This is where I am going to get on my soap box (pun intended) and castigate the entire Scrub family.
When snaking my shower drain, I get to go pretty dang far down to remove a clog. I was easily to the point point where my kitchen sink joined the drain line. Among the last things I pulled out were several Scrub Daddy chunks of good size. Can I be sure that these caused the clog? No. Am I sure these could screw up my septic pump or cause clogs even further down? Absolutely.
The chunks these sponges shed can wreck havoc on your drain system. It’s not worth it for a tool that cleans no better than a dish rag and a stiff bristle brush. Those actually clean better, last longer, and are more environmentally friendly.
I want to love Scrub Daddy. I just cannot afford the aggravation and potential cost they bring with them as they break down.
You should get a strainer for your drain, especially if you’re on a septic system. That’s what I got out of what you said.
Were you scrubbing an mfin cheese grater with it? I have not had this problem
No, this was just from general wear over time. It would be less bad if we threw it away at the first sign of wear, but that felt wasteful. Why ditch a sponge with a little wear on one side when the rest remains fine? Now we know.
Wait, there’s a Scrub Mommy?
Yep, it’s got the normal scrub daddy scrubbing material on one side and a sponge on the other. Pretty good
Wait I thought all their products have two different materials? Here only ScrubMommys are available.
ScrubDaddy was the original one, and was just the scrubby material. This is blowing my mind that not only there is a ScrubMommy, but in some areas it’s more common than the ScrubDaddy!
It’s called the scrub mommy because it has a soft side :)
(I didn’t make that up, thats their advertising).
Also it does 2x the work for less money than the scrub daddy costs. I didn’t make that up either, but it’s true, they’re cheaper, and that’s very funny.
The wage gap is real!?
And a bow tie.
If it’s on the head it’s a bow.
if it’s on the neck it’s a bow tie.
You mean this
Please let that poor soul rest, my god
Kitten got to him, poor fellow.
Some sponges reproduce asexually. Others are hermaphrodites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponge
Scrub Mommy either has lots of little Scrub Daughters or Scrub Mommy is also Scrub Daddy and is “special friends” with another Scrub Mommy/Daddy.
I feel like you’re the kind of person who would go buy a scrub daddy and put it in the freezer just so you could take it out and say “scrub daddy chill” even if nobody else hears it.
There is only shrub daddy!I think the daddy you are referring to is just called Mr Bob Squarepants.
There’s scrubby doggy too
I’ve got a Scrub Daddy, but I’ve also got a Dish Daddy who comes with a wand and vomits soap out of his mouth.
Dish daddy … has seen some things
I’m a sponge, Morty!
Can someone explain to me why these sponges are so popular?
my mom likes scrub daddies because they don’t hold onto moisture in the long term. regular sponges can get gross real quick but these dry out nice
They’re decent sponges that last a long time and don’t get smelly very easily, and they’re also cute.
In my experience they’re a bit lacking in abrasive power though.
Idk, they’re terrible. My guess is because they’re cute or whatever. My wife (who never cleans for shit and doesn’t see why they suck) seems to buy them for that reason. I’ll use em til I can’t take it anymore, and get a proper pack of sponges n throw em out.
Idk but can someone else explain why dish brushes aren’t the standard?
They last 10x longer than a sponge. They never smell. They keep your hands clean. Again they never smell.
I’m not sure what else needs to be said.
Hey, if we don’t make micro plastic in our kitchen sinks to wash down the drain, who will?
Because they have a catchy name and do guerrilla marketing on Lemmy.
Normally I wouldn’t accuse a company of guerilla marketing on a platform as small as Lemmy but that has to be the case here. Has anyone here ever held one of these? It’s the perfect shape for not being able to actually scrub stuff. It’s so uncomfortable to hold. Just use a normal sponge, or a dishwasher if it’s available. They use less water anyway.
Scrub daddy is good because it lasts much longer than the standard sponge, and you put it in the dishwasher and it keeps going. Scrub mommy is the opposite IMO. It’s significantly more expensive than standard sponges while offering nothing different.
So you would say that you’re a daddy’s boy?
There is! There’s also Sad Daddy
Case closed
There is a scrub daddy. That’s what we use. We don’t have a preference, they just had the daddys at Costco
Pretty sure the Scrub Daddy came first! It gained huge notoriety for being on Shark Tank, as one of if not the most successful Shark tank product in history, and it’s now in every Walmart and Dollar store in the country.
So the meme treats the derivative like it’s the original, which I suppose is true to form as an indicator of how people lose track of ideas as they get constantly recirculated.
Yeah, this meme is dumb because Scrub Daddy was the original product.
Theres a scrub mommy?! I thought it was just scrub daddy
The mommy has a sponge side.
Realistically, I prefer having a scrub daddy and a separate sponge. Cuz the scrub daddy’s plastic mesh lasts a long time and doesn’t trap food particles, but sponges trap food and get gross really quickly. I’ve found that I end up replacing a scrub mommy way more often than a scrub daddy, simply because the sponge side is gross. It feels wasteful, when I could simply have a separate sponge that I replace as needed.
Yes, the difference is that instead of it being firm or soft depending on if you use cold or hot water (respectively), it has a firm side and a soft side that remains that way regardless of water temperature.
At least, that’s my understanding, I’ve never tried a scrub mommy
The hard side changes depending on temperature the same way as the original. It just has a sponge stuck to it. They’re decent, as far as sponges go.
Source: I use them daily
Christ on a bike these things are shit
The scrubber softens with warm water and gets harder with cold water
That’s THE EXACT FUCKIN OPPOSITE OF WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR SCRUBBING
Warmer water is good for softening oils, but once you start getting mixed food stains, hot water can cause it to congeal and become harder to remove. If you need to scrub harder to remove it, it’s probably something that won’t benefit from using hotter water. Remember this if you ever have to wash “mucous” out of your hair.
Nah, it’s actually pretty dope. Scrub daddy, scrub mommy, and the scrub wand — I’m all in, baby.
Legit, the scrub daddy franchise is a lesson in great “KISS” product design.
I think they’re more a lesson in marketing than anything else. The scrubs themselves fall apart, clog drains, and contribute to the proliferation of microplastics.
