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13 Dorm Cleaning Supplies Every Student Needs
College life comes with its fair share of responsibilities for students to deal with. Besides academics, students have to maintain their roommate relationships, keep up with extracurricular activities, and handle any obligations outside of college.
All of these challenges can take their toll on just about anyone, which is why it’s sometimes difficult to maintain a clean living environment. Fortunately, these dorm cleaning supplies will make it easier for students to keep their dorms clean throughout each semester and help them maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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All-Purpose Cleaner
A versatile cleaning spray will be one of the most useful dorm cleaning supplies you’ll ever own. They’re strong enough to clean your regular dirt, grease, and grim but gentle enough to not cause any damage. Instead of using multiple different cleaning sprays that only work on specific surfaces, you can use an all-purpose cleaner to clean just about any surface in your dorm.
This will make the process of cleaning your dorm a lot easier and less time consuming. The Method All-Purpose Cleaner uses 100% recycled packaging to reduce plastic waste, along with a plant-based, biodegradable formula that is effective and environmentally friendly as the same time.
Disinfecting Wipes
Just like with all-purpose cleaning sprays, disinfecting wipes can be used on a variety of surfaces in your dorm, but the main difference is they’ll actually kill germs, which will help keep your dorm a healthier living space.
They’re excellent for cleaning and disinfecting frequently-used items, like your phone, doorknobs, laptop, and appliances. Adding these to your dorm cleaning supplies list is highly recommend.
Dirt Devil Vacuum
The floor in your dorm room is going to become dirty the fastest, so it’s important to clean it on a regular basis with a vacuum. You won’t need a big fancy vacuum for your average size dorm. The Power Express Lite from Dirt Devil is a vacuum that will work exceptionally well in your dorm thanks to its lightweight, compact size.
You should have no problem cleaning all those hard-to-reach places and storing it away when not in use. Dirt Devil also sells several other affordable vacuum models on Amazon if you’d like something a little bit different.
Clorox Disinfecting Mist
An essential item when it comes to dorm cleaning supplies — Clorox Disinfecting Mist. This stuff can be used to disinfect and sanitize just about anything in your dorm. It’s especially useful for cleaning soft surfaces, such as pillows, upholstery, backpacks and furniture.
Using this with the disinfecting wipes acts an excellent one-two punch for killing bacteria in your dorm. Additionally, the Clorox Mist works as a deodorant to make you room smell more fresh.
O-Cedar Spray Mop
For dorms with wood or tile floors, a mop is a must-have item, preferably one like the O-Cedar ProMist Max Microfiber Spray Mop. What’s awesome about the ProMist Max is all of its useful cleaning features, such as the reusable, double-sided cleaning pads, refillable spray bottle that only needs water, and a battery-free trigger.
Not only will the ProMist Max keep your floor clean, but it’ll also save you a bunch of money compared to other mops that don’t use reusable cleaning pads.
Dustpan and Brush Set
A dust pan is another highly recommend cleaning supply for dorms with hardwood or tile floors. Dust can accumulate in traditional dorm rooms quite fast because of their small square footage, so it’s always a good idea to have a dust pan with a brush at your disposal to keep your floors and other dust-prone areas clean. Having a dustpan also makes it much easier to clean up any spills or messes.
Laundry Hamper
Don’t be one of those students who leaves their dirty clothes all over the floor. This will just lead to unwanted clutter and an unhealthy living space. Store all your dirty clothes and towels in a laundry hamper instead of letting them lay around your room. It’s also a good idea to use a laundry basket to put your clean laundry in after you’ve washed everything, and disinfect your hamper on a weekly basis.
Tide Pods
If you let your dirty laundry accumulate, it’ll eventually start to stick up your dorm. That’s why it’s important to wash your clothes frequently, which in turn will help your dorm stay more clean — and less smelly. But in order to do that, you’ll need to stock up on laundry detergent.
For college, detergent pods are always recommend for several reasons: less messy, come pre-measured so you won’t use too much, and easy to store in college dorms.
Microfiber Dusting Mitt
A reusable microfiber duster is one of the best dorm cleaning supplies for trapping and removing dust on all the different surfaces in your living space. With the Quickie Microfiber Dusting Mitt, the process of dusting around your dorm room will be much easier.
The entire mitt is machine washable, so you’ll never need to use another duster again. Thanks to it’s multifunctional, dual-sided design, it can even be used to wipe down smooth surfaces, like mirrors or windows, without leaving any streaks.
Townew Smart Trash Can
Instead of using some cheap, basic trash can in your dorm, upgrade to the Townnew T Air Lite. This trash can uses thermoplastic sealing technology to automatically seal trash bags shut with the touch of a button.
It comes with a refill ring of up to 25 4-gallon bags, but if one of the bags gets overloaded with trash, the T Air Lite will simply release extra bag material for a larger bag.
The trash can’s compact design and open top barrel makes it perfect for throwing away trash in any college living space. For battery life, it can last up to 40 days on standby mode and can fully charge in two hours. Thanks to its IPX4 rating, the T Air Lite is even resistant to water splashes in any direction.
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
These little handy tools are super useful to have in dorm rooms. They can easily scrub away marks or scruffs on your walls, along with any dirt that has built up over time. They’re also perfect for cleaning off stubborn grease and grime from appliances and other kitchen items. Pairing these with the rest of your dorm cleaning supplies will certainly help you maintain a clean dorm.
Microfiber Cleaning Cloths
Less wasteful than regular paper towels, this pack of microfiber cleaning cloths from Amazon Basics are extremely versatile dorm cleaning supplies. They work great with a multipurpose spray or other cleaning sprays to wipe down surfaces, clean up spills, and remove dust from mirrors and windows.
Levoit Core Mini Air Purifier
I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts how beneficial an air purifier can be to your overall health and the cleanliness of your living space. It doesn’t matter how well you vacuum the floor and disinfect everything; the air your breath still has the potential to be contaminated with airborne particles that can cause allergies, headaches, and poor sleep quality.
An air purifier — especially the Core Mini from Levoit — will work day and night to purifier the air you breathe so you can enjoy clean, fresh air in your dorm 24 hours a day.
The Core Mini has 360-degree VortexAir Technology and a three-stage filtration system that removes up to 97% of airborne particles. It also uses QuietKeap Technology to lower noise levels down to 25dB for a more ideal sleep environment.
