21 Genius Cleaning Products You'll Wish You Had Owned Your Whole Life

Raving review: “I live in an apartment with truly terrible maintenance. The washer had been left closed for an extended period of time, and even though it’s not a front loader, it smelled utterly vile. The liquid detergent had both molded and then dried out to form a crust. Ewwwwww!!! I debated whether it was worth the effort of fighting with management further and decided I’d deal with it myself. After my home remedy tricks, it was better, but still not usable. Finally, Affresh fixed the mess. I got the tablets and the wipes and between the two, succeeded in getting rid of the gross. So if you’ve got a college boy level of disgusting going on in your washer, this will do the trick.”

Raving review: “Amazing! So, I bought these after it was recommended to get rid of dead animal smell. Turns out charcoal absorbs the odor and they did. Placed one on the floor and out of sight in the living room, dining room, and kitchen and within a couple of hours the smell was gone. They work wonders and the best part is you can reactivate them just by putting them in the sun and the price is great. I’m thinking of buying a couple more for my car and gym bag.”

Raving review: “This stuff is GOLD! I live in Arizona and our water is HARD. As in, you can use a fork to eat it, kinda hard. Always leaves scale and crud on my fixtures and shower doors. Anyhow, my 6 month old dishwasher wasn’t working as well as it did (it’s practically new?) and I was out of ideas how to get my dishes really really clean without investing in a soft water system for my home. (HELLO EXPENSIVE) Note that I am a clean freak and don’t just pile dirty dishes in my washer expecting some imaginary little green men to eat the crud off the plates while it’s running. Everything is scraped and given a rinse before it goes into the washer. I have tried vinegar rinses, vinegar with baking soda rinses, cleaning the trap, all things I thought would work to no avail. This stuff is like magic. I have this on my Subscribe and Save option as well and it arrives every month. One cycle in the dishwasher and it runs like it did when I first got it. Great product and HIGHLY recommended. If they ever discontinue making this, it will be a sad sad day in my home. I have recommended this product to all my family and friends and they absolutely love it too. For the price it is totally worth it!”

Raving review: “Works so well I might not eat for days. When I got the Vastar snake drain cleaner I went straight to work. No instructions needed, the concept is pretty simple: you grasp the tool with the end that’s a handle, push the pointy end down the drain, and the jagged part catches on the nest of hair that’s swirled its way around your plumbing. I didn’t even get the thing three inches down before it was getting stuck on clumps of hair and built up gunk. I gagged my way through getting all nausea-inducing blockage lurking in my bathtub’s drain pipe. Very happy with this product.”

Raving review: “Purchased this Descaler as our several year old Keurig Single cup coffee brewer no longer brewed a full cup of coffee. Water flow was very slow and coffee cup only 1/2 filled. Following the simple directions on the bottle — and using just 1/2 a bottle of Descaler, the Keurig machine was restored to full performance. It also brewed a hotter cup of coffee! Very good product as far as I am concerned.”

Raving review: “Best mop ever!!! I replaced my fancy steam mop that died with this mop and could not be happier. It has no cords, it has no heating up time, it covers more area, it cleans better, it has rubber pieces right where I need them to lean it up against the wall or counter without it falling over. Quality product — it doesn’t feel cheaply made.”

Raving review: “There’s nothing worse than coming home after a long day of work, only to be greeted by a horrible smell of something rotten. Those days are long gone now, well at least until they come back and they’re tamed with a Plink ball. I ordered these on Amazon after I saw the great reviews and they work exactly as advertised. The secret is to run the garbage disposal with a little bit of water at first, drop the ball in and turn off the water. This will allow the liquid to spread around the pipes and blades. I found that barely running any water and letting the garbage disposal go for around 30 seconds with the Plink Disposal cleaner really did the trick.”

Raving review: “During our stay-at-home period we are looking for small projects around the house. We live in the hard water capital of the world with obvious rimming of our toilet bowl. Have ignored this for a very long time, but the pumice stone cleaner took care of it in minutes! The extra long handle makes the product very easy to use! Hats off to Impresa! It surpassed my expectations!”

Raving review: “When an electric toothbrush that had a sanitizer died I knew I wouldn’t want to use my new brush without sanitizing it between uses. I extensively searched and researched until I found this product. I liked the price, portability, and ease of use. My old sanitizer was bulky and a pain to take when I travel. This one is very compact and chargeable by USB and so easy to use.”  

Raving review: “I have three cats, and one of them isn’t very good about burying their business. Needless to say the litter box smells real bad sometimes. I’ve been using this product for about a week, and it works great. I usually re-apply every other time I empty the litter box. I don’t have to put that much, just a couple shakes and I’m good to go.”  

Raving review: “As you would expect with baking soda, these work great for helping to absorb some of the diaper odors in our diaper pail. While it doesn’t mask ALL of it, it does help. Be sure to change every month or so. We forgot to change ours for several months and were suddenly overwhelmed by a terrible diaper smell. One quick order of these and the smell is still there but not nearly as terrible.”