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.

For more information, the full selection of microfiber mops can be found here.

Why I Became a Norwex Sales Consultant

September 2, 2008

I’m very excited to welcome you to my site, Casa Naturals. This site features natural household cleaning natural/organic personal care items of the company Norwex for which I am an Independent Sales Consultant.

I was introduced to Norwex several months ago, by one of my friends. I have to admit when I was initially invited to my friend’s home for a Norwex presentation, I was a little skeptical. I thought, “I already have everything I possibly need for cleaning my home, what could I possibly learn from going to this presentation.”

Within moments of the consultant’s presentation I was totally impressed by several of the products, namely the Antibacterial Enviro Micofiber Cloth and Window Microfiber Cloth. The consultant demonstrated these cloths by smearing a bathroom window with butter, cleaning it off with a damp Enviro cloth and then polishing it with the Window Cloth. She effortlessly cleaned the mirror to a shine, and then proceeded to demonstrate how you could clean your entire bathroom using an Enviro Cloth and simply water. I imagined myself wiping my own mirrors with Windex and my roll of paper towels and trying to get all the streaks off and finally just giving up and thinking I guess that’s as good as it’s going to get. I purchased these two cloths that night and couldn’t wait to try them out in my home cleaning.

I’ll admit initially I did not give much thought to the fact I was cleaning without chemicals, but instead was totally impressed by the performance and the ease and speed with which I felt my new cloths would help me with my cleaning.

Once I started using the microfiber cloths in my own cleaning, I became even more impressed. I found myself wishing I had one in each room. I kept finding more and more uses for the Enviro Cloth, e.g. taking stains out of carpet, cleaning mirrors, windows, floors, my kid’s toys, etc. And within a few weeks I began to notice, I was making fewer and fewer trips to the grocery store for cleaning supplies and I was beginning to get used to the fact that a clean house, didn’t smell like anything.

I was beginning to reflect more and more upon the fact that I was enjoying the fact that I was bringing less chemicals into the house that would come into contact with my two kids and my husband. I especially was struck by the fact that I could clean my shower, using just a cloth. No more holding my breath while spraying my shower cleaner and getting in to clean the walls of the shower - a job I especially hated during my pregnancies. Meanwhile I started raving about these cloths to anyone who would listen. Someone commented to me that you should start selling them.

After a little reflection, I thought why not. I could share these products with my friends and family and learn more myself about how to reduce chemicals in my cleaning. No more lugging buckets of water and endless trips to the grocery store.

A now converted chemical-free house cleaner, I once could do away with a bottle of Mr. Clean in a single house cleaning Since becoming involved with Norwex, I’ve also become very interested in the personal care items and my family and I have all started using them. It makes me very happy to have significantly reduced the number of chemicals I am bringing into my family’s home without any compromising on performance. I hope you enjoy these products as much as I do.

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