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6 Best Concentrated Cleaners, Tested by Our Experts

CR evaluated popular concentrated cleaners by Blueland, Fabuloso, Mrs. Meyers, and seven other brands to find the multitaskers that clean the best while reducing plastic and landfill waste

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CR evaluated 10 popular concentrated cleaners to find the products and formulas that cleaned the best on a variety of surfaces.
Photo: Scott Meadows/Consumer Reports

Is your cabinet bursting with cleaners galore—one for glass, one for floors, one for counters, another for marble, and so on? The beauty of choosing a concentrated cleaner is that it can replace nearly all of your other cleaners. Think of it as one bottle that slays most cleaning tasks, while offering an efficient way of cutting down on plastic and landfill waste.

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There’s a caveat: You’ll have to roll up your sleeves and play amateur chemist by diluting the cleaner with the exact amount of water needed for your particular cleaning job. For most of these cleaners, you’ll either need a set of reusable spray bottles and a few labels to keep everything organized or a large enough bucket to accommodate 1 or 2 gallons of water. 

But if the benefits of saving money, cleaning more spaces with fewer products, and helping to reduce the carbon footprint outweigh its DIY aspect, we’ve got you covered. We evaluated 10 popular concentrated cleaners from popular brands like Mr. Clean, Fabuloso, and Lysol. Here are our top choices and how the rest fared. 

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Lisa Fogarty

Lisa Fogarty is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. She studied journalism at Columbia University and has written numerous health, parenting, fitness, and wellness articles for The New York Times, Psychology Today, Vogue, and NPR. Lisa is passionate about mental health and is a co-creator of The Hunger Trap Podcast, which focuses on eating disorders. In her spare time she surfs, plays the guitar, and kickboxes. Follow her on X: @lisacfogarty