Procter & Gamble #30942 Swiffer Starter Kit
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Procter & Gamble #30942 Swiffer Starter Kit
Customer Review: waste of money
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this for an occassional quick clean up about a year ago. The top of the handle broke off/fell off almost immediately, and I decided to keep on using it, even though it was kind of too short for my height. I have small kitchen (approx. 12x12) with a tile floor and it has been impossible to wash the floor using only one wet cloth. It starts off great for maybe 1/3 of the floor and then the cloth is nearly dry, so unless I replace the pad, the rest of the floor is semi-clean. I tried reversing the pad without much success. I have to really exert pressure on the Swiffer if I want to clean a dirty spot. And the most baffling thing of all is that when I "wash" the floor with it, just a day or two later, the floor is DIRTY beyond belief, it is like it leaves some residue that I can't really see that attracts dirt. This never happens when I clean with mop and bucket. I gave it 1 star because it is a great concept, a lot faster and easier than filling a bucket and lugging the mop and the bucket and so on...but is very poorly executed. Customer Review: Not Good
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this a few months ago and it barely picks up anything off the floor. I had to use 3 dry cloths to sweep the floor and 2 wet to mop. The wet mop dries too fast and leaves a sticky residue. Would not recommend it to anyone who has more than a bathroom to clean.Customer Review: back saver
Summary: 5 Stars
There's something wrong with my back, and sweeping makes it worse VERY quickly. The action when using a Swiffer is different, and I can do practically the whole house with no back trouble. ALL our floors are varnished wood in a house by the ocean, so they are damp and hydrostatic and grow mold like crazy, but the DRY Swiffer keeps that under control. Can't live without it. Customer Review: good luck
Summary: 2 Stars
its great for picking up the smaller dust and it really does pick up what the broom misses. the problem is the wet pad. it comes out of the package sopping wet and dries out before you've finished half the floor. the cleaner on the pad leaves the floor sticky and unpleasent to walk on -- i'm better off with a traditional mop. one nice thing though is that the pad is disposable and the scrubber works really well -- if only it weren't such a challenge to flip the swiffer over.Customer Review: I love Swiffer!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember some years ago when the Swiffer came out and was being marketed by Tupperware; it seemed really cool and futuristic and it still does! The Swiffer sweeper probably cannot replace your broom because some things are just too big to be picked up, but it does a great job at picking up anything a regular broom missed so all you need is a quick, imperfect sweep and then running the Swiffer over your floor will leave it clean and bare.
The swiffer is especially good for picking up hair and dust and, with hair, rather than getting stuck to broom bristles, dragging all over the floor and becoming icky, you never see it again once it sticks to the Swiffer cloth. I love the use this in my bathroom where a broom would fail to clean up the dust, lint and hair which make up the majority of the dirt on the floor.
Unlike a regular broom, which you also have to clean after use (fuzz, hair and general "ick"), just pull off the cleaning cloth and you're done - unless, that is, you want to mop with the Sweeper and then you can put on the wet cleaning pads and mop away.
Although thee sweeper is extremely light, it feels pretty durable and is also easy on my hands, unlike some brooms which leave my hands sore, with rash or marked.
The Starter kit comes with the sweeper and dry and wet clothes. I'd never used a Swiffer with the wet cloths but do own the Swiffer Wet Jet. I must say, the regular old Swiffer with the wet cloths might do a better job, faster and easier!
It's also easy to put together. It's common sense and you needn't even look at the directions. Just snap the metal poles together to form the handle and to attach to the sweeper part and you're done! The handle even has a hook on the end to hang up in your closet or pantry.
The rooms I use my Swiffer one are pretty small: kitchen, bathroom and laundry area so one dry cloth picked up everything without a problem but the wet cloth wasn't quite enough to mop all 3. If you have larger rooms or a lot of dirt, sweeping first (or only sweeping) might be a better option for you.
However, for me, this lightweight sweeper is a great supplement (and possibly) replacement which makes sweeping and mopping quick, easy and hassle free! I would definitely recommend this to anyone sick of the broom and mop method!