T3 - UK (2020-04)

HEALTHY

KITCHEN

TECH

BUST THE DUST

24 T3 APRIL 2020

Horizon

THE BIG SPRING CLEAN

Your home needs a deep clean at least once a year, and for most

people this is the big spring clean. Claire Davies picks the right tech

Spring cleaning tasks vary depending on

who you ask, but they usually include your

standard house chores (vacuuming,

dusting, mopping floors), plus turfing

out and reorganising cupboards, deep-

cleaning the fridge and washing windows.

If you want a thorough spring clean,

you’re also looking at steam-cleaning

curtains, washing walls and skirting

boards, machine-washing duvets and

pillows, and flipping your mattress.

Most cleaning companies recommend

starting on the upper floor of your home (or

the back of your flat) and working your way

down. You’ll need a multi-surface cleaner,

microfibre cloths (use a damp one to remove

dense pet hair from fabric-covered

furniture), glass cleaner, tile/grout cleaner

and toilet cleaner. Or you could draft in a

small army of tech to make shorter work of

the more arduous spring cleaning tasks...

starting with the vacuuming.

After you have reorganised, cleansed and

dusted the room you’re in, set the iRobot

Roomba s9+ (£1,499, shop.irobot.co.uk) to

work. One of our favourite robot vacuum

cleaners, the s9+ uses smarts to navigate the

room it’s working in, sucking up dust and

debris from hard floors and carpeted areas.

It’ll let you know once it’s done, before

moving on to the next room (or returning

to its charging base if it needs more juice).

Want to make those hard floors shine? Try a

steam mop like the Shark Klick ’n’ Flip (£149,

sharkclean.co.uk). It works on hardwood,

marble, tile, lino and stone floors, and offers

three steam cleaning modes to kill up to

99.9% of common bacteria.

Cleaning windows and mirrors also

requires elbow grease, so take the edge off

with the Kärcher WV Anniversary Edition

(£44, kaercher.com/uk), a window and

mirror vacuum that cleans without leaving

unsightly streaks behind. Want to be sure

each room is as clean as it can be? Sit the

UV-C Mobile Room Steriliser (£89, uvc-

lightproducts.com) in the middle of any

room and it’ll remove airborne

contaminants, using UV-C light to kill

bacteria lingering on exposed surfaces.

Finally, don’t forget that when you’re

using cleaning products at home, you’re

increasing the levels of indoor air pollution,

so combat this by running an air purifier.

NINJA FOODI

MULTI-COOKER

“The pressure cooker that

crisps” would be great in

your kitchen, as it functions

as a pressure cooker, slow

cooker, steamer and air fryer

(the latter thanks to Ninja’s

own TenderCrisp tech). It’ll

even sauté your veg and

grill your fish.

£179, ninjakitchen.com

VITAMIX ASCENT

A2300I

Fruit and veg-

packed soups

and smoothies

are an easy

way to get

extra nutrients

into your diet,

and both are

easy to make

with this

powerhouse

blender.

A built-in digital timer

ensures you never under-

or overprocess recipes.

£449, vitamix.com

LAKELAND MULTI

YOGHURT MAKER

Boost your

gut health by

making your

own yoghurt

in Lakeland’s

countertop

machine. It’ll

make up to

1.65 litres of

plain yoghurt

or one litre of Greek-style

yoghurt (it makes soft cheese

too), with a digital screen

enabling you to easily set the

time and temperature.

£24, lakeland.co.uk

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