How I Clean My iPhone Duo: Zeiss Wipes & Screen Mom

Quick summary: Not sure how to clean your iPhone Duo or what to use? These are the two products I’ve personally used for years: Zeiss lens wipes for quick, portable cleaning and Screen Mom screen cleaner spray for a deeper clean at home. This isn’t sponsored.

Key takeaways

• Zeiss wipes are streak-free, scratch-free, fast-drying and individually wrapped. They’re perfect for travel.
• Screen Mom with a microfiber cloth does a slightly better, heavier-duty job and leaves no residue, even on the matte screen.
• Neither one disinfects. They clean.

Zeiss lens wipes: the one I use most

These come in a big box, and each wipe is individually wrapped, so I throw five or ten in my backpack whenever I travel. I mostly use them on my glasses, but they work on basically everything: glasses, cameras, binoculars and phones. They’re streak-free, plastic-free, won’t scratch and dry fast.

How I use them

Open a pre-moistened wipe. It’s a great size, not too big or too small, and wipe the outer display. With the case on, I just do the screens. Then open the phone and wipe the inside display, which gets really dirty, especially if you took the screen protector off like I did. Fingerprints, gunk, a little honey or peanut butter: it gets it all off without scratching. You can wipe the whole body and camera lenses too, and one wipe should do the whole phone.

They do about 90 percent of the job the next product does, and they’re great in a pinch when you don’t want to carry anything else. Keep in mind they aren’t disinfecting. They’re just cleaning and making your phone look nice.

Screen Mom: the heavy-duty option

I’ve been using Screen Mom even longer. It’s a screen cleaner spray, it’s almost all natural, and you can use it on the whole phone. Some bundles come with a purple microfiber cloth.

How I use it

Spray the microfiber cloth so it’s a little damp, never the phone directly, then wipe the phone down inside and out. It leaves no weird residue, even on the matte screen protector. Because you’re using a microfiber cloth, I think it does a slightly better job than the wipes.

They sell smaller bottles, but I don’t carry a spray bottle when I travel, so I keep Screen Mom at home and use the wipes on the go.

Final thoughts

I’ve never had a problem with either one, and they work on lots of other devices too. If you use other products that are safe for your phone, share them in the comments on the video.

• Zeiss lens wipes on Amazon
• Screen Mom screen cleaner on Amazon