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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WINNER UPDATE:
Congratulations to Celina, Deb Fann and Rachel Weyer! Please email allie@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize!
The biggest crumb collector in my home is absolutely my couch. Between cushions, in the cup holders, underneath, it’s awful. But there are many crumb eating culprits in my home, like the kids beds when they hide snacks to eat or in the car, underneath car seats. They’re impossible to avoid! Getting a dog has helped a lot, but not so sure I should let him lick between the couch cushions, that just scream unsanitary. Lol
My biggest crumb magnet is the hard wood floors under the high chair! I swear I could sweep all day and they still wouldn’t look clean!
Our biggest crumb catcher is our couch and my kids’ laps!
The floor underneath our stools at the counter – and it’s such a pain to move all 4 stools to get in there and vacuum.
Under the babies chair and the corners in the kitchen! I have to use a little tiny brush to get those dang corners. Drives me crazy.
The part of the couch where my husband sits! And actually anywhere in the house the kids tend to walk. Plus the dog hair. I give up vacuuming with my regular vacuum!
In between the couch cushions in our family room! Unfortunately I’m as big of a snacker as my 3 year old!
I have a 9 year old boy, a dog, a cat, and dark wood floors. My entire house is a magnet of Dorito crumbs and pet hair tumbleweeds. 😭
The couch is definitely the biggest crumb magnet. It always feels so wonderful to vacuum up those crumbs, and I currently get the crumbs out of the couch with our upright vacuum! This handy vacuum would make it a whole lot easier!!!
The bowels of our couch.🙈 I hope no guest ever has to look for the remote.
Definitely the couch! I lift the cushions and there are ALWAYS crumbs.
My pantry is my biggest crumb magnet hard to tell if my husband, kids or dog is to blame. Everyone loves to sneak pre dinner snacks right off the pantry shelf as if mom doesn’t notice 🤦♀️
It’s between the stove and the cabinet. The gap!
We need this!!!
My biggest crumb magnet is my family room I find crumbs 30 seconds after vacuuming- I don’t know what my kids are doing- it’s like the shed food crumbs
The biggest crumb magnet, besides my toddler, is my couch!!! My son, who is two, loves to eat breakfast on the couch while he watches cartoons!! I can never get into the crevices good enough with my vacuum! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I ask you, how can a nearly 40 year old man create so many crumbs! Kids are tidier than him! The dinner table is his time to shine and showcase his epic crumb abilities. Table top, floor AND dining chair all get covered in his crumbly calling card!
Under the bar and under the table!
The crumb magnet in my house is anywhere my husband or child are sitting or playing! From the couch to underneath my child’s playmat, I am sure to find crumbs or any other leftover foods. Let’s not forget any foods my child decides to hide for our dog under the table…
Definitely under the birdcage in my house!
Husband’s beard. ‘Nuf said
It’s almost unbelievable how many crumbs I find in the couch! Also there always seems to be little crumbs anywhere the four year old has been.
My adorable golden retriever is the messiest! Between his fur and my 9yr olds hair down to her booty, as have a constant mess!
Highchairs, the couch, and the dryer. 😳🤪
We have dark wood floors which show EVERYTHING!!! The rule is only eat in the dining room, so how are there crumbs all over the house???!!!
I basically live at the gas station vacuum station getting the graham cracker crumbs out of my car seat!! Excited to use the Black and Decker vacuum …maybe I can teach my toddler to vacuum while we drive!! 🤣🤣🤣
My crumb magnet comes from the family tradition of having popcorn on movie nights. The popcorn ends up crumbling everywhere and getting in creases of the couch, under the couch and all over the apartment. I have even woken up the next morning to find popcorn crumbs in my hair, a great reminder of the love my family has for me and the love I try to show them, even when I ask them to clean up their popcorn mess.
My biggest crumb magnet is right below the coffee table in my living room. Kids are ALWAYS making a mess below that! 🤷🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ What can ya do? Oh well.
Smashed up cereal!!!! Where it’s Cheerios or baby cereal it all ends up on the carpet!
It’s a tie between the couch cushions & my car! Two kids & two dogs make for a crumby life! 😂
THE BIGGEST CRUMB CATCHER IS LITERALLY WHATEVER PLACE I JUST CLEANED. 🤦♀️ I THINK MY KIDS ARE IN CAHOOTS TO TRY AND MAKE ME LOSE THE CLEANING BATTLE! 😬🤪
Biggest crumb magnet in our house? I’d have to say whatever floor/counter my husband is eating over 😂 . We have hardwood floors and I’m constantly sweeping up crumbs, dust, and dog hair from out German Shepard. This vacuum looks amazing!
Our biggest crumb magnet is our couch, courtesy of our kiddos!
My 3 year old is a crumb magnet. And the car seat. Yikes!
My boys underwear! I swear they both have a mini fridge fall out of them when they get in the bath at night! I used to think my bra took the cake but nope still them.
The creases of the stroller or car seat. You never know what you will find in there 🤦🏻♀️
Under my son’s supper chair! I don’t know if he gets any food actually in his mouth!
The sofa!!!!
Under the high chair and the air vent in the kitchen floor!
Ugh, my 18 year old son is very crumby! Haha! Get it?
