A must-have Tesco Value product! (Tesco Value Sponge Pan Cleaners)

Member Name: MarieHHH

Product:	Tesco Value Sponge Pan Cleaners
Date:	09/09/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap

Disadvantages: don't last long

I'll admit it here: I get through rather more sponge cleaners than your average girl. I use them for washing up, for cleaning the kitchen sides, for cleaning the toilets and even for washing the floors. I'm sure many people use cloths for some of these tasks, but I just like the instant flexibility of a soft sponge side and a scratchy scourer side. Since some of these jobs obviously require disposal of the scourer afterwards (notably cleaning the toilet!) and I have OCD cleaning tendencies, I need a sponge cleaner that is both effective and cheap.

Wandering down the cleaning aisle in Tesco I spotted their value 'sponge cleaners,' slightly sad looking things packed together in a set of five. They looked rather weedy compared to their branded colleagues, but since their price tag was just 15p (for all five, not even for one!) I found myself throwing a pack into the trolley.

At home when I opened the pack I instantly felt slightly remorseful at my choice. The scourer in my hand was smaller, thinner and less 'rounded' than I was used to. The sponge part was also white, and somehow I'd become a colour fascist used to yellow sponges and just didn't like this change. But hey, I'd brought them so I'd try using them.

This actually turned out to be a plesant surprise. Sure, they're small and feel more 'cheap' than alternatives, but they are more cheap than alternatives. The sponge and scourer parts stayed admirably together under use, and the scourer worked for the first couple of pans before it became somewhat smooth and hence impotent. Which is of course a bad point, but as the first paragraph explained I use my scourers for far more than just scouring, so this wasn't a catastrophe for me - if it is able to scrub a little bit, that's fine for all my needs outside the kitchen

So overall I'd rate these as good value as long as you need them more for general cleaning rather than washing up pans with stubborn stains.

Summary: an essential in my trolley