Cif Bathroom Spray Original 700ml

Full review

Cif Bathroom Spray is the daily-use bathroom workhorse. The spray you use for the weekly wipe-down of basins, baths, taps, tile faces, and toilet exteriors. It’s not designed to defeat limescale or mould (different products for those), but for routine bathroom maintenance it’s reliably competent and cheap.

The formula is mild enough to use on most bathroom surfaces (acrylic baths, chrome fittings, ceramic tiles, painted walls) without risk. The “no-scrub” marketing claim is optimistic but broadly applies to a well-maintained bathroom. If you’re spraying once a week before grime builds up, a quick wipe is sufficient.

Where Cif falls short, predictably, is on the bathroom problems that need specialist chemistry. Limescale on glass shower screens won’t budge with Cif; that’s a Viakal job. Black mould around bath sealant needs Astonish Mould & Mildew. Cif is the general-purpose default, not the specialist tool.

At 43p per 100ml, the 700ml bottle works out around £3. Subscribe & Save gives you about 10% off and works well on quarterly cadence, a typical household goes through about 700ml every 2 months.

The “Original” scent variant is the most neutral; Lemon and Lavender variants exist but skew stronger. For households where scent sensitivity is a factor, the unscented Method Bathroom Cleaner is a better choice.

Performance vs Method (the eco competitor in this category) is roughly equivalent. Cif is cheaper; Method smells better and has the recycled-bottle eco angle.

Buy this if: you want a reliable daily/weekly bathroom spray, don’t care about eco credentials, and have separate products for limescale and mould.

Skip this if: you have limescale issues (buy Viakal), mould (buy Astonish), or care about scent (buy Method).

For the full ranking of how this product compares with the alternatives, see our guide to the best bathroom cleaner.