Whats lurking on your laptop? Heres how to banish bacteria and give pathogens the push

Date:
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:45:03 +0000

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This sci-fi coating uses silver to stop more than 99% of bacteria growth on your laptop

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We hope youre not eating while you read this, because weve got a horrible
fact for you. A typical laptop keyboard is covered with 20,000 times more bacteria than youd find on a toilet seat.

Sorry.

And if that wasnt bad enough, this time of year is boom time for bugs. With kids going back to school and commuters cramming themselves into carriages, this is the time of year most likely to build bacteria and spread sniffles. From desk-bound lunches to colleagues coughs, your keyboards under constant attack.

Wouldnt it be great if your laptop keyboard could clean itself?

ASUS keyboards can. Banish the bugs with this clever keyboard coating

With ASUS Antibacterial Guard, you can say bye-bye to bugs, bacteria and
other irritants. Available in 80% of all ASUS laptops from the Vivobook S to the Vivobook Pro and the upcoming Zenbook models, ASUS Antibacterial Guard is a long-lasting keyboard treatment that protects your laptop from bacteria for over three years in everyday usage.

The secret? Silver. ASUS Antibacterial Guard uses positively-charged silver ions to coat your laptop with a substance thats irresistible to irritants. Once they touch the surface, the silver ions pierce their protective layer, damaging their structure to prevent them from spawning. In super-strict industry standard ISO 22196 tests, ASUS Antibacterial Guard reduced the
number of bacteria by over 99%.

ASUS Antibacterial Guard isnt just applied to the keys. Its also applied to all the most-touched parts of your laptop including the touchpad or number keys, the palm rest area, the power button and the fingerprint sensor.

Thats bad news for bugs but brilliant for you and your family. (Image credit: ASUS) Why people care about clean keyboards

Were spending more time on our computers than ever before. 97% of us use a PC daily, and the average time we spend online is over 3 hours a day. Thats a
lot of contact between your skin and your keyboard, and unfortunately that means your keys are a major breeding ground for bacteria. In tests, laptop keyboards werent just full of more bacteria than a toilet seat, they also had more bacteria than a phone, a mouse, a touch pad or cash too.

One of the reasons laptop keyboards get so grimy is because theyre designed
to be lugged around, so - for example - a students laptop might be used at home, in a lecture theatre, in a library and in the park during a very short period; a work laptop might be in the office, in clients premises, in a
coffee shop and on a train before going home with you for some additional
work at home. The more you travel the more youre exposed to, and the more likely you are to have unpleasantness lurking on your laptop.

The best thing about ASUS Antibacterial Guard is that you dont have to think about it. Theres no need to do anything; it just gets on with the job of destroying bacteria such as E.Coli and Staphylococcus some of the most
common bugs in circulation while you get on with work or studying. And if you ever notice your laptops getting a little grubby, its safe to use your normal cleaning sprays or wipes without damaging the antibacterial coating. (Image credit: ASUS) How to get ASUS Antibacterial Guard

First of all, look for the ASUS logo or brand name: Antibacterial Guard is exclusive to ASUS and only available on ASUS laptops.

It couldnt be easier to identify a laptop with ASUS Antibacterial Guard protection: every laptop with the technology will have the ASUS Antibacterial Guard sticker on its palm rest, and on the relevant page on any retailers website too.

Look for the tech specs section or product page overview if the retailer
hasnt included ASUS Antibacterial Guard in the headline features, because of course ASUS laptops are positively packed with great features and the
retailer cant highlight them all.

Whether youre eating lunch at your desk, travelling from customer to customer or trying to juggle childcare with home working, ASUS Antibacterial Guard banishes the bugs to keep your laptop hygienically clean.

Click here to find out more about ASUS Antibacterial Guard and discover
which ASUS laptop is your perfect partner.



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