The Best Gear for Your Garage

We started Reboot My Garage because we were faced with our own disorganized and dirty garage. We were applying our engineering and analytical skills to fixing our garage. We thought, why not document our work for others? We have spent hundreds of hours researching and often testing the best garage organization and maintenance products out there. We only recommend products we’ve researched ourselves. We sometimes look at two dozen products before choosing “the best.” We recommend these products without hesitation. Enjoy our unbiased reviews.

Clean the Garage

What You'll Learn

Best Garage Cleaning Products

Find the best cleaning and vacuum products for the garage
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The Best Garage Wall-Mounted Vacuums for 2021

Choose between a highly-rated wall vacuum with a very long hose but no wet vac function, or a reasonably well-liked wall-mount that does have a wet-vac function.
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The Best Garage Wet Vacs for 2021

The best wet/dry garage vacuum for 2021 is the DeWalt DVX06P, followed closely by the VacMaster VB1210 and the Craftsman 7590. The Stanely SL18191P tied for 3rd place except that its warranty was only 1 year.
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The Best Konmari Books

Some fantastic books and resources to start your garage de-clutter.
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What is the Absolute Best Garage Vacuum Cleaner in 2021

VacMaster makes some really cost-effective, powerful and highly-rated vacuum cleaners. I scored each one on eight factors I have to have in a garage vacuum cleaner. The winner achieved an almost perfect score.
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Organize the Garage

Best Garage Organization Products

Wall, ceiling and off-garage ways to store brooms, shovels, balls, and equipment.
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The 15 Best Ways to Store Awkward Garage Items

Clever storage for bikes, skis, snowboards, lumber, ladders, kayaks, canoes, brooms, shovels, rakes, fishing poles, wheelbarrows, and tractors.
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The 9 Best Ways to Store Your Bicycles

The Best Ways to Store Your Bicycles
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The Best Ceiling Hoist Winch (for ladders and bicycles)

The best and really the only garage winch that we will recommend for bike storage, ladder storage any any other electric hoist garage storage.
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The Best Family Garage Organizers

Products that will help you organize your garage without your family hating you.
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The Best Garage Adjustable Wall Shelves

There are times when a durable, adjustable shelf is just what you need. If you’re in the market for a set of adjustable shelving for your garage, or anywhere you need some sturdy shelving, the Fleximounts 3-Tier Storage Wall Shelves has you covered.
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The Best Garage Ceiling Pulley

This is the only manual pulley we recommend.
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The Best Garage Fixed Wall Shelves

If you are going to go through the trouble of installing shelves in your garage you should really get the ones that will last the longest and hold the most weight. You will be happy you took the time to do it right the first time.
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The Best Garage Slatwall Storage System (Gladiator Review)

The best storage systems get garage items neatly off the floor. One of the nicest ways to do that is a "slatwall" system. This allows you to move your storage anywhere on the system with a simple locking hook. Here's our favorite slatwall system.
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The Best Generator Shed Products

How to buy our recommended generator and generator shed component parts.
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The Best Ladder Hooks

Our favorite hooks and racks to hang even the largest ladders.
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The Best Ladder Storage Ceiling Rack

This is the best ceiling rack to store two ladders up to 75 lb. each.
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The Best Lawn Tractor or Snow Blower Storage

Best sheds, shelters, lifts, covers, and tarps to store tractors, lawn mowers and snow blowers.
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The Best Lockable Wheeled Ball Cage

The best wheeled cage sports ball storage, locking cable and lock.
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The Best Near-Court Ball Storage

The Basketball Butler is the best basketball storage for near the court.
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The Best Outdoor Hose Hook

For good hose storage, you want to know: the load capacity, because hoses get very heavy, especially with water in them; the depth of the rolled up hose, so that the hook is wide enough to carry it; the hook's weather resistance, so you get one that doesn't rust.
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The Best Portable Sports Ball Storage

This sports gear and ball bag easily stores on a garage shelf or hangs from a pegboard or slatwall hook. One of the best portable sports ball storage bags I've found is the Fitdom Heavy Duty XL Ball Bag. I wish I could find a gym bag that stands as
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The Best Sports Ball Hanging Basket

Gladiator makes the best wall-hanging sports ball basket. But be aware, Gladiator is a garage storage system. To hang this basket, you'll need a Gladiator GearTrack wall channel to hang it on.
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The Best Sports Ball Organizers for the Garage

Best sports ball storage for the garage.
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The Best Tennis Ball Organizer

Here are two tennis ball carts that you can store in the garage.
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The Best Way to Start-Off Your Rubbermaid FastTrack Storage

You could get a track and hooks to see how you like the FastTrack as a garage storage system. I'll show you the best items to consider. Then I'll show you some specific FastTrack items that will help you solve the tool, ball, and general storage problems in your garage.
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Wrap-It Storage Strap

Wrap-It is a set of hook and loop straps that hold extension cords, cables, ropes, pool hoses, vacuum hoses and wires
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Improve the Garage

The Best Grow Shelves for Your Garage Garden

We really like these three grow kits because they make it easy to grow a garage garden.
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The Best Garage Floor Repair Products

These are the products we recommend for prepping, repairing, protecting and, enhancing your garage floor.
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The Best Garage Door Insulation

The best metal door and wood door garage insulation.
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The Best Garage Lights

Calculate how many lamps you need for your space. The Sunco LED shop lights are just about perfect for the garage. They use only 40 watts, but they give off the brightness of a 260 watt incandescent bulb. They shine at 5,000 K, and give off 4,000 lumens (brightness).
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The Best Garage Floor Mats

The best garage floor mats are the AutoFloorGuard, the Resilia and the Drymate. Two are better for studded snow tires. One is best for containing snow melt.
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The Best Garage Ladder

The best ladder is the Little Giant. Which model you get depends on the type of terrain where you'll use the ladder.
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The Best Outdoor Extension Cord

You have to go with the Watt's Wire family of outdoor extension cords for durability and longevity. The 25 ft., 50 ft. and 100 ft. versions have the same rugged features their only differences being their cord lengths.
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The Best Garage Thermal Leak Detector

The best budget thermal leak detector is the Black & Decker TLD100. The best James Bond coolness thermal detector is the FLIR One. There's one for Android and one for Apple phones.
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The Best Garage Door Seal

Best Garage Door Bottom Seal There are two kinds of Garage door bottom seal: those that attach to the floor, and those that attach to the door bottom. A mis-aligned garage door will allow air and the environment to seep inside. Often a garage door threshold seal (that attaches to
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