It’s Almost Spring Cleaning Season—Here Are the Best New Cleaning Products of 2023

I’m almost convinced there is some actual magical aspect to this wood cleaner, because that’s the only logical way to explain how it cleans so well, smells so good, and yet is free of harsh chemicals—or rather, that’s a totally illogical way to explain it, but still. This stuff lifts dirt, makes wood shine, and leaves behind a delightfully subtle aroma that’s herby and sweet.

This thick paste is one of the best cleaners I’ve ever found for some of the most stubborn spots in the home, including shower floors, food-caked pots and pans, and grill grates. I usually grab a glob of the stuff with my fingers, spread it generously over the area to be cleaned, then get after it with a scrub brush and a bit of water. Once I rinse the resulting white film away, like-new cleanness is the reward.

Yes, this cleaning spray has a pretty strong odor (vinegar)—let’s get that out of the way. The scent isn’t exactly unpleasant, but it’s not… pleasant, either. But the odor clears quickly, leaving behind streak-free glass even if there were some pretty stubborn hard water stains. We also use it on quartz countertops, and believe me, they shine after we use this stuff.

This is the best scrub brush we have ever used—it’s one of those cleaning tools that you know you’ll replace with the exact same product once the current one wears out. Durable, rugged, and with a bristle pattern perfect for grout, angles, and corners, and with a thick wooden handle that allows a solid grip, it’s the scrub brush perfected. Pair this with some Lift on grout or Scour on a shower floor, and the clean is real.

Somewhere between the paper towel and the rag, you will find the Multi-Surface Towel from Nimbus. These durable towels are made from sustainable bamboo and can be used and washed dozens of times (40 is the count the company gives— ours have not been washed nearly that much yet, but I’ll keep you posted), so they reduce the waste of paper towels. Yet, they are disposable (and compostable), so after a particularly nasty cleanup, you can just toss ‘em.

If you have cats, dogs, rabbits, or any other hairy pets, and you have carpets, upholstered furniture, and/or linens, you need this thing. It lifts pet (and person) hair out of just about any fabric with just a pass or two. Affordable, reliable, and just plain excellent.

All but odorless, free of alcohol, bleach, or ammonia, and made from natural ingredients safe enough that we use them on food prep surfaces, these wipes are a must for the kitchen. Plus, they’re OK to use for the bathroom, playroom, bedrooms, den, and office, too, but it’s near foodstuffs that they really shine.

Look, there in my closet! It’s a mop! It’s a vacuum! It’s… a floor cleaner! Tineco’s newest floor cleaners are just excellent pieces of hardware. This wet/dry cleaner can slurp up anything from a spilled bowl of cat food (we know this all too well) to crumbs and wet bits from dinner (this as well) to spilled sauces, jams, or jellies (those too) to, well, pretty much anything you’d expect to find on a kitchen floor that you don’t want on a kitchen floor. And thanks to sensors and a screen atop the unit, you get real-time data on the cleaning process, with the display glowing red when an area is soiled and changing to blue when it has been cleaned.