13 Cleaning Gadgets That'll Give You Dramatic Before And After Photos

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1. A set of three brush attachments for your drill to go to town on the grimiest, grossest, most neglected tubs, stoves, and floors in your home. (Or just make your regular scrubbing take significantly less time.)

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Promising review: "These brushes worked flawlessly. I have a 24-year-old home that has not been remodeled yet. The master bath shower tile and fiberglass shower pan were in pretty bad shape. We tried many types of cleaners to remove residual soap and hard water stains with little success. As a last ditch effort, I purchased these brushes. They worked amazingly well. Using Krud Kutter and these brushes removed every bit of the dirt and polished those tiles so that they shined brilliantly like they did when they were new. I am completely satisfied with my purchase of these brushes. They are well made and held up beautifully to the forces I applied while using them." —Tom S4TX

Get the set on Amazon for $9.99.

2. A carpet-scrubbing shampooer vacuum to turn back the clock on carpet so it looks just as clean and fresh as the day it was installed.

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Promising review: "The carpet in our house is fairly old and needs replacing, but with three young children, we have decided to wait before buying a new one. You can only imagine how BAD it really is. I can't brag ENOUGH about this wonderful machine! All I can say is BUY THIS NOW!" —BusyMama

Get it on Amazon for $125.99.

3. A nook-and-cranny power scrubber with bristles that rotate 60 times a second for the quickest, deepest clean your grout has ever seen.

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Promising review: "This thing is amazing! It cleans grout & hard water stains with ease! I just cleaned the tile in my kitchen and it made such a difference. I simply heated up a 50/50 solution of vinegar and dawn, sprayed it on, then let this thing do the scrubbing for me! The whole kitchen took 10 minutes!" —Jc

Get it on Amazon for $15.99.

4. A pet hair "roller" brush you simply glide over furniture, carpets, jeans, and anything else your shedding best friend loves to sit on to instantly pick up every single piece of hair.

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"About 4 years ago, I adopted Daisy, who I was told was a shorthaired mixed Siamese / alley cat. Little did I know that she would be more medium hair and about the sheddiest animal I've ever owned. This thing is amazing! It even got hair off of the carpet that our vacuum cleaner couldn't get.

Now, the mechanism isn't really a roller, it's actually one of those lint brushes where the hairs face a certain direction, so you're not actually rolling, but rubbing away the fur. The trap has brushes facing the opposite direction inside that grab the hair and keep it maintained in the trap. It is easy to clean and well worth the money! It is so much more effective than any lint roller I've ever purchased, and I was even able to get her fur off of my jeans. Get this thing!" —K. Patao

Get it on Amazon for $24.95.

5. A powerful extendable spin scrubber so you can make your floors look like you spent hours washing them tile by tile on your hands and knees — without any of that effort.

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It comes with an extendable pole (so you can clean higher places, too!) and four styles of brush heads good for different kinds of tasks. Oh, and it's cordless, so all you have to do is charge, then go!

Promising review: "I have several health issues and can no longer get on my hands and knees to scrub the floor, and this thing is unreal! I am SO glad I got this — it really made cleaning up so much easier! The before and after pictures are of our basement bathroom after a flood. The pics make it pretty obvious which ones are the before and the after..." —W. Shores

Get it on Amazon for $49.99.

6. A pressure washer because you deserve the pure satisfaction that comes with transforming a dirty fence, sidewalk, or driveway into its original gleaming-clean state of existence.

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Promising review: "I love this washer. It competes with my 2200 psi gas powered pressure washer. In fact I sold the gas one to keep this. It doesn't have the noisy gas engine or the heavy weight. Easy to move around lightweight and has great power. Very quiet. I love all the attachments and the different stream types. The soap dispenser works well. I'm cleaning everything, my deck, my house, the garage doors, the concrete slab. It took off all the dirt and mold from the old concrete stairs and sidewalk!" —Tim S.

Get one on Amazon for $149.

7. A headlight restoration kit — it attaches to your drill to remove yellowy buildup layer by layer, then finishes with a protective wax to keep everything shining bright.

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Promising review: "Noticed my headlights were real dim at night and knew they were oxidized. This was on the 16-year-old Accord I use to commute. Maybe 15 minutes per lens and they look great." —Greg M.

Get it on Amazon for $10.50.

8. A disposable toilet wand kit with the cleaner built into each brush so you can tackle even the grossest situations with minimal fuss.

