Combo of Africa and Clean
Our (Blake and Preston) worlds collided halfway across the world from our home country, in 2010. We were both in Africa serving church missions that would change the way we viewed the world and our lives. Not a week goes by that we don’t mention something or someone from Africa. Unfortunately we couldn’t get rid of each other upon returning to the states. We ended up studying at the same university, in the same major, in the same emphasis...
When we were trying to decide on a name for our techie toothbrush sanitizer (it took weeks), we wanted a clean, simple name that meant something to us. Africa meant something to both of us and our friendship. We needed to connect the name to Africa.
In addition to our African connection, we kept coming back to clean. Clean is always good. We like clean houses, clean offices, clean cars, clean design, clean lives. After all, we are clean freaks! Our product is even about clean toothbrushes and clean teeth.
So, we looked up clean In Afrikaans. The translation - “skoon”. BOOM. Skoon was a combo of clean and Africa...we had our name. We loved it. And still do.
And so we call ourselves the Skooners. But we want more Skooners than just us. To be a Skooner, keep following our story and tell your friends about our story. By the time we launch and you have a Skoon product in your home, you’ll actually be skooning with our skoon, which will make you an official skooner!