My biggest crumb magnet is a toss up between my car which transports either me and my two children ages 3 and 4 with all of their snack crumbs: in the car seats, under the car seats (didn’t even knew this could ever be humanly possible but it is… on a daily basis), on the bench in between the row of car seats, on the carpet, under the driver and passenger seat, and in between the consoles where no handle can ever reach! This is also the car that I use to transport my mom the doctors appointments that are several hours away to help get her treatments from multiple doctors to help her get healthy again. So I’m constantly taking my children’s car seats out and cleaning my car out weekly and it’s so stressful to try to get all those hard to get crumbs out of the way so my own mother, who has sacrificed so much for me and everyone else, can just have a clean seat to sit on. I’m also a nurse that works night shifts to take care of the kids during the week so any time saver and helping hand is greatly appreciated.
BIGGEST ONE IS THE ENTIRE LIVING ROOM! LOL I have a toddler and a taby hah so I gave up my entire living room for them. And it’s just non-stop mess all. the. Time. 😆
The crevice under the kitchen cabinets. Drive me fricken crazy.
so technically not IN the home, but my toddler’s car seat! Would love to be able to vacuum it quickly without having to find a plug in our garage or lug our upright vac out there!
Around the dog kennels. The crumbs from treats mixed with dog hair and water from their bowls is disgusting. I try to get around them once a day but it’s hard to reach behind the big one without moving them all around. I could definitely use some help!
It’s toss up between the living room and our minivan.
My car!! I swear I will clean it one weekend and by Monday it is a mess already! I had one of my daughters friends tell me her moms car and my car were very similar…. “except my moms car is clean” 🤣🤣🤣
Our biggest crumb magnet is our kitchen floor!!
So we have a couch that we never ever ever use but which collects crumbs dust and pet hair like it’s its job!!! I swear I try and clean it once a week but every time whenevee I flip the cushion to clean the back it has so much stuff on it that it looks like it’s growing hair… no joke.
Also I have a fiancé who loves to eat snacks in bed, nothing better than coming home from a long day at the office to a bed covered in crumbs am I right??
Honestly, everywhere is a crumb magnet with my 19 month old and 7 year old. But my couches are just on a whole different level of dirtiness. It collects crumbs just from us looking at it lol this vacuum would be a life saver! Thanks!
My crumb magnet is probably the couches. The crumbs are caused by my two children (10 and 5 yrs old). The funny thing is that they are not allowed to eat in the living room on the couch. But, there are always crumbs and of course when I show them the crumbs they act like they don’t know how that could possibly happen (hahahaha). This vacuum would definitely be useful to clean up all those magically appearing crumbs.
The couch!! I don’t even let my kids eat there though! I don’t know where the crumbs all come from??!!
I have a dog that sheds like crazy, and her hair gets into every nook and cranny you can imagine. It drives me insane!! This vacuum would help keep our couches clean, behind cabinets, underneath furniture. I would love it!!
The grout in the kitchen tile is the worst for us! Please help us Illana!
I need one so bad!!! My girls eat while they play and sometime (most of the Tom) leave crew jets in the corners of the play chest. It’s a giant pain to clean!!! Please help me pretend I’m trying!!
Every room in the house lol The TV room even I ask my two little ones not to eat in there. They manage to sneak snacks in there. I’m crossing my fingers!!
Cat food, cat hair, husband 😂
Does the entire house count?! We have a 3 year old and a husky!
The biggest crumb magnet in our house is our couch. It’s scary some of the piles I find in between those cushions!
The area around the dining room table.
I feel like my whole house is a crumb magnet! I can’t walk into any room without finding some kind of crumbs. The couch must be the king though, i feel like my house is Game of Crumbs!
Everywhere! Especially with sand from my daughters sand filled shoes from daycare. Took me a while to figure out where the sand piles were coming from.
Well shit, I missed it #mommybrain. Love your stories, though, super relatable! PS – does this clean mashed potatoes from deep, dark crevices?
I’m the crumb magnet!! I have four kids and still cant feed them without food on the floor,me, chair & their heads. My 1 1/2 yr old has taken it to a whole nother level. There is always a mess arou d him.
My baby’s highchair and our floor! Crumbs ALL. THE. TIME. We’ve also got a black lab fur baby and his hair constantly covers the floor, couches, carpet- you name it! Having a Dustbuster would be a game changer due to its ease compared to grabbing the whole vacuum and attachments!
Biggest crumb magnets? My daughters highchair and under my son’s booster seat. I clean it daily and yet….
Definitely the couch cushions. Even though we have a no food on the couch rule. How does this happen?
My 1 year old doesn’t like his high chair so he throws ALL food on the ground. We’ve recently put him at the coffee table where he can stand and eat. I’m sure you can imagine the amount of crumbs I pick up after each meal🤪
Our family’s favorite couch is a total crumb magnet. Snack crumbs, wrappers, hair ties, remote controls, phones, iPads, you name it, and you can probably find it in between the cushions of that couch!!
No matter how much we enforce “no food near mom and dads bed” crumbs turn up on the daily! Ew. We tend to sleep through it…
My daughter and husband are the messiest eaters! It’s like they have holes in their chins. Or maybe they think my cooking is so delicious that the table, chair, and floor must have a taste. I’m not sure what happens but I spend so much time vacuuming and wiping down the eating areas.
My couch and my car are the worst! I was hoping it would be better as my kids got older, but it hasn’t!
Our biggest crumb magnet is our car! The kids must have snacks even if we are driving 5 minutes away. I’m always having to vacuum the car.
If you want it to be clean always, you have to do the household everyday. That is an exhausting job