Blade Maid- Replacement Pads

This thing really works! Its the most satisfying cleaning gadget since the power washer. I have 1 ceiling fan about 8 1/2 feet off the floor and 2 ceiling fans around 14 feet above the floor. My old fans are clean, shiny, and bright again, like they were in the previous millennium. Very dirty fans definitely require a dry pass and at least 1 wet pass. The blade cleaner has enough friction to wipe off dust without becoming impossible to work with on a long extension pole. I found a sort of wiggling motion worked best. It traps a lot of dirt in the microfiber fronds. For the wet pass I used the pads dampened with Windex to avoid needing a 3rd pass to rinse them, but the choice of cleaner should be dictated by the blade material and finish and the type of dirt. My blades are 90's outdoor fan blades with a durable clear coat and dirt was trapped in a thin but greasy layer. Windex with ammonia is good for dissolving grease, but quite unkind to the solvent-free water-based (latex binder) finishes that have become more prevalent since then, The flexible form-able paddle shape for cleaning the motor housing was also used dry before wet, and also performed admirably. The short extension pole that comes with the tools is very nicely padded and I used it for the lower fan, although its probably not really an ideal length for a fan more than 12" over the head.The rubber slide catches on the sides of the blade tool have to be directed accurately to keep the required hand/finger strength in the normal range. When re-closing the catches, there is an obvious black alignment finger but the feature that receives it isn't marked either. Its not challenging, but if they ever rework the tooling a self-aligning guided lead-in would be better.The pads are on hook & loop and remove easily. When using it on very dirty fans it needed to be cleaned between fans both dry and wet. I cleaned the dry pads with 90psi compressed air (outdoors) because I have it, but I think a vacuum cleaner with an upholstery tool or a car nozzle would work just as well. When using it wet, the pads rinsed well under running water and squeezed damp dry in a very sponge-like way. The backing doesn't look sturdy enough to make wringing them with a twisting motion look like a good long term strategy, but squeezing is effective.This thing is the most satisfying cleaning gadget since the power washer. (Which suggests a very bad cleaning idea I'm glad I never got around to trying.) An oval loop dusting brush doesn't quite finish the job, no matter how much dust it dumps on you. After 25 years getting a ladder out to clean the lower one had become odious and the two at 14 feet were last cleaned when Chrysler was an American car company and they looked terrible, buy dragging out a tall step ladder and working on one gets old even faster than people do. People can't stay young forever, but with this cleaning tool my ceiling fans can fake it indefinitely...

This fan blade cover worked really well at getting the dust off the blades. Not perfect but does a great job. Not heave, easy to position where you need it to go. Reaches our 12 ft high fan.

My ceiling fans in the bedroom and kitchen are on all the time. Even on a low speed they distribute the heat or a/c throughout the rooms. In the kitchen in particular, the fan blades were filthy! Combination of cooking and general dust collected on the blades to make them really awful. When the blades are spinning, it's less noticeable, but once the stop? Horrors! The bedroom fan blades were mostly dusty, rather than greasy AND dusty. Still, dreadful when they stopped. In the past I've had to get the stepladder out and dust, or stand below and use the dust mop or long-handled duster. But the blades would move out of the way of the cleaning head. I tried all sorts of ways to stand on the ground and clean the blades - not all were successful. I was able to spritz multi-surface cleaner on the pads of this product and slide the head of the "mop" over the end of the blade. If the fan blades moved a bit, it wasn't a problem because the mop head completely surrounded the blade. Magic! I gave a couple of back and forth passes with the mop head and the dust and dirt was trapped in the fibers. Then I went back over the body of the fan with the long-handled duster. It's not as complete a clean as if I climbed the ladder and went at the fan with a rag and sudsy water, but it was MORE than satisfactory. Clean up was very simple. I removed the microfiber pads, gave them a shake over the trash can to remove the loose dust, and then tossed the pads into the laundry. They washed clean and ready for another day.

I should've taken a pic of the before and after......this product #1 arrived so quickly, #2 worked so well, I bought another one for use at my home and so did my co-workers. Super easy to use, cleaned beautifully and easy to clean and store. 10000% recommend!

Well interesting concept that works for the most part. In order for me to use the fan blade cleaning attachment I had to unlock on side or it was too tight of an opening to get the fan blade in. After unlocking one end I was able to use it and it did an ok job with out having to climb a ladder. I will say the extension handle works better in theory because it really doesn’t extend far. I used an old mop handle (I tend to keep well made handles, usually if the handle on a contraption works the actual device doesn’t or the device works but comes with a cheap handle, so I keep the good parts to make workable devices) that fit and worked much better. If there was more space in the fan blade duster thing it would work a lot better without the fear of breaking the fan or when unlocking it not getting an even dusting as one side becomes to loose. Overall it does what it was made to do just needs some tinkering to work. Finale verdict is 3 stars as the extension handle isn’t long enough and needs to be replaced and the fan blade head has to be used wrong (unlatch one side) to work right. It isn’t ideal for a swap clean but is good for a quick wipe. The duster part doesn’t work as good as a feather duster or similar dusters with the small feather thin shag. I do love the bend ability of the duster but not the actual material it’s made of. I purchased some endust to help it attract and remove dust and it works a little better but I more than likely won’t be using it for anything other then area’s you can’t see to for a quick dust in between cleanings. It worked well in theory but lack of quality materials leaves it lacking.

This is an awesome product. Ease of use.

Where has this been? Cleaning the fan blades has always been time consuming. This neat little tool makes the job fast. Especially like how the cleaning pads pop off so they can be easily cleaned.