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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Either ScrubDaddy or SpongeDaddy would work well as a band name.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think you got screwed, there's only 3 in that pack!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Screwed by his sponge daddy 😏

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Those are the most idiotic gimmick ever

"It gets softer in hot water and harder in cold water"

Bitch that's the complete opposite of what I want from a sponge

[–] captain_aggravated 4 points 5 days ago

I bet that's just what the material does and they decided to put it on the box as a feature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The effectiveness of the scrapey bit doesn't change in my experience, it's just as shitty when hard as it is soft. I'm sure there's a low hanging pun in there somewhere, but I hate these sponges so much I don't care to find it. Plus the sponge part is trash.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I once mentioned this utter corporate gash on Reddit and immediately got a hundred replies from one-week-old accounts saying "Oh my gaaad I love my Sponge Daddy ©®™ they're the greadest!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I've never used a scrub daddy so maybe I'm missing something. But what issues are people having with their regular cheap ass sponges that you need a more expensive one? I always just buy the cheapest sponges on the shelf and they work perfectly fine.

The changing hardness levels depending on the water temp sounds odd to me and I'm not really understanding the purpose.

Edit: For dishes I actually prefer scrub brushes instead of sponges anyway. Sponges give me the heebie jeebies with holding bacteria because of the retained moisture. I primarily use sponges for cleaning sinks, bathtubs, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Agreed, I use a brush to get whatever doesn't get off by soaking and spraying, then a soapy dish towel for the cleaning. Dish towel gets washed by hand after doing dishes and hang dries, or in the washer with other towels if I remember to grab it.

In our house sponges are only used for cleaning things we don't eat off of, and those scrub daddy sponges are the worst I've ever used at sponging with the worst scrubber for scrubbing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yikes, these don’t look biodegradable

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

My first thoughts as well. I’ve been using a cellulose sponge that has shredded coconut husks on one side of it for scrubbing. It’s pretty good, biodegradable, and doesn’t get soft when i need it to be hard.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Dual-sided. Sounds pretty exciting to me.

[–] DoctorWhookah 4 points 6 days ago

Perhaps I’ll be able to get all the soap out of these.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

sometimes them dishes like it a little rougher.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The original (the face) is my favorite tool to clean dishes, how do these compare?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Bought these on the suggestion of my kid. They work great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

They're not as good in my opinion. The scrub mommy and scour daddy are the 2 must have ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I found that the faces seemed to break down after some time (not much). Did you experience this? I don't think I would try them again based on that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, that's the sign to replace them. I've found they last longer than "normal" sponges still

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But as they're breaking down where does that plastic go?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Same as with other sponges unfortunately, down the drain

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do you guys use the soft side for something special. I allways use the rough side.

[–] shadowedcross 1 points 5 days ago

In general I use the rough side to do a first pass, getting rid of most of the grime, especially the stubborn stuff, rinse then use the soft side to do a second pass and rinse once more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Now you need some sponge subs for those really nasty, dirty messes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The hard side gets harder the colder the water, and softer the warmer it is.