10 Best Washing Machine Cleaners

Any type of equip­ment needs main­te­nance, which extends its ser­vice life. This also applies to wash­ing machines that need clean­ing, dur­ing which all debris and pos­si­ble dirt are removed from the tank and drum, as well as scale from the heat­ing ele­ment, unpleas­ant odors and soap residue. Below are the top 10 wash­ing machine clean­ers for 2022 and tips for choos­ing them.

How to choose a good washing machine cleaner

To choose a good machine clean­er, you first need to fig­ure out what types of chem­istry exist for clean­ing wash­ing machines, and after that spe­cif­ic advice will be giv­en.

Types of cleaning products

Accord­ing to their com­po­si­tion, clean­ing agents are divid­ed into 2 groups:

1. Abra­sive. This type of house­hold chem­i­cals sug­gests that the com­po­si­tion includes rather large sol­id par­ti­cles, and there­fore their use can harm the machine by scratch­ing the tank or glass on the hatch. In turn, abra­sive prod­ucts are divid­ed into pow­ders and pastes.
2. Non-abra­sive. Such prod­ucts con­tain com­plete­ly sol­u­ble organ­ic sub­stances in their com­po­si­tion, which do not harm the sur­faces of the machine dur­ing clean­ing. Such house­hold chem­i­cals can also be sold in pow­der or liq­uid form.

As is clear from the fore­go­ing, the first means are more aggres­sive and should be used only as a last resort. The lat­ter are safer, but do not cope with all pol­lu­tion.

Tips for choosing a cleaning agent

These sim­ple tips will help you choose the best wash­ing machine clean­er:

1. If you want to solve a spe­cif­ic prob­lem, for exam­ple, to remove limescale, then it is prefer­able to choose a tool designed to solve this par­tic­u­lar prob­lem. If you plan to car­ry out pre­ven­tive clean­ing of the wash­ing machine, then you can pur­chase a uni­ver­sal rem­e­dy.
2. Before buy­ing, be sure to study the com­po­si­tion of the chem­istry. It should not con­tain tox­ic sub­stances that can be harm­ful to health. But at the same time, it should con­tain those com­po­nents that can cope with the exist­ing prob­lem.
3. There is no need to pur­chase clean­ing prod­ucts in large vol­umes in pur­suit of prof­it, because you may sim­ply not have time to use it before the expi­ra­tion date. When choos­ing a pow­der option, it is impor­tant to have indi­vid­ual pack­ag­ing.
4. Choose a chem­istry designed specif­i­cal­ly for stain­less steel. Use it in accor­dance with the instruc­tions.
5. To clean the machine from mold, it is rec­om­mend­ed to use prod­ucts with chlo­rine, which are poured into the tank and start the machine for a 90 degree wash cycle, after which it is turned off after 10 min­utes and left for 4 hours. Next, you need to con­tin­ue the pro­gram until it ends.

Rating of the best cleaning products for washing machines

Below are the best clean­ing prod­ucts for the machine, which are rec­om­mend­ed by the man­u­fac­tur­ers of this equip­ment, and also have good reviews from users.

1 Calgon

Cal­gon Gel Wash­ing Machine Clean­er is a 2 in 1 prod­uct that can be added to every wash as it soft­ens the water and also pre­vents soap buildup from set­tling on the inside of the machine. In addi­tion to soft­en­ing water, it removes scale and elim­i­nates unpleas­ant odors. Sup­plied in a 1.5 liter plas­tic bot­tle with a mea­sur­ing cap. This gel can also be used with cold water.

Advan­tages:

• per­forms its func­tions well;
• con­ve­nient dis­penser;
• nice smell;
• can be used in cold water.

Flaws:

• high price.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Name hid­den I use it all the time, because I don’t smell extra­ne­ous odors from the laun­dry, which were present with­out using Cal­gon gel.

Maria Nice blue col­or of the prod­uct, goes well with the label and the white col­or of my wash­ing machine

2 Frau Schmidt

Frau Schmidt’s wash­ing machine decal­ci­fi­er tablets pro­tect against future limescale build-up and pre-exist­ing limescale deposits. The com­po­si­tion includes cit­ric acid and sodi­um bicar­bon­ate, after appli­ca­tion there is a pleas­ant smell. The pack­age con­tains 6 tablets. Also suit­able for dish­wash­ers.

Advan­tages:

• cleans well;
• nice smell;
• suit­able for dish­wash­ers
• low price.

Flaws:

• not found.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Yuri The drum has become shiny that now you can see your sour face in the morn­ing when wash­ing

Iri­na A. Easy to use and effec­tive from the first appli­ca­tion.

3. Top House

Descaler for wash­ing machines from Top House is an express agent in the form of a pow­der for remov­ing scale. It con­tains cit­ric acid and urea. The pack­age con­tains 200 grams of pow­der, which is nec­es­sary for one clean­ing.

Advan­tages:

• cleans well;
• low price;
• removes unpleas­ant odors.

Flaws:

• not found.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Valenti­na I always buy. Wash­ing machine (drum) after clean­ing as good as new.

Vladislav Murza Helped!!! I clean the wash­ing machine from time to time, and I con­stant­ly order this par­tic­u­lar prod­uct, one pack for one appli­ca­tion! Elim­i­nates bad odors

4. Electrolux Clean & Care 3 in 1

A 3 in 1 prod­uct sup­plied as a pow­der pack­aged in sin­gle use sachets. There are 12 bags in one pack­age. This chem­istry is suit­able for remov­ing limescale, degreas­ing and remov­ing unpleas­ant odors. Ingre­di­ents: cit­ric acid, sul­fam­ic acid, acrylic copoly­mer. The prod­uct is suit­able not only for wash­ing machines, but also for dish­wash­ers.

