17 top-rated products to clean every room in your house
Anywhere: Dyson V10 Absolute Cordless Vacuum
Though $500 can seem like a lot to pay for a vacuum, the V10's powerful and thorough cleaning capabilities make every dollar worth it. The battery only runs when you push on the trigger and it lasts for up to 60 minutes, letting you clean your whole apartment more efficiently than ever before. It comes with two cleaner heads (one for hardwood floors and one for carpet) and four additional tools so you can reach every inch of any surface.
Anywhere: iRobot Roomba 690 Robot Vacuum
If you absolutely hate cleaning, let a robot vacuum do the work for you. While you're outside of the house, it can make use of all that empty time to clean your house and even automatically return to its docking station to recharge. It senses where there are concentrated areas of dirt and moves around your furniture so you won't return home to find it jammed in a corner.
The app lets you schedule cleaning sessions anywhere, while Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility integrate it seamlessly into your smart home set up.
Anywhere: Clorox Wipes
You'll see these bleach-free wipes in nearly everyone's cleaning cabinet because they're thick and durable, kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria, and come in three fresh scents. They dispense easily out of the canister and dry quickly, plus they're safe on hard and nonporous surfaces like finished hardwood, sealed granite, and stainless steel.
Anywhere: OXO Microfiber Hand Duster
This soft, fluffy duster captures all the dust settling on your shelves and countertops in one fell swoop. Flexible and lightweight, it's comfortable and easy to maneuver around tight, tricky spaces. Its reusable head is machine washable, though it's best if you simply handwash it in cold water.
If you need something to reach tall surfaces, OXO's 3-in-1 Extendable Duster, which extends to 8 feet, collapses to 3 feet, and comes with three interchangeable brush heads, is also highly rated.
Anywhere: Evriholder Pet Hair Removal Broom with Squeegee
Whether you're dealing with thick pet hair or a slippery spill, this dual-use broom can handle it. The 100% natural rubber attracts hair and debris "like a magnet" from hardwood, linoleum, and traditionally difficult surfaces like carpet and rugs. Then, use the built-in squeegee edge if you need to wipe off liquids from windows, showers, tile, and hardwood. It can extend out to 5 feet.
Kitchen: O-Cedar Spin Mop and Bucket Floor Cleaning System
Amazon's Choice for the best mop is this well-designed system that allows for hand-free wringing. The bucket has a special spinner, activated by a foot pedal, that spins your mop and keeps water splashes contained.
The mop head itself rotates 360 degrees and is shaped like a triangle to better clean the corners of your home. When wet or dry, microfiber is especially effective on hardwood floors and tiles, like the ones in your kitchen.
Anywhere: Mrs. Meyer's Everyday Cleaner
Natural cleaning brand Mrs. Meyer's makes this plant-based multi-surface cleaner that cleans as well at traditional chemical-laden ones but doesn't leave any harsh odors behind. Instead, after it's removed dirt from your countertops and surfaces, it has a sweet, pleasant, and flowery honeysuckle scent. Other nice scents from the brand include basil, lavender, and lemon verbena.
Kitchen: Topist Angry Mama Microwave Oven Cleaner
Rather than stick your head in your microwave and hack away for half an hour at the food crud that has been in there since 200 heating sessions ago, use this accessory to loosen it up first. Add vinegar, water, and lemon juice to the fill lines on the body and microwave the Angry Mama for five to seven minutes, after which any stains will be loose enough to wipe down quickly. It should cut down your cleaning time in half and make your microwave usable again in time for dinner.
Kitchen: Easy-Off Oven Cleaner
People rarely ever wipe up their oven messes immediately, but they come to regret it weeks later when the baked-on spills and grease don't budge. Make your oven look brand new again with this affordable, fume-free cleaner, which works on ovens, oven doors, broilers, broiler pans, and stainless-steel surfaces to clean up those tough messes. Spray it and leave it on for at least five minutes and up to 40 minutes, then wipe down with a cloth or paper towel.
Kitchen and bathroom: Green Gobbler Liquid Clog Remover
Living in a house involves the constant battle of unclogging pipes and drains. If you're not fishing out bits of food from the sink, you're probably unraveling a never-ending string of hair from the shower drain. Green Gobbler's clog remover clears your drains by liquifying everything in its path — grease, hair, scum, food, and more. It comes in a dual-chambered bottle and you use one chamber for sinks and tubs and both chambers for toilets.
Kitchen: Krud Kutter Concentrated Cleaner and Degreaser
This multi-use cleaner can be used all over your house, including exterior parts like driveways and patio furniture. As a powerfully concentrated degreaser, it's especially useful for your kitchen because it can take out food and drink stains, grease, oil, gum, and soap scums. Dilute one part concentrate with 10 parts water and you can cover up to 75 square feet of surfaces.
Living room and bathroom: Stoner Invisible Glass Premium Glass Cleaner
People who have tried this glass cleaner, available in both aerosol and spray form, never go back to any other products. Your mirrors and glass surfaces will emerge sparkly clear and streak-free since it doesn't contain any soaps, scents, or dyes. It's also ammonia-free. Once all your bathroom and living room glass surfaces are clean, feel free to use on your car to remove the stains, droppings, and other dirty casualties of driving outside.
Living room: AmazonBasics Cleaning Cloth
While far from being super plush or thick, these basic cleaning cloths are absorbent and durable enough to get the job done. Coming in three colors, they can be separated by cleaning task. If you're on a budget, it's hard to find a better deal than this value pack.
Living room: Hoover PowerDash Pet Carpet Cleaner
If you have the double whammy of a pet (or pets) and carpeted floors, you'll want this specialized Hoover cleaner. The under-$100 appliance both cleans and offers antimicrobial protection, and it comes with a removable nozzle to rinse off dirt and grime.
It also has a dual-tank system that keeps your clean water separated from the dirty water, and its signature HeatForce technology means your carpets will dry faster.
Bathroom: Method Daily Shower Spray Cleaner
The fresh Eucalyptus Mint scent of this cleaner might motivate you to actually use this cleaner every single day to prevent scum and grime build-up. It's made from non-toxic and biodegradable ingredients that you can feel better about going down your drain. Other than in the tub itself, you can use it for chrome faucets and shower doors.
Bathroom: Clorox ToiletWand
The ToiletWand comes with disposable sponges that are preloaded with Clorox cleaner, eliminating the need to buy separate toilet bowl cleaner. The sponge pad clicks securely onto the wand and gets into areas of your toilet that a brush can't, and once you're done cleaning, it comes off with a click so you never need to touch it. This system also means you won't have a dirty toilet brush sitting in your bathroom at all times.
Bathroom: The Crown Choice Grout Cleaner Brush
Getting into the tiny lines of your bathroom is difficult without a specialized, narrow brush like this top-rated one. It has sturdy, angled brushes to reach the soap scum, grime, and mold stuck in your grout, but it's equally easy to wash afterwards in hot, soapy water. The thick one-inch handle is fairly comfortable to hold, which certainly helps as you dig into the floors and walls of your bathroom.
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