Traditional Brooms Are Useless — The Amazon Find That Efficiently Cleans Any Spill

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Certain household messes are more difficult to clean than others. While crumbs spilled under a high chair can be wiped up with a wet paper towel, a spilled pitcher of sweet tea poses a significantly bigger challenge. When dealing with spills and wet messes, in fact, traditional brooms are entirely useless; in most cases, you'll be left with no choice but to use dry towels to sop up the liquid. There is, however, an Amazon find — the Broombi Silicone Squeegee and Dustpan — that is uniquely suited to cleaning up these very spills.

Retailing for $64.95, the Broombi Silicone Squeegee and Dustpan differs from a conventional broom in that it has no bristles; instead, it is outfitted with a smooth squeegee that can be dragged along the floor to quickly collect spills. The squeegee can efficiently pull water, juice, applesauce, or other wet messes into a compact footprint, reducing the risk of slipping and falling on spread-out puddles. After a summer rain shower, use the Broombi to wipe away muddy footprints from your pets; in the winter, it can help you to manage puddles of melted snow. This tool also makes cleaning your bathroom floors a quick and easy job. The squeegee's pole extends from 36 inches to 55 inches, depending on your needs.

The Broombi has a 4.2-star rating from over 300 reviews at the time of writing. One 5-star review on Amazon states, "I love this product. I have laminated vinyl floors and this picks up everything I drop or spill. I dropped a whole bottle of soap on the floor and it just came right up. Much better than the usual brooms."

Beyond cleaning up wet messes, this silicone squeegee broom is an unsung hero when it comes to getting rid of pet hair in your home or dry spills like rice or dirt. Use it on hard floors, such as laminate, vinyl, or wooden floors, to gather up shed dog and cat hair; it requires only very light pressure to collect an impressive amount of hair and fur. 

Those with carpeted floors, area rugs, and runners may also want to use a squeegee to clean their floors, as it can seamlessly lift pet hair from the fibers. Thanks to the static charge that the motion of the squeegee's blade against rugs generates, pet hair and fur (and human hair, for that matter) are drawn together into a manageable clump. This can be a massive benefit for individuals who find maneuvering a vacuum on carpeted stairs untenable; it's also a great approach to cleaning your floors when you don't feel like plugging in a loud cleaning tool. To ensure that the collected mess of pet hair doesn't fly out of the dustpan on your way to the trash can, keep a small hand vacuum nearby to suck up the debris.