Best Concentrated Cleaners – Consumer Reports

There’s a caveat: You’ll have to roll up your sleeves and play amateur chemist by diluting the cleaner with the exact amount of water needed for your particular cleaning job. For most of these cleaners, you’ll either need a set of reusable spray bottles and a few labels to keep everything organized or a large enough bucket to accommodate 1 or 2 gallons of water. 

But if the benefits of saving money, cleaning more spaces with fewer products, and helping to reduce the carbon footprint outweigh its DIY aspect, we’ve got you covered. We evaluated 10 popular concentrated cleaners from popular brands like Mr. Clean, Fabuloso, and Lysol. Here are our top choices and how the rest fared.