Top 13 Gadgets to Speed Up Your Spring Cleaning
The future is here, and robots are taking over your home…to help you out with your spring cleaning.
13 Spring Cleaning Gadgets That Practically Do the Job for You
Spring Cleaning: Originated from the thorough house cleaning practices of countries with very cold winters. In the modern lexicon, however, it can also mean any kind of heavy cleaning or organizing.
1. Dyson V6 Mattress Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
With the dangers of bed bugs, dead skin cells, and the entire tiny ecosystems that proliferate in our mattresses, all beds will need a thorough cleaning once in a while.
Dyson has an entire line of sought-after cleaning gadgets that both expel and suck in air, but the handheld V6 Mattress Vacuum is perfect for mattresses. Its motor has a suction powerful enough to shake up even the tiniest fibers of your mattress to suck up every last dust mite and allergen hiding within.
2. Kaercher Window Vac
Windows are sometimes among the most neglected home surfaces. As long as you can see the outside, why waste time cleaning it, right?
The Kaercher Window Vac vows to take away the tediousness of window cleaning. It cuts the cleaning time by simply squirting some solution onto the glass, spreading it around with a cloth, then the vacuum simply sucks up the dirty water.
The vacuum comes with a strong rubber strip that leaves your glass clear and smudge-free. It’s ideal for windows, shower glass and doors, and mirrors.
3. Roborock S5 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
This handy little cleaning robot is a product of the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, so there’s no doubt to how well it works. It has smart controls that let you set boundaries, schedules, maps, and it’s compatible with IOS, Android, as well as Alexa.
It has different cleaning modes: suction, carpet, quiet mopping, turbo, and max. You can customize the Roborock S5 Robot to switch modes according to the different floor types it encounters.
This sleek little cleaning robot also has a 5200mAh battery. This means 150 minutes of working time, making it an ideal helper for big, multi-room homes.
4. Bissell DeepClean Premier Pet Upright Carpet Cleaner
Pets are lovely and find their way to your deepest heart of hearts the same way their mess gets deep into the carpeting. The Bissell DeepClean Premier Pet Upright Carpet Cleaner provides a powerful cleaning solution to the dingy matted mess your carpet has become, even if you don’t have pets or small adventurous children running around the house.
It has a professional-quality stain and odor removal. Its powerful brushes provide effective cleaning against baseboards, suction that quickly dries wet surfaces, and a hair collection basket that collects all the sheddings and hair that get stuck in your carpet.
5. Vax Blade 2 Max
Sometimes you need a full-sized vacuum cleaner, and sometimes you need a portable, handheld one. Most times, you can only justify the purchase of one of either, which sees you lugging a giant vacuum cleaner to inconvenient nooks, or using a handheld vacuum to tediously clean your entire house.
Enter the Vax Blade 2 Max, which goes from full vacuum cleaner to a handheld one in a matter of seconds. Even as a full-size form it can be handy enough to reach places as high as your ceiling, making it one of the best spring cleaning buddies to have in your army of cleaning gadgets.
It also comes with a charging dock you can mount on the wall to save space. It only takes 3 hours to recharge the Vax Blade 2 Max in just 3 hours, but the battery should last you a generous 45 minutes.
6. Portable Cartoon Mini Owl table Dust Vacuum Cleaner
Make post-meal time cleanup a fun time with this adorable mini vacuum cleaner. It may look cute but it’s actually pretty powerful on its own.
This cleaning owl has a 9700 RPM motor powered by just a couple of AA batteries. It sucks up crumbs, rice, dust, dirt, hair, and bits of paper like a charm.
Its cute and unassuming look also makes it a great piece of functional decor on work desks, dining tables, or car dashboards. It’s also a great intro for children who need to learn how to clean up — gotta teach them early!
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7. iRobot Braava jet 240 Robot Mop
This little robot cleaner is a great helper for cleaning any wood or tile surface, though users have declared it perfect for a daily bathroom floor cleaner.
