I despise grimy gadget screens, so I never leave home without these 8 cent wipes

Whether it’s a smudgy smart display, a grimy iPhone screen, or a laptop display flecked with dust and hair, the look of a dirty screen drives me nuts. 

I keep a bottle of cleaning solution and microfiber cloths in my office, but they do me no good when I’m out on the road or on a trip. And even if I wanted to haul around a 16-ounce container of cleaning liquid when I travel, I’m pretty sure the TSA wouldn’t be too keen. 

That’s why I never leave the house without a few of these disposable wipes in my pocket. These CareTouch Lens Wipes are designed for eyeglasses, but they work wonders with screens too, particularly phone and watch screens. 

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Measuring 5 x 6 inches when fully unfolded, the CareTouch wipes can clean the grime off my iPhone and Apple Watch displays with just a few wipes. They’re also large enough to clean a laptop screen—a good thing, given that I’m staring at a MacBook display right now that’s annoyingly gunky. (How do all these strands of hair manage to get on the screen, anyway?) 

I even use the CareTouch wipes to give my Google Nest Hub and Echo Show displays the occasional scrub, with the cloths making quick work of the fingerprints and dust that quickly build on those stationary screens. 

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You can snag a box of 100 CareTouch Lens Wipes on Amazon for $7.99 (they’re currently on sale), which comes out to about 8 cents a wipe. Even better, you may want to invest $13 for a box of 210 wipes, or $17 for 400 of these little screen-cleaning marvels.