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Old Fri Apr 12, 2013, 01:51pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by whistleprod View Post
I clean my whistle by using a unit found on cleanwhistleproducts.com. Great little gadget.
Seems more like you're the seller of this than just a user (your username is whistleprod and the device is cleanwhistleproducts.com. That is all fine if you're open about it but making it sound like you're a customer is a bit shady.

I also just looked at that. It seems like a waste of money and it really isn't cleaning them. It may be sanitizing them, however. It is blasting them with UV light. That will kill the germs that the light reaches but I'd be skeptical about whether the UV light can reach all the insides of the whistle where it is likely damp the longest and where the bacteria is most likely to grow.

Instead, I pour 2-3 ounces of Listerine in a small cup and drop the whistles into it for a couple hours. That definitely reaches the entire whistle, will kill anything that is there, and will dissolve or soften most of the residue that may have formed so that it can be rinsed away under the faucet. Cost... probably pennies per year.
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Last edited by Camron Rust; Fri Apr 12, 2013 at 01:53pm.