It’s a lot smaller than many robot floor cleaners on the market, giving it the ability to easily maneuver around toilets, cabinets, and corners. It’s also smart enough not to spray on your walls, venture onto carpets, or take a dive off the stairs.
It also has precision spraying and vibrating brushes that loosen up dried stains. You can even set it up to clean only at a certain point, and have it automatically pick different cleaning modes: wet mopping, dry sweeping, or damp sweeping.
8. ECOVACS Winbot W710
Sometimes some windows are just too out of reach to clean. That’s no problem for the Winbot, as you just stick it on a window and it does its job as long as it’s attached to an outlet.
The Winbot is perfect for tall and hard-to-reach windows that are usually difficult to reach with simple hand cleaning. It uses a squeegee and two cleaning pads to wipe down your window, though you may have to pre-rinse if the windows are too caked with dirt.
Note: The ECOVACS WInbot W710 only works on framed windows.
9. iRobot Looj 330 Gutter Cleaning Robot
Many fear the gunk that has long gathered in the roof gutter, but it’s a necessary journey otherwise you’re just asking for roof damage. At a mere 2 inches high and 3 inches wide, this robot helper is small enough to wiggle its way into your gutter and brush out the debris that has gathered there.
The iRobot Looj 330 is customizable, with two different sizes of auger ejectors. It also has a single one-button cleaning mode, and is powered by lithium-ion batteries.
10. Grillbot Robotic Barbecue Grill Cleaner
Everybody loves a good barbecue and grilling meats over a hot grill, but cleaning a hardened, greasy grill? Not so much.
This Grillbot barbeque grill cleaner will clean your grill with automatic rotating brass brushes. Just let it loose on your grimy grill and it’ll start working for you.
It’s powered by a rechargeable lithium battery and uses three powerful independent motors. It also has a timer function that lets it shuts off automatically once it senses that the grill is clean.
11. Zodiac BARACUDA G3 W0300 Advanced Suction Side Automatic Pool Cleaner
Endure less sunburn and wasted time with this handy pool helper. The Baracuda G3 W0300 eats up small and medium-sized debris on your pool floor, as well as dutifully cleans its walls and stairs.
It has a 36-fin disc that lets it easily adhere to pool surfaces and avoid getting stuck on drain covers, fittings, and lights. Some users even report lower algae levels after a bout of rain, making this pool robot even better than having a janitor fish.
12. AIRMEGA 300 The Smarter Air Purifier
You can’t say spring without cringing at the thought of allergies, and spring cleaning will no doubt get those sinuses running for their lives. Not only will the spring pollen be out and about in the air you breathe in, but allergens will be shaken loose as you go about your spring cleaning.
An air purifier is an easy solution for those looking to reduce the suffering caused by those allergens. The Airmega 300 is a great choice, with its smart modes that feature auto, eco, and sleep, as well as real-time monitoring of air quality.
13. Rubbermaid Reveal Power Scrubber
Nobody is ever particularly happy to see grout and water stains on their tiles and faucets, but this portable power scrubber will help get those out with ease. The Rubbermaid Reveal Power Scrubber is small, light, and powerful with oscillating heads that scrub at 60 spins per second.
It’s water resistant and durable, so you can expect it to keep doing its job even when you’re drenched and scrubbing away at tiles–you won’t be doing it for very long either. It’s great for clearing grout, hard water stains, clogged faucet spigots, and even those hard to reach corners in the oven.
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Spring cleaning needn’t be so filled with dread. It should be exciting, because you’re shaking things up, making your home organized, clean, and newly fresh all over again.
Getting some gadgets to help you out during spring cleaning may just be the best thing to do yet! We hope you’ve found some ideas on our list for cleaning gadgets that could make spring cleaning feel like less of a chore.
What’s your favorite cleaning gadget so far? What about spring cleaning tips? Let us know in the comments section below!
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