So you’re a parent and that thing parked in your driveway is your home away from home — your castle on wheels.

But unlike your home, your car doesn’t have a dishwasher, garbage disposal, and housecleaner (okay, but we can wish for that one, right?). And no matter how many times you tell the kids to bring it back in the house or throw it away, it still sits there — in the same darn spot until you decide to pick it up and do something with it.

Well the folks at Blink have great empathy for us parents in messy car pain because they’ve created five products that should help us keep our cars looking better than our homes. And from what I can tell, they worked wonders.

The five conveniently packaged products (pictured) from Blinkwere put to the test by our trusty bloggers (and their children). They loved the concept and felt that the products were perfect for any parent with a car.

Mommyblogger Jenn tested them on a road trip (yes, a ROAD TRIP with three children — she is a saint) and here’s what she had to say:

“Honestly, I think these are way overdue products for busy moms who spend half of their lives in their car.”

A few bloggers commented on the convenient packaging. “The first thing I noticed about the Blink products is the compact size. They’re meant to clip on to the back pocket of your vehicle.” While one blogger felt that all the packages made her car a bit more crowded, she improvised and used one of the Tidy Totes to contain all the containers.

I had to laugh when the bloggers couldn’t comment on the products because they couldn’t tear them away from their kids. “And one of the greatest things ever?  The KIDS wanted to help me clean up!  Bonus!” ”I would like to tell you that the garbage bags (that come with a very cool hanger) and the spill remover wipes and the window spray are easy to use and convenient…but I have not yet had a chance to use them. Because…my children won’t let me. The Blink products, all neatly placed in a blue bucket in the back of the car, belong to my children now.”

The individual products were a hit. “And the Trash Tossers?  Please!   Road trip with kids + snacks = trash.  I loved having easy access to trash bags without having to pray that I had some old shopping backs stuffed under the seat.”  “I found one [Tidy Totes] very handy to throw my running shoes in; now they’re not rattling around in the back. Another is holding the kids’ toys, stashed under the seat. The other two are just hanging out, waiting for their assignment.“ One mom even tried the products (Mess Lifters) on her carpet — “A single wipe successfully cleaned a dried soda spill on the living room carpet. Back in the van, where they are supposed to live, they cleaned a mud spill.”

A few of the bloggers had some suggestions about the products, particularly the size of the Smudge Cleaners. “The only thing I would change if I could would be the size of the wipes in the Smudge Cleaners.  They were really small and a bit hard to get a good grip to clean the bazillion fingerprints off of my windows.”

So far, the bloggers are very satisfied. Overall, these products are great. Honeywell seems to get that moms don’t have a lot of time to mess around in the car. Using the mantra of many moms, “just take it as it comes,” they hit the nail on the head with this one.

Stay tuned for the final five bloggers as well as our round-up!

Today: Mama Maven

3/22: Three Kid Circus Auditions

3/23 Radioactive Girl

3/26: Mama Tulip Says

3/27: The Domestic Diva