Online - January 27, 2005

Brush Off

Violight Toothbrush Cleaner

There’s something really, really gross in your bathroom.

Something that harbors millions of micro-organisms and tons of bacteria. A seething hotbed of icky contaminants.

It’s your toothbrush (ew!), and, we hate to tell you, but it really ought to be cleaner. It can be — with the help of Violight, a new toothbrush sanitizer designed by Philippe Starck. Using UV rays (the same technology used by hospitals and doctors), it purports to kill 99.9 percent of the nastiness currently infesting your scrubby little friend. Just drop the sucker in head down, and let the sleek receptacle do its work. For ten minutes it glows a soothing shade of blue and then automatically shuts itself off.

So much cooler than the germy cup you now keep your toothbrush in. And so much cleaner. Because your bathroom can’t always be the height of hygiene.

But your mouth definitely should be.

Available online at violight.com.