Window Helpers: The best devices to make your windows sparkle

Need a hand for an epic shine? We have you covered with our choice of mechanised window washers

Karcher are renowned for their window vacuums which suck off the moisture created during washing ensuring a streak-free finish. €129.99, with basic models from €59.99. kaercher.com (Ireland). YES, their website spelling is odd.

Window washing. It’s a spring ritual for all of us. Taking up blinds and throwing back heavy window dressings, reveals the murky deposit of a winter rain, and a fug of floating particle pollutants. Framed out with spider webs, bird scat and atrophied mossy slime, this is not a pretty picture. 

Still, few things are more deeply satisfying than the end result of a good window wash and buffing off those French and sliding doors. If you want to try something other than the classic 1:10 white vinegar/water wash down (my guide here: irishexaminer.com/property/homeandgardens/arid-41097367.html), there are a few techie shine cheats. Some of these innovative helpers actually wash the window glass (the frames remain your problem I’m afraid). Others neatly sipping off the dribbling and potentially staining water from a manual job. Let’s see what’s out there if you don’t want to waltz out with the sponge, chamois and T-bar.