Stupid Swiffer Wet Jet

[hunniebun]

...could there be a less mustashian way to clean? I think not.  I have one of these things from my Pre-mustashian Awakening (PMA for short) and has since switched to good old vinegar, water, tea tree oil and baking soda for 95% of my cleaning.  But my Swiffer Wet Jet is still in with the cleaning supplies reminding me of my stupidity.  I'm pretty sure I paid 35 bucks for this thing...plus 5.99 for the refill toxic chemical fluid and another 8.99 for the disposable cleaning pads...and I just discovered that this toxic money sucking piece of poo NEEDS NEW BATTERIES! WTF? I didn't even know it had batteries (I am not sure how I thought it worked...gravity I suppose)...but NO...4 double AAs!!!!!  SERIOUSLY?  And I always wondered why we never had any money left over....of course not...after I just spent like 50$ to clean my stupid flooor!!!  Those marketers sure earn their pay with this gem...convincing me (and all those in my peer group) that we NEED the swiffer wet jet to make cleaning our homes easy.  Brutal. I would like to face punch myself and 50 million times. 

What to do with it now?  Trash, give (to someone really wealthy who can keep up with the replacement part and battery costs?), or keep it as a reminder of how foolish I was for the first 36 years of my existence?

[Grateful Stache]

My beautiful wife "hacked" ours and is now able to fill it with a natural cleaning cleaning solution. Something to look into.

Cheers,

- Grateful

[RetiredAt63]

4 AAs?  Time to buy some rechargeables and a charger - I never buy batteries, they are a money pit.

[hunniebun]

My beautiful wife "hacked" ours and is now able to fill it with a natural cleaning cleaning solution. Something to look into.

Cheers,

- Grateful

I was trying to figure out a way to use it with my own refill solution, but they don't make it easy! I should google it...there is likely a u-tube video!

[caliq]

My beautiful wife "hacked" ours and is now able to fill it with a natural cleaning cleaning solution. Something to look into.

Cheers,

- Grateful

I was trying to figure out a way to use it with my own refill solution, but they don't make it easy! I should google it...there is likely a u-tube video!

It definitely can be done, and there's also a way to get/buy/make/something reusable microfiber type things for the bottom part. 

[Bracken_Joy]

My beautiful wife "hacked" ours and is now able to fill it with a natural cleaning cleaning solution. Something to look into.

Cheers,

- Grateful

I was trying to figure out a way to use it with my own refill solution, but they don't make it easy! I should google it...there is likely a u-tube video!

Well, I found an article!

http://lifehacker.com/5717409/refill-your-swifter-wet-jet-no-special-tools-required

I guess life hacker also has a previous one that's more tool intensive. I haven't tried either, though, so not vouching for it!

[hunniebun]

My beautiful wife "hacked" ours and is now able to fill it with a natural cleaning cleaning solution. Something to look into.

Cheers,

- Grateful

I was trying to figure out a way to use it with my own refill solution, but they don't make it easy! I should google it...there is likely a u-tube video!

Well, I found an article!

http://lifehacker.com/5717409/refill-your-swifter-wet-jet-no-special-tools-required

I guess life hacker also has a previous one that's more tool intensive. I haven't tried either, though, so not vouching for it!

I'll check it out...we have more tools than home depot...so I am sure dh can figure something out!

[Grateful Stache]

Beautiful wife confirms that's how she did it. The nail clippers version.

[Josiecat]

I absolutely LOVE my Swiffer Wet Jet.  Thanks so much for the link.  Now I can refill it with natural cleaners.  Awesome!

[HipGnosis]

I got a wet-jet because I liked the concept.
Then I found out they can't be refilled (without hacking, anyway).
When the batteries died, I cut open the solution bottle and poured it into a manual spray bottle (and labeled it).
I used the solution and a non-jet swiffer with generic pads.   I spray about a third of the floor and let the solution dissolve the dirt a bit.  I spray the next third and 'swiff' the first...
Then I switched to generic cleaning solution.

I just bought some Bambooee (brand) reusable bamboo towel sheets with scrubbing dots for doing my floors.  Since they're reusable, I surely don't need a whole roll so I gave half to a friend.

[georgialiving]

I have vinegar and water, and some alcohol in a large spray bottle. I spray the floor with that and then use my swiffer. I also use old prefolds (cloth diapers) from my daughter and use chip bag clips to hold it on the swiffer. I just toss the prefolds in with kitchen rags which get washed every two weeks or so


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[SpinGeek]

I have the refillable Rubbermaid mop, which I love. It probably cost the same as a WetJet, but no batteries. It has reusable microfiber heads that Velcro onto the mop; when they get dirty, I throw them in the washer with the towels. 50/50 vinegar water keeps my wood floors clean and shiny.

I saw online that someone replaced their Swiffer disposable pads with a fuzzy microfiber sock -- the ones that look like miniature shag carpets. Just slip the sock over the Swiffer mop head. You can even rotate the sock if your floors are really dirty.

[MsPeacock]

I just have a regular old Swiffer. Anyhow, what I do is spray the floor with cleaner, put a washcloth or cleaning rag on the swiffer, swipe it around, change as needed. Wash rags when done. Viola! Easy peasy. Not sure how the wet jet differs (other than apparently needing batteries).

[OldDogNewTrick]

Cuban mop.... google it. Purchased a lot of cheap microfiber cloths from Amazon to go with. Never looked back.

[MMMdude]

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OK I have now had three swiffers fail nearly immediately after doing the swiffer hack....whereby once the solution runs out I refill with vinegar/water.  Proctor&Gamble replaced two of these for us.  It's almost like they have figured out a way to detect if their solution is not being used and somehow the trigger gets disabled.  Yes I have four brand new batteries, cleaned the contacts and nozzles.  Like I say right before it worked fine with the swiffer solution.  Anyone also experience this?

I think I will switch to a Vileda mop which works the same except for you can use whatever solution you want.

[ltt]

We had a Swiffer, but it eventually died.  After looking around, we purchased a Bissell Symphony.  Am loving it and it's still going strong.  It's filled with distilled water, and we use the Great Value disposable pads from W-mart.