ChipChick did a nice piece on WETKEYS yesterday.

The article talks about how our keyboards help fight H1N1 and are great for the hot tub. You can read the article Here

Speaking of H1N1, the new figures are out. It looks like the numbers have decreased marginally.

To get your hot tub keyboard or to just get a cleanable keyboard/mouse, visit WETKEYS.com

I came across this video today. It speaks on the subject of keyboard cleaning. More proof that it is important to clean your keyboard regularly. We aren’t the only ones saying this.

The Clean Keyboard Video

There is no keyboard out there better designed for cleaning than a WETKEYS keyboard. We have flexible and rigid styles that fit any need.

So do as the doctor orders and get yourself a cleanable keyboard!

It’s here.

Have you been sitting out in the cold for the last few hours waiting on the best deals of the season?

Instead of standing in line, why not shop online? WETKEYS.com always has low prices on its products. You can grab this great Seal Shield wireless mouse or this great value pack of keyboards. Of course all of these products are waterproof and washable. So get some holiday shopping done with us this year!

Make sure to check back in on Cyber Monday for more.

New statistics for the number of cases of H1N1 “Swine Flu” have been released.

Reuters reports the following:

“H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

Better data than was previously available shows the flu pandemic has infected an estimated 22 million Americans and put 98,000 in the hospital, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.”

To read the full article, click here

The numbers do not mean the flu has gotten worse, just that the statistics about it have gotten more accurate. All in all, the number of people with H1N1 has risen to 22 million .

To see maps and statistics on the flu outbreak, you can go to FluView or FluTrends

To help stay healthy, go to WETKEYS.com and get yourself a cleanable keyboard and mouse. We offer great low prices and a wide variety of products to fit any need.

Here’s to your health!

Hello everyone!

I’m not sure if you have seen our website lately, but we now carry a vast variety of Seal Shield products. From wireless mice, to back-lit flexible keyboards, we got the goods.

We are very excited to offer these products to you. They are top-notch.

Of course, all of these products are waterproof and cleanable (even dishwasher safe).

We highly recommend visiting our website and checking out these new products and everything else we have to offer. They make great gifts for the holidays!

Don’t get washed away by Hurricane Ida

WETKEYS has waterproof keyboards and mice for any tropical weather.

If you are traveling during hurricane season, make sure to pack a WETKEYS 85 Keyboard

Our 85 is flexible, wireless and portable for anyone on the go. It is fully waterproof and disinfectable.

We even have a value 10-pack for those with greater needs.

Check it out today!

Take a look down at the keyboard you are sitting at right now.

Does it look like it would work after being dunked in water? Would you guess it could hold up to fire? How about being run over by a car?

Did you answer NO to those questions?

Well our friends at Man and Machine make a keyboard called the Really Cool and it can stand up to all of the above and more! Here is a link to an amazing video of it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWM2qTWDRn8

WETKEYS carries this product from Man and Machine and more at great low prices. So protect yourself today and get this disinfectable (and nearly indestructible) keyboard from WETKEYS.

Global Handwashing Day 2009 will revolve around schools and children. On Global Handwashing Day, playgrounds, classrooms, community centers, and the public spaces of towns and cities will be awash with activity to drive handwashing behavior change on a scale never seen before, bringing the critical issue to center stage. Global Handwashing Day will be the centerpiece of a week of activities that will mobilize millions of people in more than 70 countries across all five continents to wash their hands with soap.

Let’s help keep our hands clean when we return to our keyboard. Washable keyboards help eliminate the spread of germs and diseases by being fully waterpoof and resistant to most cleaning solutions. WETKEYS offers the widest selection of washable keyboards and mice. 

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“Ode to a Clean Keyboard.”

