I was perfectly content washing dishes with a regular old sponge—and occasionally a bristled brush for the burnt-on bits on my pans. Then I found the Sonic Power Electric Scrubber.
I watched videos of people wielding this handheld battery-powered electric scrubber on dusty cars, mucked-up shower grout, sinks, and blackened pots and I was skeptical, don’t get me wrong. But I also wanted to see if I could take it from the soap scum on my shower grout to the grease on the bottom of my Dutch oven like you’d take a blazer from workday to night out.
The Sonic Scrubber seemed too good to be true—which was exactly why I wanted it. Best-case scenario, my kitchen backsplash sparkled like never before. Worse-case scenario, I’d have a new cautionary tale about falling victim to social media marketing to tell at brunch.
How does the Sonic Power Electric Scrubber work?
The Sonic Scrubber is basically a heavy-duty version of an abrasive dish scrubber—but it employs the power of electricity so you don’t have to do the scrubbing work yourself. It’s handheld and battery-powered, with interchangeable heads designed for various cleaning tasks—think a giant version of an electric tooth brush. Simply select which of the four attachments you need, click it into place, press the button on the handle, and watch it spin to life. You can use it to clean your dishes, cookware, shower, stovetop, or, yes, even your car.
The Sonic Scrubber spins at two different speeds. Press a button—once to get it started, and again to increase the speed setting—place it on your grimy stainless-steel skillet, and let it go to town scrubbing away. Four different brush heads allow you to scour, scrub, and polish. There’s a short bristled hard brush for caked on messes, a long bristled soft brush for more gentle scrubbing, a scouring pad for messes like baked on grease or burnt-to-the-pan cheese, and a polishing brush to use for a final gleaming finish. The scouring and polishing brush fix to the scrubber using a velcro attachment, while the other two click into place.
What I like about the Sonic Power Electric Scrubber
I used the Sonic Power Electric Scrubber over the course of a week to clean especially tough kitchen messes. I made some noodles with red sauce, cooked two different garlicky, cheesy pastas in my Dutch oven, and finally tackled the burnt bottom of a stainless-steel pan. Then I scrubbed away at my long neglected shower grout, kitchen sink, and stovetop.
The rotating brushes could scrape and scrub cooked Parmesan clumps off my Dutch oven way more efficiently than my sponge could, and it made quick work of the tomato sauce crusted onto my nonstick pan. I used both brush attachments and found neither left any scratches on my cookware, but I preferred using the more delicate soft brush to be safe. I noticed its longer construction and feather-soft bristles produced more soap, and I never worried about it leaving any marks on my cookware. The scrubber spins quickly, which helps it clean fast and effectively, but it wasn’t so powerful that I couldn’t control it or would get hit by any stray splashes of soapy water.