When she says those William Sonoma dish towels are durable like jeans. She is 100% right. I received 8 towels as a gift over 20 years ago. I still have them. They've faded... but they still work just fine. They are more pricey than others... but they will last and last and last. It still blows my mind that I haven't bought new towels in all these years.
Agree. I have them, too, and they're great. And they go on sale pretty often. I have a William Sonoma credit card. If you purchase something from them using their credit card, the shipping is always free regardless of the total purchase. No minimum.
I was gifted some of my grandmas old William Sonoma towels when I went to college. They were hers for at least a decade, and I’ve had them for nearly as long at this point. I can’t recommend them enough!
They are the ONLY towels I use, give them as a gift every time there is occasion and everyone LOVES them. Don’t be fooled by other WS towels, only these.
My William and Sonoma pot holders I bought 20 years ago are still going strong. They get filthy ( husband, but if he makes dinner I am not complaining) and I throw them in the wash with a cup of bleach. Mine are red and cream. They haven’t faded, still bright red and sparkling cream. Love them! Btw. Love Lisa’s presentation!
So I am a huge Lisa fan. I have purchased a number of things she has recommended and all have been great. Just got the little dishwasher, ordered the towels and Tuesday the bottle brush will be here. Thank you so darn much!.👍👍👍👍
I always look forward to these videos. As a self-professed “nerd”, the test method information, is very comforting. I know the items have been “put through the ringer”, before I buy them. It makes me feel that anything I do to them, will be tolerated!
Hannah, I love that tip about the vinegar and baking soda for drains. I have lots of both. Vinegar is great at Costco. White Vinegar runs $4 for 2 gals! Apple Cider Vinegar (both are for cooking use) runs $6 for 3 bottles. That dishwasher looks so cute. Nice to know. Would fit in an RV too, heh heh. Lisa, I am definitely buying the bottle brush. I really appreciate this tip as I would think that OXO would be better. Not so.
We bought the larger of the recommended dishwashers that hooks up to a sink a few weeks ago and we are kicking ourselves for not getting one sooner. It works so well and saves us so much time - we've been cooking more and cooking healthier because cleanup is no longer such a chore. I don't think I've ever bought anything that had a higher happiness to dollars spent ratio.
Lol I'd say ANY dishwasher is indeed an asset in ones kitchen. Regular sized or compact (which is fabulous they have them now!). I finally got my sister to utilize HER dishwasher - regular sized, (as she was "not sure of it 😅) after years of me telling her to "TRY IT, YOU'LL LOVE IT, and NEVER GO BACK!" Well, after much prodding, she gave in....guess what? Yep. She ❤❤❤❤her dishwasher and told me how the heck did she ever go without it! 😂😅 Ha! Sisters 💗🥰
Highly pleased with Lisa’s recommendation of the Quickie bottle brush, it’s amazing! Perfect length, width, and density to feel like it’s actually scrubbing all sides of the bottle with minimal effort. I threw away all my old useless ones and will never look back. Thanks Lisa!
Thanks! Lots of great ideas here. I recently discovered the true wonder of distilled vinegar when cleaning my kitchen sink and disposall. Stuff does a treat to knock out any weird smells. For the disposall, I made a mixture of vinegar with some canola oil (didn't actually mix them per se). The vinegar to scrub and the canola to lubricate the moving parts. Next time I'll use the baking powder + vinegar first, then the canola oil. Seriously, vinegar is a miracle cleaning agent!
I have had the Black and Decker handheld vacuum for quite awhile. I take it to my church’s cleaning day and everyone loves it. Great for getting coffee grounds out of kitchen drawers!
First, I have that B&D vacuum and I love that I can actually WASH the parts to clean it. Second, an oven cleaner that many people overlook is the cleaner for your glasstop stove. It lifts so much of the messes in my oven. I have even used it on the glass in the oven door. Sometimes I have used the included razor (in its safety holder) to scrape difficult stains and baked on oils.
@@mjremy2605 I have Weiman Glass Cook Top cleaner & polish. I have found it at Walmart as well as other stores. It is available in a kit that includes a razor tool and a non scratch scrubber.
Either I missed something or this is a new addition to America's Test Kitchen (which I ❤ BTW). I think this venue is very useful and helpful, especially coming from you gals! Love your team. Thank you for your great insight and fun way of approach👍🤗
Gear heads is my favorite series, the fact that vacuum wars yt channel also likes dust buster /d&b models too! Yeah and the designed obsolescence with some products like Swiffer is so true 😅
Vacuum: We ended up Makita handheld after trying several Black&Decker products. We're okay with storing extensions and attachments separately, and having more 3rd party attachments gave us more freedom. Also the replacement filter is much cheaper. Spray Mops: Seeing janitors around office buildings, we concluded spray and mops are better divorced. Swiffer's non-spray mop can take most cheap-o microfiber towels. We also found dish soaps work amazingly well on any kitchen surfaces.
I've had multiple spray mops and given up on all of them. It's too much work and none of the benefits are really helpful to me. They leaked and some of them would spray the wall instead of the floor if you had the handle at the wrong angle. Some of the chemicals would break down so you'd have to empty the tank instead of leaving it full to use whenever you want. Just not worth it
Yah Hannah and Lisa! Vinegar for the win! Long handled brush and cotton towels for the win! Use these all the time myself (BTW, add a couple drops of dish soap to your vinegar spray to help clean even better). Great tips, ladies! Congrats on the "bun" Hannah!
