HomeSoap

I wanna say it seems good for now. I like the bigger size I feel I would like it if it was even bigger though 😂. Don’t shove to much in there as you may break a bulb or the ones on the side that I believe are the side mirrors so I guess it can provide 360 degree sanitization. I broke one of the side bulbs but I guess that’s still fine though and the machine can still function properly its not shattered or anything it just cracked it in half but it’s still in there so I believe it still provides the 360 sanitization I wanna say and hope 😂. Maybe as long as it’s in there and it’s broke in the way mine is then maybe it’s ok then. I wanna say I did contact customer service and I wanna say that that would be ok still to provide 360 sanitization but don’t quote me on that I don’t wanna lie or accidentally lie or so just saying. I did attach a photo for you to check it out though to see what I mean. I also did contact customer service and they do offer a 1 year warranty so I could have it sent in to have it fixed I may because I believe it’s free and they pay for shipping and all I wanna say but yeah. No need to worry about breaking at least the side bulbs though easily I wanna say I really tried to shove something in there and so thankfully that’s all that broke and not one of the bulbs that actually disinfects the stuff or something else. That was just a dumb thing by me so I wanna say don’t worry about that if you are responsible and all that. The side bulbs seem strong enough so just don’t be crazy and try and shove a pillow or something in there where it may be compressed in there and you may here a bulb break or so. Anyways I could maybe say more and ramble on and on or so so sorry for that 😂. I think it’s a good machine though and has treated me well and I wanna say I recommend it just maybe try and find it at a cheaper price. So hopefully this review helped you in a positive way. Regardless wish you all the best and have a great blessed day and life! GOD bless

Great product. My only complaint is that every time you open and then close the door, the system activates itself. What’s meant by that is if you put a device inside and clean it and then open the door to take it out, when you close the door the system turns back on with no product inside to be cleaned.

This thing is great! The area where you put your devices is quite large. It can hold multiple phones, eyeglasses, etc.. at a time. The sanitization cycle is only 10 minutes. I'm not sure if that is long or short compared to other devices, but it seems to be done by the time we get our coats away and everything out of the car, etc.. I never feel like I'm waiting for it tomorrow finish. It is a decent size so check the outer dimensions and make sure you have a place to put it. But, I have already, and will continue to recommend this. I couldn't be more pleased with this.

I feel like the size of this thing has been under-represented so I wanted to show off what it looks like for you. Inside are multiple phones, headphones, charge cables, TV remote, carefully-positioned craft scissors, and then some and then some and then some. I was worried it wouldn't be big enough, but it's huge. My main thing I was worried about is "will it be big enough to put in 1-liter water bottles from the gas station when I'm dodgy about their quality?" and the answer is "Of course!" I suffer extreme allergies, always have all my life, they make my skin burn and rash and can cause me to spend entire days feeling and thinking nothing other than "Please, let this lingering pain stop." I had suspected some component of it was bacterial, but I didn't realize HOW MUCH of it was. In fact, I think that we humans put up with far too much grime and gunk in our stuff! Suddenly my allergic reactions went down a massive amount. If you suffer from debilitating allergies, then you know how some objects around the house can be "off-limits". A remote you can't pick up without breaking out in hives, no matter how much you clean it. A beloved mug that starts making your stomach do backflips out of nowhere. I'm not saying this device'll cure you, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of your trigger objects no longer bother you. For us, it's like a miracle! Definitely worth the money. Not just that, but as an avid video gamer, I care a lot about my controllers, yet sometimes no matter what I do they start sticking and feeling grimy. Buttons press in and take a fraction of a second longer than they used to before they pop back out. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but in competitive gaming, pro gaming, e-sports, etc, it's the difference between looking like an artist or looking like someone who started playing last week. Turns out that as far as I can tell, a LOT of the trouble was from stuff living inside of the buttons and sticks. Once all of it is dead, it can't make things sticky and wet anymore, and the controls loosen back up to their prior state. In fewer words - you can get that crisp, newly store-bought feeling back. I wasn't sure if I'd notice this machine doing anything at all. I assumed that even if it was the best thing since sliced bread, it would take weeks of slowly getting used to it before I got a sensation of how much help it was doing. Instead: I noticed right away! The difference between a cleaned and uncleaned item is SO great, SO huge, SO life-changing, that it's impossible to miss. Taking one star off for the price, though. I'd have gotten this a long time ago if it wasn't so expensive, it's priced way beyond "casual experimental purchase" amounts. It looks like one of those "mail-order miracle items" that nobody actually needs. But if I could, I'd put one in every house. I think that the company is making a bad move by only targeting the few million people with this kind of cash. Make it 1/2 as expensive and you could sell 10 times more, the math checks out. Also I think that pricing it based on size, like the way Apple charges thousands of dollars more for twice the RAM on their computers (even though it doesn't actually cost that much to make), is predatory and we don't need more companies doing it. I hope that the makers of this will become less insecure in the future and price more aggressively. All in all, this product was a win for me. I just hope that more people have the chance to use it!

I was an early adopter of the HomeSoap (see more on that below) and PhoneSoaps, which led to this eventual repeat purchase. On Prime Day 2024, we decided to purchase two more HomeSoaps as well as a PhoneSoap Pro. We wrongly assumed that surely the "red light" issue we have dealt with all this time would have been resolved and corrected by now. Imagine the dismay to receive all three products with stickers warning of the "red light" issue. No bueno! I am not investing additional money into a company that hasn't strived to better its product and correct known issues. I first purchased this in January 2020, received it in February, and was already having "red light" issues one month in. In spite of poor customer service (multiple attempts to reach and no real answers), I kept the unit, and we troubleshot our way to our own solutions for a "red light" workaround. It was annoying and often time consuming. It could literally take dozens of attempts to reset or an hour of wasted time. Our efforts incidentally included those suggestions listed on the labels for the new products; yet, these were still only marginally successful some of the time. If you are ok purchasing this product at this price point to work some of the time, go ahead and buy. If not, I would pass until they finally fix the issue that has been known for at least 4.5 years.

