Home Clean Guide is an independent publisher of buying guides and product roundups for home cleaning equipment and supplies. We cover the machines and products people actually keep in the closet: vacuums, floor care machines, everyday cleaning supplies, air purifiers and dehumidifiers, and the tools that handle everything in between.
The site exists because buying a vacuum or a carpet cleaner has become unreasonably hard. Search for almost any category and you get manufacturer copy rewritten, lists with no stated criteria, and rankings that quietly follow commission rates. We wanted a resource that says what it looked at, what it did not look at, and who a product is wrong for.
What we cover
Our coverage is deliberately narrow. Five areas, and nothing outside them:
- Vacuums, including robot, cordless stick, and upright models
- Floor care, meaning carpet cleaners, steam mops, and wet dry vacuums
- Cleaning supplies, from all purpose cleaners to laundry and pet stain removers
- Air care, covering air purifiers and dehumidifiers
- Cleaning tools, including pressure washers, mops, and brooms
Carpet and pets sit at the center of most of what we write, because they are what turns routine cleaning into a real problem. We do not cover kitchen appliances, consumer electronics, or furniture. Staying inside one subject is what lets us build comparable criteria across a category instead of rating everything against nothing.
Who we write for
We write for homeowners and renters in English speaking markets, not for one country. Most of what matters in this category travels well: suction, filtration, tank size, running cost, and whether a machine is a chore to clean all mean the same thing everywhere. What does not travel is model naming and availability, which differ between markets, so we say where a recommendation may not be purchasable and describe the type of product as well as the specific model.
Where a figure depends on a regional standard or certification, we name the body it comes from rather than presenting it as universal.
How we decide what to recommend
Recommendations come from research and structured comparison, not from guesswork. For each category we build a specification sheet covering the figures that matter for that product type, then score every model against the same criteria. We read manufacturer documentation, certification and standards bodies, published measurements from independent laboratories where they exist, and owner feedback at volume, which is where durability and service problems show up long before they reach a spec sheet.
Products we rate receive an HCG Score out of 10, built from five weighted criteria: cleaning performance, build quality, ease of use and maintenance, running cost, and value. The full formula and weighting are published on How We Review.
What we do not claim
We do not operate a laboratory, and we do not claim to have used every product we write about. Where a number comes from a manufacturer, we attribute it to the manufacturer. Where a measurement comes from a certifying body, we name that body. If a claim cannot be traced to a source, it does not appear here. We would rather describe a product qualitatively than publish a figure we cannot stand behind.
We also do not give medical advice or present any product as a treatment for a health condition. Air purifiers move particles. Cleaners remove soil. Claims about killing germs are regulated in most markets, under the EPA in the United States and equivalent bodies elsewhere, so we repeat them only for products carrying the registration their market requires, and we cite it.
Who writes this
Seven people research, write, and check what appears here. Between them they cover the machines, the supplies, and the everyday routines this site is about, and each of them works to the standards set out in our Editorial Policy.
Eleanor PrescottEleanor Prescott oversees editorial standards at Home Clean Guide. She spends most of her time on the unglamorous part of the job: checking claims, cutting hype, and making sure a recommendation still holds up a year after it was published.
Marcus DelaneyMarcus Delaney writes about vacuums, floor care, and the tools people actually keep using once the novelty wears off. He is skeptical of spec sheets and far more interested in how a machine behaves on an ordinary Tuesday morning.
Camille OkaforCamille Okafor covers cleaning products and laundry, with a focus on what a label is really telling you. She favors short routines that work over elaborate ones that only sound impressive.
Theodore HargroveTheodore Hargrove reports on home appliances and buying advice. He has a long-standing habit of asking what a product costs to own, not just what it costs to buy.
Rosalind BeaumontRosalind Beaumont writes the practical how-to guides on Home Clean Guide. She starts from the assumption that most readers have limited time and no appetite for a complicated system.
Nathan ReyesNathan Reyes handles comparisons and head-to-head guides. He is happiest when a comparison produces a clear winner, and candid enough to say so when it does not.
Susan WhitfieldSusan Whitfield edits and fact-checks the guides published here. She reads every draft with one question in mind: could a reader follow this start to finish and get the result we promised?
Editorial independence
Home Clean Guide is independently owned and operated. We are not owned by, funded by, or affiliated with any manufacturer or retailer of the products we cover. Manufacturers do not see articles before publication and cannot buy a placement, a score, or a favorable mention.
Every article is written, edited, and fact checked by a person before it is published, and a person is accountable for what appears. We use AI tools in drafting and research, which we state openly rather than hide, but nothing reaches the site without human review. Our full standards are set out in our Editorial Policy.
How the site is funded
Home Clean Guide is funded by affiliate commission. When you buy through some of the links on this site, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Commission rates play no part in which products we recommend or how they are ranked, and a disclosure appears above the first affiliate link in any article that contains one, not only in the footer. The detail is in our Affiliate Disclaimer.
Corrections and contact
If something on this site is wrong, we want to know. Corrections are made in the article itself and marked as an update, never quietly deleted. Reader corrections are one of the more reliable ways errors get caught.
Questions, corrections, and coverage suggestions all go to [email protected], or through our contact page.