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Hey, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. This Amazon Basics heavy-duty broom worked

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well while I was building the inside

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of my van. I thought it was

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good value, and the handle held up

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to the heavier sweeping I put it

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through. But I did not keep it

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aboard when I started travelling.

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Sweeping was the first part of my

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cargo-floor cleanup. Dust and debris had built

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up while I kept loading tools and

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driving out to work on the van.

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The broom moved the loose material before

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I went on to washing and dealing

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with the residue that remained.

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My floor preparation had several stages.

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I swept, mopped the floor,

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wiped the walls, used brush attachments on

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the remaining residue and dried the floor

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with a towel. The broom had a

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useful role at the start of that

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sequence, rather than replacing the later cleaning

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steps. Vehicle cleanup is a collection of

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different jobs. Loose dirt,

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stuck-on residue and smaller interior surfaces call

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for different approaches. That is why I

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think about the job a tool does,

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rather than expecting one cleaning item to

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handle everything. The drawback appeared when storage

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mattered more. This was a long,

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non-collapsing broom, and that length used too

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much of my limited travelling storage.

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It had not failed as a broom.

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My needs changed as the van moved

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from an open build space to a

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travelling setup. The review also shows an

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O-Cedar angled broom with a step-on dustpan

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and a Quickie Bulldozer push broom as

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alternatives. They offer different head shapes and

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sweeping formats. They are comparison options,

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rather than a claim that either solves

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my storage problem. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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The Amazon Basics broom was useful during

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my build, but its length made it

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a poor fit for my travel storage.

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Read the full review for the matching

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product and the alternatives.

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See you on the next project.