I attach old towels or cleaning rags to my Swiffer mop, rather than buying those pads. Then I use a spray bottle with whatever cleaning fluid I'm using and spray manually. Gets a better amount of cleaner on the floor than the little spray attachment. Also, I use Easy Off on my stainless steel cookware. Works great to get them nice and shiny again.
@@tmtb80 No sewing. On each four corners on top of the plastic part the pads go on, there are four black plastic circles that have sort of a starburst pattern cut into them. They allow me to wrap a rag over where the pads normally go, and stretch and tuck/push the rag snuggly into the circles. Does that make sense? I'd attach a photo if I could. I've never had to buy replacement pads because I have lots of old towels that work well and are easy to wash and reuse.
Complete agreement with the Williams Sonoma towel review. I saw a test of kitchen towels on the 'Net 5 or 6 years ago and bought 2 sets of 4. They don't look any different from the time I bought them. Real work horses. And for price conscious shoppers if you watch you can occasionally get a set of a less popular color for a deep discount. Mine had an orange stripe and were half the price of the blue ones.
Thanks ladies! I always learn something useful from your videos! My favorite for dish towels is 100% linen - hard to find these days but super absorbent. Also, re: Swiffer: I put a couple strips of stick-on velcro (the "hook" part, not the soft "loop" part) onto the bottom surface of a plain swiffer dust mop, and now I can use any microfiber cloth with it: I just smooth the cloth over the velcro, turn the mop right side up and push a bit of the cloth edges into the 4 holes on the top, and I'm good to go - and it's reusable. It's been working well for me for several years now; easy & inexpensive.
The towels I go for that are also very good and incredibly absorbent are cotton flour sack type towels. 100% cotton, super great at absorbing water, drying things up, cleaning up, and cheap to boot!
@@Tarukai788 I like those, I used to get them at Walmart, but they keep shrinking. I don't mean the cotton towels shrink, though they do in a hot wash, but like everything else shrinkflation ... smaller towels when they're brand new 😕
I put industrial Velcro on one of those car window wands. Mine came with little microfiber bonnets but they were a huge hassle and there weren't enough to clean everything before they got dirty and too wet. So i got a bunch of $1 microfiber cloths from Wally World. They stick right to the Velcro
Im looking for ways to get away from microfiber since it sheds plastic particles. Also, looking for alternatives to single use plastics. I'd love to see a segment about that.
I bought the one-step-down Comfee countertop dishwasher last year and it was a lifesaver during our kitchen renovation! I had it on top of my washing machine draining into the utility sink. The one shown here has the feature of cracking itself open when it's done, which I wish I'd gotten. The dishwasher does it's best with a hot rinse, but it's such a small space the dishes just won't air dry until you open the door.
For oven cleaning: have you tested the pumice cleaning sticks? I tried them and WOW. Removed all that baked on bacon grease gunk from the window/inside in a heartbeat without toxins.
10:52 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER! Vinegar-based cleaners do NOT disinfect anything but are fantastic at getting actual grime off of surfaces. If you need to disinfect something then it's far better to use chemical cleaners or, if you're willing to do a bit of work in diluting, bleach and water.
Yes, I was surprised to hear that vinegar doesn't disinfect. How many millions od people think it does? I normally use bleach, dishwasher soap and very hot water.
when ATK dropped this testing (which was just a few days ago) I immediately bought that pivot vacuum and I am obsessed. game changer for sure. thank you ATK!!!!!
The battery is soldered on and not user replaceable. Even if you know how to solder, they don't sell replacement batteries. My battery went bad in two years so the entire thing went into the trash.
Vinegar also makes a great rinse aid for both laundry and dishwasher. Use it instead of fabric softener; add a tablespoon or two to the rinse cycle using the fabric softener dispenser or a 'Downey Ball' or manually. Fabrics will be soft with no waxy coating.
I stopped using fabric softener when I learned about vinegar!! I add it instead of the softener to my regular softener slot, and my clothes turn out so much better! Instead of smelling like "flowers", they just smell clean, and bonus, it actually "cleans" and unclogs the dispenser. A few years ago when I moved to my new apartment, I inherited the old owners' washer, and the fabric softener dispenser was completely disgusting with residue!! I cleaned it as best as I could, and by using vinegar only, it kept the area clean.
Vinegar helps if you have hard water. All that hard water gets layered onto your clothes with each wash. We have a water softener and don't need any softener or vinegar.
I know this is from months ago, but using it in the dishwasher is iffy. I’ve heard that frequent use of vinegar can corrode the rubber gasket of the dishwasher.
Love the GEAR HEADS. Never fail to learn something - or to have something I've already bought validated. But one thing - CANNOT imagine spending $370 on a machine that auto-washes dishes that I could wash myself in 5-10 min tops.
I have to say I think that you all do an absolutely fabulous job! I have been following your channel for a few years now and it has definitely become a favorite. I have learned so much from all of you. Not only that but I have purchased many of the cookbooks you have published and if I had to guess, I have made at least 200 -300 of the recipes from them. My only wish would be to be able to visit your Boston location as I live in the Worcester area. Thank you again for all your hard work and dedication. A dedicated follower, Tracey Bradshaw
All awesome ideas. Cleaning with vinegar ......... I just can't get past the smell. My self clean oven also has a steam option which works great. Thanks again. Stay well.
