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OXO's Dish Brush with Scraper is the plain version of a plain object: a 12.7-inch handle, a flared head of stiff nylon bristles, and a small scraper molded into the back of the head for the stuck-on bits a bristle will not shift. It costs $9.99 on oxo.com as SKU 21691, weighs 0.24 pounds, and OXO clears it for the dishwasher and says it will not scratch non-stick pans.
The pitch is entirely about the handle. Good Grips means a soft, ridged rubber section that is supposed to hold in a soapy hand, and on a dish brush that is used with force on a pan it is the one feature that matters more than the bristles. Everything else here can be had for two dollars, so the review is really about whether the grip and OXO's guarantee are worth the other eight.
Our verdict
A sensible $9.99 dish brush if a comfortable wet-hand grip matters to you; the bristles and scraper are the same idea every cheap brush has, so the handle and the guarantee carry the price.
- A good fit for
- A sink with a lot of pans and no dishwasher, where the brush gets used daily and a grip that does not slip when soapy is worth ten dollars.
- We would skip it if
- You treat dish brushes as disposable, want a replaceable head, or need a brush that stands or sticks to the sink on its own.
Reasons to consider it
- Soft non-slip handle designed to stay put in a wet hand
- Flared head with a built-in scraper for baked-on food, safe on non-stick per OXO
- Cleared for the dishwasher and covered by the OXO Better Guarantee
The compromises
- No snap-in refill head; when the bristles wear, the entire brush goes
- Five times the price of IKEA's RINNIG, which also has a scraper edge and a suction cup
- No stand, hole-only hanging, and OXO gives no bristle stiffness or wear figures
What we have not verified: Bristle life, how the scraper handles enameled cast iron, and whether the 4-pack refill heads fit this handle were not checked; OXO's refill copy names the Good Grips handle in general without listing SKU 21691.
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Good Grips Dish Brush with Scraper
A soft ridged handle, a flared nylon head with a scraper nub, and a satisfaction guarantee from OXO, for $9.99.
Before you buy: The head is fixed, so it is a throwaway when the bristles splay, and the same $9.99 buys five RINNIG brushes at IKEA.
Price checked September 11, 2026. Retailer prices can change.Nylon bristles, a flared head, and a scraper nub
The head is the standard shape for a pan brush: bristles flare outward so the edge of the head can reach into the corner where a pan wall meets the base, and the same flare lets it work inside jars and bottles. OXO describes the bristles as stiff nylon that will not scratch non-stick coatings, which is the usual claim for nylon and a reasonable one, though OXO gives no hardness or bristle-count figure to back it up.
The scraper is a small molded nub on the back of the head. It is meant for the baked-on ring that soaking would otherwise handle, and OXO's copy says it is safe on non-stick cookware. Any plastic scraper is gentler than a metal one, but there is no statement about the material or its edge, so treat it as a convenience for casseroles and sheet pans and not as a tool for seasoned cast iron or enamel.
The Good Grips handle is the actual product
At 12.7 inches overall the brush is long enough to keep knuckles out of a deep pot, and the lower part of the handle is the soft, ridged rubber OXO uses across the Good Grips line. On a peeler the grip is a comfort feature; on a dish brush it is functional, because a hard plastic handle gets slick with dish soap and the moment it slips is the moment the bristles skid across a pan. There is a hang hole at the end and no stand, so it lives on a hook or lying in the sink caddy.
The head is not removable on this model. OXO sells a sibling, the Nylon Bristle Dish Brush with Refills, with a snap-in head and two spares, and a 4-pack of refill heads on its own. Whether those refills click onto this fixed-head handle is not stated on any of the three pages, so the safe assumption is that they do not, and that $9.99 buys a brush you replace whole.
The OXO Better Guarantee, with its footnote
OXO's guarantee reads generously at the top: if you are not satisfied, OXO will replace the item or refund you. The footnote narrows it to faults in the way the product was made, in ordinary household use and cared for as OXO's instructions describe, and it asks you to keep the item until the case is resolved. A receipt from where you bought it is required for any refund, so a brush bought loose at a hardware store two years ago is a replacement candidate at best. Dish brushes are not on the exclusion list, which names Brew appliances, some Tot items, bakeware, cookware and knives.
Ordering direct, OXO says ground orders arrive within five to ten working days, with a two-day option that ships same day if placed before 9am Pacific. Returns for an unsatisfying product go through OXO's customer service or its self-service order-returns form. Worn bristles are wear, not a fault, and nothing on the guarantee page suggests a splayed head twelve months in would qualify.
Against IKEA's RINNIG at $1.99
IKEA's RINNIG dish brush is 11 inches long, costs $1.99, has a scraper edge on the head and a suction cup on the handle end so it stands on the sink or a tile, and IKEA likewise clears it for the dishwasher. The handle is polypropylene with at least 20% recycled content and the bristles are polyester. On features alone RINNIG has one thing OXO lacks, the suction stand, and OXO has one thing RINNIG lacks, the rubber grip. Neither has a replaceable head; for that OXO charges $12.99 for the refill-head version with two spares, and $11.99 for a 4-pack of heads.
Guarantee is where the two part company. IKEA's warranty list does not name RINNIG, so what you get is IKEA's return window: unopened items within 365 days and opened ones within 180, receipt in hand. OXO's guarantee is open-ended on paper but limited to manufacturing faults in its footnote. For a two-dollar brush the right to return it is the only guarantee that matters; for a ten-dollar one, the guarantee is a modest share of what you pay.
Skip it if a brush is a consumable to you
If your dish brush gets replaced every few months because the bristles go flat, the arithmetic is against OXO: five RINNIG brushes cost what one of these does, and both go in the dishwasher and carry a scraper. The grip is the only thing you give up, and for light hand-washing after a dishwasher has done the real work, a hard handle is fine.
Also pass when a swappable head is the priority. OXO's own refill-head brush at $12.99 is the version to buy in that case, since it ships with two spares and the heads are sold in packs; this fixed-head model at $9.99 is the odd one out in the range. And if you need the brush to stand up on its own, the RINNIG suction cup does that and this brush does not; it hangs from a hole or lies flat.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- OXO: Dish Brush with Scraper (opens in a new tab)
- OXO: Nylon Bristle Dish Brush with Refills (opens in a new tab)
- OXO: Dish Brush Refills 4-Pack (opens in a new tab)
- OXO: The OXO Better Guarantee (opens in a new tab)
- OXO: Shipping & Returns (opens in a new tab)
- IKEA: RINNIG dish brush (opens in a new tab)
