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OXO doesn't suck... when it should.
I usually love OXO products. Contemporary design. Nice rubbery-feel. But this all-purpose squeegee is a piece of hot garbage. And here's why...
Firstly, the squeegee itself isn't horrible. It's not amazing, but it does the job. Sure, it squeaks like a family of field mice being massacred by a combine harvester, but I can live with that. The big problem is the suction mount. And by that, I mean the trendy-looking suction cup that doesn't suction to anything properly/very long. It's shaped weird with upturned lips that don't do it any favors. And its power to suck doesn't even seem to be able to hold the weight of the very squeegee it was meant to uphold. The youngsters call that a "fail".
I'm not sure how the design of this suction mount even made it through the gauntlet of thick-black-rimmed, prescriptionless eyeglass-wearing design interns at OXO, but it did. And it is a smegging travesty. You know how some products just make you so furious you want to punch yourself in the face for owning them? That's this thing. It's very Sisyphean in its cruelty. Stick it to the shower tile, ten minutes later it falls off. Stick it to the shower glass, ten minutes later it falls off. Repeat until frothing at the mouth and/or in a blind rage. It's a lesson in madness, to be sure. And my shower tile and glass are clean and smooth, so don't even go there.
I have since burned the never-loving suction mount in effigy. I hung the squeegee from a shower caddy and still use it to this day. And each time I do, the wind whispers, "Punch yourself in the face."
January 2018 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase