Amazon shoppers are claiming the £11 Mud Mate boot cleaning brush is the best way to clean mucky shoes this winter
With all of us in lockdown once again, getting out for a daily walk is more important than ever. However, cleaning your boots and shoes after a muddy ramble can be a real pain.
Hundreds of Amazon shoppers believe they have found a solution to the problem in the Mud Mate. In fact, it’s becoming so popular that it’s making its way up the Amazon Movers and Shakers list fast.
This £10.99 portable brush has been designed to be environmentally friendly by using unwanted plastic bottles to hold its washing water. Simply fill up an old fizzy drinks bottle with water and screw the brush on. You’re then ready to wash, scrub and rinse all at the same time.
The Mud Mate boot cleaning brush is a clever solution to getting muddy boots clean
And Amazon shoppers love it. Shoppers have left praise-filled reviews for the clever cleaning device, saying it ‘works a treat’ and is ‘excellent to keep in the boot of the car to clean muddy walking boots’.
Not only is the Mud Mate a brilliant hack for cleaning mud and dirt from boots, trainers, hiking boots and wellingtons, but it can also be used on bikes and pram wheels.
It’s also an innovative way to up-cycle your old plastic bottles. The brand suggests it can be screwed on to almost any fizzy drinks bottle on the market, together with a whole host of other plastic bottles from household brands. Just choose the right size bottle for the job you want it to do. Easy.
One impressed shopper penned: ‘I’m a country person through and through, and that means mud! I bought this little beauty in a whim and it’s amazing. It screws on to a pop bottle and washes off mucky walking boots and riding boots in seconds. No more will I be shouted at for leaving mud in the car! It works a treat on hooves, too. I thoroughly recommend it.’
Another delighted customer added: ‘We regularly go for walks at a country park, and this time of year the paths are all muddy. We both use rollators and I bought this to clean the wheels of our walkers and our shoes/boots. It works a treat. Very pleased and would recommend it.’
One shopper loved the boot cleaner so much they invested in two. They wrote: ‘I bought two of these, one to leave in the car and one in the porch at home.
‘This means I can get my boys to quickly clean their muddy boots and trainers and they don’t drag mug everywhere. Love the idea of reusing plastic bottles for this too.’
Shoppers love how the Mud Mate can be used to up-cycle old plastic bottles
The compact size has also been a hit, with shoppers writing how it can be carried anywhere so you can clean mucky boots before climbing in to your car or walking in to the house.
One shopper penned: ‘This is so handy for cleaning lots of items. So flexible that you can attach it to bottles. Easy to transport as it comes with a handy little plastic box.’
Thanks to the stiff bristles, the Mud Mate boot cleaner can remove even the thickest and compacted mud.
‘Great gadget, really works’ write one satisfied customer. ‘I attached a small bottle of water (supermarket bottle) to the brush – easy, screw on. Then you just brush away the dirt from the soles of your hiking boots. Quick, easy, great result.’
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