OXO Good Grips Microfiber Hand Duster

After my cleaning crew of many years went out of business, I decided to try to gut it out on my own. Alas, this decision did not intimidate dust bunnies from hopping all over the bedroom, and eventually I had to actually get off my duff and do something. I am learning on the fly. Yesterday I learned that this OXO duster is a very good product and from all appearances will serve me well for some time.The duster is comfortable in the hand and picks up dust well. The handle is long enough that in combination with my 5' 6" height I was able to reach the tops of most of the framed art in the house. To get more use out of the duster before it became saturated with dust, I used a rechargeable hand vacuum a couple times to get most of the dust off the duster. When that move seemed to reach its limit, I swapped out the microfiber sleeve for a new one, which I had the foresight to buy in the same order as the duster. The simple snap that anchors the sleeve onto the handle is easy to work with and swapping is, indeed, a snap. This whole strategy went well and it is an approach I plan to continue to use.I was surprised, when the duster arrived, that it is not cylindrical, but rather is a kind of dusting tongue. This actually is an advantage, since it means the tongue will reach into awkward places, like behind unmovable furniture, a little more easily.While the product literature stresses to only use hand washing and hand drying, I experimented a bit, with (so far) good results. I have a recently purchased LG top loading machine that does not have an agitator, and I guessed that this might be gentle enough, with cold water and a "delicate", low spin speed setting, to not injure the fabric. This seems to have worked well. It got the sleeves free of dust, without causing any noticeable shedding of the bright orange microfiber. In fact, I wonder whether hand washing might actually turn out to be less gentle than this machine wash, while at the same time clearing out less wash/rinse water than the machine wash does. One caution - the dust has to go somewhere in the machine washing, and that somewhere is your drain; I noticed that the replaceable lint filter I have on the drain tube was dirtier than it had been - but on the bright side it also contained no noticeable orange microfiber! Overall, I will continue to use the machine wash and live with more frequent changes in the drain filter, if it comes to that.For the drying, I had an inspiration that turned out to be quite productive. Thinking about how I was going to airdry the duster sleeves, I realized I could easily bend a standard wire shirt hanger to create frames that approximate the plastic loop of the duster unit that the fabric sleeve slides over. This was easily done with a couple of pliers to generate the "Duster Sleeve Drying Frame" (patent pending) shown in the photograph attached. There are two drying units shown: the one in the back is outfitted with two orange microfiber sleeves just out of the washing machine; the unit in the foreground is empty, so you can see how it was bent to accommodate two sleeves. In this design the hanger hook is left intact so it can be hung like a standard hanger. The side prongs for attaching the sleeves are angled upward as much as possible to limit the possibility that the sleeve might slide off - although this did not seem to be a problem, presumably because I left the wire loop wide enough that the fit was snug. After hanging like this overnight in the laundry area of the basement, the sleeves were dry, very fluffy, and ready to go at it once more. And again, no noticeable shedding of the microfiber.

Great duster, got it for our cleaning business and it worked great! I love that the sleeves are removable and can be washed

Great product! Picks up and traps dust effortless leaving nothing behind. The surface area of the duster is a great size and handle is just right. It would be nice if it came with an extra duster head, but I knew it didn’t when I bought it. I will be buying a second duster pad so I can have it handy and ready to go anytime.

I have a love hate relationship with dusters. I love how they pick up the dust, but I hate how they remain forever dusty no matter how hard you try to shake them out. The thought of dusting with a dusty wand annoys me, but I'm way too cheap to perpetually purchase disposable dusters. That being said, this duster is fine. It does its job. I like the grip, the flat shape, and the flexible wand. But the real measure of duster is how well it holds up to being whacked around to release the dust. I'm not entirely confident this will stand the abuse over time.

Love this duster! It's the perfect size, sturdy and unsnaps to wash...I'm back for a second one to keep upstairs! Awesome product!

I am tired of paying for the overpriced Swiffer dusters. I tried buying off brand replacements but those are not good quality. I tried this oxo brand duster and am pleasantly surprised. It does a great job in collecting dust and keeping it on the fibers. I have vacuumed with hand tool and cleaned it. And I washed in washer along with other microfiber clothes. It was easy to remove from handle and put back.Size is good and eat to manuever.

Best duster I've ever used. It picks up dust much faster and better than any others. I was amazed and I'll never use anything else..

Nice coverage, Very easy to use and clean afterwards. It does a good job