Violight Zapi Toothbrush Sanitizers: Killing Bacteria With Cuteness

We’ve all probably seen those infomercials implying that if you don’t sanitize your toothbrush, you may as well be rinsing your mouth with toilet water. Here are a few more sexy factoids:

• Researchers have found more than 10,000,000 bacteria living on a single toothbrush.
• The flu, herpes, strep, staph, yeasts, and the bacteria that cause gum disease, cavities, and even diarrhea can survive (some even thrive) in high numbers on toothbrushes.
• Droplets produced by flushing toilets can harbor bacteria and viruses that can remain airborne long enough to settle on surfaces.
• Some researchers have even found colonies of breeding bacteria on toothbrushes, and numbers as high as 100,000,000 microorganisms have been recovered from individual brushes.

Feel like you need to do a quick gargle with Purell? I know what you mean. Somehow, I’ve managed to remain immune to this hype-o-chondria (though probably NOT immune to airborne toilet flush-induced bacteria), until seeing these Violight Zapi toothbrush sanitizers. The company claims that the Violight Zapi kills 99.9% of bacteria on your toothbrush, and they do it with a level of cuteness that feels familiarly FriendsWithYou or Shawnimals. The sweet sanitizers do their deathbringing through light, though my understanding is it’s kind of a behind-the-scenes thing versus a lightsaber showdown. I’m intrigued. They’re $20 through the Fab sale. I’m contemplating pulling the trigger. Feel free to talk me through this. I won’t necessarily talk back because I’m keeping my mouth closed to avoid ingesting airborne diarrhea particles while I make this decision.