OXO Grips Hideaway Compact Toilet Reviews Summary

Design and Aesthetics

Pros:

• "This one looks stylish. I love the gray color, and it is the perfect size."
• "For a toilet wand it’s stylish sleek modern look is just what I was looking for."
• "Nice modern clean look."
• "Somehow looks classy for that it is, and that clam-mouth holder works great."
• "It looks great in the newly repainted bathroom."
• "This brush is just pleasing to the eye to have in the bathroom."
• "It looks fab, is self-contained and works effortlessly."

Cons:

• "Design is not terribly exciting and neither are the color choices but I personally can live with that."
• "It's plastic and not THE most elegant contraption, but the last one I bought was, and I discovered it leaked the excess water off the brush onto the floor."
• "I wish OXO made a chrome version of this brush, I've been trying to get away from bland looking plastic products."
• "I really dislike the color; most people do not have dark gray bathrooms."
• "The design department must have been on a staff outing when this was made though, it does the job, has a cool opening mechanism and tucks away nice and tidy, but if the brush isn't bone dry, it leaks straight through the holder."
• "This Toilet Brush has a big advertisement label on it... The label should have been put on so it could have been easily peeled off with a fingernail."
• "Shown in the picture they were white that's what I thought I was getting but when they came they were gray."

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "The brush doesn’t deteriorate."
• "OXO is quite clever with their products, and the quality is above average."
• "This is the nicest toilet brush I've ever owned. It will probably last 10 years."
• "The toilet brush itself is very good and sturdy and doesn't feel like it's about to fall apart."
• "It is very sturdy. I think it will last a long time."
• "Obviously it is a very durable, high quality product."
• "The brush itself is also quite nice, good firm bristles, nice base that doesn't trap poop, generally good ergonomics."

Cons:

• "The bristles on the end have all broken off."
• "Screws holding the base together are not stainless - and they will rust."
• "These look nice but they fall apart. Bristles just fall out."
• "It is shedding bristles at a furious rate."
• "The screws/hardware which are inside the hideaway base appear to be made of a metal that rusts over time."
• "The brush, however, does not last. I am not usually the person in our house that cleans the toilets so I don't know exactly when the brush deteriorated."
• "The brushes began to lose bristles within the first 3 or 4 uses, and after a year of normal household use, they have all but disintegrated."

Functionality and Usability

Pros:

• "The holder automatically opens for you to remove the brush."
• "The brush sits in a platform within the base so that any drips are collected in the bottom of the base and evaporate easily."
• "The self-enclosing brush caddy was probably unnecessary, but added to the impression of high quality and uniqueness to this highly rated product."
• "The little caddy is also sturdy and hides the icky brush perfectly."
• "The design of this brushes holder is fantastic."
• "The storage container opens and closes easily."
• "Really like how it closes the top when the brush is put back into the container. Very secure."

Cons:

• "Well… I have water damage thanks to this toilet bowl brush caddy. It leaks!"
• "The bristles are really soft with no real scrubbing power."
• "The brush itself does not reach everywhere in my toilet."
• "I really wanted to like this product, but it does not work as intended. The water does not evaporate, but instead collects in the saucer and finally leaks through the crack between the saucer and the brush case."
• "Even if you drain the brush well after swabbing the toilet, nasty water builds up in the holder & then leaks out on the floor."
• "It's better than what I had before, but the base is sooo light, that it wants to topple over when removing or reinserting the brush."
• "The design is meant to allow for the water to evaporate in the container which I suppose is ok if it stays still, but when I moved it to clean underneath it, it leaked."

Cleaning and Maintenance

Pros:

• "I am also able to clean the entire unit by soaking it in a bucket of hot water containing bleach!"
• "The brush does a good job of cleaning the bowl and under the rim."
• "It deep cleans perfectly and even gets under the rim."
• "Cleans fast - without scratching porcelain."
• "The brush looks perfectly fine sitting in the bathroom, unlike some toilet brush designs. The holder operates smoothly. It cleans really well. The cone-shaped brush head gets up under the toilet rim and down the hole easily."
• "The brush itself is quite full, however, it does not go under the rim very well."
• "Brush works well cleaning all areas of the toilet bowl."

Cons:

• "The canister/base is difficult to clean."
• "This is impossible to properly clean. Nothing on the base comes apart or is easily manipulated for cleaning."
• "While this is an excellent brand the overall product is sloppy, comes apart easily and looks like it would be difficult to clean out after use from water collecting in the base."
• "This toilet brush is impossible to keep clean. It looks good but after it has been used several times it becomes discoloured and disgusting."
• "The drip tray doesn't detach so this is unfortunately hard to clean after a time and I had to toss it."
• "Because of fluid buildup, there was a growth of what appears to be black mold."
• "I've had two of these for about a year. Recently I had an odor in the master bath and finally figured out it was the inside bottom of this brush holder."