Oh how I love that my WETKEYS keyboard is clean

Standard types are not germ fighting machines

My old keyboard was dirty and sticky with goo

But my WETKEYS one is as clean as new

The Spray-Wipe-Spray method kills germs fast

Unlike with my old keyboard, where germs would last

WETKEYS makes their keyboards to please

Especially for those who spill, cough or sneeze

Hence, this is my ode to the new standard of keyboard

To progress, innovation, and moving forward

Yet, this is not just a clean keyboard ode

It is a requiem for manufacturers of the old

So tell your friends, heck tell your Mom

To join the revolution, visit WETKEYS.com

(Wall Street Journal) — They lurk on the kitchen sponge, your computer keyboard and the dirty laundry. Flush the toilet and they become airborne. Strangers leave them behind on airplanes, gas pumps, shopping carts, coffeeshop counters and elevator buttons. Your desktop, office microwave handles, and the exercise bike at the gym are covered with them. Don’t even think about the toys at day-care centers or the kids’ playground equipment.

Germs—the microscopic bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa that can cause disease—cling to the most common surfaces and then hitch a ride on our hands. As swine flu spreads from person to person around the world, it is most often being transmitted by coughing or sneezing, but it can also infect people who touch something with flu virus on it and then touch their mouth or nose, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. And like an unwelcome house guest, a flu virus can hang around for days.

No wonder germophobes—including me—are on high alert, viewing every surface as a potentially lethal petri dish. We’re using our elbows to push elevator buttons, forgoing the handshake and social kiss for the fist bump, and fanatically disinfecting everything in sight.

But how vulnerable are we to the sea of germs swirling around us? Our immune system protects us from most of them, and in some spots that harbor germs, like household drains, the risk of transfer is low. Experts say there’s no reason to panic—even though there may be good reasons to be grossed out, since the spread of germs is often linked to poor bathroom hygiene and bacteria from human waste.

Cleaning and disinfecting things like desks and doorknobs can play a role in protecting us, he says, but “focusing on one surface misses the point, because no surface is not germy.” (The CDC.gov Web site offers information on keeping germs at bay in the home, how to wash your hands correctly, and the importance of flu vaccines and other immunizations in preventing disease.)Also, not all germs are harmful; we need friendly bacteria that live on our skin to help fight off bad bugs, and bacteria in our mouth and gut help digest our food and prevent illness and disease.

Still, I wanted to know where in my home, office and wider world I should most forcefully brandish my disinfectant wipes and hand-sanitizer. My calls to experts turned up some surprising culprits: the public toilet seats I’d always been warned about are likely cleaner than the desks in my workplace. My kitchen sponge and cutting board harbor the biggest dangers, as do places like elevator buttons, communal coffee carafes and gym equipment, that are touched by many hands and are rarely cleaned.

One of the scariest germ incubators may be the office. Your co-worker eating at the next cubicle isn’t just annoying you with the smell of fried onions—he’s leaving behind particles of food that can be breeding ground for bacteria. Add in the microbes transferred from workers’ hands to keyboards, phones and the computer mouse, and the average office desk is may harbor 400 times more germs than the average toilet seat, since office desks and surfaces may be rarely cleaned, while bathrooms tend to be disinfected regularly, Dr. Gerba says.

After testing surfaces and objects in 113 offices in five cities, the Arizona researchers found that women’s offices had more than twice the bacteria of their male counterparts. Makeup cases, phones and purses had the highest number of bacteria; for men it was wallets, hand-held electronic devices and phones. Women’s offices had higher numbers of mold and yeast, mostly from food kept in drawers. But the superbug MRSA, isolated in 6% of offices, was found more often in men’s offices on the phone, computer mouse, desktop and the bottom of desk drawers.

The studies are funded by makers of disinfectants including Procter & Gamble and Clorox, whose products were also used to test the effectiveness of cleaning and compare regular cleaning regimens to disinfecting with substances like bleach. Dr. Gerba says more research is needed on the link between surface germs and disease, since it’s impossible to say who will get sick. “Some people will never get ill no matter what they do or don’t do, and others will get ill almost every time,” he notes.

A washable keyboard and mouse are a great way to minimize the amount of germs that linger on your desk. WETKEYS.com offers a wide selection of cleanable keyboards and mice for any work environment and keyboard user.

Where the Worst Germs Lurk