Excerpt from: Consumer report 2002

Disposable Floor Mops

Disposable mops are the latest housecleaning boon. It began with dry mops to chase the dust bunnies and moved on to damp mops for Quick spot-cleaninq. Players included SC Johnson's Pledge Grab-It and Procter & Gamble's Swiffer. Now, P&G and Clorox have kicked it up a notch with wet mops that purport to do more serious cleaning without the bucket, the dirty water or the "eau de mop" odor. We got down and dirty with the newest rivals, the Swiffer Wet Jet and the Clorox Ready Mop, each $25.00. While both are convenient, the Swiffer has an edge, our tests show.

Both mops easily cleaned spills such as coffee dribbles and the grease left when bread falls buttered side down. When we used them to clean up mud., however, both mops were inclined to spread it around rather than pick it up once the cleaning pad become coated with dirt. There's no way to rinse off a pad, so a second pad was needed. Instructions for both calls for vacuuming or sweeping before mopping.

The Swiffer has an advantage on several fronts: Its cleaning pads are three layers thick, so they were good at soaking up larger liquid spills. The single layer Clorox were quickly saturated. The Swiffer's double-handle design was more comfortable than the Clorox handle and its cleaning pads were easier to install. The Swiffer is also cheaper to use over the course of a year. The Clorox mop, however, is about a pound lighter than the Swiffer with a full container of cleaner, and it is easier to maneuver

The Swiffer comes with 34 ounces of cleaning solution 6 cleaning pads, 4 AA batteries needed for spraying the cleaning solution. Refill pads come 12 to the package for $6.00.
Refill bottles of solution is $3.50 ( You have a Choice of advanced floor cleaner or wood floor cleaner. The Clorox mop cones with 34 ounces of solution and 8 Pads. An 8 pack refill of pads is $3.50; the cIeaner is $3.

After you invest in the mop kit, Swiffer replacement Pads, solution and batteries will cost you about $78 per year, Clorox refills, $115. (Replacement heads for a Traditional sponge mop and all purpose cleaner run about $50 a year.) Those estimates are based on mopping a 15x20 - foot area once a week.

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