As Glass Plus, 409, Fantastik, Kaboom and Scrub Free. Cleaners That Should Be Used PGlass Plus P409 PFantastik PKaboom PScrub Free PNon-Ammonia Windex Cleaners That Should Be Avoided OSoft Scrub OComet Scratch Free OScouring pads OScouring cleansers OAmmonia-D OAcetone OAerosol Cleansers OLysol Disinfectant ODown Disinfectant OCrystal Drain. The Kaboom shower, tile, and tub cleansers on the other hand are priced at about $5 to $10 per pack. Compared to other similar products being sold on the market, the Kaboom line of products seems to cost more. The Commitment According to Kaboom, you don’t need to do any heavy scrubbing or cleaning to make your bathroom germ-free and sparkling. Kaboom™ Scrub Free! Is a revolutionary toilet cleaning system that takes away the worry and hard work from toilet cleaning for up to three months. Its powerful bleach-based formula will clean and refresh your toilet every time you flush without damaging tank parts and with no hard scrubbing.
I’ve used KABOOM Scrub cleaner before, and have been very pleased. I like how it turns the hard water stains yellow as it is cleaning it off the bathtub. When I heard that KABOOM had a continuous toilet cleaning system, my ears perked up. I watched the video online of how the unit is installed, and how it cleans your toilet every time you flush. Therefore I thought I’d give it a chance to see if it lives up to the spray cleaner.Kaboom Scrub Free, is a revolutionary toilet cleaning system that takes away the worry and hard work from toilet cleaning for up to 3-months. Its powerful bleach-based formula will clean and refresh your toilet every time you flush without damaging tank parts and with no hard scrubbing. Forget the hassle of every-day maintenance, handling nasty. Use this advanced product for your house and keep everything always clean with Kaboom, Never scrub!!
I ordered my KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System through amazon.com for $11.99. The refills run about $6.99, and last about 3 months. There are no tools required for installation, it simply snaps into the back of the tank. As you connection the tubes to each section that it belongs to. The great thing is it is safe for septic systems, refillable, and doesn’t cause damage to the inside parts of the toilet, like Vanish Drop Ins does.
KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System comes with instructions that tell you to clean your toilet before installing. I felt, and feel that this is sort of cheating. I mean think about it, you buy a cleaner for your toilet, and in order for it to work, you have to have a clean toilet to start with!? This kind of tells you it’s not going to work, or at least as well as it claims to work, right?
I decided to install mine in the upstairs toilet because at night we don’t flush the toilet, and it’s prone to stains. I did a quick cleaning of the toilet, and flushed. KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System has been in my toilet since mid-late November, and my toilet is exactly as it was. I believe KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System is used for nothing more then to maintain a clean toilet. It repels stains rather then cleans the stains. I can confirm this because as I mentioned I did a quick clean, so there were a few stains left where I didn’t brush completely in spots. You have to look, but they are there. I left it like that because visitors don’t use the upstairs bathroom, and I had to perform a proper test in order to honest review of the product.
I can see how people are upset that claiming the product doesn’t work, but it does, if you clean your toilet ahead of time it will maintain a clean toilet for three months.
I like the fact this cleaning system is a plastic unit, so when I am done with KABOOM, I can refill the unit with other drops in products to use one that do clean and protect not just maintain.
I don’t recommend KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System for toilets that are high volume toilets. If you use yours a lot and flush a lot, this wouldn’t be a good product for you. If however you’d like to test it, and refill it with something else like I plan to do, then this is the cleaner for you.
I rate KABOOM Scrub Free Continuous Toilet Cleaning System 3 out of 5 stars.
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Fluidmaster:
Uses a cartridge containing a chlorine based tablet.
Cartridge is not meant to be refilled.
Chlorine odor noticeable in the bathroom.
Cartridge can be modified (I used a dremel) so it is easily refilled.
NeverScrub:
Kaboom Scrub Free Refills
Uses a cartridge containing a chlorine based crystal.
Cartridge is not meant to be refilled.
Chlorine odor noticeable in the bathroom.
Kaboom:
Does not use a cartridge. Bromine tablet refill inserts directly by unscrewing a cap.
No odor noticeable in the bathroom.
All three of these systems work the same way and all are really easy to install. All of them put a toilet cleaning chemical (tablets or crystals) in-line between the water fill valve and the toilet bowl fill pipe. All of them prevent the chemical from getting into the tank water (so there is no damage to the plastic parts in the tank). All sell refills for their systems. All keep the toilet bowl equally clean for about 1-3 months depending on how often it is flushed.
Amazon also sells Pool/Spa Cleaning Chlorine and Bromine tablets, which as far as I can tell do just as good a job keeping the toilets clean as the refills but at a fraction of the cost. I have tried all of the following, each of which provide enough tablets to keep all the toilets in the house clean for 10 years and they are all very cheap:
Kem-Tek 177:
The tablets fit well in the dremel-tool modified Fluidmaster cartridges.
