Comments on: Cleaning your floors without effort … that is, if you don’t break your neck …

By: D

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:44:25 +0000

@ Rachel
like this?
http://www.asianjoke.com/pictures/baby_mop.htm

By: jesscia

jesscia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:27:47 +0000

I have these and I like them a lot. I’m in my early twenties so I can still have fun with them going around the house. I haven’t had a problem with them not picking up all the dirt but I have a swivel sweeper too. I have however had a problem with them being a little slick. There have been a couple of times where I’ve almost taking out my SO or crawling son when I lose my footing, that could be bed. Just throwing in my experience.

By: FloorSoClean

FloorSoClean — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:20:03 +0000

They’re cute, but I think they’re definitely to be worn when cleaning the floors only, not for walking around…

By: ackcoatue

ackcoatue — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:51 +0000

i bought these & they don’t fit on my size 9ish feet… they fit people with feet no bigger than 8…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:50:11 +0000

If they could make these that would fit on babies knees as they crawl around that would be great! They somehow make it into spots that I can NEVER get with a broom or mop!

By: Jacqueline Leeper

Jacqueline Leeper — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:17:57 +0000

I recently bought a duster very similar to these. It had a flap you could put your hand in to move it around.

My dogs loved it and proceeded to grab for it every time they saw it. I can see myself dragging about one dog on each foot as I tried to clean the floor.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:42:03 +0000

My 85-year-old mother used woolly socks the same way for years. Her floors always looked nice (not perfect) and the cleaning/washing was infinitely easier than sweeping/mopping.

By: j

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:08:59 +0000

I have something similar to this but they are for when moping your floors. They were slip-on booties with terry cloth bottoms and a little scrub section at the top/toe area. I use them in combination with Swiffer WetJet. When I hit spot that needs to be scrubbed, instead of bending down I use the “slippers.” I think I got them at Linen’s & Things but it’s been a while and haven’t seem them in any store recently.

By: yucaree

yucaree — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:25:34 +0000

i received these from my mother-in-law for hanukkah … good idea, but it needs help in the execution department.

first of all, mine are too small (i don’t know if they come in bigger sizes) so they are a bit uncomfortable.

second, my wood floors get dusty really quickly so i have tons of dust bunnies. if i want to actually clean the floor, walking around in the slippers won’t do it; that just spreads the dust elsewhere. i have to drag one of my feet so that i don’t lose the dust bunnies and gather them in a spot to pick up. (yes, my dust bunnies are many and large.)

i have yet to wash the slipper bottoms but i’m afraid that if they are quite dusty that they’ll just get the other stuff in the wash icky too.

for now i just make my 7-year-old wear them around the house for fun.

p.s. we haven’t yet had a problem with the bottoms being too slippery.

By: Hayden Tompkins

Hayden Tompkins — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:51:08 +0000

I wonder how the transition from floor to carpet works.

By: ADM

ADM — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:08:49 +0000

Do they make dog-sized ones? We take our shoes off so any dirt on the floor is the dog’s fault!

By: Tameson O'Brien

Tameson O'Brien — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:10:43 +0000

Seems to me that these are perfect for handing to your kids some day they say they’re bored - scoot around and clean the floors and give bonus points to the one who gets the most corners.

By: LivSimpl

LivSimpl — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:47:37 +0000

I dunno…I had friends on college who would spot-clean their floors in socks so they didn’t have to bend over and scrub on their hands and knees.

Then again, aren’t the parts of the floor that usually need the most attention the corners and other non-trafficked areas?

Overall a fun idea, but I’m not sure how practical they are.

By: Timo

Timo — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:47:01 +0000

If I ever want to get myself killed, I will put those under the christmas tree for my wife

Weird. I wonder if anybody really walks around with these.

By: Jasi

Jasi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:34:15 +0000

Tacky but still better than a cleaning tip I’d read on the -fly-. Something about a woman sporting new sanitary pads on her feet to clean. Gross.

By: CM

CM — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:33:51 +0000

Why not just clip Swiffer cloths to the bottom of your regular slippers, using binder clips?

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:23:54 +0000

I read about these slippers in my local paper. The person who reviewed them ended up throwing them away after using them once. She wrote that they don’t clean thoroughly, and that it’s easy to miss spots.

By: ilafa

ilafa — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:49:44 +0000

What a great idea!