Yay, I've been waiting for another cleaning tool and tips video from ATK. 😃 I'd love it if we could get another a little more often than once a year. Please. I definitely go to Hannah and Lisa for kitchen product advice first and I have been working at stocking my kitchen with and or slowly replacing older equipment with their recommendations. It's always a win.
The best dishtowels I've ever used were the thin cotton medical towels often seen in the ER. They are strong, can be bleached and leave zero lint. Unfortunately, color options are few.
I received the Williams Sonoma towels as well for a gift years ago. I enjoy linen towels but these are the best cotton towels to have in a kitchen. Just renovated my kitchen, time for a new color.
I have a portable dishwasher, though from a different brand, and I seriously love that thing! It uses only 1.3 gallons of water per cycle, and it really works! Extremely effective.
***SWIFFER HACK*** Use micro fiber clothes as the wipes because they cling onto the hook latch they use. 2...the caps come off with some prying and hot water to expand the plastic. Use NAIL CUTTER OR TINY SHAPR SCISSORS to NIP the inside of the cap, you can see the bits that prevents you from unscrewing it. Then you can refill bottle. I clean houses and have a swiffer with my cleaning stuff and it really is fast when cleaning all those dang bathrooms and easy to transport. Your Welcome.
Love how you guys give us tips on cleaning the cleaners! Like dishwasher filter basket and optimizing the WS towels! Hannah what is the status of the bun in your oven?!!! Share! Hugs, Michael Albuquerque NM USA
I feel so validated right now. I bought the B&D vac a week ago, confirming that my taste in hand-held vacs is impeccable. I've been pretty impressed with its suction. I just hope it lasts.
I use baking soda in the kitchen to remove stains in the sink, counter and stove top. It is mildly abrasive without scratching. My mother used to sprinkle baking soda under her stove top so that it absorbed any liquid spills and was easy to wipe up. Thanks for this. I have added most of the items to my Amazon cart and I have been thinking about getting them but hadn't done the research. Saves me a lot of time.
Bought the O Cedar on this recommendation and review from America's Test Kitchen. The demonstration was so convincing I added it to my Amazon cart immediately. When Prime Day came along I was excited to add it to my many purchases shipping to Belize. After 3 uses it clogged and now I AM STUCK WITH IT because I live in Belize. The pads work great, I love that they are reusable. The mop head is a nice large size allowing you to scrub a much larger area than the Swiffer mops. I ordered extra pads because again, I live in Belize and it's not easy to have things shipped here; also nice to have different pads for the bathrooms. Since the spray function no longer works, I just mix my cleaning solution, vinegar, and water in the bottle, sprinkle it on the floors, and mop them that way. I am really surprised because I have not gotten a bad recommendation from ATK. Not worth the money!
I really like the O’cedar mop. I use it weekly on the traffic pattern from the garage, through the kitchen, and to the dining room. However, the Velcro wears out over time. And so the mop head comes off.
Ever consider including planet friendly requirement for your products? Such as less plastic, longer lasting? I really liked the vinegar cleaning option.
If you like swifter, you can use three layers of paper towel to replace the custom cloth. Spray it to get the wet effect. Some dollar stores even sell the cloth at … a dollar.
Great tips. I rinse my dishes off before I put them into the dishwasher. My Dad did and it’s a habit. I clean my dish washer with cleaner once a month on a cycle with out dishes in there.
@Jj K yes you are correct. I am not as bad as I used to be. Last dish washer never cleans coffee cups very well nor dried dished very well. This dish is good . When we got it I was hesitant at first . But decided to try a test to see if coffee cups get clean . Rinsed out cup just water but not clean ran through cycle when did dishes and it was clean. What a difference this dish washer is.
I liked how many things were addressed with the Topics, .. I NEVER used Swiffer Wet Jet, the cleaning solution is actually Toxic, especially to pets. ..I'm sure some people don't know this. Also. NEVER used Self Cleaning on an oven. ..I prefer Vintage Appliances, so if I did have a " self cleaning " oven prior to having Vintage Appliances, I never used thst feature... cleaned it myself. My Grandmother taught me the uses of Whute Vinegsr ,when I was a Teenager, and I always have 2 to 3 gallons of Vinegar on hand ....will also unclog the toilet if necessary. I use those Bottle brushes for so much ,I have several for certain cleaning tasks.
Another problem with mops are the constant redesigns that make the changeable components obsolete. Create a strong sturdy design that isn’t a money pit.
kitchen towels feel like the best place to go all white so you can just use bleach. They aren't as pretty, for sure, but the sanitizing and bleaching power you can get from bleach on white is pretty unmatched in the laundry world. Do they make them in all white, I wonder? Though if you don't care about them looking pretty anyway, i'd throw them in blue and red or no. They'll be all white eventually. I've literally always used a rag or microfiber cloth on my (hand me down) swiffers - got the velco kind and little pinch holes kind, they work fine. I've written down several recs from this one either for myself or for others to send. Keep them coming and thanks!
