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For most gigs I have enough mics to give people a clean mic at the start of the gig and swap for another but it's rare I have more than 3 bands in one go. All day sessions and mini festivals will need a little more thought but a combination of swapping mics over and cleaning should be fine.
I'm dreading the number of people that insist on using their own but rush out and buy some cheap garbage but hopefully they will be few and far between.
Alkyld Methybenzyl Ammonium Chloride (quarternary) Purified water, Glycerin, Turgitol (surfactant) Fragrance Cherry Vanilla
welcome your opinion
Alkyld Methylbenzyl Ammonium Chloride in it's quarternary form is a widely used as preservative for drugs and a disinfectant (also used as a spermicide in Russia and China), which has been subject to increasing concern and scrutiny in recent years, due to it's side effects, which include causing asthma (not really something a vocalist might wish to acquire).
There is nothing on the microhome website in regard to this product having been subject to scientific study to assess it's antimicrobial effectiveness, or it's effectiveness against viruses. I suspect that, in reality, it's a deodouriser/ cleaning agent, which may, or may not, have some disinfectant ability of unknown value. It's usage on microphones potentially creates a risk to performers, and others, of being subject to side effects of the Alkyld Methylbenzyl Ammonium Chloride (these also include eye problems and irritation, so you'll need to be careful when using it).
In our hospitals we use stainless steel and a small amount of silver because people think it's a more hygienic material but in actual fact copper is by far the best material to resist the spread of microbes. Silver isn't bad but needs to be wet, copper performs brilliantly bone dry and just as well when it's tarnished.
I can well appreciate your desire to maximise the safety of anyone using your equipment, but I fear that a product of unproven value even for killing bacteria, let alone viruses, may risk landing you in "hot water" in a worst case scenario. I suspect that the guy behind the company is relying on the fact that the Alkyld Methylbenzyl Ammonium Chloride is a known disinfect to claim that his product is an effective disinfectant without any proof that the concentration and mode of delivery of his product, plus the time on microphone, results in disinfecting the microphone. If he has had independent assessment carried out, then I would have expected this information to be on the microhome website.
I was involved on several hospital committees when Swine Flu hit this country. It’s worth remembering that the preventive pills the government ordered and handed out, caused considerably more problems, than the disease itself. I know Covid can cause serious problems and fatalities, but using something of unknown value, and with the possibility of causing problems, needs to be assessed with care, and you would be well advised to inform performers that you are using it, and accept that some may prefer to use a mic that hasn’t been treated with this agent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJB16x0t3pE