Yes, there were a few corners where I actually had to go back with the vacuum hose and finish cleaning out the corners, but I could not get over how good they look. The wand was easy to use, but shortening the handle wasn't as easy as pushing a button or standing farther away. Degree Rotation] The dust mop can be rotated 360 degrees, and the bottom plate can be cleaned at any angle. Use wet or dry, the textured fibers on the cleaning pad traps and locks dirt leaving your surfaces clean!

Even if you commit to cleaning these areas regularly, it's a grueling process that requires getting on your hands and knees to scrub the perimeter of your home. It helps to clean more easily and quickly, especially in higher or lower places, such as ceilings and interior glass door bottoms. However, the thing that makes the Baseboard Buddy good at what it does is also what made me slightly frustrated with it. After a few days, it arrived on our doorstep, and we were ready to introduce our baseboards to their new friend. I found that using it wet helped not only pick up dust, dirt, and pet hair even better than the dry fibers did, but the cleaning head seemed to “stick” to the baseboard better slightly better, reducing the problem with excessive swiveling.

Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). From there, we tested it on the window, a door frame, and a corner to see if it could be effectively maneuvered in tight spaces. We have a decent-sized home, so scrubbing on your hands and knees for the entire house not only was painful [and] exhausting, but also time consuming.

A good tip for cleaning baseboards is to spray warm water onto the towel or pad you're using to wipe so that it removes all grime and dust.And it’s all attached to a long handle to make it easier to reach way up or down to your moldings and baseboards.

One reviewer wrote that they simply walk around their house with the pad every few days to keep baseboards looking brand new. What's more, they said it's also an excellent tool for cleaning above the door frames, along the ceiling, and even their central air conditioning vents.Only places it hasn’t worked as well are on the few baseboards that actually needs to be replaced because of their bad shape and lots of bumps - So, the baseboards are the ones to blame, not the tool. At any given moment, the baseboards in my house are more likely to be filthy than pristine: They have pet hair and a film of dust on them and, (I’m embarrassed to admit) even some food splatters near our table. We also didn't like that the cleaning head wasn't very flexible, as we had to force it to turn from a horizontal to a vertical orientation.

All you need to do is rinse the microfiber pads after cleaning and collapse the handle for easy storage. While you can clean your baseboards with a microfiber cloth and some water or wood cleaner, crawling around your home cleaning molding is nobody's idea of fun, which is why we imagine many people don't do it (us included). A realtor recently told me that the very first thing she tells prospective sellers is to make sure their baseboards are clean. In terms of positives, the tool performed great while wet and dry, but wetting the cleaning surface is a must for effective "one sweep" cleaning (it even suggests this in the manual). The cleaning pad fit securely as soon as I pressed it against the baseboard, but as I began to walk and move it along, the swiveling action of the tool made me feel like I had to hold the handle just so to maintain maximum contact between the cleaning head and the baseboard.Baseboard Buddy’s adjustable handle helps you reach up high to crown molding, across door casings, and down to baseboards without having to climb on furniture or bend into awkward positions. First, we decided to attack the bottom molding of the home to see if the Baseboard Buddy was all that easy to use.