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20+ minutes runtime on a single charge.
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6+ hour battery pack and plug-in unlimited power.
Why does cutting onions make my wife tear up? Is there a way to protect her eyes from the vapors? The answer to those question led the creator, Sav Rebecchi, to design the
Vapor Guard Visor aka.. The Cook's Crown.
During his research he found that the problem challenges food preparers of all levels of skill. Unfortunately several vegetables, mostly from the onion family, release vapors that irritate the eyes when they are being prepared for consumption.
In addition to the discomfort from gases that irritate the lachrymal glands making the eyes tear, the preparer is often in a situation of potential physical harm when they are using a knife or other sharp tools and need to see clearly what is being cut through their tears.
Although there were a number of suggested techniques to eliminate or reduce the ferocity of the vapors… like short term placement in the freezer, cutting under water or near hot running water steam, there is no standard promise of them working.
More recently the use of goggles is being offered as a solution but they are not unique to the wearer and fail when the user’s face does not fit the standard form, allowing vapors to eventually reach the eyes. The use of goggles is not usually chosen by those who wear prescription glasses
because there's an obvious safety need to see properly while using sharp utensils and other such devices.
Those who have newer counter/cook-top level exhaust fans are having some success in preventing the problem by drawing the vapors away from the cutting area on a horizontal plane.
That led Sav to
decide that the best solution was to prevent the vapors from reaching the eyes, which is difficult during the normal food preparation activities, because the simple act of breathing draws the vapors being released by the food
to rise upward toward the face.
There are various devices designed to protect the face during industrial, medical and military activities that could be used, but they are not very affordable or comfortable to wear, nor practical for the typical home cooking environment.
Sav
developed a method to deflect harmful vapors from reaching the eyes
by creating a high volume of downward forced air,
above the eyes.
The design incorporates an array of
super high speed micro fans positioned against the forehead above the eyes that, when activated, produce an air curtain of protection
in front of the user's face.
During use the visor draws vapor free air from behind the cook using their body as a shield
against the harmful vapors rising in front of them from the preparation area.
After years of refining, the finished design is light weight and comfortable to wear and allows unobstructed viewing of the food being prepared... especially for
those wearing eye glasses.
Best of all it works like a charm and his wife,
"Queen of the Kitchen", no longer tears up while cutting onions or anything else with
eye irritating vapors.
[ How to get a Vapor Guard? ]
We are searching for a US manufacturer/distributor that can produce them at an affordable price. Sav will be happy to contact you as soon as they are available to the public. You can send an email to
Sav@SavRI.com to be put on the Vapor
Guard waiting list.
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