Sophia Martinez

We tested eight pool solar covers over a full season in two climates – a cool, humid backyard in Michigan and a hot, dry yard in Arizona – to find the models that actually hold heat at night and survive more than one summer. A solar pool cover is a polyethylene blanket covered in thousands … Read more

Testing chlorine levels every single morning gets old fast. I know because I spent two summers doing exactly that before I wised up and started using automatic pool chemical dispensers. These devices sit in your pool or plumb into your return line and steadily release chlorine or bromine so you don’t have to babysit your … Read more

I tested 10 of the top-selling above ground pool ladders side-by-side over six weeks, climbing in and out of a 52-inch pool dozens of times with my wife, our two kids, and a 230-pound neighbor. The best pool ladders for above ground pools in are the Confer Step-1X for all-around durability, the Confer 6000X if … Read more

Finding the best floor scrubbers for home use can feel overwhelming with so many options flooding the market. After testing and comparing dozens of models over the past three months, our team narrowed it down to eight standout machines that actually deliver on their promises. Whether you’re battling pet hair on tile, stuck-on kitchen grease, … Read more

Our team has spent the last three months testing eight of the top commercial floor scrubbers on real restaurant floors, warehouse aisles, and retail back rooms to find out which machines actually deliver on their promises. The best commercial floor scrubbers for businesses cut cleaning labor by roughly 80 percent compared to mop-and-bucket routines, dry … Read more

Cleaning high windows used to mean climbing a ladder, hiring a window service, or simply living with grime-covered glass. The best window cleaning robots for high windows change that equation completely – they adhere to the glass, navigate on their own, and let you clean upstairs and exterior windows from the safety of the floor. … Read more

Tile floors look gorgeous the day they’re installed, but keeping that fresh-out-of-the-showroom sheen takes work. I have spent the last few months running every kind of mop across my kitchen and bathroom tile, and the difference between a quick swipe and a true deep clean comes down to one thing: heat. Steam mops push 200 … Read more

Grout stains are one of the most stubborn cleaning challenges in any home. After testing dozens of handheld steam cleaners across bathroom tile, kitchen backsplash, and entryway grout lines, I can tell you that not all steamers are equal when it comes to blasting out embedded grime. The best handheld steam cleaners for grout combine … Read more

If you’ve ever spent an entire Saturday dragging a pressure washer wand back and forth across your driveway, only to end up with ugly tiger stripes and sore arms, you already know why a surface cleaner changes everything. We’ve tested and compared dozens of models over the years, and a good pressure washer surface cleaner … Read more

I gave my engagement ring back to my wife looking duller than a butter knife. The jeweler cleaned it in about 90 seconds with a machine that hummed like a small electric shaver and sent the ring back looking like the day I proposed. That machine was an ultrasonic cleaner, and I bought one the … Read more