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Review of Oxo Good Grips Roller Mop & Microfibre Extendable Duster

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Roller Mop
Oxo Good Grips Roller Mop

I was really pleased when I was asked if I would review some cleaning products for Oxo, indeed I was like kid in a sweet shop trying to decide what I’d like to review! In the end I plumped for the Roller Mop because although I do like my current one it’s heads seem to wear out really quickly as the sponge is so open and porous. Then, as I have lots of hard to reach places that I end up having to use the vacuum cleaner on, I chose the Microfibre Extendable Duster. So then I had to find a way of conveying the usage of these items as snap shots were not really going to cut the mustard with a cleaning review, so I decided to make a video – yep sacrificing my dignity for the enhancement of your knowledge, I hope you appreciate my selflessness here as I do hate the sound of my own voice contrary to my family’s belief!

Oxo Good Grips Microfiber Extendable Duster
Oxo Good Grips Microfiber Extendable Duster

The Roller Mop features non-slip handles for easy wringing and can absorb 450 mls of water. There are scrubbing stips on the mop head which look really robust and there is also a bulit in antibacterial treatment to stop bacterial growth and odours. Durable rollers squeeze the water out of the mop and to change the head you just push the wringing handle forward. The mop retails at £25. I found the mop much lighter than my current mop even though it is bigger, due to the aluminium pole. The mop head is also bigger and therefore the time spent cleaning the floor is reduced. My only niggle was that the floor didn’t seem as dry after washing with my old mop but I probably didn’t plunge the wringing handle enough to fully dry the mop head (I was making a video after all!) I do think that the mop head looks like it will last much longer than my old mop head and the scrubbing strips were really good on stubborn stains on the floor. The Microfibre Extendable Duster has an aluminium light weight body and a 270° lockable angled head so that you can dust on one side and when dirty flip over so that you can use the other side. You can lock the duster in the vertical position to clean ceiling vents or at a right angle to clean on top of book shelves etc. The microfiber duster is detachable and washable in a washing machine but I think a good shaking outside will suffice for a long time! I loved using this duster to getting in between the struts on my staircase and is excellent for skirting and all the hard to reach places that otherwise only a vacuum can reach. Having put my back out once using my mother’s vacuum cleaner to vacuum her cornices, I think this telescopic duster with its reach of 137 cm/54″ is a god send. It’s like a feather duster only it absorbs the dust rather than spreading it everywhere! The duster is priced at £15.

 

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  4. Dkp

    I hate dusting. Even after I clean another layer seems to settle. I need some kind of extractor fan that sucks in dust in a room

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  14. Rosie D

    Cleaning the oven! How does it get into that state? And the smell from heating up curries in the microwave! ewwwe

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  15. Victoria Peake

    the worst chore in my opinion is definitely the manual cleaning aspect of cleaning surfaces and bathrooms! i would invent some sort of auto scrubber!

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  17. Antonia Rookley

    Erm… housework… all of it!! Especially cleaning the laminate floors and windows too!

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  21. Renate Kriegler Edwards

    worst place in my house to clean is my desk! not just untidy but filthy. UGH. always leave it till last; often never get to it… :-/

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  22. Emma Smith

    I absolutely detest changing the beds, especially ours as the duvet is super kingsize – why did I buy that?!?!?!

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  26. Helenthemadex

    I hate changing the bed, its superking size so the bedding is heavy I need to climb straight into bed after making it Im so tired

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  30. kellyjo walters

    my entire house is natural original floor boards that are varnished so needs to be moped every day to keep up the shine!

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  37. Ceri Sell

    I’d like a gadget that will follow my children around, picking things up as they drop them and putting things away when they’re finished with them! Would make my life much easier!

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  46. Ali Roberts

    Changing the bedsheets – I can never get the duvet to sit evenly in the bedding, it’s so frustrating!

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  51. Ruth Grover

    Dusting..for some reason I hate dusting. You know once you have it looking nice..it won’t last !

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  56. Tammy Tudor

    ironing! There needs to be a machine where you put the clothes in one end and they come out ironed out the other end – if only!

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  61. Katie Harmer

    Cleaning the fridge – I hate it! Someone needs to invent a self-cleaning fridge. Oh, and a proper self defrosting freezer. I have one of the those and it absolutely does not.

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  63. Emily Clark

    I HATE cleaning the shower. There should be a ‘shower bomb’ you can place inside, close the door and wait for the cleaning power to explode all over the place instead of having to scrub and scrub for hours on end!