I have one of those ninja 9 feature air fryer toaster oven. The bottom drops out for easy access but I still have trouble cleaning around the heating elements. Loved the video
YES!! I came here to say the same thing. Krud Kutter is amazing! Like Fantastic on steroids. I use it on dishes/cookware that need a little extra oomph, along with a melamine sponge (such as a Mr. Clean eraser sponge). Great for getting coffee/tea stains out of cups/coffee pot. Also use it (with sponge) to clean the stovetop, or (with paper towels) to spot clean the floor around the cat dishes, etc. The bottle of Krud Kutter never gets put away, but has a permanent home next to my sink along with the dish detergent.
Thank you in particular for teaching about natural products to clean a drain (or a toilet) bicarb and vinegar. would like to know more of these, as important for our environment...what do you suggest for cleaning a concrete floor in. a kitchen that has not been sealed?
I’m still on the fence about spray mops. Since you’re using cleaner on the floor, doesn’t the residue left from the cleaning solution cause dirt to stick onto the floor? I have a steam mop that I got for the purpose of having really hot water to clean the floors. I feel like there’s no better cleaner than really hot water. But I will say that a a steam mop needs to be plugged in, and it’s ao much more clunky than a spray mop. I think I prefer it though
I never thought to stop up the drain when I did a vinegar/baking soda clean. I usually do this when I clean my coffee maker: I simply pour the hot vinegar=water mix onto the baking soda in drain.
I agree about the swiffer I had one for awhile worked ok, time for a new one suppose to be the do all and end all, the solution would not even come out of the spray area I tried all kinds of things to make it work, just was a POS. It has now made its way to the dump.
They should be. I've had 2 of the Dustbusters and while the batteries did eventually fail, they did so over several years. One was purchased new in box at an estate sale I think over 30 years ago and eventually failed many, many years later and when I replaced it, bought one new that was the wet/dry version and I forget exactly what happened but it did last many years too.
One of the best cleaning tricks I saw recently was by chef Jean Pierre right here on TH-cam: clean your stainless steel with an abrasive cleaner like Ajax! It makes scrubbing messes easy, but even better if you like your kitchen things to look good, they develop a beautiful patina over the years. Edit: it won't stay shiny, but it probably wouldn't anyway. That's where "patina" comes in. Also, this is for cookware, not appliances! We have a lot of stainless bowls and cookware, and I've been doing this for a month or so and they are now always clean and lovely to look at and a pleasure to use.
@Jj K Bar Keepers Friend is a much better choice for making beloved stainless/enameled cast iron look beautiful for decades. Scouring powders like Ajax and Comet contain bleach that will eventually cause discoloration or dull the finish.
Manufacturers such as All Clad recommend Bar Keeper's Friend for their stainless steel cookware. I've been using it for years on my saute pan, and it works great! Especially on the brushed or satin-finished parts (interior, and bottom/exterior). I use it sparingly on the mirror-finished parts, such as the exterior of the lid, and exterior sides, to prevent the possibility of very fine scratches. I've had some pretty severe burnt on disasters, but you'd never know it after using BKF.
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Congratulations Hannah! The best of health to you and your bun!😁
When she says those William Sonoma dish towels are durable like jeans. She is 100% right. I received 8 towels as a gift over 20 years ago. I still have them. They've faded... but they still work just fine. They are more pricey than others... but they will last and last and last. It still blows my mind that I haven't bought new towels in all these years.
Agree. I have them, too, and they're great. And they go on sale pretty often. I have a William Sonoma credit card. If you purchase something from them using their credit card, the shipping is always free regardless of the total purchase. No minimum.
I was gifted some of my grandmas old William Sonoma towels when I went to college. They were hers for at least a decade, and I’ve had them for nearly as long at this point. I can’t recommend them enough!
They are the ONLY towels I use, give them as a gift every time there is occasion and everyone LOVES them. Don’t be fooled by other WS towels, only these.
Thank you for sharing, definitely will try those towels!
My William and Sonoma pot holders I bought 20 years ago are still going strong. They get filthy ( husband, but if he makes dinner I am not complaining) and I throw them in the wash with a cup of bleach. Mine are red and cream. They haven’t faded, still bright red and sparkling cream. Love them! Btw. Love Lisa’s presentation!
I like this channel because it's like a review version of the shopping channel, which I find comforting and unintentionally ASMR.
I'm confirming that indeed I'm super satisfied with the excellent quality of all the things I've bought based on your recommendations. You go girls
Same.
That's an excellent idea!! Smash your oven door to get a new one!! You go, girl!!!
I have that little dishwasher! I'm proud of myself for picking the one that is apparently the best.
So I am a huge Lisa fan. I have purchased a number of things she has recommended and all have been great. Just got the little dishwasher, ordered the towels and Tuesday the bottle brush will be here. Thank you so darn much!.👍👍👍👍
I always look forward to these videos. As a self-professed “nerd”, the test method information, is very comforting. I know the items have been “put through the ringer”, before I buy them. It makes me feel that anything I do to them, will be tolerated!
Hannah, I love that tip about the vinegar and baking soda for drains. I have lots of both. Vinegar is great at Costco. White Vinegar runs $4 for 2 gals! Apple Cider Vinegar (both are for cooking use) runs $6 for 3 bottles.
That dishwasher looks so cute. Nice to know. Would fit in an RV too, heh heh.
Lisa, I am definitely buying the bottle brush. I really appreciate this tip as I would think that OXO would be better. Not so.
