Are you using protection on your remotes

April 10, 2018, 08:44 AM

Timdogg6

quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Years ago when LED televisions had just hit the market, I sprung for a 46" model and a Blu-ray player for the fam. We had it a total of two days before the youngest jr DF puked all over the remote. None of the boys wanted to touch it. Mrs DF and I were on a date, so there it sat in puke for the evening. That's a shake your head moment. I picked it up with a paper plate formed into a shovel and tossed the whole wad in the garbage. Had to order a new one.

So you wouldn't touch it either huh??? Tough Guy!

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April 10, 2018, 09:06 AM

V-Tail

quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Y'know, I've been using remotes for several decades now, and I've never felt the need to wrap mine in plastic. Come to think of it, I've never had a remote get what I would consider "dirty" either. But I don't snack on the couch, and I usually wash my hands regularly too.

I guess if you're the type of person who routinely sits on the couch munching on Cheetos while flipping channels, and frequently have trouble remembering which hand is the orange one, then some protection is probably a wise move.

Or if you have young kids. Because little kids have an overwhelming urge to smear their grubby, sticky, snotty little paws on everything. Though you might as well wrap everything in plastic.

Do what we did. Wrap the kids in plastic.

April 10, 2018, 10:49 AM

bendable

chide and poke fun all you want , but don't come whining to the forum when
the repair man can't get the stripper glitter, the lube or the snort out of the buttons
because
April, Storm and Shy Shy can't wash their hands before they turn on their reality shows

April 10, 2018, 04:37 PM

FishOn

quote:
Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
I'm heavily invested in an immune system.

Hah...this! I drop by the local Comcast office once a year or so and get a free new remote. They do get grungy. If you do not live near a local office I imagine your cable company will mail you a new one for free? We sure pay them enough every month! Just tell them the old one is defective.

April 10, 2018, 05:03 PM

wishfull thinker

I don't skydive, ride a motorcycle, have a tatoo or know anything about MMA but I'm a red-blooded American Male with a nose for danger and I handle random remotes even when the channel doesn't need to be changed-oorah!

April 10, 2018, 08:01 PM

darthfuster

quote:
Originally posted by Timdogg6:
quote:
Originally posted by darthfuster:
Years ago when LED televisions had just hit the market, I sprung for a 46" model and a Blu-ray player for the fam. We had it a total of two days before the youngest jr DF puked all over the remote. None of the boys wanted to touch it. Mrs DF and I were on a date, so there it sat in puke for the evening. That's a shake your head moment. I picked it up with a paper plate formed into a shovel and tossed the whole wad in the garbage. Had to order a new one.

So you wouldn't touch it either huh??? Tough Guy!

I'm not sure which is worse, warm vomit or cold vomit....don't really want to find out either. I would have worn a hazmat suit if I could have.