Gizmodo's 10 Gadgets to Help You Survive in Cheap Hotel Rooms

September 29, 2008 at 3:51 PM | 0 Comments

We're not intense germophobes or anything, but we really, really prefer to not see evidence of any prior guests in our hotel room when we check in. We've heard the horror stories and seen all those nightly news specials with the black lights and the body fluid, certainly; but we prefer not to think about it.

Plus, we like to think we know enough about hotels to stay away from the potentially seedy spots or the brands that are notoriously lax on the cleaning.

Still, the tech-savvy smartyfaces over at Gizmodo have put together a list of ten gadgets to you can bring with you if you are dead-set on protecting yourself from any sort of hotel-borne germy-germs.

We pick our three faves after the jump.

1. The Matwalk (pictured)
This bad boy both keeps your feet warm after a shower (now that those red heat lamps are out of hotel bathrooms) and prevents your feetie-feet from making any contact with the big, bad, scary hotel bathroom floor. But to be fair, we'd be a lil' bit scared of you if you busted this out of your suitcase upon arrival.

2. UV Disinfectant Wand
This little bugger looks a lot like those lights you see on the aforementioned nightly news shows, but if you hold the UV light over a suspicious area for 10 seconds, it disinfects 99.9% of the bacteria present. Maybe good for areas like the headboard or, uh, something?

3. The Handler Anti-Germ Hook
This baby is made with nano-silver particles and effectively acts as, like, a hook to come between your body and door handles, faucet knobs, drawers and the toilet-flushing handle. We like it cause it comes in a bunch of cool colors and can attach to your keys without making you look like a germophobic nutter.

Got anything to add to Gizmodo's list that they may have missed? Drop your thoughts in the comments.

Tags: Hotel News / Hotel Technology

by Jenna

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