Add “GoDusting” to the list of things best done with the blinds down. Not that there’s anything shameful about dusting and walking around with a stupid grin, but doing both at once is just creepy.
The people behind the GoDuster discovered what’s been missing from the long and dreary history of dusting: a battery-operated motor and briskly spinning head. “Warning,” reads the handle, “may cause you to enjoy dusting!”
It might just be right.
With its 10-inch-tall bright green twirling top, there is nothing nonchalant about the GoDuster’s operation. Once the user presses the button on the ergonomic handle and revs the electric-toothbrush-sounding motor, it is unmistakably cleaning time.
After only a few moments of use, it is clear that the warning should include, “May cause dogs to leap at you,” and “May cause loved ones to giggle and call you lazy.” Do not be discouraged.
The GoDuster is an all-purpose dust combatant. Traditional feather dusters and microfiber dusters can reach anywhere the GoDuster can – atop picture frames and tall furniture, inside bookcases and between fragile knickknacks. But those classic approaches lack pizzazz and require at least a modicum of elbow grease.
GoDuster maintenance is a snap. After a thorough dusting, simply rinse the head under a faucet.
A smaller, 6-inch attachment that looks something like a shocking-green Koosh ball is provided for harder-to-reach areas like the grimy recesses between computer keys. A 2-ounce bottle of GoDuster Multi-Surface Spray is included.
GoDuster’s creators aren’t trying to reinvent the feather, they just want to change the way people think about dusting. And when the boring old broom was passed over in favor of the GoDuster to battle a gruesome spider web on the ceiling, they succeeded.
The GoDuster sells for $19.99 at .
