Blueland Cleaning Kit

The cleaning kit from Blueland arrived in a cardboard box with 3 refillable bottles and a set of tablet refills. The whole premise is that you fill the bottles with water, drop in a tablet, and it dissolves into a cleaning solution so you never have to buy another plastic spray bottle again. Bottles are made of a thick, frosted plastic that feels intentional rather than disposable. Each one is color-coded for glass, bathroom, and multi-surface so you do not mix them up. I like the logic of shipping dry tablets instead of liquid because it means you aren't paying to transport water across the country. Packaging is small enough that it fits through a mail slot. Each tablet costs about $2 and a single 1 makes a full bottle, which is cheaper than buying a bottle of Windex and produces almost no waste. I've been using the multi-surface cleaner in my kitchen for a month and it works about as well as anything I've bought from the grocery store, though the scent is lighter and fades faster. For a first apartment where you are buying all this stuff for the first time anyway, starting with refillable bottles instead of disposable ones feels like a reasonable default rather than a sacrifice.