My apartment might not be finished yet, but we’ve got new floors, new carpets, a new kitchen and some new furniture and I’m very interested in keeping them clean. Especially the couch and the banquette cushion around the dining room table. That cushion is a CRUMB MAGNET. Thankfully, BLACK+DECKER sent me their new AdvancedClean+ dustbuster to keep my place in check. Their newest cordless hand vacuum has a long extendable crevice tool that makes cleaning difficult places much easier. I can clean the banquette without bending down!
I don’t think my kids have ever seen me so obsessed with cleanliness. Check out the video below to see me in action. There is no crumb that my kids drop that doesn’t immediately get sucked up!
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Somehow our coffee table seems to be the crumb and dust (and cat fur) magnet, no matter how many times it gets cleaned off! Close runner up would be arms of the couch, again, cat. 🙄😬
I have three boys which means multiple pairs of cleats tearing into my house from dirty fields and this would be so handy!
Biggest crumb magnet however is our family parrot, Luna. She is the sweetest girl but holy moly does she throw her seed shells all over the place! Help me!!
My kitchen floor
I would say the kitchen floor but our dog cleans up all of those crumbs! So it’s a toss up between either the entry way or the couch!
My 17 month old daughter is the messiest of all my 4 children!!
The table in our playroom is the biggest crumb hideout in our home. It’s always covered in dried up playdoh, kinetic sand, and today’s lunch or afternoon snacks!
My car is 100% the biggest crumb magnate. I swear I end up deep cleaning it every weekend and somehow by end of day Monday, it looks like a tornado hit it!
My living room is basically the only place anyone sits down to eat. I have a HUGE sectional and it traps far more than just crumbs. I, quite literally, pulled at least 18 socks, a winter hat (often used to stuff rogue socks into…not a coincidence), a t shirt, 4 pencils, and an activity book OUT OF A SINGLE SECTION just yesterday. All quite crumby, if I’m being honest. I don’t trust the 7yo with the big expensive vacuum.
We have pergo floors and the whole house is a crumb magnet! Especially under my son’s dining chair! We also foster kittens and you cannot imagine how much work my dustpan gets while they are litter training. It’s like their mission is to get as much OUT of the box as there is in!
My floors are the biggest crumb magnets in the dining room where my puppies eat and have their treats! Many oh man would this be A huge help in keeping my house clean from day to day!
Biggest crumb magnet: my clean kitchen floor after I go to bed… snacking husband who trails cracker crumbs through the apartment!
The couch- between the dog and the two boys, yuck, hair and crumbs!
We have 2 dogs and a 4 year old, so ALL the things are stuck in crevasses, under the couch, along the baseboards. We NEED this!
Our living room area rug for sure!
My kitchen floors!! Between my never ending snack loving xhildren, cooking 3 meals and baking cakes i feel like they are NNNNEEEVVVEERR clean
Under the dish washer. I’m a super messy cook. 🙈
It’s actually my car! We’re usually running late in the morning and my son eats a pop tart in the car for breakfast. My backseat is always covered in crumbs!
My kitchen floor is my biggest crumb magnet!
My biggest crumb magnet, and mess maker in general, would definitely be my German Shepherd. Between the crumbs, fur, and dirt he brings in I’m constantly cleaning something! But he is worth it. This would make it a lot easier 🙂
I would say the biggest crumb magnet would be myself 😂 my nickname is Messy Jessie, unfortunately. If not myself, then definitely the couches in our living room!
Of course it’s our couch! Funny thing is we don’t usually let the kids eat on the couch… it’s all my husband! He’s the messiest eater!
Definitely my bathroom floor! With two boys in sports, it always resembles a baseball field or playground. Mulch, dirt, grass, you name it. A handheld vacuum would eliminate the need to bring the full size vacuum up every night. It would also be easy for my big kids to use! #thebigkidyears Thank you!
My biggest crumb magnet is definitely the couch! Even when it’s cleaned every day!
