Black & Decker S300 ScumBuster Cordless Wet Scrubber
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Black & Decker S300 ScumBuster Cordless Wet Scrubber
Customer Review: Great for bathrooms!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This little device is such a muscle machine! Works great on bathroom tiles and tubs, sinks, etc. It has not scratched any surface so far, and it cleans in no time at all. Very easy to operate, Battery charges quickly and has never let me down. Good buy!Customer Review: Possibly useful in limited situations
Summary: 3 Stars
Black & Decker Scumbuster:Overall, I don't think it's worth the space it takes up, but it does work.
Power: good. The power is fine and I was able to exert enough pressure with no problem to feel like I was doing something.
Battery Life: Excellent. I was favorably impressed with the battery life, it lasted much longer than I expected. However, with any cordless appliance you need two batteries so that you can charge one while you are using the other. Also, rechargeable batteries work best in appliances that are in daily use, like a cordless phone or a drill you use daily in your construction job. Otherwise you never have a charged battery when you need it and keeping them always on the charger shortens their life.
Speed of rotation: slow. It turns too slowly to clean quickly. However, I can see if it turned faster it might sling soap around the room, it might be dangerous, and it might be hard to control.
Cleaning carpet: Lousy. The circular motion scrubs only one way, not in all directions like I like. I went back to a manual scrubber. Manual is just as fast, better, and only a little more effort.
Cleaning the bathtub: Lousy. The tiny little pad and slow rotation combine to make the tool too slow. I went back to a manual scrubber and do it faster and much better, albeit with more effort.
Cleaning tile grout: Lousy. The flat scrubber will not get down in the groove and clean the grout.
Cleaning the shower tile: too slow. Same problem as with the tub. Hint: To get shower tile truly clean, try this. First, scrape each and every tile with a razor blade until it feels smooth and you aren't scraping off any more calcium. Then scrub each tile carefully with Ajax or Zud Heavy Duty. The Scumbuster could help in this task. For the final step, go over the tile carefully with Meguiar's Gold Class car wax. This stuff is amazing and the only product that I have found to really clean off that incredibly stubborn calcium, and I have tried them all. Also it smells great. Buff to a shine and your tile will look just like the pictures on the bottles of all those products that are supposed to clean tile but don't. This procedure takes me about 4 hours per shower stall. The scumbuster is not up to this job because it's too tiny. It would take something bigger like a car polisher that you can plug in.
Cleaning the tile at the water line of the pool: Good. The small area of tile, having to work in the water, having some of the tile under water, and the length of the tile to be cleaned make the Scumbuster useful for this task.
Cleaning the calcium off the sink faucet: lousy. First off, the Scumbuster pad can not fit in the narrow spaces required. Second off, the calcium can not be removed by scrubbing. Again, scraping with a razor blade is required. Simply scrape the calcium off, then follow with the Megauir's wax mentioned and you will get a better than brand new sparkle. Remove the faucet handles so that you can get all of the calcium. Keep a washcloth on the towel rack handy and wipe down the faucet after each use (5 seconds) to keep it sparkling like new.
Scrubbing the sink: Acceptable. The small area to be cleaned allow the Scumbuster's speed to be acceptable here. However, I still went back to manual.
Customer Review: Ok if you've got everything clean already...
Summary: 3 Stars
I like the scumbuster. Key word being: Like. It wasn't nearly as powerful as I thought, and I found myself going back to scrubbing tough stains out by hand. If I pushed down hard with the scumbuster, it'd just either stop, or else strain and go slower. I must admit though, I find it works well for maintenance. I clean everything by hand really well when it needs it, and to maintain it, I zip over it with the scumbuster. I don't regret getting it, but it definitely didn't do what I imagined.Customer Review: Scumbuster
Summary: 3 Stars
While this machine was not the miracle worker that I thought it would be, it has definetly helped me in the bathroom. I no longer finish scrubbing the bathtub with a severe backache--it has taken the gruntwork out of cleaning for me. For truly ground in stains, I found that I still needed to soak the surface with cleaning products for about fifteen minutes or the scumbuster did no good.Customer Review: Scummy Scum Scum-Takes 3 In A Tub!
Summary: 2 Stars
I do not like to put down any product, especially one given to me as a gift--yet, my scumbuster is now out in the garage somewhere. You know, among all the other tools and handly little gadgets that you might use once or twice but on the 3rd strike--it's outta here! The premise is wonderful. The product is powerless. The batteries do not last, it takes more arm motion & patience than I care to use.Now, I must admit, for odd items, such as aqauariums & whitewall tires, it did do the job. Possibly I have a higher dirt load than most. I agree with other reviewers, a scrub pad and some suds are better helpers and better priced, especially after factoring in the cost of batteries.