Norwex Mop System vs. Swiffer Dry Mop and Traditional Mopping - Savings Showdown
January 24, 2009
In this blog post, I am comparing the cost of a Norwex Mop System (Wet and Dry) versus using a Swiffer Dry Mop and traditional mopping.
In a previous post, I made the following estimates as to my best guess as the cost to use the Swiffer Dry Mop for a year:
I priced these items at Walmart and for the the Sweeper and 2 dry refills, it was $11.37.
32 dry refills are $9.47 or about .30 cents each. Not quite as expensive as the Swiffer disposable dusters. If I assume most households use 3 of these a week, that would mean 156 dry refills in a year. The initial Sweeper comes with two refills, which means one would need 154 more refills. Total cost would be $57.57 for the year. Or $104.37 over two years.
Here is what I estimated the cost of traditional mopping would be:
A bucket: $5.28
Clorox Ringer Mop: $7.97 x 2 = $15.94 (As I’m pretty sure this would need replacing after one year)
Multi-Purpose Mr. Clean: Here’s where the numbers really get rough. I would guess you would go through a bottle of Mr. Clean every two months were you simply to use it for cleaning your floors. I’m sure some people would use more than others. Prior to switching to microfiber cleaning, I could go through a bottle of Mr. Clean in one day if I was really on a cleaning spree. So, at $3.76 a bottle, that would be 12 bottles over a 2-year period or a total cost of $47.64.
Total cost of traditional mopping over 2 years: $68.86. The combined total for the Swiffer Dry Mop and traditional mopping over a two-year period would be $173.23. You can purchase a Norwex Mop Starter Package for $99.99 or a Norwex Mini Mop Package for $86.99.
Based on my rough estimates a Norwex Mop System would save you between $73.24 and $86.24 over a two-year period. I am also quite confident the mop would last longer thn two years and over a period of time, these savings would grow.
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Great comparison! I hope people take heed. I would be happy to make the investment in your product, however, my apartment has wall-to-wall carpeting throughout, except for the kitchen and bath, which get washed.
Wow. You really did your math here, very interesting. I think I might actually sit down now and compare some other things. Thanks
And also … the Norwex Microfiber Mop comes with a 2 year warranty … the Microfiber dry and wet mop pads will pick-up/remove 99.9 percent of bacteria from your floor … using ONLY water with the wet mop pad, it leaves your floors STREAK FREE and chemical residue free. Chemical residue left on your floor (Mr. Clean, in your example) only serves to leave your floor feeling slightly sticky … and guess what! Dirt sticks to that residue, making your floors dirty more quickly so than you have to clean them again soon! Removing the dirt & bacteria from your floor using water and the Norwex Microfiber mop pad leaves behind nothing but a clean floor. SO YOU WON’T NEED TO CLEAN YOUR FLOOR AS OFTEN!! Put a price onTHAT!
And yes, I am a Norwex Consultant … I signed up after cleaning my filthy soap scum covered shower & glass doors, complete with a pink ring of bacteria growth using nothing but a Norwex Antibac Enviro (microfiber) cloth and water. And I don’t have to do this as often as before?! SOLD. And now I’m showing everyone who will listen how they too can save precious time & money using Norwex products while protect their health and the environment. Priceless.
And one more thing … that wet mop pad? It contains Norwex’s patented Antibac technology: a silver compound embedded into the microfiber. What does this mean? You know how wet cloths and mops get stinky after one or two uses? That’s bacteria … as a regular cloth or mop dries (and most will have dirt and bacteria in them at this point), the bacteria load is increasing exponentially over a 24 hr period as it hangs to dry. This is why your cloths/mops get stinky. And when you use that bacteria laden cloth or mop next time, you are now spreading bacteria all over your surfaces. YUCK! Did you know that bacteria cannot live in the presence of silver?? Yes, it is a NATURAL antibacterial agent. Where a regular cloth, even microfiber, will breed bacteria as it dries, Norwex Antibac microfiber demonstrates a 99.9% REDUCTION in bacteria over a 24 hr period. So that wet mop pad? Not stinky the next time you use it, and you will not be spreading the newest members of the bacteria family born and raised within your stinky mop to your floor. I love this stuff.