Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought a 4-pack of these 18 months ago. 1 disappeared within a couple months, 1 I use to clean the counter, and I'm on the second one for washing dishes. Reasons I hope that they never stop making these: - Unsmelly. I don't leave it always wet in the sink, but it does spend some time like that, and I only replaced the one I use for washing dishes because it started to get a little shabby, thanks to scrubbing of knives and such. I used to replace sponges pretty frequently because they got to smelling naaaasty, and who wants that to be the last thing that touches their dishes before they go back in the cupboard? - Resilient. I'm kind of amazed that these things just keep going like they don't have a care in the world. Feeling them, you wouldn't ever think that they would tear or come apart. - Absorbant. Soak up tons of water from wherever I've spilled it. I'd say one of these is equivalent to about five paper towels in absorbency. - CHEAP. I have a guilty addiction to Viva paper towels, which feel like they're made from the downy underfeathers of baby angels' wings. I absolutely still use paper towels for things where disposability is sorta required, like squashing a bug, seasoning a cast-iron pan, or sitting under fresh bacon. (Ok, now I want bacon.) But we use far less of them. - Versatile. One for the dishes, one for the counter, one for messier dusting and cleaning around the house; and color-coded so I can keep them straight. - Washable. I tried putting them in the dishwasher, which didn't do much. Haven't needed to try the washing machine yet. - Biodegradable. Lord knows the plastics that go into sponges; I love that I don't have to think about that with these.