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  66. Joanne Mapp

    I always wear gloves when doing the household chores. I would love someone to invent a pair which were breathable, waterproof, thin and extremely hard wearing. Is that too much to ask? And as for jobs I hate, it has to be the washing up as it’s never ending

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  69. sarah pearce

    anything that involves grease/oil,hated it since i was pregnant with my eldest 15 years ago!!!!

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  81. Alice Beaumont

    Changing the beds!
    I’m short so I struggle to make it look neat and tidy without having to get on the bed!

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  82. Jane English

    IRONING! I hate it.
    My mother in law used to iron the towel, socks everything & I always felt intimitaded by this, My husband, used to, expect all his underwear ironed – he soon got the idea that that was definately a no no unless he was going to do it himself! LOL

    I wished I lived nearer my daughter as she loves ironing & I’d gladly pay her to do ours.

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  89. Sarah Corbett

    Ironing is my pet hate too. There should be a new gadget to Iron shirts – they are the WORST!

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  93. SW Lee

    I hate cleaning the bathroom – a lot of bending over so not good for my back, and I just don’t like touching the toilet, even with rubber gloves on!

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  95. Christine Lockley

    There are two jobs I absolutely detest doing at home and they are the ironing and cleaning the windows, hubby has bought a window vac so has declared the windows are his, now if I could find a way to convince him to do the ironing too that would be great. I tend to watch a crime/thriller/drama while ironing to make my time go quicker – makes it seem like less of a chore if Im watching something good.

    Thanks for the chance to win x

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  98. Jackie ONeill

    I hate cleaning the toilet, apart from getting someone else to do I’m not sure what gadget could do!

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  100. Shelley Jessup

    I dislike cleaning the oven, my head isnt made for sticking in an oven & scrubbing at the same time!!!

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  106. Clare Webb

    I absolutely hate trying to dry the clothes! Love washing, love having washing on the line in the nice weather, but during the winter and miserable days there is washing drying all over the house and I hate it! I actually get excited when the sun is out because it means I can dry stuff outside!!

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  108. Fran Light

    I hate ironing. I’m tall, and even though I have a special ‘extra high’ ironing board, I find my back aches after just five minutes ironing – I’d LOVE a gadget that you could put clothes in and seconds later they’d come out crease free!

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  110. Euphoriabuzz

    Cleaning the toilet is the worst chore for me by far. A self cleaning loo would be a real winner.

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  111. Euphoriabuzz

    I use the hoover to keep dust at bay but it is heavy so this may well be an option for someone like me with poor grip.

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  119. paul baker

    i hate having to scrub the mould from our damp walls we have to do it on a monthly basis and its a nightmare 🙁

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  128. Lora

    yep cleaning the over does it for me too. It would be nice if they invented a super spray that actually worked like the adverts show, where all the grease just wipes away with one quick little spray.

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  134. Aimee R

    I hate cleaning the toilet, so any gadget that would make that easier and less off-putting, I would buy it!

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  139. Catherine Reynolds

    I hate folding the clothes and putting them back into the drawers nocely. Weird as I don’t mind the washing, drying, ironing part!

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  141. Caroline H

    I hate vacuuming. I didn’t mind it at all with our little old basic model but when it died we splashed out on an expensive new one which I find heavy and awkward and I hate it (but having spent all that money I can’t justify getting rid of it!).

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  157. sian hallewell

    Ironing, so happy with my tumble drier which makes ironing almost non exsistant these days

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  163. Hilda Hazel Wright

    I don’t dislike any cleaning job, I think of it all as a free workout without having to pay for gym membership…and the more effort I have to put in the more calories I’m burning! I suppose the only thing I dislike is having wet hands for too long as my skin is terrible and I’m not struck on rubber gloves.

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  168. L Bunning

    I hate cleaning the vacuum cleaner filters!! Mine are supposed to be gently tapped outside to remove dust etc….the reality is that I get covered in muck!! No idea how to get over this other than to buy another vacuum to clean the filters…and the cycle begins again…aaaggggg.

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  170. Debbie Stanley

    Hoovering, I really hate it, dragging the hoover all over the house and up the stairs and back down again

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  179. rachel ringwood

    I really do not look forward to cleaning the windows the most and also trying to battle to reach the cobwebs on the staircase as the ceiling is soo high up and nothing i buy is long enough to reach 🙁

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  181. Louise G

    My worst chore is the ironing, however I do use it as a chance to catch up with TV programs I haven’t been able to watch during the week

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  183. valerie mccarthy

    I hate ironing and dusting. Ironing is back breaking and tiring. I wish there was a machine to hang clothes on a hanger that steams out the wrinkles for me. I don’t like dusting because I have asthma and sometimes when the dust flies in the air it hits me in the face which can trigger an attack. I wish there was a system that would collect all the dust in a vacuum system around the house for me.