Advan­tages:

• per­fect­ly cleans;
• suit­able for dish­wash­ers
• long enough.

Flaws:

• high price.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Gutorin a. The pho­to shows one infor­ma­tion, but the descrip­tion on the site does not indi­cate the quan­ti­ty. Accord­ing­ly, I paid atten­tion to the pic­ture of the order where you can see the box of goods and nat­u­ral­ly per­ceived this infor­ma­tion as rel­e­vant, but in fact I received not what I expect­ed to receive.

Denis B. A proven prod­uct from the best man­u­fac­tur­er, no one can say how much it cleans the inside, you need to dis­as­sem­ble the machine, but on the whole it is wor­thy of no reserve, no rot, etc.

5. Filtero

This prod­uct is made in Ger­many and serves to elim­i­nate unpleas­ant odors and remove lime deposits from inter­nal sur­faces and from the tank. Sup­plied in a 250 ml plas­tic bot­tle.

Advan­tages:

• cleans well;
• elim­i­nates odors;
• smells good.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Anna C. It com­plete­ly elim­i­nat­ed the smell of run­ning life in the wash­ing machine, while it does not have a smelly fra­grance, so after 4 rins­es the machine smelled of noth­ing — this is exact­ly the result I need­ed. I rec­om­mend.

Oleg V. Did­n’t notice any­thing spe­cial. Dirt on rub­ber bands does not wash.

6. Tiret

Clean­ing agent for wash­ing machines from Tiret per­forms five func­tions at once. It removes scale and deposits, neu­tral­izes unpleas­ant odors, removes soap deposits, cleans inte­ri­or parts, and also per­forms hygien­ic treat­ment. Sup­plied in 250 ml plas­tic bot­tles, which is enough for one clean­ing.

Advan­tages:

• cheap;
• effec­tive;
• smells good.

Flaws:

• caus­tic com­po­si­tion — can cor­rode the skin, use only with gloves.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Karabas B. I take it once a year. Maybe more often. The machine works (the fifth year, in my opin­ion). Does Tiret work? I have no idea)))

Maria The most effec­tive of these solu­tions.
At the lev­el of pro­fes­sion­al pow­ders, which are sold only in appli­ance repair stores.

7.Dr. Beckmann

This is a liq­uid prod­uct that serves to elim­i­nate scale and odor. It also has dis­in­fec­tant prop­er­ties. The com­po­si­tion includes glyc­erin and cit­ric acid, as well as acti­vat­ed car­bon. A 250 ml bot­tle is enough for one use.

Advan­tages:

• smells good;
• low price;
• Elim­i­nates odor well.

Flaws:

• does not clean heavy dirt.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Anashkin S. If you buy for pre­ven­tion, on a new machine, it will work very well. If you try to wash the machine that has worked for a year on not very good water, the prod­uct is not effec­tive. Rust eats off well, only if it is not one year old.

Bob Sofa I cleared the accu­mu­la­tion of dirt on the gum of the car door, though not com­plete­ly, some stains remained. But it’s bet­ter than tear­ing off the dirt by hand.

8. Topper

This express clean­er is used to remove scale from heat­ing ele­ments. Its com­po­si­tion is designed in such a way that it does not cor­rode seals and oth­er inter­nal parts of the wash­ing machine. Sold in pow­der form. Sold in a 150 ml car­ton, which is enough for one appli­ca­tion.

Advan­tages:

• inex­pen­sive;
• qual­i­ta­tive­ly;
• safe for the wash­ing machine.

Flaws:

• not detect­ed.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Natalia K. Our water is soft, but I reg­u­lar­ly look after equip­ment every six months and advise oth­ers.

Alex­ey Astakhov We use it peri­od­i­cal­ly to remove scale. After using the fil­ter in the wash­ing machine, scale has fall­en off the ten. So it works. And it’s not expen­sive.

9. Celesta Descaler Active

This wash­ing machine clean­er pro­tects against scale, soft­ens water, enhances the effect of wash­ing pow­der, and also elim­i­nates greyscale. It is sup­plied in pow­der form, in a pack­age of 1 kg. It is used togeth­er with wash­ing pow­der dur­ing wash­ing.

Advan­tages:

• low price;
• long enough.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

igor step I can’t say any­thing bad or any­thing good about this prod­uct, because did not dis­as­sem­ble and did not look ten. I just add it to the steam­er and hope that it works as it is writ­ten in the descrip­tion.

Bars Kotoff Both the Man­u­fac­tur­er and the Sell­er do NOT know their own goods.

10. Nagara

The Japan­ese rem­e­dy comes in the form of tablets. They elim­i­nate scale, unpleas­ant odors and have an antibac­te­r­i­al effect. The pack­age con­tains 5 tablets weigh­ing 4.5 grams. All five tablets must be used for one clean­ing pro­ce­dure.

Advan­tages:

• low price;
• high effi­cien­cy.

Flaws:

• after use, there is a strong smell of bleach.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Pavel Smirnov Good chlo­rine-based tablets, removed all unpleas­ant odors. There are 5 pieces in the pack­age, I put 3 pieces for one clean­ing, 2 left, not enough for the sec­ond clean­ing. It would be bet­ter if the man­u­fac­tur­er packed them in 6 pieces.

Igor Orlov Wash­ing machine: drain cleaned, washed with vine­gar, boiled, chlo­rine bleach poured. It didn’t help, but I threw these five tablets once and the smell went away.