Serve the best water

SecoSan sticks

It is well-known for wines and fine spirits: you choose a particular type, try it and savour it. You will be amazed, because the same now applies for your favourite drink – pure water. In more and more nice restaurants and hotels, experts are showing us how it’s done. These trained connoisseurs are called water sommeliers. They show us the role of minerals in mineral and still water and tell us which varieties complement certain foods.

Experience your own water tasting session at home. A cool drop of water that has been stored with a SecoSan stick from Trotec must be part of your selection.

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Full-bodied coffee enjoyment

Secosan Stick

Do you like your coffee hot, full-bodied and premium in taste? Then rely completely on your own coffee-making skills! Be your own barista and brew the very best coffee in your own kitchen. You don’t need expensive fully automatic coffee machines, coffee pads or capsules for this. You merely need a manual filter made of porcelain, filter papers, freshly ground coffee beans and pure water.

That’s the only way to properly bring out the full-bodied aroma. A SecoSan stick from Trotec provides the best quality water for coffee.
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Reliable microwave radiation measurement with the BR15

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Not only microwave ovens cause microwave radiation! Often we forget other dangers which can, according to some expert’s opinion, harm our health. For example our well beloved smart phone, WLAN, Bluetooth, wireless video systems and even remote controls and cordless telephones. With the BR15 microwave radiation measuring device you reliably find radiation sources and take care of your health.

Electrical devices are an inherent part of our modern society. Finally, such small helpers like remote controls and cordless phones make our life much easier. Read More

Enough oxygen – more power

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Measure the air quality with the BZ25 CO2 air quality meter and the BZ30 CO2 air quality data logger for a pleasant climate

The climate at work must be good. On the one hand you have to get on well with your colleagues. On the other hand the room climate has to be good as well because we easily get distracted and slow when we don’t get enough oxygen. Often sentences are used like “The weather makes me tired”. Sometimes when there is a sudden drop in temperature or a rise in temperature that’s really the problem. Actually, in most cases it is because we don’t ventilate enough.
Not enough oxygen affects our brain power and, thus, our performance. A long-term lack of oxygen and a surplus of carbon dioxide can even harm your health. A CO2 concentration between 1,000 and 2,000 ppm already is conspicuous, a concentration of more than 2,000 ppm is considered unacceptable. Read More

Measure the air quality and breathe deeply!

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Do you know how high the CO2 concentration is in your house? Can you breathe freely and deeply when you come home are do you get tired quickly while sitting on the couch?
How much oxygen and CO2 the room air contains verifiably affects our well-being. Especially indoors it is important to know that the more active we are the oxygen content decreases while the CO2 content increases. When your children romp through your apartment the oxygen content decreases pretty fast. When you cook or even when you are just relaxing on the couch the room climate changes. Therefore, you should – especially for staying healthy – always take care of the optimal indoor climate. Read More

Does heating air also make your eyes dry and irritated?

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Are you happy with your job? If you’re a fire fighter, a member of the clergy or, funnily enough, a teacher, then according to a national survey carried out by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago you’re among the 47 or so percent of the working population who like their job and who therefore, because of the impact that work has on our sense of self-worth and identity, generally lead a happier life. I am none of the above, yet I still consider myself to be even more fortunate than even the 87 percent of those men and women of the cloth for whom work is not just an endless toil that brings little or no job satisfaction but something which makes them feel that they have a purpose in life. I enjoy writing, I enjoy working as part of a highly-motivated and creative team and I enjoy rising to new challenges and achieving the goals that we have been set and that I also like to set myself.

What I don’t like are some rather irritating and annoying side effects: Because I spend so much time working in an office and sitting in front of a computer, I often suffer from eye irritation.

My eyes are dry and reddened and sometimes they sting. The situation only gets worse in the wintertime when humidity levels in the office start to dip because of the dry central heating air, which, incidentally, is also a major cause of colds because it dries out the mucous membranes in the mouth, throat and nose thereby making you much more susceptible to infections and viruses and therefore the common cold.

So what can we do to counteract these very unpleasant side effects which office life invariably brings with it? Read More

Tips To Survive in the Asphalt Jungle and Improve Your Indoor Climate

Plants in the office improve the indoor climateWhat lengths would you as an employer go to, to ensure that your employees are as motivated and as productive as possible? You could reward them with a company car, which would probably break the bank and become extremely expensive depending on how big the size of your company is. Or you could encourage them to come into work and give their best by giving them more time off work, which may sound like a paradox and it isn’t. Or you could create a climate – not just figuratively-speaking, but literally – which will enable them to focus willingly and happily on their job and perform their task to the best of their abilities and enable them to achieve maximum results. How? Quite simple really. By welcoming them to the jungle.

Plants do not only look nice, they have a proven positive effect on both the human body and people’s psyche. Without even really trying, a plant can not only significantly improve the air around your desk and in your office by converting carbon dioxide, which in higher concentrations can make you feel fatigued and bursting with lethargy, into fresh oxygen, sugar and other so-called waste products, it can also significantly improve your mood and change your entire outlook. And in the right mood and with the right motivation, well, to quote two legendary Motown greats, “there ain’t no mountain high enough” and “no river wide enough” to stop you from performing at your best. Read More

Time to take your tyre pressure seriously

The right tyre pressure for your motorcycle - with the tyre pressure gauge from TrotecAccidents happen. And sometimes it seems that there was nothing that anyone could have possibly done to prevent them. In fact, some people firmly believe that our lives are predetermined and that no matter which actions we take or whichever path through life we choose to follow, the outcome will inevitably always be the same.

But for those of us who are not prepared to accept this notion and put their destiny in the hands of fate it would appear to be a good idea to look more closely at the facts and the tide of events that lead up to an accident and to determine whether the accident could have been prevented if certain rules had been adhered to or if there had been a change in certain behavioural patterns.

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HEPA Filter? What’s a HEPA filter?

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And who needs one?

Well, to begin with, there’s more – much more – to a HEPA filter than first meets the eye. But first things first. What is a HEPA filter? And what does HEPA stand for?
HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air. When used to describe the quality of a filter, or a dust mask for example, the term HEPA also stands for High Efficiency Particulate Arrestor.

To us HEPA is not just an acronym, it’s a promise. A promise which we take very seriously. Read More

Why dry air is not good for you – whether you’re up in the air or down on the ground

left wing of an aircraft in the sky with turbine and two elegant humidfiers against the left marginWhen was the last time you boarded a plane? Do you recall experiencing any uncomfortable side effects during or after a long-distance flight? No, nothing dramatic like a sudden bout of amnesia and being blissfully unaware of who you are. Or a panic attack because you were strangely unable to peel off your graduated compression stockings. No, something less disturbing and something more familiar like a sore throat perhaps, a stuffy nose, dry, irritated, eyes and itchy skin or raw, red knuckles and chapped lips and hands?

If you have been a passenger on a transcontinental flight and you have experienced one, or two – or if you have been especially unlucky even all six of these symptoms –  then the chances are that you were suffering from the effects caused by low levels of humidity in the cabin of the aircraft that you were flying with.

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