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  188. liz denial

    I’d love someone to invent a stepstool which starts off on the ground then elevates mechanically as I’m disabled & cant step on a normal stool to reach my cupboards

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  191. Katherine L

    I don’t really enjoy dusting … It’s hard to get it all and it flies everywhere even with the best of tools!

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  194. Marie Clifton

    My worst chore is definitely washing up. I just find it boring and it seems to take me forever

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  197. Carol Bevitt

    I hate dusting and the aching arms trying to reach difficult spots. That extendable duster with the ability to angle the head would reach all those awkward places I currently need to use the hoover’s extension tube for. But anything that makes cleaning easier, I’m in favour of.

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  199. Anne-Marie Carlin

    Cleaning the toilet seat…especially with 2 boys in the house. They need to make a self-cleaning toilet seat!

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  200. Jane Adams

    I don’t enjoy cleaning mirrors because they always seem to streak no matter what I use to clean them.

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  201. Donna Sadler

    Cleaning the loo frustrates me! lol Everyone now has to spray cleaner and wipe the bowl every day! I occasionally wretch when cleaning just thinking about it lol we need to invent a self cleaning loo please! lol

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  204. Fridge Forager

    The chore I most despise is ironing, and it is the reason I buy clothes that don’t need ironing. Second to this is dusting the bookcases; removing 900+ books, dusting and replacing.

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  205. Emma T

    Any cleaning chore is horrendous in our house – toilets (because we agreed they’d be OH’s job when I moved in, but I still seem to do them even though he’s the one that’s messy in the bathrooms), vacuuming would be ok although as soon as I do it, there’re bits from the farm & wood brought in.

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  206. Mary Ballard (@yellowcumbrian)

    Hate cleaning the kitchen floor so glad to see a solution to make it easier

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  211. Janice

    Fun to see you doing your housework and hear your voice. I agree about the duster, it’s a gem with the angled head. I’ll not enter the giveaway as I have the duster and my husband likes to clean the wooden kitchen floor with a cloth – so I let him, ha ha!

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    • Camilla

      Oh my goodness, your husband cleans the floor, I’m so jealous! The duster doesn’t know what it’s in for I’ve spotted lots of dust on the edge of my kitchen cabinet which I’m going to tackle next:-)

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  215. katie skeoch

    putting the clothes away after the washing, drying & ironing!! But I suppose we have it easier than our mums & grannies 🙂

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  219. Patricia

    Cleaning the windows. I never seem to get a perfect result.

    I watched a demo at an Ideal Home Exhibition of a magnet double sided window cleaning gadget . The demonstrator showed how it magically glided over the window and there wasn’t a streak to be seen. I paid my £20. Well a) the magnet is so strong it could easily break my clumsy fingers in a second and b) what a Wally I am – I forgot we have decorative lead strips on the outside of the windows – guaranteed to prevent any glide!

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  226. Lynne OConnor

    I hate cleaning the bathroom. In a family of boys with a poor aim, the area around the toilet is not a pleasant experience.

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  228. tamalyn roberts

    i hate cleaning the bathroom and cleaning the oven, an oven blaster would be fab, like a little bath bomb that you threw in and it disintegrated all the dirt lol

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  230. Lorraine Carter

    cleaning the oven/grill pan -hate anything involving greasy gunk and try to avod it , which probably is why iy gets left till it really needs doing!

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  231. angela - Garden Tea Cakes and Me

    Tiles in the bathroom, being on the short side I absolutely hate cleaning tiles although I love to see them shine and limescale free.

    Angela

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  234. Wendy Barbe

    I go with oven cleaning too. Hate it with a passion. Something should be invented where you can heat a pan of something in the oven and it will clean ALL the gunk and fat off everything inside, i.e. racks, walls, elements and glass door. Now wouldn’t that be great??

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  237. Gillian Holmes

    Anything involving bathroom gunge, I think the underside of the toilet seat is the one I approach with least enthusiasm

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  238. Gerri Tennant

    A large bag like a suit carrier where you can hang clothes press a button and steam makes the creases drop out. Simplifies ironing – especially the fiddly bits.

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