Let's be honest: cleaning the bathroom is often the worst household chore.
The scrubbing, the awkward corners, the constant bending - it’s a full workout.
I did buy an electric scrubber last year from Home Bargains, and while I liked the novelty, it was nowhere near powerful enough (more like a big electric toothbrush) and I ended up giving up and going back to manual cleaning - with £20 down the drain.
So when I tried the Lakeland Turbo Scrubber Cordless Bathroom Cleaning Kit, I wasn’t expecting much more than a slightly easier clean.
I was wrong.
The “no-scrub” cleaning hack that surprised me
The biggest change? I basically stopped scrubbing.
Instead of going back and forth with a sponge, I let the rotating head (it spins at 220rpm) do the work. My “hack” quickly became:
Spray cleaner → switch it on → slowly guide it across the surface
That’s it.
It lifted soap scum and limescale far quicker than I expected — especially on tiles and around taps where I’d normally have to really put effort in.
Where it made the biggest difference
There are a few spots in my bathroom that are usually a nightmare:
- Grout lines
- Shower corners
- Around the base of taps
- The edge of the bath
Using the different brush heads actually felt like cheating.
The side brush got right into corners I’d usually attack with an old toothbrush
The small dome brush worked perfectly around taps
The flat brush made light work of tiles and floors
It’s one of those rare tools where the attachments aren’t just filler - I genuinely used all of them.
The real game-changer: no bending or stretching
My back is not what it was, so the telescopic handle extends to over a metre, and this is where it really earns its place.
I could:
- Clean high tiles without reaching
- Get into the shower base without crouching
- Do the floor without kneeling
It turned bathroom cleaning from something physical into something… almost passive.
Built-in cleaner = less faff
One feature I didn’t expect to use much was the built-in 50ml dispenser.
But it actually makes a difference.
Instead of constantly putting the scrubber down to spray surfaces, I just pressed a button and kept going. It made the whole process feel quicker and more seamless.
What it’s actually like to use?
It’s lighter than it looks (under 1kg, even with cleaner in the reservoir), and because the motor is doing the work, you’re not pushing hard.
Battery-wise, I got close to the promised 60 minutes — more than enough to clean the whole bathroom in one go.
And there’s something oddly satisfying about watching grime disappear with almost no effort.
The honest downsides
It’s not completely effortless. You still need to guide it slowly for best results and when the battery runs down it gets slower (but regular charging solves that).
Really stubborn limescale might need a second pass, and it won’t replace deep descaling products
But compared to manual scrubbing, the Lakeland Turbo Scrubber Cordless Bathroom Cleaning Kit is a huge upgrade.
Verdict: a cleaning hack I’ll actually keep using
I didn’t expect a gadget to change how I clean - but this one genuinely has.
The biggest win isn’t just that it cleans well. It’s that it removes the worst parts of the job: the scrubbing, the bending, the awkward angles.
If your “hack” for cleaning the bathroom is usually just avoiding it… this might be the thing that finally fixes that.
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