simply swiffing (Swiffer Cleaning System)

Member Name: clairep4

Product:	Swiffer Cleaning System
Date:	05/03/02 (164 review reads)
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Advantages: light and easy to use

Disadvantages: not all that robust

Over the last year or so I have deftly removed virtually all the carpets from my flat. I have a great vacuum cleaner (see Miele Cat & Dog) but sometimes can't be doing with the faff of getting it out, plugging it in, blah blah blah. Housework is not something I enjoy.

So, to the Swiffer - it's light, compact, smaller than a broom, and it's great at picking up all those bits of dust under the bed, it eliminates those little miniature tumbleweeds of hair/dust that come with having lots of floorboards and cats, and when you're done you just take the duster off and bin it. Fantastic.

When you buy a Swiffer you basically get the broom part without the dusters. Instead of having a broom at the end, the Swiffer has a flat, rubber rectangle over which you attach dusters (bought separately in packs of 10). Depending on the amount of dust you're picking up, you can use the dusters a few times, or if they're heavily soiled can just bin them. It can be a bit grim taking them off when they're coated in all those bits of dead skin etc - just try not to think about it is my advice.

The Swiffer is great for getting into corners, underneath furniture etc, my only reservation is that the swivel bit where the head is attached to the broom handle, isn't that robust - mine broke after only a couple of months and is now taped back together.

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