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It's worth some consideration, especially if you're in the market for a new one, which (warning) is where you might find yourself after reading this!

“Just set up a few around your patio or picnic table and you’re basically setting up a do-not-disturb sign.”

Here are three somewhat unusual tools that make it easier to accomplish a really deep clean. Plus, they'll give the kind of instant morale booster that motivates you to keep going.

Odds are you’ve heard by now that your phone is… well, kind of disgusting. Here are some quick statistics: According to TIME, most cell phones are dirtier than a toilet seat—and in one study, high schoolers phones were found to have more than 17,000 gene copies on their phones’ screens. Phones are gross (even if you don’t bring your phone into the bathroom).When it comes to getting rid of germs quickly, most of us reach for a container of disinfecting wipes.

It can ruin the surface and, if you forget to wipe it dry and turn on a burner, you release toxic gas into the air. Yikes.

And great news: Some of them you can find online!

No, a steam mop is not a great idea, according to the experts.

We asked a laundry expert to look at the label and tell us what's really happening in those "after" photos of dark brown wash water.

“We can’t keep this stuff on the shelves around Thanksgiving and Christmas,” the grocery manager told me.

Don't skip this second (important) step.