Drill Brush 38 Piece Kit Review: Turn Your Drill Into a Cleaning Machine

Introduction

Some cleaning products solve one niche problem. The Drill Brush 38 piece kit tries to solve nearly all of them, and mostly succeeds. The idea is simple: attach a bristle brush or scrubbing pad to a standard cordless drill and let the tool do the scrubbing for you. What would normally take twenty minutes of elbow grease takes closer to a minute.

This is the original set from the US-based company that invented the drill brush concept, founded by a former electrician back in 2005. There are plenty of copycats on the market now, but this is the family-run American company behind the idea, with production overseas to keep pricing reasonable.

First Impressions: What You Get in the 38 Piece Kit

The box is genuinely packed. You get a large stack of cylindrical and conical bristle brushes in multiple sizes, a set of disc-style brushes with hook-and-loop (Velcro) connectors on the back, a pile of abrasive pads ranging from soft buffing to serious scrubbing, and an extension shaft buried at the bottom of the box that lets you reach deeper into wheel barrels and other awkward spots.

The different brush shapes matter more than they first appear. The softer white cone brushes have a shape that gets into oddball corners and tight gaps far better than the flat discs, which is where a lot of the real cleaning magic happens.

One important warning before you start: it is called Drill Brush, not impact brush. These attachments are designed for drills only. Mounting them on an impact driver will break them, so keep them away from yours.

Real-World Test: A Grill That Sat Out All Winter

The most convincing demonstration is also the toughest one: a well-used grill and smoker that sat outside through an entire Montana winter, covered in soot and grime. After roughly 45 seconds of going over the grates with the brush, the difference is dramatic. The before-and-after comparison on the cooking surface, the part where food actually touches, shows a clearly brighter, cleaner surface with most of the built-up residue gone.

The side brush shape is particularly useful for getting down between the grates, and the pads can be flipped over to keep working. A full deep clean of the whole smoker takes longer, but the speed of visible progress is what makes this tool addictive. If you have a 90-degree angle drill, even better: it lets you get down into the grill geometry with far better leverage than a standard drill body.

Understanding the Color System

Every brush and pad color signals a different bristle stiffness and intended surface, which is worth memorizing before you start:

• White: soft, and the best shape for getting into tight, oddball spots
• Yellow: medium, all-purpose
• Green: kitchen tasks like stoves
• Blue: an easy one to remember, blue like water, for boat and marine work
• Red: stiff, for hard surfaces like brick
• Black: the most aggressive option, for super heavy-duty cleaning

The stiffest little brush in the kit cleans harder than you might want in some situations, so it pays to start softer and work up.

Kit Options and Pricing

You do not have to start with the 38 piece set. There is a small starter kit for around $20 that includes one extension and three brushes, a good low-commitment way to try the concept. A four piece kit runs about $23, and a version that adds scrubbing pads is $24, honestly not a bad entry point since third-party scrubbing pads are widely available.

The 21 piece kit sits around $40, but the 38 piece kit has been offered at that same $40 price, which makes the larger set the obvious value pick if it is still on sale. For the sheer amount of brushes and pads included, it should last a good long time.

There is even a lesser-known extra: the company makes a version that connects to a polisher rather than a drill, giving you far more power for big jobs. The polisher itself is not included, but it is a fun option for heavy-duty work.

Beyond Grills: Other Ways to Use It

This is not a grill-only tool. The extension shaft makes quick work of truck and car wheels, reaching into the barrel of the rim where brake dust collects. Bathroom scrubbing that normally feels like a chore compresses into under a minute. It works on stoves, truck beds, windows, and just about any hard surface that needs agitation rather than delicacy.

Whether it works on a dog is a different question, though the inventor’s Montana neighbors use giant versions of these brushes as cow scratchers, so the concept is not as ridiculous as it sounds.

Buying Advice

If you already own a cordless drill, the 38 piece kit is one of the cheapest serious upgrades to your cleaning arsenal. The smaller kits are fine for testing the waters, but the price gap between a four piece and the 38 piece is small enough that most people will not regret going bigger. Just make sure you have a standard drill, not an impact driver, and start with the softer brushes until you learn what each surface can handle.

Conclusion

The Drill Brush 38 piece kit earns its enthusiastic reputation. It is the original from the company that invented the category, the color system makes it easy to match brush to job, and the speed of results on genuinely dirty surfaces is hard to overstate. For anyone with a drill and a backlog of grimy grills, wheels, or bathrooms, this is an easy recommendation.