We bought the larger of the recommended dishwashers that hooks up to a sink a few weeks ago and we are kicking ourselves for not getting one sooner. It works so well and saves us so much time - we've been cooking more and cooking healthier because cleanup is no longer such a chore. I don't think I've ever bought anything that had a higher happiness to dollars spent ratio.
Lol I'd say ANY dishwasher is indeed an asset in ones kitchen. Regular sized or compact (which is fabulous they have them now!). I finally got my sister to utilize HER dishwasher - regular sized, (as she was "not sure of it 😅) after years of me telling her to "TRY IT, YOU'LL LOVE IT, and NEVER GO BACK!" Well, after much prodding, she gave in....guess what? Yep. She ❤❤❤❤her dishwasher and told me how the heck did she ever go without it! 😂😅 Ha! Sisters 💗🥰
Highly pleased with Lisa’s recommendation of the Quickie bottle brush, it’s amazing! Perfect length, width, and density to feel like it’s actually scrubbing all sides of the bottle with minimal effort. I threw away all my old useless ones and will never look back. Thanks Lisa!
The cheesy 1950's style infomercial pitch for the vinegar made me lol. Love it!
Thanks! Lots of great ideas here. I recently discovered the true wonder of distilled vinegar when cleaning my kitchen sink and disposall. Stuff does a treat to knock out any weird smells. For the disposall, I made a mixture of vinegar with some canola oil (didn't actually mix them per se). The vinegar to scrub and the canola to lubricate the moving parts. Next time I'll use the baking powder + vinegar first, then the canola oil. Seriously, vinegar is a miracle cleaning agent!
I have had the Black and Decker handheld vacuum for quite awhile. I take it to my church’s cleaning day and everyone loves it. Great for getting coffee grounds out of kitchen drawers!
Hannah you were fantastic and funny in this video. Congrats on the baby!
I really like Hanna: "I have a bun in this oven". I also like the O Ceder bottle washer.
I just love your videos, appreciate your reviews so that I don’t waste money
First, I have that B&D vacuum and I love that I can actually WASH the parts to clean it. Second, an oven cleaner that many people overlook is the cleaner for your glasstop stove. It lifts so much of the messes in my oven. I have even used it on the glass in the oven door. Sometimes I have used the included razor (in its safety holder) to scrape difficult stains and baked on oils.
Could you please list the brand name?
@@mjremy2605 I have Weiman Glass Cook Top cleaner & polish. I have found it at Walmart as well as other stores. It is available in a kit that includes a razor tool and a non scratch scrubber.
Either I missed something or this is a new addition to America's Test Kitchen (which I ❤ BTW). I think this venue is very useful and helpful, especially coming from you gals! Love your team. Thank you for your great insight and fun way of approach👍🤗
Gear heads is my favorite series, the fact that vacuum wars yt channel also likes dust buster /d&b models too! Yeah and the designed obsolescence with some products like Swiffer is so true 😅
Vacuum: We ended up Makita handheld after trying several Black&Decker products. We're okay with storing extensions and attachments separately, and having more 3rd party attachments gave us more freedom. Also the replacement filter is much cheaper.
Spray Mops: Seeing janitors around office buildings, we concluded spray and mops are better divorced. Swiffer's non-spray mop can take most cheap-o microfiber towels. We also found dish soaps work amazingly well on any kitchen surfaces.
I've had multiple spray mops and given up on all of them. It's too much work and none of the benefits are really helpful to me. They leaked and some of them would spray the wall instead of the floor if you had the handle at the wrong angle. Some of the chemicals would break down so you'd have to empty the tank instead of leaving it full to use whenever you want. Just not worth it
love what y'all are doing. doing everyone's homework
Yah Hannah and Lisa! Vinegar for the win! Long handled brush and cotton towels for the win! Use these all the time myself (BTW, add a couple drops of dish soap to your vinegar spray to help clean even better). Great tips, ladies! Congrats on the "bun" Hannah!
I attach old towels or cleaning rags to my Swiffer mop, rather than buying those pads. Then I use a spray bottle with whatever cleaning fluid I'm using and spray manually. Gets a better amount of cleaner on the floor than the little spray attachment. Also, I use Easy Off on my stainless steel cookware. Works great to get them nice and shiny again.
How do you attach them? Does it require sewing?
@@tmtb80 No sewing. On each four corners on top of the plastic part the pads go on, there are four black plastic circles that have sort of a starburst pattern cut into them. They allow me to wrap a rag over where the pads normally go, and stretch and tuck/push the rag snuggly into the circles. Does that make sense? I'd attach a photo if I could. I've never had to buy replacement pads because I have lots of old towels that work well and are easy to wash and reuse.
I do the same!!
Complete agreement with the Williams Sonoma towel review. I saw a test of kitchen towels on the 'Net 5 or 6 years ago and bought 2 sets of 4. They don't look any different from the time I bought them. Real work horses. And for price conscious shoppers if you watch you can occasionally get a set of a less popular color for a deep discount. Mine had an orange stripe and were half the price of the blue ones.
Thanks ladies! I always learn something useful from your videos!
My favorite for dish towels is 100% linen - hard to find these days but super absorbent.
