This is where I am going to get on my soap box (pun intended) and castigate the entire Scrub family.
When snaking my shower drain, I get to go pretty dang far down to remove a clog. I was easily to the point point where my kitchen sink joined the drain line. Among the last things I pulled out were several Scrub Daddy chunks of good size. Can I be sure that these caused the clog? No. Am I sure these could screw up my septic pump or cause clogs even further down? Absolutely.
The chunks these sponges shed can wreck havoc on your drain system. It’s not worth it for a tool that cleans no better than a dish rag and a stiff bristle brush. Those actually clean better, last longer, and are more environmentally friendly.
I want to love Scrub Daddy. I just cannot afford the aggravation and potential cost they bring with them as they break down.
You should get a strainer for your drain, especially if you’re on a septic system. That’s what I got out of what you said.
Were you scrubbing an mfin cheese grater with it? I have not had this problem
No, this was just from general wear over time. It would be less bad if we threw it away at the first sign of wear, but that felt wasteful. Why ditch a sponge with a little wear on one side when the rest remains fine? Now we know.
Can someone explain to me why these sponges are so popular?
Because they have a catchy name and do guerrilla marketing on Lemmy.
Normally I wouldn’t accuse a company of guerilla marketing on a platform as small as Lemmy but that has to be the case here. Has anyone here ever held one of these? It’s the perfect shape for not being able to actually scrub stuff. It’s so uncomfortable to hold. Just use a normal sponge, or a dishwasher if it’s available. They use less water anyway.
Idk, they’re terrible. My guess is because they’re cute or whatever. My wife (who never cleans for shit and doesn’t see why they suck) seems to buy them for that reason. I’ll use em til I can’t take it anymore, and get a proper pack of sponges n throw em out.
Scrub daddy is good because it lasts much longer than the standard sponge, and you put it in the dishwasher and it keeps going. Scrub mommy is the opposite IMO. It’s significantly more expensive than standard sponges while offering nothing different.
Theres a scrub mommy?! I thought it was just scrub daddy
The mommy has a sponge side.
Realistically, I prefer having a scrub daddy and a separate sponge. Cuz the scrub daddy’s plastic mesh lasts a long time and doesn’t trap food particles, but sponges trap food and get gross really quickly. I’ve found that I end up replacing a scrub mommy way more often than a scrub daddy, simply because the sponge side is gross. It feels wasteful, when I could simply have a separate sponge that I replace as needed.
You mean this
Please let that poor soul rest, my god
