Review: Let the CleanKey from KeySmart Become Your Antimicrobial Extra Hand

Right now it’s best not to touch public surfaces, like door handles and buttons. The CleanKey can be your antimicrobial replacement fingers.

What Is CleanKey?

From the clever folks at KeySmart ( see our review), CleanKey is a tool for opening doors, pushing buttons, and otherwise interacting with public surfaces without touching them directly. CleanKey is made of an anti-microbial alloy that helps “slow or kill the spread of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi.” You use CleanKey as a hook or button-pushing extension of your hand, reducing the chances you’ll pick up unwanted contamination.

CleanKey — What’s in the Box?

If you purchase from the SmartKey website, you get one CleanKey and a retractable carabiner so you can hook it to your belt or pocket to make it more accessible.

How to Use CleanKey

Put it on your key chain, or use the carabiner. When you need to use a door handle, push keypad buttons, turn on a sink fauchet, or anything else in public…