The Best Toilet Bowl Cleaners of 2021

Lysol Clean & Fresh smells very soapy and clean, not unlike Palmolive dish detergent. It claims to kill 99.9% of viruses, including COVID-19, thanks to its active ingredient quaternary ammonia, or quats, which can break down the cellular walls and membranes of bacteria and viruses to kill them or render them inactive. This means it’s not an ideal match for septic systems.

The product was an efficient disinfecting cleaner that clung well to the sides of the bowl, though it did leave a bit of green residue behind after flushing it away.

Lysol Power did an excellent job cleaning my toilet bowl, and its active ingredient, hydrochloric acid, kills 99.9% of bacteria. The blue “Thick Gel” formula clings to the bowl the duration of the recommended 15 minutes needed to properly kill germs.

I loved the smell of Lysol Power. Similar to other cleaners we tried, it has a faint wintergreen scent that smells fresh and not harsh at all. This is a pleasant surprise, considering its active ingredient.

虽然包装确实声称Lysol功率是化粪池安全的，但通常不建议在具有化粪池系统的家庭中使用盐酸，according to the EPA, as the chemical can kill off helpful bacteria found in septic tanks.

方法跨越了我们列表中的独特线，是唯一提供消毒能力的清洁剂之一，同时也完全可生物降解和化粪池安全。Method是经过认证的B-Corp，称自己为“高级行星友好和设计驱动的家庭，面料和个人护理产品的先驱”，“由自然衍生，可生物降解的成分配制”。

方法Antibac卫生间清洁剂使用柠檬酸作为杀死99.9％细菌的主要成分，包括Covid-19，提供固体，消毒的清洁，没有刺激性的香气或化学物质。

The blue liquid requires a couple of passes around the bowl to really cover the whole surface, and—as with other disinfectants—it needs at least 10 minutes of surface contact to effectively kill germs.

It has a pleasant, mild mint scent, and leaves the toilet clean and, if you’re doing it right, germ-free.

Using citric acid as its active ingredient, Mrs. Meyer’s is a natural, biodegradable cleaner that works well for basic cleaning and stain removal. It has a thick, viscous texture that clings well to the bowl, and creates a bubbly, soapy lather while cleaning.

该产品具有易于开放的（但仍然是防儿童）的瓶子，并具有温和的花香，并带有化学药品的气味。

Though the cleaner works well, the Mrs. Meyer’s website adds a caveat that users with hard water “may have to use [the] product more often to prevent the hard-water mineral deposits that develop at the water line from building up.”

Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach is similar enough to its Clinging Bleach counterpart, but it’s runnier and doesn’t stay put as long, which is a decent knock against it. That said, it still offers excellent cleaning power and visible stain removal.

Much like Clinging Bleach, this cleaner left my bowl clean and white. Thanks to the applicator nozzle, it was a cinch to squirt a wide spray of cleaner over the surface of the bowl.

As with all bleach products, we took care to avoid splashes and drips, as this formula discolored our test swatch.

Scrubbing Bubbles Bubbly Bleach Gel is the only Scrubbing Bubbles formula we tested that was dye-free, which means that it’s not quite as easy to see how uniformly you’ve applied the product. However, the fact that there was one less artificial chemical additive made me feel better about the product.

For a product that touts itself as being bubbly, I didn’t find that it created more sudsy lather than any other products we tested, but the bleach-based gel did cling to the bowl and left it spotless.

与所有擦洗气泡清洁剂一样，该琴颈部有专利的弯曲颈部，充满了清洁剂，并在边缘下方伸出，以确保最佳的污渍覆盖范围。

擦洗气泡非漂白功率染色器具有深绿色，即使在冲洗后，我的马桶也徘徊。虽然它声称在通过苛刻的污渍中挥动着绿色，但我发现它留下了临时的绿松石色条纹，水滴下并补充了我的碗。

这种过饱和现象可能是由于使用更多的公关oduct: Instructions call for a full 10 ounces to properly disinfect, as opposed to other cleaners that call for anywhere from 4 to 8 ounces.

This particular cleaner touts itself as non-bleach, instead using hydrochloric acid as the active ingredient. The acid in this cleaner helps to break down dirt and rust stains, and it also claims to be effective at killing 99.9% of viruses, including COVID-19. While it worked well and does promise to disinfect, the lingering “Rain Water” scent and deep color felt overly artificial.

第七代是一家环保清洁供应公司，它使植物性的厕所碗清洁剂不含合成和染料。

This means that the biodegradable cleaning formula is gentle enough that it should not disrupt the bacterial balance of your septic system. The Seventh Generation Toilet Bowl Cleaner is also the only product we tested that received an A rating from the Environmental Working Group and a mention on theEPA’s Safer Choice列表。

It does a good job helping to clear away visible stains. Unfortunately, it is not able to kill germs and disinfect.

The formula is thick, clinging to the sides of the toilet bowl. It lathered up to provide a nice, scrubby clean, and the “Emerald Cypress and Fir” scent was pine-y, but inoffensive.

My main problem (which is noted by several other users on the company’s website) was the difficulty I had opening and closing the cap. It took some force to pull the cap open, and even after I thought I had closed it, it remained open. It was not just childproof, but also seemingly adult-proof. For this adult, anyway.

I spent most of my time during the Lime-A-Way test trying to place the scent. Nowhere on the packaging does it tell you what it’s supposed to smell like (other than its claim to leave a lingering “fresh scent” behind). Then I placed it: Pepto Bismol. Slightly wintergreen-minty, and honestly, not unappealing.

石灰away是一种浓稠的凝胶，在碗的侧面贴上很好的工作，并承诺去除生锈，石灰和其他硬水污渍。为此，它含有磺酸，在与眼睛或皮肤接触时可能非常有害，不应吸入。

While Lime-A-Way worked well to clean the toilet’s surface and remove lingering stains, it is not a disinfectant and does not claim to kill germs. Sulfamic acid is generally septic-safe in small quantities.

像许多承诺清除石灰和生锈污渍的清洁剂一样，Zep的活性成分是盐酸，在污渍清除方面做得很好，但应由患有化粪池的人少使用。

Zep has a light, minty scent and gel formula that is slightly runnier than those that cling. But it still proved effective when scrubbing debris off of the bowl.