Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was very excited about the Scrub Daddy when I saw its introduction on Shark Tank. A report of how the Scrub Daddy was doing on a folllow-up on Shark Tank some months later convinced me that this would be a very impressive product to add to my kitchen cleaning items. Unfortunately, it has proven a very big disappointment. Because it has proven to be a big financial success (ove $13 million in sales in less than a year) and was backed by Laurie Grenier of QVC I felt I had to give it a really honest review. I've put a lot of thought into this review for such a low cost item (not like I'm reviewing a clothes dryer which cost between $300-$400 dollars) The Scrub Daddy can be as low as $3.99 at Bed, Bath and Beyond or $4.99 at my local Stop & Shop or even as much as $6.99 on Amazon unless you buy a multi pack of Scrub Daddys. Never the less, the Scrub Daddy does not hold up well. I bought and used 2 of them. Each did a really good job cleaning my Farberware pans - even dried on food came off with ease, no scrath marks, and the trapped food particles washed out of the Scrub Daddy in seconds. But within several weeks each was disintegrating, becoing very soft and squishy, the holes to put the silverware through for scratchless cleaning becoming much bigger. The Scrub Daddy got bigger around and flatter and then just fell apart - in only 2 or 3 weeks. I watched a video on my computer on the Scrub Daddy. It showed the Scrub Daddy cleaning a smooth top stove - which can take a lot of elbow greae. This was a real selling point for me since I have a smooth top stove. But as it turned out, the spills on my stove were impervious to the Scrub Daddy. That was really a huge disappointment. Another good idea I saw was to use the Scrub Daddy as an exfoliator. But as it turned out, even with it softened by hot water it was just too harsh to use on my skin. Another big disappointment. Since the Scrub Daddy is not a sponge so it can't be used to wipe up spills, or crumbs left on a counter, etc. it is an item of limited use. Since I can buy a 4 pack of sponges for about $1.25 and they will hold up for at least 2 months and they can be cleaned and sanitized in a light bleach and water solution in a matter of a minute, I have to go back to sponges. In a year's time I'd probably have to spend a good $70 on Scrub Daddys and no more than $10 on sponges, so the sponges have to win out. Granted they done clean dirty pans as easily. If the Scrub Daddy held up better I'd definitely keep one around for cleaning my dirty pans. But not when I have to spend at least $4.00 on something which doesn't hold up, with limited use, more than 3 weeks! I really thought the Scrub Daddy was going to be the real deal. I really am very disappointed at being proven wrong.