Also, re: Swiffer: I put a couple strips of stick-on velcro (the "hook" part, not the soft "loop" part) onto the bottom surface of a plain swiffer dust mop, and now I can use any microfiber cloth with it: I just smooth the cloth over the velcro, turn the mop right side up and push a bit of the cloth edges into the 4 holes on the top, and I'm good to go - and it's reusable. It's been working well for me for several years now; easy & inexpensive.
Love linen kitchen towels!
The towels I go for that are also very good and incredibly absorbent are cotton flour sack type towels. 100% cotton, super great at absorbing water, drying things up, cleaning up, and cheap to boot!
@@Tarukai788 I like those, I used to get them at Walmart, but they keep shrinking. I don't mean the cotton towels shrink, though they do in a hot wash, but like everything else shrinkflation ... smaller towels when they're brand new 😕
Your swiffer hack is brilliant!!!
I put industrial Velcro on one of those car window wands. Mine came with little microfiber bonnets but they were a huge hassle and there weren't enough to clean everything before they got dirty and too wet. So i got a bunch of $1 microfiber cloths from Wally World. They stick right to the Velcro
Congratulations, Hannah!
Im looking for ways to get away from microfiber since it sheds plastic particles. Also, looking for alternatives to single use plastics. I'd love to see a segment about that.
Break the oven to get a new one. I play the same trick.😉 Thanks for all the tips!
I bought the one-step-down Comfee countertop dishwasher last year and it was a lifesaver during our kitchen renovation! I had it on top of my washing machine draining into the utility sink. The one shown here has the feature of cracking itself open when it's done, which I wish I'd gotten. The dishwasher does it's best with a hot rinse, but it's such a small space the dishes just won't air dry until you open the door.
For oven cleaning: have you tested the pumice cleaning sticks? I tried them and WOW. Removed all that baked on bacon grease gunk from the window/inside in a heartbeat without toxins.
Those are also incredible for getting the mineral deposits off toilets... just don't mix up the oven pumice and the bathroom one...!
10:52 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER! Vinegar-based cleaners do NOT disinfect anything but are fantastic at getting actual grime off of surfaces. If you need to disinfect something then it's far better to use chemical cleaners or, if you're willing to do a bit of work in diluting, bleach and water.
or use steam..
70% Isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle. Kills the vast majority of pathogens in
If something is clean and dry, you really do mot need to disinfect it. It will be 're-infected' in 2 seconds anyway.
Yes, I was surprised to hear that vinegar doesn't disinfect. How many millions od people think it does? I normally use bleach, dishwasher soap and very hot water.
Good to know, I didn’t know
Thanks Hannah! 😊
when ATK dropped this testing (which was just a few days ago) I immediately bought that pivot vacuum and I am obsessed. game changer for sure. thank you ATK!!!!!
The battery is soldered on and not user replaceable. Even if you know how to solder, they don't sell replacement batteries. My battery went bad in two years so the entire thing went into the trash.
@@TizzleT did you tell black and decker that? they probably would send you a replacement vaccum I would hope
Vinegar also makes a great rinse aid for both laundry and dishwasher. Use it instead of fabric softener; add a tablespoon or two to the rinse cycle using the fabric softener dispenser or a 'Downey Ball' or manually. Fabrics will be soft with no waxy coating.
And for those who worry about the smell... It is NOT a problem. Actually better for me in that it doesn't add a smell like most softeners.
I stopped using fabric softener when I learned about vinegar!! I add it instead of the softener to my regular softener slot, and my clothes turn out so much better! Instead of smelling like "flowers", they just smell clean, and bonus, it actually "cleans" and unclogs the dispenser. A few years ago when I moved to my new apartment, I inherited the old owners' washer, and the fabric softener dispenser was completely disgusting with residue!! I cleaned it as best as I could, and by using vinegar only, it kept the area clean.
Vinegar helps if you have hard water. All that hard water gets layered onto your clothes with each wash. We have a water softener and don't need any softener or vinegar.
I know this is from months ago, but using it in the dishwasher is iffy. I’ve heard that frequent use of vinegar can corrode the rubber gasket of the dishwasher.
Best dish towels - Williams Sonoma - absolutely, yes!
OK I am only 2 items in and so love this video. I now have to go back and watch the earlier ones.
Love the GEAR HEADS. Never fail to learn something - or to have something I've already bought validated. But one thing - CANNOT imagine spending $370 on a machine that auto-washes dishes that I could wash myself in 5-10 min tops.
I'm definitely going to save up for that dishwasher. Seems like a game changer!
I was so excited to see a new Gear Heads video! This is how I like to party!
You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you.
Just basic cheap flour sack towels are my favorite
I have to say I think that you all do an absolutely fabulous job! I have been following your channel for a few years now and it has definitely become a favorite. I have learned so much from all of you. Not only that but I have purchased many of the cookbooks you have published and if I had to guess, I have made at least 200 -300 of the recipes from them. My only wish would be to be able to visit your Boston location as I live in the Worcester area. Thank you again for all your hard work and dedication.
A dedicated follower,
Tracey Bradshaw
Please do a review on portable washing machines and dryers that one can put in their apartment and use at their kitchen sink?
I’m addicted to these types of videos💜😁
Easy Off Blue will clean your bathtub and shower walls like none other!
Hannah has a bun in her oven!!🤗 congratulations🎉🎈🎊
All awesome ideas. Cleaning with vinegar ......... I just can't get past the smell. My self clean oven also has a steam option which works great. Thanks again. Stay well.
