My Experience with the Clorox Ready Mop System
I have to admit, I do not depend on the Clorox mop for a deep clean, I mainly use it as a finishing product. I trust the name of Clorox to help me achieve a germ free home, but in all honesty the Clorox ready mop system does not do a better job than a standard mop. If your flooring has cracks or crevices as nearly all floors do, the Clorox ready mop is not going to remove dirt, grime and bacteria from the cracks and crevices. I depend on a scrub brush and good old fashioned elbow grease for my first round of having the cleanest floor possible. After scrubbing I then turn to the Clorox ready mop to insure bacteria and germs are removed.
What I like about the Clorox ready mop system is easy to understand, with a simple squeeze of the trigger cleaning solution is disbursed, and you can toss the cleaning pad out when it is dirty. You aren't swishing germs around and around this way.
What I don't like about the Clorox ready mop system is just as easy to comprehend. It doesn't offer the same level of cleanliness as actually scrubbing your floor by hand does. The refill products are also quite expensive. Before I learned a few tricks and ways to cut costs I was spending $15 each month on refill products. That is a lot of money to spend on a nearly clean floor.
I found that if I rinsed the cleaning solution bottle very well I could make my own cleaning solution refill. I use a standard all purpose antibacterial cleaner and dilute it with about one third water. Mr. Clean with Fabreeze works very well. As for the cleaning pads which sell for about $7 per package in my region, I found a great alternative at my local Dollar Tree store. For $1 you can get 20 disposable cleaning wipes that are electrostatic charged, they fit the Clorox ready mop perfectly and are a lot less expensive. They work every bit as well in my opinion.
If you own a Clorox ready mop, consider trying out my refill alternative, you will save a lot of cash this way and still enjoy the same results. As for the Clorox ready mop, it is a pretty good system for cleaning your floors, I would recommend this product to anyone over a standard old mop.
Published by Chen Salis
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2 Comments
Post a CommentThe Clorox Ready Mop system seems to be the best in it's class. It's not as flimsy as some of the Swiffer brands and still does as good a job. Like the author of the above article, the main problem I encounter is cracks in the tile floor. The Clorox mop pads will only pick up what is loose on the floor. Unlike one of the Swiffer models, the Ready Mop doesn't have a scouring pad on the top side of the pad. This is a definite fault in the design, in my opinion. The Ready Mop Advanced Floor Cleaner solution is as the author of the article said, expensive, nor does it last very long. I use Lysol disinfectant and water for refills. The first time I tried Dawn and water, but it just made the floor sticky. All in all though, the Ready Mop is a good floor disinfecting system. It's so simple that my 13 month old daughter can do it, and does.
I have found that the ready mop does work better than you average mop, but I am not happy with the expense involved in replacing the mop pads and the refills, so I have come up with better ideas. For the refill I found that watered down Simple Green (I use a solution of two capfuls of Simple Green to a bottle is sufficient). Not only does it clean my linoleum floors nicely, but they do not look dull as then did with the ready mop solution. For the pads, I have cut old terry towels to size and tuck them into the holders. I think they work even better than the mop pads and they are reusable. I just throw them in the washer and can use them many times before they are worn out.