Swiffer, love it !
Written: Jan 03 '03 (Updated Jan 03 '03)
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Pros: Can easily do 1800 sq ft of hard wood flooring with one swiffer.
Cons: Really shows you how much dirt we make.
The Bottom Line: If you have dirt, and hard wood floors you can't go without the "swiffer"
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| borghese's Full Review: Swiffer |
We have about 1800 sq ft of hardwood flooring and/or ceramic tile in our house. That means lots of "dust bunnies". At the moment we do not have any pets or kids so this review relates to a 2 storey house with husband and wife who work 5 days a week.
Also we do not have many area rugs at the moment, so it's pretty much wide open hard surfaces.
I find that I pretty much have to swiffer every Saturday morning. If you have kids, and pets I'd imagine it would need swiffering more often.
At 1st I tried a nylon broom and dust pan but found I was simply brushing the dust around the room, and that "Swiffer" commercial that shows the line of dust moving as you move the dust pan is very accurate.
So we decided to try the swiffer, I find that it is the softest, quickest way to do our floors. And the dirt, dust, lint and others stick. It seems to work by static electricity.
I can't recall the exact price paid, (I think around $12 or so for the broom stick) the packets of 12 or so actual swiffer cloths also go for about $12. We find that Wal Mart had the best price. As the product photo indicates, the broom stick comes as 4 lengths that you screw together. The actual swiffer cloths wrap around the flat rectangular bottom where you push the edges into 4 pockets. Very easy.
To get the most mileage out of 1 swiffer I also bring along a small garbage bin around with me so I can scoop off excess dust. I also have one of those small "hand sized" dust pan and broom to catch any larger particles. WIth this method I keep the 1st side of the swiffer cloth fairly clean and can do the whole ground floor. When it comes to the stairs (also wood) I flip the swiffer over to start on a fresh side. Stairs are very easy with the swiffer - I start at the top and work my way down so that any excess dust from one tread drops to the next - although the swiffer generally picks up all the dust in one swipe.
Once the stairs are done, the swiffer is still clean enough to complete the 2nd floor. I find that it does not work quite as well on the ceramic tile (as the wood floor) since some dirt gets stuck along the grout lines. I think that the "wet swiffer" may work better here.
So far I have not noticed any scratches in the hardwood floor as a result of "swiffering". You can hear if a pebble gets trapped below the swiffer and have time to bend down and pick it up.
Anywas I highly recommend the "dry" swiffer for your hard wood floors...I'll let you know when I try the wet version.
I can generally do the whole job in about an hour. As far as dust on furniture goes, you cannot beat the individual swffer cloth. Dust practically jumps off of the TV and onto the swiffer. What an invention. 5 stars.
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