CleanLink Announces the 2026 Reader Choice Award Winners

For more than a decade, CleanLink has featured the Sanitary Maintenance Distributor Choice Awards where jan/san distributors voted on and outlined the industry's top products. The program was met with extreme enthusiasm, but CleanLink readers include far more than just distributors, and each wanted their voice heard.

CleanLink listened by rebranding the program into this inaugural CleanLink Reader Choice Award. The response to this revamped award program was electric. There were more products to vote on and more votes than any year prior. It was also the closest race ever, in many cases decided on by a single point.

Voting this year expanded to include not just distributors, but also facility cleaning managers, building service contractors, frontline workers, trainers, and manufacturers. Ballots were sent to CleanLink readers who could rate each product on a scale of 1 to 5. Voters rated their favorite products based on quality, innovation, most sustainable, most preferred, most recommended, most effective, etc.

Based on this voting, five winners were identified in each of the main product categories and three winners were named in each bonus category. The CleanLink 2026 Reader Choice Award winners are (in no particular order):

CLEANING CHEMICALS
-CLR PRO MAX Industrial Descaler, by Jelmar
-3M Stone Floor Protector System, by 3M
-CLR PRO MAX Industrial Degreaser by Jelmar
-KLORESE, by UMF CORPORATION
-Simplifill, by Spartan Chemical Company

CLEANING TOOLS & SOFTWARE
-Clorox Screen+ Sanitizing Wipes, by CloroxPro
-Unger Excella Floor Finishing Kit, by UNGER Enterprises
-3M Easy Trap Sweep & Dust Sheets, by 3M
-KleenLine Can Liners, by BradyPLUS
-The Hospitality Showcase, by Hospeco Brands Group

EQUIPMENT & ACCESSORIES
-Kaivac 1050M, by Kaivac
-GoFit 6 Cordless Backpack Vacuum, by ProTeam
-Scotch-Brite Surface Preparation Pads, by 3M
-Flex Scrub, by Malish Corporation
-Tennant X6 ROVR, by Tennant Company

RESTROOM DISPENSERS, FIXTURES & CONSUMABLES
-Tork PeakServe Automatic, by Tork, an Essity brand
-Lenox Lockers, by Bradley Company
-WashBar, by Bradley Company
-Papernet Bio Tech line, by Sofidel America
-Oxygen-Supreme, by Fragrance Delivery Technologies Ltd

NEW PRODUCTS
-Tork PeakServe Automatic, by Tork, an Essity brand
-The Tork Constant Air Freshener, by Tork, an Essity brand
-Clorox Screen+ Sanitizing Wipes, by CloroxPro

HEALTH & WELLNESS
-Clorox Screen+ Sanitizing Wipes, by CloroxPro
-390X, by Airbotx
-The D|Cor Sink System featuring the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer, by D|13 Group and Excel Dryer, Inc.

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
-EZshine Blue #3 Diamond Floor Maintenance Pads, by EZshine Diamond Clean Technology Co., Limited
-Diamond Edge, by ACS Industries
-Odor Master M-Purpose Cleaner, by Stearns Packaging Corporation

Learn more about each of these products here.