A SPRING CLEAN SETUP

Take the strain out of spring cleaning your home with our pick of time-saving, dust-busting tech

Take the strain out of cleaning your home with epic dust-busting tech

THE READER Carla Morris Carla wants to do a big spring clean and is looking for easy to use, lightweight tech that either does the cleaning for her (and does it well), or tackles the jobs she hates the most.

1 IROBOT ROOMBA i7+ Tick hoovering off your to-do list. The Roomba i7+ harnesses Imprint Smart Mapping to learn the layout of your home, so your only job is to program a cleaning schedule within the Roomba app – your robot buddy will do the rest. Aside from powerful suction, what sets the i7+ apart is its Clean Base Automatic Dirt Disposal system. Once full, the vac offloads its cargo directly into the Clean Base, which only needs emptying every 30 loads. £899, shop.irobot.co.uk 2 SONICSCRUBBER If Doctor Who needed to deep clean the TARDIS, she’d definitely use a Sonic Scrubber. This handheld powerhouse delivers 10,000 oscillations per minute through a choice of five cleaning heads to swiftly uproot grime, tackling everywhere from your bath, oven and fridge, to underloved areas like shower heads and that bit you missed behind the kitchen tap (don’t worry, we won’t tell). £18, sonicscrubber.co.uk

3 DYSON PURE COOL DESK

While your intentions are good, the chemicals in the cleaning products you use to freshen up your pad only add to the pollutants already clogging up the air in your home. Fire up Dyson’s desktop purifier to remove 99.5% of ultra-fine airborne particles, circulate healthy air and maintain that spring clean sheen all year round. £399, dyson.co.uk THE EXPERT Chris Barnes Tech journalist Chris loves nothing better than cleaning his house. So much so, he recently took on a T3 challenge to see if tech was a match for his elbow grease (it was).

4 KÄRCHER WINDOW VAC

There are just two simple steps standing between you and gleaming glass with the ace Window Vac. To begin, give your windows, mirrors or tiles a wipe down with Kärcher’s fancy cleaning solution using the supplied microfibre cloth. Then, marvel as the handheld Vac sucks away the dirty water and removes all streaks. You’ll be done in minutes. £50, kaercher.com/uk

5 Vax Steam Fresh Power Cleaner Plus

Hard floors need love too, but mopping can be back-breaking work. The solution? Steam! The Vax Steam Fresh power mop attacks dirt with a mix of detergent and hot steam to annihilate bacteria and leave your floors looking and smelling like new. There’s also a handheld mode for smaller jobs such as cleaning your oven, or you can fit the extension to tackle pesky out-of-reach spots. £99, vax.co.uk

6 SHARK CORDLESS HANDHELD VAC

While the Roomba i7+ can take care of your floors, it can’t navigate into those high-up and hard-to-reach spots like stairs or spider-y shelves. Buddy it up with the always-ready Shark Cordless Handheld Vac and dust and dirt won’t stand a chance. Shark’s rechargeable device comes with dual batteries, meaning double the suckage time. £179, sharkclean.eu/uk

“A spoonful of tech helps the cleaning go much, much faster…”

Claire Davies, Senior Content Editor