The 21st Century Toilet Brush without the Bristles -Toilet Maid- No More Dirty Brushes. White

Well maybe I am exhibiting some slightly weird kind of character flaw in getting so excited about a toilet brush (or, I guess it's more of a non-brush!). Well I don't care if I am getting a little over-excited! This simple but practical solution to one of life's more tedious tasks is potentially a life-changing tool. Frankly, I find that conventional toilet brushes are one of this planet's most hideous inventions. To have clustered bunches of bristles on the end of a stick might be good for 'shifting things' and cleaning the bowl — but you are then left with a fairly disgusting implement that is difficult to clean in itself (and I dread to imagine the horrors that stubbornly lurk between the bristles). Ugh! I realise that it's not the easiest of tools to design but personally I have always hated the traditional toilet brush. I have been searching for something that might tackle the type of situations that befall a toilet, but without the bristles-brush. Well I have found it "Eureka!" (pardon the pun). The Toilet Maid is brilliant. It's not over-engineered and the 'spatula' part is made from a very good glossy type of silicone which seems to shrug off any clingy matter very easily. The spatula also has just the right amount of flexibility too. A final swill from the toilet flush or wipe with toilet paper is all the Toilet Maid would ever need. A well conceived and practical approach to the needs of any toilet user (and I think that includes most of us!). I know that this is a subject that some people might consider difficult to discuss but I am so impressed (and I have only received my Toilet Maid today!) that I felt compelled to give this product my absolute "Thumbs up!" I believe that there's also a chrome-colour-handled variety, which costs a little more, and I imagine that would also look rather good in the bathroom. Thanks to the inventor — you have addressed an important need for me! UPDATE: So impressed with the first Toilet Maid I ordered, so, after a few weeks I have decided to purchase a second one for another bathroom. Couldn't decide whether to order the plain white one again or go for the chromed variety. In the end I opted for the plain white standard Toilet Maid. The Toilet Maid is now considered an essential part of our bathroom's facilities.

Once you have owned one of these you will never consider a traditional toilet brush ever again. The design is simple yet highly effective and because you dont have bristles or corners that trap dirt as in the case of a brush you can keep it clean by merely rinsing it off or wiping it clean with a disposable anti-bacterial wipe. I have been using it for a few months and it does not smell, is easy to use, easy to clean and durable. This will last a long time and is well worth the extra money over a traditional brush. Get one! It will not reach under the toilet rim easily and the bracket for mounting the holder is not sturdy which is why I gave it 4 out of 5 but this is sooooo much better than a brush.

If you like drinking toilet water, then this could be the product for you! Watch out for water splash when you want to get to the bottom of your toilet basin and clean vigorously to get rid of those sub-aqua skid marks. Useless for rim splash from those 'looser movements' too. This product is okay and saves space, but you need at least one proper brush in your house to get a decent level of toilet cleaning and cannot rely upon to be your only tool to clean your toilet(s). Added in answer to the designer's interjection: Hi there Anne. I think the real problem is that this is essentially like a silicone spatula which you would use to clean cake mixture from a bowl. As you know, after cleaning the cake mixture from the bowl, the bowl still needs washing up and we don't usually use spatulas to do our washing up, but do use brushes. Brushes really come into their own for cleaning objects which are not smooth, which tends to be all the time when you are doing your washing up! (e.g. try cleaning a fork, including food in between the prongs with a spatula). The problem with a toilet is that whilst the bowl is smooth, part of it is under water (hence my problem with the unexpected thirst quenching from the big white telephone), and the rim is anything but smooth. The same analogy applies to car washes. Cars and other vehicles come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and a brush is easily able to mould itself to the task in hand (e.g. a spatula like wiper could clean the car bonnet or windscreen, but a car wash brush is essential to try to clean the car wheels, around the bumpers etc. and even then the brushes often do not do a great job on the wheels). A spatula needs accurate application from a certain direction in order to be able to deal with uneven objects, especially those toilets with rims in this case. Whilst the tool is good for scraping pieces which have stuck onto the smooth bowl (c.f.. a cake mixture bowl, or a car bonnet), it is less good operating under water because of the design (it tends to scoop water if you use it vigorously, which a brush does not do so much). It is particularly badly suited to 'rim splash' because the shape of the rim means that you would have to hold the tool inverted upwards with your hand in the bottom of the bowl in order to really be able to scrape those 'dried turdlettes' from under it, and it is very fiddly in any case to clean something the shape of a toilet rim with a spatula. A brush, on the other hand, just molds itself easily to any odd shape which is being cleaned, and is ideal for cleaning a toilet rim. As I said, the space saving aspect of the tool is excellent, it does not collect pooled toilet water in a cup as brushes tend to in their holders, but it is really something which can only be usefully employed if you have either a) a lot of time to clean your toilet (including the fiddly rim) or b) have a mediocre standard of toilet cleaning to achieve. As I said, it has some merits, but does not eradicate the need to have at least one brush in your property with which to achieve a properly clean toilet. I hope that this feedback is helpful. Good luck with the idea.