Yay, I've been waiting for another cleaning tool and tips video from ATK. 😃
I'd love it if we could get another a little more often than once a year. Please.
I definitely go to Hannah and Lisa for kitchen product advice first and I have been working at stocking my kitchen with and or slowly replacing older equipment with their recommendations. It's always a win.
The best dishtowels I've ever used were the thin cotton medical towels often seen in the ER. They are strong, can be bleached and leave zero lint. Unfortunately, color options are few.
I've been using thin cotton "potato sack" towels for years, love those!
Are they called huck towels?
I love those segments a lot!
I received the Williams Sonoma towels as well for a gift years ago. I enjoy linen towels but these are the best cotton towels to have in a
kitchen. Just renovated my kitchen, time for a new color.
I've loved Williams Sonoma towels for years!
I have a portable dishwasher, though from a different brand, and I seriously love that thing! It uses only 1.3 gallons of water per cycle, and it really works! Extremely effective.
This was an excellent video.
***SWIFFER HACK*** Use micro fiber clothes as the wipes because they cling onto the hook latch they use. 2...the caps come off with some prying and hot water to expand the plastic. Use NAIL CUTTER OR TINY SHAPR SCISSORS to NIP the inside of the cap, you can see the bits that prevents you from unscrewing it. Then you can refill bottle. I clean houses and have a swiffer with my cleaning stuff and it really is fast when cleaning all those dang bathrooms and easy to transport. Your Welcome.
Love how you guys give us tips on cleaning the cleaners! Like dishwasher filter basket and optimizing the WS towels! Hannah what is the status of the bun in your oven?!!! Share!
Hugs, Michael Albuquerque NM USA
I love your work. Thank you!
For countertop spray that disinfects, I mix vinegar with rubbing alcohol and a drop or 2 of dish soap
What’s the ingredient ratio? Thank you!
@@Wazzaaap About equal parts vinegar and rubbing alcohol
I feel so validated right now. I bought the B&D vac a week ago, confirming that my taste in hand-held vacs is impeccable. I've been pretty impressed with its suction. I just hope it lasts.
I use baking soda in the kitchen to remove stains in the sink, counter and stove top. It is mildly abrasive without scratching. My mother used to sprinkle baking soda under her stove top so that it absorbed any liquid spills and was easy to wipe up. Thanks for this. I have added most of the items to my Amazon cart and I have been thinking about getting them but hadn't done the research. Saves me a lot of time.
Bought the O Cedar on this recommendation and review from America's Test Kitchen. The demonstration was so convincing I added it to my Amazon cart immediately. When Prime Day came along I was excited to add it to my many purchases shipping to Belize.
After 3 uses it clogged and now I AM STUCK WITH IT because I live in Belize. The pads work great, I love that they are reusable. The mop head is a nice large size allowing you to scrub a much larger area than the Swiffer mops.
I ordered extra pads because again, I live in Belize and it's not easy to have things shipped here; also nice to have different pads for the bathrooms.
Since the spray function no longer works, I just mix my cleaning solution, vinegar, and water in the bottle, sprinkle it on the floors, and mop them that way. I am really surprised because I have not gotten a bad recommendation from ATK. Not worth the money!
Using the bottle brush to clean the salad spinners is brilliant!
I really like the O’cedar mop. I use it weekly on the traffic pattern from the garage, through the kitchen, and to the dining room.
However, the Velcro wears out over time. And so the mop head comes off.
Thank you, ladies!
Great information, as always! 😊
Thank You for all your hard work
Ever consider including planet friendly requirement for your products? Such as less plastic, longer lasting? I really liked the vinegar cleaning option.
Thank you for the towel review as I’ve been viewing the ones y’all use for awhile.
If you like swifter, you can use three layers of paper towel to replace the custom cloth. Spray it to get the wet effect. Some dollar stores even sell the cloth at … a dollar.
Referring to the kitchen towels, I’ve been surprised how many towels are minimum 80% polyester, which doesn’t absorb liquids.
I have that O'Cedar mop and really like how it performs
Great tips.
I rinse my dishes off before I put them into the dishwasher. My Dad did and it’s a habit. I clean my dish washer with cleaner once a month on a cycle with out dishes in there.
@Jj K yes you are correct. I am not as bad as I used to be.
Last dish washer never cleans coffee cups very well nor dried dished very well. This dish is good .
When we got it I was hesitant at first . But decided to try a test to see if coffee cups get clean . Rinsed out cup just water but not clean ran through cycle when did dishes and it was clean.
What a difference this dish washer is.
I liked how many things were addressed with the Topics, .. I NEVER used Swiffer Wet Jet, the cleaning solution is actually Toxic, especially to pets. ..I'm sure some people don't know this. Also. NEVER used Self Cleaning on an oven. ..I prefer Vintage Appliances, so if I did have a " self cleaning " oven prior to having Vintage Appliances, I never used thst feature... cleaned it myself.
My Grandmother taught me the uses of Whute Vinegsr ,when I was a Teenager, and I always have 2 to 3 gallons of Vinegar on hand ....will also unclog the toilet if necessary.
I use those Bottle brushes for so much ,I have several for certain cleaning tasks.
This is an older post but SWIFFER WET JET IS NOT TOXIC TO PETS. This is according to the aspca. This is a 20 year old false claim.
