OXO Grips Electronics Cleaning Brush by OXO

I love how handy and useful this product is. It really serves its purpose. I like how the silicone tip cleans my phone camera and airpods well.

Zunächst war ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich dieses Gerät oft benutzen werde. Ein wenig exotisch wirkt es schon…aber inzwischen habe ich diesen handlichen Reiniger schätzen gelernt. Hiermit reinige ich alles Filigrane und viele Elektrogeräte vom Handy über Tastaturen bis zur Kaffeemaschine (Display), denn mit diesem Gerät kann man sehr sensibel und trotzdem gründlich reinigen. Auch kommt man damit in feine Rillen. Der Reinigungspinsel lässt sich stufenlos ausfahren, so dass man darüber die Festigkeit steuern kann. Ganz herausgefahren ist er sehr soft, nur wenig herausgefahren erhält man eine weiche, aber festere Spitze. So kann man den Pinsel an die jeweiligen Erfordernisse gut anpassen. Auf der anderen Seite befindet sich der Silikonwischer, mit dem man prima in die ungeliebten Spalten zwischen zwei Kunststoffteilen kommt. Endlich bekomme ich die problemlos sauber und muss nicht mehr mit Zahnstochern herumpulen. Ich mag diese Reinigungsbürste nicht mehr missen!

**UPDATE several years later:** I’m bumping up my review from three to four stars. I don’t disagree with any of my criticism that I’ve written previously (see below), but this tool never leaves my backpack, even though the rubber tip is useless and the brush has limited uses. I use the brush to clean the crack between the two parts of my laptop (the screen and the keyboard parts), and I’ll occasionally brush some dirt/dust between keys.

If you’re in IT or often find yourself cleaning tight spaces (e.g. a keyboard) where a paintbrush-like object might help brush out some dirt or debris, pick this, or consider buying a soft paintbrush for much less money. Otherwise, you probably don’t need this, especially since the price is no longer $5.

This brush is a brush. If you are specifically looking for a brush to clean your electronics, look no farther—buy this one! This brush is well-built, fits easily into a backpack or purse, and is collapsible so the bristles don’t get damaged.

However, if you (like me) randomly stumbled upon this product’s listing and not sure if you need it, you probably don’t need this $5 paintbrush.

This tool is practically marked as some universal-cleaning tool, that can remove layers of dust and dirt and make your laptop 20 years newer, but it’s really not much more than a soft paintbrush with a useless rubber tip on the other end. I bought this as my MacBook Pro has some hard-to-remove dirt/etc. accumulating around the bottom of the keys that I wanted to clean. It did help clean it up some, but it’s by no means spotless, and this tool is not capable of making it spotless. I also hoped it would clean some of the dirt and dust out of the vents on the bottom of my iPhone and it was completely useless for that purpose.

The brush works well to clean off loose dirt and particles, but most of the dirt that is stuck in the nicks and crannies of your electronics isn’t stuff that can easily be swept up with a soft-bristled brush. The silicone tip on the other end should hypothetically help in this use case, but it does nothing except leave light markings on your electronics (easily rubbed off). I honestly haven’t found a real use for the silicone tip as it’s not firm enough to actually scrape anything off. (EDIT: it actually is useful for cleaning the tips of my AirPods… that’s the only thing I’ve had success with it.)

I’m a huge OXO fan and I’ve bought plenty of their products, but this one is a bit overhyped. Not worth returning and I I still use the brush side once in a while, so it stays in my backpack for now, but it’s easily something I could do without (or I could get a soft paintbrush for half the price).

Parfait pour nettoyer le clavier ou le contour d’écran d’un ordinateur