Either ScrubDaddy or SpongeDaddy would work well as a band name.
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I think you got screwed, there's only 3 in that pack!
Screwed by his sponge daddy 😏
Dual-sided. Sounds pretty exciting to me.
Perhaps I’ll be able to get all the soap out of these.
sometimes them dishes like it a little rougher.
Yikes, these don’t look biodegradable
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.
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
I bet that's just what the material does and they decided to put it on the box as a feature.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
The original (the face) is my favorite tool to clean dishes, how do these compare?
Bought these on the suggestion of my kid. They work great.
They're not as good in my opinion. The scrub mommy and scour daddy are the 2 must have ones.
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.
Yes, that's the sign to replace them. I've found they last longer than "normal" sponges still
But as they're breaking down where does that plastic go?
Same as with other sponges unfortunately, down the drain
Now you need some sponge subs for those really nasty, dirty messes
Do you guys use the soft side for something special. I allways use the rough side.
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.
The hard side gets harder the colder the water, and softer the warmer it is.