IT guy here, this is why I advocate for every IT technicians desk should have a box of nitrile gloves....
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Clean everything your hands touch. Doorknobs,steering wheels, handrails, but also things like the part of the door that you push to open it or close it, the wall you unconsciously lean against.
Hygiene aside, dead skin builds up.
This seems like a “take a shower” vs clean your electronics
No manner of handwashing will prevent this. Skin sloughs off pretty constantly and over-washing will spur overproduction of sebum. Some people produce more than others.
But it is a gaming controller and there’s some likelihood of food being involved in the area, so you’re not entirely wrong.
And a change of diet may help too.
And change of environmental controls.
And change of lifestyle.
I fix people's stuff at a repair cafe, and it baffles me people don't clean electronics before knowingly giving them to someone else to work on them.
Yet nothing beats "kitchen PCs" I had to work with in college. It's exactly how you imagine a PC would look like in a back of a college cafeteria.
How did they skid mark their controller 🤮
They need to discover coasters too, by the puffy look of that compressed board desktop..
I have sweaty hands, so controllers get like this if I don't clean them. Difference is that I do clean them, it's not hard. And I wash my hands more often and thoroughly than the vast majority of people and this still happens. A tip for all buttons, especially the sticks, triggers and bumpers is to hold the controller with whatever you're cleaning pointing down so any possible buildup falls out instead of into the controller.
This can also be mitigated by washing your fucking hands.
Let's be honest, people that afford PS5 are scalpers. I do not expect hygiene from pad🎮 gamers.
My scene diys mixboxes🔘 or sticks🕹️, and self-maintaince their gear.
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