When you think about the parts of your home that are dirty, you would probably talk about the toilet, the drains and possibly down the back of the sofa. We all tend to think of the same parts of our homes that are filthy and then concentrate on these as part of our cleaning routine. The fact that we regularly clean the parts of our homes that we assume to be dirty actually means that they’re often not as dirty as you would imagine. However, it is the parts of our homes that we don’t think to clean that are often the dirtiest, as recent research by Betway Online Casino Shows.

The Betway Research

A Betway Insider reporter has recently looked into the cleanliness of gaming consoles and the results might well shock you. For example, did you know that your games consoles are probably home to various types of mould, yeast and bacteria? Most people wouldn’t even consider this, but research shows it is true. In fact, some toilets are 3x cleaner than some gaming consoles which is something that not many of us would expect. 

There are different parts of the games console that are the ultimate home for different germs – around the buttons on a controller for example. These tend to be the most used part of the console and we don’t often think to clean them, so they end up getting dirtier and dirtier. 

The research looked at various gaming consoles under a microscope to see what they were harbouring in the way of bacteria:

• PlayStation – 73 Colonies of Bacteria
• Xbox – 83 Colonies of Bacteria
• Nintendo Switch – 55 Colonies of Bacteria
• PC Keyboard – 165 Colonies of Bacteria

Preventing This From Happening

If the thought of a dirty gaming console is putting you off of gaming in the future, don’t worry because the issue is easily fixed. Of course, the first step you’ll want to take is cleaning the controllers or your PC keyword. Most of the time you can get away with switching off the device and wiping it over with a cleaning wipe. While you’re there you may want to give your main games console or PC Tower and mouse a wipe over too.

You should consider how to keep it clean in future too – avoiding eating, drinking and smoking around your device is a definite way to make sure that it stays clean. With 165 colonies of bacteria on a PC keyboard, it’s safe to say that this is something we have been guilty of before – eating lunch around a PC is bound to lead to various crumbs and dirty collecting.

Gaming tends to be a social hobby so you will probably end up sharing games consoles with friends. Encourage them to wash their hands before they touch yours and make sure you wipe yours over after the gaming session has finished. A few quick changes of habit should mean that your games console has a much better chance of keeping clean and away from bacteria.