From far away it looks great and then when I sit down I say- ohhh so THAT’S where all the cat hair went today.”
Under the couch 😬
The dog and the grandson’s are our biggest crumb magnets! Always shedding and eating everywhere!
Do we have to name just one? My minivan (ooh how I’d love that nozzle to get the nooks and crannies of the car seats and boosters), around the dog bowl- he’s a messy eater, and in and around the shoe/boot trays at the back and front door. I would definitely put this to the test!
My couch collects the most crumbs….and anywhere my 6 year old sits to eat 🙄haha! She can make crumbs out of anything!
The couch!! Forever the crumb magnet – too many nooks for things to go in.
Our biggest crumb magnet is our 4 month old baby that tries to put everything on the floor in his mouth 😳
My kitchen floor under my kids chairs is the biggest crumb magnet. Between two kids and a shedding dog, I definitely could use the Dustbuster!
Under our kitchen table. I feel like I have to vacuum under there after every meal…sometimes I think more ends up down there than in the kiddo’s belly!
Our modular couch! We have to pickup and move each piece to get the crumbs. The arm on this vacuum would be great!
The biggest crumb magnet is the step down between my kitchen and my TV room the kids aren’t allowed to eat in he TVRoom but they’ll sit on this step down area -which they say is really part of the kitchen – to watch TV while they eat and all the crumbs collect there. drives me crazy
Definitely the floor around our kitchen island. And coming in a close second? My car! Specifically the back seats where my girls sit!
The kitchen floor! My boyfriend (omg… now fiancé as of Saturday!!!) does such an incredible time cooking the majority of our meals. However, he does not do such a great job of keeping things on the counter or getting the scraps and crumbs into the garbage can. I am constantly sweeping, swiffering, and lugging around an outdated vacuum to try and keep the floor clean. This little guy would be SO helpful!!
My 3yo twins! I say I wish I had a dog just for the toddler years who can lick those crumbs up for me, but maybe a new vacuum would be less maintenance than a dog!
The kitchen floor! My boyfriend (omg… now fiancé as of Saturday!!!) does such an incredible time cooking the majority of our meals. However, he does not do such a great job of keeping things on the counter or getting the scraps and crumbs into the garbage can. I am constantly sweeping, swiffering, and lugging around an outdated vacuum to try and keep the floor clean. This little guy would be SO helpful!!
It’s a tie between under the kitchen table and under the kids craft area which is always covered with scraps of paper. Do those count as crumbs?
Just under my couch is the biggest crumb magnet! The always gather just under lol I can see them and if I love my cough it’s just a couch shape crumb border 😂😂😂
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Oh my goodness, please excuse this poorly written comment LOL I haven’t had my coffee yet! 🙈
My 12yo always leaves crumbs everywhere. The dining area never looks clean and I have an eye detector. With this little vacuum will be so easy to handle it to him to clean his mess, I wish my cat could clean her own mess hair in the couch so I could teach her. Also, I always wanted one to clean the dust and crumbs in the car without carrying form the second the the big vacuum.
The biggest crumb magnet in our house is the sectional couch! With two kids (who are constantly snacking), a dog who insists on bringing her kibble (by the mouthful) over to the couch to snack on, and a big, fluffy cat, that poor couch is covered in a multitude of crumbs and pet hair! I’d love an easier, more effective way of keeping it clean so I can lounge without the fear of what I’m lounging in …
This is pretty nifty! Our crumb magnet – on the floor around the counter I’m our kitchen. We’re akways making messes. 🙂
The freaking couch. Seriously! They’re not even supposed to eat in there! But they’re 13 & 10 so they do what they want and listen to me yell!
Definitely couch cushions oh and can we talk about car seats?!
biggest crumbs i find are the raisins from trail mix. They are my kids least favorite so they hide them in between the cushions. 🤦🏻♀️
Under my daughter’s seat at the island. Everything ends up on the floor! Even scraps of paper because she’s constantly cutting stuff for crafts! I’m going insane picking up tiny pieces of paper or fabric!
