Not being a domestic Goddess I have for some reason recently been on a spree of buying all this new-fangled crap that is suppose to make cleaning easier for me. Quite a bit of the stuff I’ve bought has just delighted me… but the Lysol Ready Brush Toilet Cleaning System has found me mumbling profanities that I didn’t even know I knew. Loudly, and repeatedly.
First off, this Toilet Cleaning System comes in umm 4 pieces. One is the base to stand the thing in so just toss that one on the floor there, right by that trash can. You’ll know why in a minute. Just do it.
Now grab the part with the bristled brush on it and that can of cleaning foam. Put the cleaning foam can into the brush part. DO NOT PUSH THE CAN DOWN TO LOCK IT IN. Just don’t. See, I’m used to anything that has a solution as part of it to have to be pushed in to break a seal or something… apparently that isn’t the case with this and I just spent 10 minutes cleaning solution off the walls, shower, sink, and mirror… ahem. OK, now slide the top of the handle over the brush part, covering the can of foam. What do ya mean it won’t fit? Well just keep fiddling with it. Cussing a bit seems to help. Eventually it will go on, I promise. If you have Lupus/RA like me, your hands will be throbbing by the time you get this seemingly simple item together… but it will go together with enough determination.
After you take a 15 minute break to get your composure back, let’s hit the toilet and see if this puppy was worth all that silly effort… err no. It really wasn’t. You shake it to mix the solution, then push down on the little blue dealie while pulling the trigger to dispense the foam into the toilet. Watch out, it comes out fast and you could go through an entire can rapidly if you aren’t careful.
Now, the foam stuff does have a nice, fresh scent to it. I’ll give them that much. It does cling to the sides of the bowl rather nicely too. The brush, while sturdy and substantial, does not easily get up under the rim though… and that’s the part you really want it to get to, innit? I mean, it does clean rather well, except for that one part… but man, that was a lot of work to go through and the only difference between this Lysol Ready Brush Toilet Cleaning System and a regular toilet brush is that this one holds the cleaner in one unit, and the regular brush will get under the rim when this one won’t… plus you can only use those exact Lysol foam cans in the damn thing.
I may be performing blasphemy here, but I gotta tell ya that I much prefer the Clorox cleaning solutions and I do think their toilet bowl solution works way better than this Lysol foam.
Then you have to consider that I will have to wrestle with this freakin devil’s spawn every time I need to replace the can of cleaning foam.. umm no. Ain’t gonna happen. Luckily I had a $3 coupon so this $9.99 item only cost me (meaning The Male Head of Household) 7 bucks.
One star, and into the trash it goes just as soon as the can of foam is empty. Stay away from this one.