Kaboom Scrub Free Installation Guide
The tablets fit well in the Kaboom.
The bathroom has a slight chlorine odor.
Spa-Kem 267:
The tablets are too large to fit in the Fluidmaster cartridges.
The tablets fit well in the Kaboom.
No odor.
Tropi Clear:
The tablets fit well in the dremel-tool modified Fluidmaster cartridges.
The tablets fit well in the Kaboom.
No odor.
Chlorine and Bromine are fairly equal in cleaning ability. Chlorine has that chlorine odor. Bromine is broken down by sunlight. Which is why, on a sunny day, outdoor pools use chlorine. But at night, or indoors, or on a cloudy day, they use bromine since there is no smell.
Summary. The Fluidmaster system works but the cartridges are expensive. To refill the cartridges easily requires a small modification with a dremel tool. The cartridge is too small for any tablets larger than 1 inch in diameter. The NeverScrub system also works but the cartridges are expensive. What I am using is the Kaboom system with the bromine tablets (either the Tropi Clear or the Spa-Kem 267) as they have no odor and clean just as well as the chlorine tablets.Some of the reviewers reference another product they say is better, but i have never heard of or used the other product. I bought one of these as I saw some ads for it and I had water stain problems in the toilet bowl.
I could start to see and immediate change as the acid/bleach starting eating through the stains and then they were all gone, and stayed gone until a refill was needed and then I noticed the stains coming back.
Despite what others have said, I have never seen a toilet it wouldn't work in as they are almost all made the same. The toilets are made to run some water from around the rim to rinse the sides. Perhaps the holes the water is supposed to come through are clogged so you don't get an even distribution of the bleach around the bowl.
I just bought my first refill. When I looked at the tablets they have you refill with, they looked just like the bromide tablets in my hot tub. Rather than spending $6 for two refills (two tablets each), I am going to try my spa tablets next time which are way cheaper.
If you have a 'normal' toliet, and if the toilet is working properly (water coming down all around the rim), this product WILL do the job it claims.
If you have a really badly stained toilet to begin with, I came up with a way to get a clean bowl to start with. I turned off the water supply, flushed the toilet to empty the water in the bowl. Then I jammed plastic bags into the hole to block it. Then I dumped a gallon of the cheapest vinegar I could find and let it sit overnight. The next day all the old hard water stains were gone and I had a 'fresh' toilet to start with. Length:: 1:59 Mins
Tried to demonstrate how easy it is to install one of these as well as show people what it looks like and what is included in with the product.
I know when I first purchased this I wasn't sure what to expect, this should make it clear!
Please note: 2 tablets are included as well as 1 spare short tube (not shown).
Sorry my toilet tank was so dirty, I wanted to show a fresh install. That toilet has been sitting for about 2 months unused and is about 5 years old overall. Getting the old refill tube from your toilet to fit onto the nozzle of the tablet reservoir can be tricky if the old tube is very stiff. It took me about 20 seconds or so after the video which I didn't want to include due to time restraints, as I wasn't sure how much time I had before I exceeded the 100mb file size limit. This was my first video review and I hope to include many more as I get better at it! Enjoy and please ask any questions you may have.
I'd recommend buying pool bromine tablets because the kaboom ones are very pricey.I've used the older and newer versions, and they both work great for me. We had one toilet where we did not have either, and you could tell a huge difference in a week.I have used the Puricle 110 system for 15-20 years, and it has worked great. I have not actually tried the Kaboom 'Scrub Free' version of this same product yet, but wonder what has changed? It is just a little plastic container with a chubby chlorine tablet in the refill water line. The tablet only sits in water when it is refilling, and is not sitting in the bottom of the tank and constantly dissolving. Simple concept that works and makes the tablets last much longer. The darn container is too small to fit another brand of chlorine tablet in there.
If your toilet is really stained, this somewhat gentle product will take a week or so to bleach out the existing black mold that couldn't first be scrubbed out. It won't remove existing hard-water rings, but seems to help prevent them.
You may want to coat the container's threads with Vaseline to make taking off the lid easier when you go to refill it; otherwise it tends to get crytals of chlorine inside the threads and can be tough to open. Vaseline also helps seal it better without having to over-tighten it. Most bathrooms have an old container of vaseline sitting around.
The quick way to get rid of hard water rings is to use a medium-hard pumice stone from the hardware store. It should dissolve slightly while you are using it. If it is gentle enough for your skin, it is OK for the porcelin.
Between the two (pumice and Scrub Free), you can have a clean toilet bowl in 10 minutes and keep it that way for months without doing anything further.