Cleaning

Compact Cleaning Tools

Drawers fill up with tools that looked useful in a supermarket aisle. The keepers are the ones that do a weekly job: a window squeegee, a grout brush, a lint tool. Everything else is clutter with a handle.

Key buying considerations

If it does not have a weekly job and a home, do not bring it in.

One tool per job

A grout brush and a squeegee beat a 12-piece set you cannot store. Sets are how drawers die.

Window tools and condensation

In a UK winter, a squeegee or window vac may be daily kit, not a spring-clean extra.

Replaceables versus gadgets

Cloths and brush heads you can wash or replace are more useful than battery novelties.

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