I am surprised baking soda did not get a mention as one of the cleaning tools. It works great on removing stains without much of the harsh chemicals.
We need MORE gearheads!!!
Use a squeeze bottle for liquid hand and dish soap. Dispenses as much or as little as you need, and buy the soap in bulk bottles
Another problem with mops are the constant redesigns that make the changeable components obsolete. Create a strong sturdy design that isn’t a money pit.
I use a steamer to clean the oven, works great, and has no fumes.
Nice sell. I just added that O'Cedar mop to my cart.
kitchen towels feel like the best place to go all white so you can just use bleach. They aren't as pretty, for sure, but the sanitizing and bleaching power you can get from bleach on white is pretty unmatched in the laundry world. Do they make them in all white, I wonder? Though if you don't care about them looking pretty anyway, i'd throw them in blue and red or no. They'll be all white eventually.
I've literally always used a rag or microfiber cloth on my (hand me down) swiffers - got the velco kind and little pinch holes kind, they work fine.
I've written down several recs from this one either for myself or for others to send. Keep them coming and thanks!
Lisa, you are terrific as always. Thank you.
Bun in the oven!!! Congratulations!!!
Favorite cleaning tip: use vinegar as a fabric softener. Try it. I use it after every wash!
I’d love for you to review regular vacuum cleaners and regular mops.
Thanks for helping us choose the best products. I've become a sort of a shopoholic in a good way
I have one of those ninja 9 feature air fryer toaster oven. The bottom drops out for easy access but I still have trouble cleaning around the heating elements. Loved the video
The absolute best cleaner I have found for my kitchen is Krud Kutter Kitchen Degreaser. That stuff works wonders!
Y'all test that out for me, will ya?
YES!! I came here to say the same thing. Krud Kutter is amazing! Like Fantastic on steroids. I use it on dishes/cookware that need a little extra oomph, along with a melamine sponge (such as a Mr. Clean eraser sponge). Great for getting coffee/tea stains out of cups/coffee pot. Also use it (with sponge) to clean the stovetop, or (with paper towels) to spot clean the floor around the cat dishes, etc. The bottle of Krud Kutter never gets put away, but has a permanent home next to my sink along with the dish detergent.
Thank you in particular for teaching about natural products to clean a drain (or a toilet) bicarb and vinegar. would like to know more of these, as important for our environment...what do you suggest for cleaning a concrete floor in. a kitchen that has not been sealed?
I really think the dust pan takes really good care of small clean up’s.
I’m still on the fence about spray mops. Since you’re using cleaner on the floor, doesn’t the residue left from the cleaning solution cause dirt to stick onto the floor? I have a steam mop that I got for the purpose of having really hot water to clean the floors. I feel like there’s no better cleaner than really hot water. But I will say that a a steam mop needs to be plugged in, and it’s ao much more clunky than a spray mop. I think I prefer it though
I always learn more from your videos!
I never thought to stop up the drain when I did a vinegar/baking soda clean. I usually do this when I clean my coffee maker: I simply pour the hot vinegar=water mix onto the baking soda in drain.
I agree about the swiffer I had one for awhile worked ok, time for a new one suppose to be the do all and end all, the solution would not even come out of the spray area I tried all kinds of things to make it work, just was a POS. It has now made its way to the dump.
When testing cordless vacuums. Please tell us if the battery is still good after 6 months.
They should be. I've had 2 of the Dustbusters and while the batteries did eventually fail, they did so over several years. One was purchased new in box at an estate sale I think over 30 years ago and eventually failed many, many years later and when I replaced it, bought one new that was the wet/dry version and I forget exactly what happened but it did last many years too.
Teach people about cuban mops! Cedar-o ain't got nuthin on a bar towel and a scrubbing brush on a long handle.
We've got the Dust Buster. So handy to grab and do a quick clean up.
Love the gear videos with Hannah & Lisa! Definitely have gotten a few of the products they recommended 👍
Me too. And of all the videos they are they are the ones I'm mostly to watch immediately and again. 😃
Thank you! I trust & appreciate your reviews.😊
One of the best cleaning tricks I saw recently was by chef Jean Pierre right here on TH-cam: clean your stainless steel with an abrasive cleaner like Ajax! It makes scrubbing messes easy, but even better if you like your kitchen things to look good, they develop a beautiful patina over the years.
Edit: it won't stay shiny, but it probably wouldn't anyway. That's where "patina" comes in. Also, this is for cookware, not appliances! We have a lot of stainless bowls and cookware, and I've been doing this for a month or so and they are now always clean and lovely to look at and a pleasure to use.
@Jj K Bar Keepers Friend is a much better choice for making beloved stainless/enameled cast iron look beautiful for decades. Scouring powders like Ajax and Comet contain bleach that will eventually cause discoloration or dull the finish.
Manufacturers such as All Clad recommend Bar Keeper's Friend for their stainless steel cookware. I've been using it for years on my saute pan, and it works great! Especially on the brushed or satin-finished parts (interior, and bottom/exterior). I use it sparingly on the mirror-finished parts, such as the exterior of the lid, and exterior sides, to prevent the possibility of very fine scratches. I've had some pretty severe burnt on disasters, but you'd never know it after using BKF.
Shout out to your cleaning staff! 😎 Great work! 😊