Swifter wet jet - Anyone have one?

msoulz wrote: I really love mine, but DH hates the smell of the solution. I have to say it seems the last 2 bottles have a stale beer smell to them. I thought the first one was just old so I got a second one and it too smells funky. I don't remember it smelling like that when I first got the thing.

I also just picked up the wet pads that go on the swifter sweeper and they smell like that too!! So now I will have to clean and air out the house before Dh gets home or he will think we have had a big party while he was at work. . .

Now I haven't tried the antibacterial solution and I wonder if it smells different. Anyone tried both?

ZandersMama replied: i didnt like the wetjet because of the smell, but i LOVE the swiffer vacuum.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I get the walmart brand wet pads. I dont notice that they smell odd.

grandma replied: I LOVE mine!

Crystalina replied: I have one but never use it anymore because Evan thinks it's the best thing in the world and uses all my pads. I get tired of replacing them because he will throw one away before it's really dirty. I bought him a pack of generic pads and told him to make them last because that was it.

MommyToAshley replied: I have one and love it. But, DH doesn't like the smell either. I thought it was just my DH though because he doesn't like the smell of any cleaning product. I did notice that they had some new "swiffer juice" that smells like the citrus but I haven't tried it yet.

msoulz replied:
I will be on the lookout for Citrus juice and for the Walmart brand wet ones. Thanks all!!!

jem0622 replied: I don't use the solution anymore. I do like the pads that are wet and you can clip them on the same mop. I'd still rather use my handy mop and bucket though! I can change the water 4-5 times and know I truly cleaned the floor!

Calimama replied: I love my Swiffer Wet Jet but I can't use it anymore. We have rock tile so it's not smooth and the wet jet just doesn't work on it.

mammag replied: I have one. I don't use it as much because I found a regular mop that I love.

What I did, because I didn't like the smell (or the cost for that matter), was that I used a big wrench to open the bottle and refilled it with my own Lavender cleaner. I never noticed a smell on the pads but I will tell you, once I was out of them and needed to do a quick clean up. It was when Keegan was in diapers still so I slappeed one of those on there. Worked better than the pads. But for some reason, only the generic diapers worked well. Huggies and Pampers don't. Bizarre I know....

Calimama replied:
Really? What brand is it? I can't stand my mop.. and I've tried 3 different ones.

mammag replied:
It's nothing fancy. Made by Libman and bought at Wally World. It's called the Wonder Mop...

Here is a link to it. I bought it because I was sick of the sponge mops and didn't want to spend an arm and a leg for one. And the head is machine washable or you can replace it cheaply. I tried washing it and it actually worked... I was surprised.

Calimama replied:
Awesome, thanks!!

mckayleesmom replied:
I have a similar brand and love it.....I love just throwing it in the washing machine with some bleach.

My swiffer wet jet broke. The handle cracked. Before that I liked it for small jobs, but I still deep cleaned my floors once a week. I also put my own febreeze chemical in the container and If I was out of those pads I would use a wash cloth.

luvmykids replied: I prefer the antibac, but haven't noticed a funny smell with the other one. I like it for quick clean ups but still have to use my floor mate every few days.

mckayleesmom replied:
what is that?

MoonMama replied: We have hardwood floors (HATE those ) and I LOVE my Swiffer Wet Jet.

luvmykids replied: It's a wet/dry vacuum. I love it because it has spinning brushes that get the grout pretty good and then it sucks up the dirty water and squeegies the floor dry right away

mckayleesmom replied:
I must have that...is that the actual name of the thing?

luvmykids replied:
Hoover floor mate is the full name. I couldn't live without mine, especially since the whole first floor is tile

Kaitlin'smom replied:
I have one of those and I have not ever used it....

mckayleesmom replied:
I have one of those hoover floor mates....probably about 3 years old and my model sucks. I only used it about 3 times and decided it wasn't worth the hassle because I had to scrub the stuck on stuff first....

luvmykids replied:
I had to do that at first, but now that I use it so often nothing gets stuck that bad. If there is something really sticky, like a spill that didn't get wiped up right away , I just prespray it with vinegar and it comes right up.