Our pick
With its pliable bristles and superior balance, this broom swept better than competitors, and it was the most comfortable to use.
After eight years as our top pick, the Casabella Wayclean Wide Angle Broom is still the single best sweeper we’ve tested—with a design, texture, density, and bristle quantity that no other broom could match. Since the 2014 version of this guide, Casabella has changed this model a bit, but the slightly smaller head isn’t any less powerful. This broom doesn’t come with a warranty, but our long-term testers report that theirs are still going strong. Also, the Wayclean broom doesn’t come with a dustpan, but we have that covered.
Runner-up
Bulkier and a bit less flexible than some options, this broom is a tough and efficient sweeper.
The Libman 211 Extra Large Precision Angle Broom left no large detritus behind, but when it came to picking up fine dust, it couldn’t quite match the Casabella Wayclean broom. The Libman 211 broom’s bristles are thicker and more rigid than the Wayclean’s, and its head is wider. With that extra bulk, this broom loses some flexibility, but this can be an advantage when you’re sweeping up heavy messes. The Libman 211 broom comes with a one-year limited manufacturer’s warranty (PDF).
Our pick
This dust pan has a grime-catching black lip and a large trash capacity. Due to the convenient foothold, there’s less bending and getting down on your knees.
Libman’s 2125 Step-On Dust Pan allows you to get dust and debris off the floor without having to constantly scoot back as you go. Its foot-long opening is wide enough to accommodate the heads of both of our broom picks, and the handle clips to each (though it’s a little more secure on the Libman 211 broom). And this dust pan’s teeth help with hands-free removal of anything gross on a broom’s bristles.
Our pick
A lobby broom’s long-handled dustpan eliminates the need to constantly bend and squat while cleaning. And this set is the best one we found.
The long handle on a lobby broom’s dustpan allows you to sweep up debris without hunching over. Most lobby brooms have fairly short handles. But the handles on the OXO Good Grips Large Sweep Set with Extendable Broom extends from 35 inches to a whopping 55 inches, counting the head, so people of different heights should find it comfortable to use. It outperformed all of the other lobby brooms we tested.
Budget pick
If you’re seeking an inexpensive broom-and-dustpan combo set, this one is the best choice.
If all you want is an inexpensive full-size broom-and-dustpan set, get the HDX 13 in. Extra Wide Angle Broom with Dustpan. The broom and dustpan both passed our sweep tests. Annoyingly, the dustpan fell off the broom easily when we stored it, but otherwise this is easily the most effective budget combo set we’ve found.
Our pick
This set took care of all visible matter on our floor, and because it’s smaller than our solo dustpan pick, it’s great for use in tighter spaces.
After a single sweep, the Made By Design Hand Broom and Dust Pan Set left no remnants under the pan’s rubber lip. With small sets like this, you’re up close and personal with whatever you’re sweeping, and this is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Though it’s much easier to get beneath chairs and tables, you also might inhale a dust bunny or two. The hand broom clicks securely into the dustpan, and a thin, flexible loop lets you store this nicely priced set on a hook.
Our pick
The Bona Premium Microfiber Mop has an almost magnetic attraction to dust.
Even a great broom needs a dust mop to help finish the job, and the Bona Premium Microfiber Mop is the best we tested. Its large head covers wide swaths of floor and flexible ends easily glide into corners and curve up against baseboards. The Bona mop comes with two different, washable microfiber pads: a fluffy option intended for use on hardwood floors, and one with more traditional microfiber for cleaning stone and tile.
Runner-up
We’ve been long-term testing this microfiber mop for ten years, and it’s still a solid performer.
For years, the O-Cedar Hardwood Floor ’N More 3-Action Microfiber Mop has helped our staffers clean up after kids, pets, and themselves. In our tests, it had a slightly harder time cleaning up heavier particles than the Bona mop did, but other than that it performed similarly. The O-Cedar dust mop has a double-sided head (instead of two separate pads, like on our top pick), but they serve the same functions. O-Cedar offers a year-long warranty.
