Best Brooms Thrifter 2020

It's surprising how often your floors need sweeping. Leave them for a few days and suddenly there are dust bunnies and crumbs everywhere. To make sweeping up less of a chore, you ought to upgrade your broom to something that can improve your cleaning efficiency and help you spend less time on the task. We've listed the best brooms below so you don't have to spend a ton of time searching, too.

Best overall: AmazonBasics Dustpan Broom Set

Staff Pick

Amazon's affordable offering includes a plastic broom and dustpan set with a snap-together design. The handle has a 3-piece design that twists apart for height adjustment or storage. Flagged, split bristles allow for maximum dust pickup power around your home or workspace.

$15 at Amazon

Stand upright: OXO Good Grips Large Upright Sweep Set

OXO's Good Grips set stands upright for comfortable sweeping and its dustpan locks in an open position for easy emptying. The broom has flagged bristles for a larger surface area to effectively grabs dust and dirt and built-in teeth comb out dirt and dust from the bristles.

$35 at Amazon

Home or commercial: O-Cedar Heavy-Duty 100% Corn Broom

This O-Cedar heavy-duty corn broom is made with 100% natural broom corn and works great for indoor or outdoor usage. Whether you want to use it for sweeping out the garage, driveway, or patio, it's built to last with 5 rows of reinforced polytwine stitching.

$30 at Amazon

For pet owners: FURemover Pet Hair Removal Broom

If you've got pets, you probably have to sweep up more than most. The FURemover's rubber bristles attracts pet hair and easily removes fur from carpets, hardwood, and linoleum floors. It also has a built-in squeegee and telescopic handle.

$13 at Amazon

Kids can help: Xifando Mini Broom with Dustpan for Kids

Children love to help out their parents and this small broom and dustpan set allows your little ones to pitch in with the housework. The broom stands upright when clipped into the dustpan to make it easy to store and there are a few colors to choose from.

$13 at Amazon

Just the basics: Casabella Basics Broom with Dustpan

Casabella's broom features a 48-inch industrial-strength steel pole and angled bristles to reach corners for easy sweeping. The broom and dustpan snap together for easy storage. The dustpan includes teeth for cleaning dust from the bottom of the bristles, too.

$20 at Amazon

Time to clean

Sweeping is a fairly boring task and no amount of fancy features will fix that. That's why we recommend the AmazonBasics dustpan and broom set. It's affordable, provides you just the right tools to get the job done, and is then easy to stow away when you don't need it.

Options like the ones from OXO Good Grips or FURemover may suit certain users better thanks to their upright design and fur pickup ability, respectively. Fortunately, many of them can be picked up affordably so you can upgrade your sweeping experience without breaking the bank.

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