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Promising review: "So, we have a toilet that belongs to the cats. We don't use it, we don't look at it, we like to pretend it does not exist. Even with semi-regular flushing, cat waste is pretty nasty stuff and built up quickly in the bowl. One of these wands cleaned it up in a single session!" —Whitney

Get it on Amazon for $8.88.

9. A countertop jewelry cleaner so all your favorite ~jewels~ can sparkle exactly the way they were born to do.

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It also works on dentures and eye glasses, and other small non-electronic items that don't mind getting wet.

Promising reviews: "I just used this and I am IN LOVE!! My rings were gross from lotion, sunscreen, hand soap, sweat etc. I don't have time to run to my jeweler to get them professionally cleaned. This does the trick, and same exact results! In 3 minutes. 💕" —Rebecca Morea

"If you want to use it for dentures, it works. If yours have long-term deposits not responding to cleaning tablets, they WILL come off, but it means doing a daily clean for a couple of weeks. Now my dentures look the best they have looked in years, but it took a couple of weeks." —J in NYC

Get it for $39.99, or a slightly smaller version for $28.96, both on Amazon.

10. A cooktop cleaning kit complete with polish, a scrubber, and a scraper that, with their powers combined, wipe away years of seemingly permanent cooked-on blemishes.

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Promising review: "I was skeptical but I went for it and holey moley, does it work. It works such wonders on my stupid glass cooktop that I feel like Martha freaking Stewart. Truth be told, cleaning has never been, nor will it ever be, my greatest strength but this cleaning product makes it easy enough that even I could do it. Save yourself the time and frustration cause the landlord picked this stupid cooktop for the 'aesthetic' and a trap to keep your security deposit but you know what?!? Buy this thing and you can tell em, 'Not this time! You won't get another penny out of me!!! Bwahahahaha!'" —Rita

Get it on Amazon for $10.99.

11. A multipurpose steam cleaner — it blasts built-up grease and grime out of existence using only some good ol' H20 (aka water).

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Promising review: "This has far exceeded my expectations. I didn't expect a non-commercial steam cleaner to have much power — this has great power. It easily runs for 45 minutes. I own a couple of rental properties that can get very dirty, and I used to have to hire a commercial cleaner whenever I changed tenants. Since I purchased this machine, I don't. Its cleaning power has been more than enough to tackle some pretty nasty jobs — it does everything I need. Its been a good bargain and I am very pleased with it." —R. Young

Get it on Amazon for $95.99.

12. A drain millipede to extract every little slimy bit of hair and you-don't-want-to-know-what-else clogging up your sink or tub so everything can drain nice and freely once more.

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It's covered in little hooks and loops that tightly grab all of the gunk.

Promising review: "The plunger would solve the problem for one or two days max, then it would be back to standing water. Nothing was fixing our bathroom drain issues in the sink AND the tub. The tub was getting so bad that it was dangerous to stand in the shower, because the gross scum buildup made the tub so slippery. Then I ordered this. I was convinced we were going to have to hire a plumber to rip out the whole bathroom to find the problem. We dealt with these horrible drain issues for months. I could not believe — it didn't get stuck and all the disgusting gross crap that came out of the sink drain! I should have been wearing a rain suit with a scuba mask and I definitely should have moved our toothbrushes away from the splatter I wasn't expecting. I repeated this process in the bathtub drain, using the same FlexiSnake. I could not believe what and how much came out. I sent photos to my roommates so they would think I was a genius who spent hours fixing this problem and they'd be grateful and buy me dinner. But, honestly, it took about five minutes (shh)." —ExPatInAsia

Get one on Amazon for $4.86.

13. A HEPA air purifier that cleans (you guessed it) the very air you breathe, to actually help reduce allergens like dust, pollen, smoke, mold, and pet dander.

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There isn't exactly a "before" photo for this, so the cat will have to do.

Promising review: "After having used this for a few months I can confidently say how great this air purifier is. With the wildfires the air quality in Oregon has been very unhealthy and at times hazardous. Combined with the heat we have no choice but to leave our windows open or the air conditioner running. We also have hardwood floors so the dust, dander, and pet hair gets kicked up very easily.

This air purifier has made a world of difference! No smoke smell in the room we run it in and I don't have to worry as much about my son constantly breathing in the smog." —4ngryhoeb4g

Get one on Amazon for $76.49 (available in black and white).

The reviews in this post have been edited for length and clarity.

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