Definitely the couch! Also the floor because I have a parrot that is very entertained by throwing food off the counter in little tiny pieces.
Is the whole house an acceptable answer?? Under the couch cushions and weirdly the toy room. I routinely ignore my rule about not giving the kids snacks to walk around with but the silence that ensues from letting them have a tea party and feed their dolls crackers is worth the crumbs!
The rug underneath my couch is the spot that always has random crumbs! I can never reach under the couch all the way without moving it so I love the idea of the extender!
The couch! Under, on top, the cushions – everywhere!
My couch and the floor around the couch and the kitchen floor and under the kitchen table.
I need this to keep in my car! Kids destroy it daily!!
How could I possibly choose between the couch and under the kids’ highchairs? Both locations are slowly chipping away at my sanity… 🥴
My biggest crumb magnet are my kids who have no regard for eating OVER. A. PLATE. ha!
Is it the 3-year old princess who insists on being fed but looks away when you put food in her mouth?
Is it the 6 year old who doesn’t pay attention to what she is doing and food ends up on the floor, couch or even worse, in her hair?
Is it my husband who I have gotten a man-bib for because he cannot contain the mess to the plate?
Or is it me, who barely has a chance to eat anything and in the process of scarfing food, sends crumbs everywhere?
That spot on the sliding glass door that fills with leaves on the outside was somehow installed on the inside in our house…and it just seems to attract all the pet hair and crumbs!
Biggest crumb magnet = the rug beneath our dining table. It’s black, and shows everything!
Our couch I swear has the deepest cushions- so. Many. Crumbs. 😐
My biggest crumb magnet is under the table.
My kitchen floor 100%.
My couch is the biggest crumb magnet.
My 10 year old son…wherever he is. He just leaves a trail of crumbs like Hansel and Gretel wherever he goes. Maybe someday he won’t be a mess. A girl can dream.
my kids bedroom when she sneaks pop tarts at night
The couch in the living room for sure!
We got a new couch in a dark color thinking it would usually default to looking clean because it was dark. Nope. I attracts every single, hair, crumb, fuzzy that comes into it’s orbit. Drives me insane.
My six year old’s seat at the table. No matter what he is eating, crumbs end up everywhere. Want to know the magnet to the crumbs? My ten month old! He has crumb radar and tries to eat anything he can find.
My biggest crumb magnet is definitely my 2 couches. Between my son, dog & husband there are always crumbs 😀
Anywhere my 8 year old has taken her slime. And by “crumbs” I mean the sequins and glitter that fall out of it EVERYWHERE!!!!
The biggest crumb magnets in my house are my couch & every corner in my house. I have 2 kids, a dog, a cat & a husband and none of them are neat!! I would love to try this Black & Decker vacuum!! It looks like it would be perfect for all my messes!!
Always crumbd in front of the couch!!!
We have an ottoman we cover with a beach towel because 1. We have slobbery dogs and 2. We have a toddler. The kid eats her snacks on the ottoman while watching TV. That poor towel gets changed daily due to slobber and kiddo crumbs. Somehow the crumbs get wet and like stucco stick the towel. It’s disgusting but it sure beats damp-wiping an ottoman regularly.
Biggest crumb area in our house – right under the counter stools! Everyone eats here, especially the kids!
We really limit where the kids can take food, so most of the crumbs are under the kitchen table. But during Passover, I believe there was a layer of matzah crumbs over our entire first floor!
Definitely the floor under the table where my daughter sits! And also where she sits on the couch!! 😊
The living room rug. Our living room is in between the dining table and the kitchen. There is a way to walk to the kitchen from the table without going over the rug, but my kids always walk over the rug and invariably spill things off their plates. I vacuum the rug almost daily. A new dust buster would be awesome!
my 4 year old son is a crumb magnet. anywhere he eats, anything he eats, there’s sure to be crumbs. whhhhhy??
