It’s important to keep your home clean, both for yourself and your loved ones. Whether you need to do some spring cleaning or your home needs a top to bottom scrubbing, make the time to do so. According to Dr. Charles Gerba (aka Dr. Germ), the germiest places and items in your home are:
- Dish Sponges
- Kitchen Sink
- Toothbrush Holder
- Pet Bowls and Toys
- Coffee Reservoir
- Bathroom and Shower Handles
- Countertop
- Toilet
- Devices Like Cell Phones, Tablets, and Laptops.
- And More!
There are so many things in your home that can be covered in germs. To help you with the cleaning process, here’s a list of cleaning gadgets that are worth their weight in gold.
Homitt Electric Spin Scrubber Power Brush
One of the most dreaded parts of cleaning is having to get on your knees and scrub, scrub, scrub. With this cordless scrubber power brush, worry no more! It includes three different brush heads depending on the surface you are cleaning. The brush attachments are water resistant so they last longer, and the gadget arm can be adjusted so you’re not straining to reach certain locations. Plus, it has fast charging capabilities!
Homedics UV Clean Phone Sanitizer
Everyday, cell phones come into contact with dirty surfaces: Our faces and hands, bags, tables, and floors. The germs, bacteria, dirt, and dust that are on those surfaces transfer to our cell phones. To clean your cell phone more effectively than just using a spray cleaner and microfiber cloth, use a UV phone sanitizer like this one. This device uses 2 UV-C germicidal LEDs to kill up to 99.9% of bacteria and viruses on your phone. It can be used on practically any cell phone, and can sanitize other products that fit into it as well.
Bissell Spinwave Cordless Floor Mop
If you are looking for an easy way to clean your hardwood or tile floor, a powered spin cleaner is a must-have cleaning product. This product from Bissell, one of the leading companies in home cleaning, cleans your floor with ease with rotating cleaning pads. You can even remove tough and dirty messes with the spray spot cleaning option. You also don’t have to worry about the hassle of dealing with an attached cord.
iRobot Roomba s9 Robot Vacuum & Braava Jet m6 Robot Mop Bundle
If you don’t want to vacuum and mop your home yourself, or don’t have the time to, you could invest in this iRobot bundle. The iRobot Roomba s9 Robot Vacuum has 40X suction to lift dirt, dust, pet hair, and more from many different surfaces. It uses PerfectEdge Technology and vSLAM allows the vacuum to clean against walls and tough corners and detect obstacles.
The Braava Jet m6 Robot Mop uses vSLAM and iAdapt 3.0 Navigation to go through your home easily, cleaning tough grime, spills, grease, and more. Imprint Smart Mapping enables both of these devices to map your home, adapt to it, and automatically charge when needed.
Shine Bathroom Assistant
As you already know, one of the dirtiest and germ-infested places in your home is your toilet. Who really wants to touch that to clean it? Well, you don’t have to with this toilet cleaning system. This gadget can do numerous tasks including automatically deodorizing and cleaning your toilet without chemicals, detecting water leaks, and monitoring water usage.
CleanUV Portable UV Light Sanitizer
Now, this tool isn’t exactly the most efficient to clean your entire home, but can be used to sanitize individual items and surfaces. All you have to do is turn on the gadget, hold the light over the infected items for 30 seconds, and you’re done. This device is portable, lasts up to 8 hours, and has fast charging capabilities.
Hasde UV Light Sterilizer
Want to disinfect your whole home without the hassle? You might want to go for using a UV light sanitizer, it’s truly a cleaning game changer. This cleaning tool removes dust, odors, bacteria, and germs. The only warning with products like this is to not have any people or dogs in the room while it’s active as it can lead to skin burns.
WINBOT X
Honestly, who really likes cleaning their windows? Especially, if you have a multiple story house with windows you can’t reach. The WINBOT X is a free moving, cordless robot that chooses the smartest path to cleaning your window. It has a 4 stage cleaning process, and has a Deep Clean Mode to get rid of serious messes. Plus, it’s user-friendly and includes a remote to control the robot if needed.
These cleaning gadgets are just a few among the many you can use to keep your home germ-free. Even with these gadgets, sometimes good old-fashioned cleaning with warm water and soap, or EPA approved disinfectants is a good way to clean your home
