Clean Everything: The best spot cleaner
Plus: Our favorite dish rack is on sale ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­  
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Clean Everything

April 8, 2026

Today: One of the most versatile and gentle spot cleaners we’ve ever tested. Plus …

The best spot cleaner we’ve tested

A bottle of the Stingray Instant Spot Remover, our pick for best stain remover that is clear, dye and fragrance-free, and comes in an easy-to-use spray bottle.
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Most stain removers work best to target one specific type of stain: pizza dribbles, foundation makeup, grass. But this spray-on stain remover (one of this year’s 71 Best New Picks) is the rare jack-of-all-trades.

In our resident laundry expert Andrea Barnes’ tests, it worked just as well at eradicating blood as it did coffee and grease. And its fast- and clear-drying formula is gentle on all sorts of fabrics — it even brightened up the grimy old carpet in our office.

“We were instantly impressed,” Andrea writes, adding that it’s far more effective than many TikTok-famous stain-removal products claim to be.

And the pros swear by it: Everyone from Broadway costumers eradicating stains backstage to the dry cleaners hired by the Royal Opera House in London have name-checked this spray.

A very powerful spray-on stain remover→

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Our ultimate guide to stain removers

One of our picks for best stain remover, the Tide To Go Oxi, shown next to a couple of stained pieces of fabric.
Connie Park/NYT Wirecutter

If you need something more targeted, we have a number of other recommendations. Trying to erase Sharpie? We found one of the few stain removers that can eradicate even permanent ink. Or if you’re known to dribble coffee while on the go, we love this portable pen that works like a charm on fresh stains.

Plus, a detergent we used to revive greasy aprons and pizza-stained dresses→

More of our Best New (cleaning) Picks

Yamazaki Home Magnetic Storage Organizer

A very sturdy magnetic shelf

It holds spices, coffee supplies, laundry pods, or anything else you need easy access to, and it sticks right to the side of any metal appliance→

A Miele Guard M1 vacuum on display in front of a blue background.

Maybe the last vacuum you’ll ever need to buy

It offers excellent cleaning performance, and it’s as quiet a vacuum as we can find→

A bottle of Palmolive Ultra Pure + Clear Dish Liquid.

The very best dish soap

A squirt of this stuff easily tackled everything from burned brownie batter to greasy sauce→

A really great cleaning deal: Our top-pick dish rack for 5 years

The KitchenAid Compact Dish Rack.
Hannah Schwob for NYT Wirecutter

In our tests, this sturdy dish rack held an impressive amount of dishes all at once, including four full place settings, a skillet, and more. It drains well — not a single drop of water remained on the rack after we left our dishes to dry overnight — and it disassembles for easy cleaning.

We found it for $34 off today→

One last thing: A very handsome laundry basket

A gray Brabantia Foldable Laundry Basket standing up on a bed.
NYT Wirecutter

When empty, this luxe, shape-shifting hamper becomes nearly flat and tucks into even the tightest of corners. On laundry day, give the bamboo rim a tug, and it pops open into a roomy, good-looking basket. Magical.

A now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t workhorse→

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