Norwex Wet Mop vs. Traditional Mopping - Savings Showdown

December 28, 2008

In this post, I continue with my savings series and my question as to whether using Norwex products and reducing the numbers of chemicals in my home was costing me more money.  Here I am going to look at the cost of using a Norwex Wet Mop versus Traditional Mopping.

Since the Norwex Mop is warrantied for a two-year period, I will compare costs over a two-year period. However, I am certain the Norwex mop would last much longer than the two years it is warrantied for.

Here is what I estimate 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 it 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

Now to look at the Norwex Wet Mop. If buying the components separately, you would need the Norwex Antibac Wet Mop (large - $34.00), a mop base (large - $33.00) and a telescopic handle ($31.00) . All the components together would run you $98.00. For the same Mop, but with a small base and Antibac Wet Mop, the cost would be $81. I should point out here once again, that it is not really economical to buy the Wet Mop components separately, as the Norwex Starter Mop Package which includes the Dry Mop, is only an additional $1.99 (large) or $5.99 (small) so would be a much better value than just purchasing the Wet Mop components separately.

The beauty of the Norwex Antibac Wet Mop is that once you have the Wet Mop, you do not need to continually replace mops or buy a cleaning product. I am not sure exactly how long the Mop would last, but it is warrantied by Norwex for two years. Thus, I used two years as a comparison. However, I am sure the Norwex Wet Mop would last much longer.

Based on my estimates, were you to only buy the Norwex Antibac Wet Mop (instead of the Mop Package) , compared to traditional mopping, the Norwex Mop would cost you slightly more over a two-year period - approximately, $12-$30 more.  However, there are certainly many environmental benefits to using the wet mop to clean with microfiber, rather than traditional chemical products.  As well, there are savings if the Norwex Mop Starter Package were purchased instead of a dry mop and traditional wet mop.

Norwex Dry Mop vs. Swiffer Sweeper (Dry) - Savings Showdown

December 13, 2008

In this post, I intend to continue with my savings series and my question as to whether using Norwex products and reducing the numbers of chemicals in my home was costing me more money. In this post, I will look at the Norwex Dry Mop versus the Swiffer Sweeper.

Prior to discovering the Norwex Dry Mop, I went through the dry refills for the Swiffer Sweeper like candy. There was days I considered taping them to my two-year old’s feet. I’ll try to make an educated guess as to the number of dry refills one would go through in a given week with the Swiffer Sweeper. There are the individuals such as myself, who are probably lucky to give their house a really good going over with it once a week. And then there are the “my Mother’s” of the world who could probably use two on a good day. I’ll err on the conservative side and estimate that most households would use about 3 a week.

Here’s what I would guess it would cost you 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.

Now to look at the Norwex Dry Mop. If buying the components separately, you would need the Norwex dry mop (large - $24.00), a mop base (large - $33.00) and a telescopic handle ($31.00) . All the components together would run you $88.00.  For the same Mop, but with a small base and dry mop, the cost would be $73.  I should point out here that the Norwex Starter Mop Package which includes the Antibac Wet Mop, is only an additional $11.00 (large) or $13.99 (small) so would be a much better value than just the Dry Mop.

The beauty of the Norwex Dry Mop is that once you have the Dry Mop, you do not need to buy replacement pads. I am not sure exactly how long the Mop would last, but it is warrantied by Norwex for two years. Thus, I used two years as a comparison. However, I am sure the Norwex Dry Mop would last much longer.

Again, the Norwex products do save you some money over the two-year period. Based on my estimates, the large Norwex Dry Mop would save about $16.37 over a two year period and the small Norwex Dry Mop would save $31.37. However, the thing I love about the Norwex Dry Mop is that I am not throwing refills in the garbage and I can use the mop as often as I like, without feeling like I am throwing my money in the garbage. As I must admit, when I used the Swiffer Sweeper, I would hate to replace the duster.

The Norwex Dry Mop definitely pays for itself and I think would result in more significant savings over a period of years.

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