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11+ Cleaning Tools For People Who Hate Getting Their Hands Dirty

When it comes to maintaining your home, there are few things more uncomfortable than having gross gunk touch your bare hands.

So, let's skip that. Let's get creative. Let's find products that have handles, that reach where you can't, and that will do all the work for you.

Welcome to the future.

And while we're at it...

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Let's have the dishwasher clean itself, too. Because you don't deserve to have to keep smelling that stale, gross air that seems to permeate it. Get some pods here.

Wipe down that microwave with...

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A scrubber with a handle! Never accidentally get your fingers anywhere near old food again. Ew. Get this genius invention that I actually have in my cart right here.

You know what, let's clean out that washing machine, too.

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Because I think we all know water build-up can start to stink that thing up, too. Throw a cleaning tablet in there and let the machine wash itself!

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This AMAZING electric scrubber.

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I think we all know I included this picture due to the hilarity of a kid actually helping clean. Can you imagine?

Anyway, this spinning electric scrubber cleans grout, tile, wood — you name it, it'll clean it. Get it here.

Use an extendable shower scrubber.

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This is great for cleaning those hard-to-reach areas in a shower, and will also save you from having to climb inside the tub to clean it. What? Some of us are short and have to do things like that!

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This touchless vacuum remains the thing I most wish I could steal from my mom.

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If you've got $100 to spare and are tired of dust pans, may I pitch a touchless vacuum to you? Simply sweep your dust piles into it and it sucks it all up. Nice.

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Play guitar with your broom while you sweep.

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Sorry, I have no idea what the hell that picture is, but it was too good not to include. Anyway, the POINT here is to sweep dust into a pan that you don't have to hold! Because it has a long handle! Neat.

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This crazy cool window cleaner that I need to buy.

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It's a little robot that climbs your windows and cleans them for you! This is GREAT for apartment dwellers whose building refuses to clean the windows (it's me, I'm the apartment dweller).

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This fur remover broom is a must for pet owners.

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It has rubber bristles all along that bottom that will catch the smallest hair clumps your pet can produce. You know, right before they roll everywhere and get your newly cleaned floors furry again.

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The longest duster I've ever seen.

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I'm pretty sure this bad boy could reach mars. This dust brush has a retractable handle that allows you to pull dust out from really hard to reach places.

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A tool to clean those dusty blinds.

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Because we all know cleaning those bendy things is a huge pain in the butt. This tool closes down on blinds and uses a microfibre cloth to grab the dust. When you're done, slide the cloth off and throw it in the wash!

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A UV sterilizer wand.

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For those things that you need to disinfect, but don't really want to touch. The UV sterilizes surfaces without you using cleaning compounds! It's ideal for killing bacteria.

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Put this angry mama to work in your microwave.

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Fill her with 2/3 and 1/3 lemon, stick her in the microwave, and cook her up for five-eight minutes. Watch the gross stuff in your microwave loosen up for easy cleaning! Get her here.

("But I have to hold a cloth!" You protest. Hold your horses, I have something for that.)

Or check out this more budget-friendly option.

The Grommet

Is it a robot? No. Does it still get the job done? Heck yeah! This magnetic window cleaner relies on you to move it, but you won't have to touch the gross part.

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