I somehow managed to get my hands on the Homesoap before it was completely sold out and back ordered on its website. Couldn’t be happier with this purchase. It is nice to have a UV sanitizer at the best of times, but during a pandemic doubly so. Any non-perishable groceries that can fit inside I put through it in cycles. If I have to go out for whatever reason, I disinfect my keys, phone, and anything else I may have used while out. All mail (not packages as most don’t fit) is disinfected in it as well. Pros: - SUPER Easy setup. Literally just plug in. - The light on the device lets you know when the items have gone through the 10 minute disinfecting cycle. - super light weight. Was immensely surprised at how light it was when I got it. - surrounds your items with UV light to disinfect all the nooks and crannies. - very roomy, I can fit a surprising amount of stuff in the device at one time. - Immediately turns off the UV light if the door is opened mid-cycle. Super important safety feature! Cons: - too easy to switch back and forth between automatic mode and manual - ozone smell when you open the door after cleaning cycle (sort of smells like melting plastic). Not much they can do about it, but it is still there. Just make sure to get your items out quick and close the door immediately. Don’t just leave it open, you really don’t want to be breathing in concentrated ozone (it slowly dissipates on its own so don’t worry, just don’t leave the door open). If you can get a hold of one of these, even if after the pandemic, it is well worth the money! There are so many things that should be disinfected that we use everyday but just don’t (like credit cards). This makes it super easy to kill bacteria and viruses on their surfaces!

The metallic smell when opening this box after use is ozone from strong ultraviolet light turning some of the oxygen inside the box, into ozone (O3). Other smells can come from the stuff being killed or broken down by both the ozone and the ultraviolet light concentrated in the box. Not only is the UVC light wavelength sterilizing, but ozone is an irresistible disinfectant as well, and unlike the light, ozone will get into the spaces in objects you place in the box, even inside the objects themselves. You can also enhance this effect with additional ozone by adding a couple 4Mg/Hr "USB Rechargeable Mini Ozone Generator" Pocket size O3 units to the load of whatever you're sterilizing in the box. The ozone concentrates in the closed box killing even what the light can't reach. Ozone is highly reactive, so once you stop making it, the smell goes away quickly as the ozone dissipates or finds something to react with. If you're relying on generated ozone to disinfect the unlit parts of stuff in the box, leave your stuff inside the closed box 30 minutes or more. (Or just run it three times.) Open a window if needed, or do this in a space with some ventilation, as breathing too much ozone is bad for you, and particularly hard on people with any respiratory problems. In your kitchen or bathroom where you can turn on an exhaust fan is a good place for it. Normal usage doesn't seem to make worrisome amounts of ozone, but someone with bad asthma would not appreciate the effects from opening the door, putting their face close to see inside, while inhaling deeply. Especially with additional O3 generators running in it. Otherwise, unless you were killing something really funky, or dangerous to expose to ozone, it's just a good dose of that "after a thunderstorm" smell. I like my new HomeSoap, and I'll be getting more of these for family and friends. I don't think it needs more lights in the six empty tubes, unless they also want to add an exhaust fan blowing through an ozone destroyer. These are the mini O3 Generators I’m using with my HomeSoap and elsewhere: Portable Air Purifier - USB Rechargeable Mini Ozone Generator, Odor Eliminating Ozone Machine, Pocket Size O3 Machine for Small Space, Pets, Travelling - White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZB6ZQBL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_pgyAEb9RJ0Z0J (Don't let the kids "clean" and deodorize their pets in the box, unless they're already not living!) ;-)

It has been through four cycles so far and I believe that it is working. The way that I know is because of the after-cleaning chemical smell which both my fiancé and I find to be extremely tolerable. Also, it appears that anything that has sticker-like decals on it will have the stickiness come from the bottom of the sticker to the top. If you care about decals, don’t put items that have them in the Homesoap and use disinfecting wipes or isopropyl alcohol instead to wipe away the germs while still not touching the decals. You should also know before you buy that any white plastics you put in it may discolor with prolonged UVC light exposure, anything you put into it has to be dry and some keyboards and laptops will not fit. If you have a keyboard that won’t fit and you are okay with taking the keys off of it, I would recommend doing so but make sure to note where each key goes beforehand or take a picture of the keyboard for reference when you’re done cleaning the keys and are ready to put the the keys back on. To get everything optimally clean, you want to lay it in the machine diagonally if possible. I taped two small remotes together to clean them as they would otherwise lay flat. After you plug it in and remove the “remove before using sticker”, the Homesoap is already in automatic mode so if you want 10 minute cleaning only, you are all set to go. Just open the door, shove your nasty stuff in their, and close the door. I have read other reviews as well and need to discuss some things. Corona Virus is not associated with Corona the beer. It is not recommended that you put food or drink (packaged or not) into the Homesoap. Also, the reason why there is not a walk-in version of the Homesoap is because UVC light not only sanitizes surfaces but it can also destroy DNA and RNA (what humans are made of) so you don’t want to subject any part of your skin to UVC rays. Lastly, the chemical smell after sanitizing is normal but I seriously wonder what these people who can’t stand the smell we’re putting in theirs.