week ago and every day I put it in every room and in the bathroom, I am very happy that I chose this one🥰🤗