Underneath the kitchen cabinets and the refrigerator. There’s these little overhangs and it is nearly impossible to keep those spots crumb free and pet hair free! I also have a fair number of little toys that collect under there which I wouldn’t mind sucking up with the mess!!
I don’t think I have a spot in my house that ISN’T a crumb magnet. I have 3 girls age 10, 6 and 1, a hairy dog and a hairy cat! My kitchen floors look atrocious more often than not ha ha I would love to win this!
My husband has a moon of sunflower seeds, popcorn, and chip crumbs around his chair whenever he has a snack fest👍🏻
The biggest crumb magnet, aside from my actual three year old, has to be my car or my bed (gasp, I know). Whenever it’s clean, we swear they’ll never eat inside or on it again, but I just love itchiness (SAID NO ONE EVER). They eat in the car sometimes, and they snack when they get to watch TV in our room. Or when we have popcorn during a movie!
My biggest crumb magnet is also our couch! It seems like there is always someone eating on it!
My son makes a mess and leaves crumbs everywhere! I jokingly call him Pigpen like the character from Charlie Brown. 😂
Our area rug and couch. Between 2 kids, 2 cats and a dog, they just collect hair and crumbs
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Definitely the couch.. ugh. Not just crumbs though, dog hair, ponytail holders, loose change, my 4lb dog if I’m not careful 😂
Under the baseboards, counters, and between the oven and the counters. I’ll admit I have a reputation of being a “cooking tornado” and get scared to know what’s down there in the deep dark abyss.
This would be great for all the snacks that find their way in and underneath the carseats and on the floor of my car!
My biggest crum magnet is my son in his highchair. He is 14 months and loves to throw his food while eating. So cleaning up after every meal can be a pain.
under my kids bed.. they sneak food and then to hide the evidence they push it under the bed
Biggest crumb magnet is my entire breakfast area floors and our couch! My 5 year old will take his snacks and eats them on the couch. I go to find the crumbs everywhere on the couch and in between. One of these black and decker vacuums will help me to maintain the areas crumbles!
The biggest crumb magnet in my home is right by the trash can. I don’t know why, but it seems my kids can’t manage to get the trash all in the can. I feel like I need another can to catch the crumbs that don’t make it in the can. I don’t have a good vacuum at the moment so I’m always sweeping. A vacuum would make life so much easier. Besides that my parakeets make so much seed mess under their cage, I have one of the seed catchers but they are so messy even that doesn’t help.
My microfiber couch. It’s our family TV watching snack spot!
I have one pug, but looking at my couch you would think I have ten pugs!😭😭😭
The carpet under the high chair!
My couches! Between the cat and the 5 year old it seems like they’re never clean, even after I vacuum!
We have 2 new couches and a loveseat that are crumb magnets (even though they’re not supposed to eat on them 🤔) and also dog hair magnets (even though the dog isn’t supposed to be on them. 🤔🤔) It’s definitely a pain to drag my full size vacuum out every time they need a quick cleanup.
My sectional couch in the family room! For some reason I allow the kids to snack there and it gets gross. The couch has a lot of crevices and if something falls through the cushions there’s this little false floor where everything gets lost. I should probably get a better hand vac so I keep up with it better. I did a thorough cleaning a few weeks ago and literally filled the canister of a full sized vacuum 2x. I also found a remote we lost a year prior and about a dozen sock singletons.
The biggest crumb collector is the floor under the 4 barstools at our island. I swear the kids just throw food on the floor instead of actually aiming for their mouths. Seriously. No wonder they are constantly hungry, no food ever actually makes it into their mouths!
2 toddlers leaving behind a trail of crumbs wherever they go.
Definitely our couch and loveseat are the crumb magnets! What a fun ‘tool’ to have!
The biggest crumb magnet is anywhere the boys sit: hubby, 2yo son, grandpa. 😆
Outside of the house- our minivan.