This scrubbing sponge is made of “a highly engineered cellulose named ResoFoam,” according toScrub Daddy’s official FAQ. Its scrubbers also have a “semi-closed cellular structure” to keep junk from getting stuck inside it after you clean a pan. Unlike a regular sponge that just can be wet or dry, theScrub Daddy changes texturebased on the temperature of water you use. It becomes more pliable under warm water and stays more rigid under cold water, so you can use it to gently wipe ice cream out of a bowl just as easily as scrubbing dirt off of a floor. CreatorAaron Krausebrought it to theShark Tankin season four back in 2012, snagged Greiner as an investor, and now it’s theNo. 1 performing product from the showto date with more than $100 million in sales. Though it seems kitschy as a big smiley face with spiky, Guy Fieri-like hair, each part of the Scrub Daddy is functional. The “hair” has extra scrubbing power, the mouth cleans small, curved utensils easily, and the eyes can help you hold it while you clean. That’s right, IN ITS EYES. If you want.
TheScrub Daddywas able to glide right through stuck-on red sauce in my Le Creuset Dutch oven without soaking first, effortlessly removed cheesy remnants from a spilled-over grilled cheese in a skillet, and got into all the corners of anotherShark Tankproduct,Baker’s Edge(an all-edge brownie pan for those corner-piece lovers out there).Senior web editor Alex Beggsused a Scrub Mommy (more on that in a minute) to clean herentire kitchen floor. In her words, “We’ve lived here for three-plus years and the floors in the kitchen had an outline of mysterious stuff. Scrub Mommy got it right up… before she passed away.”
In our month-long research, we’ve discovered that theScrub Mommy—a double-sided, dual-textured version with a normal sponge side and a scrubber on the other—is far superior to the one-material Daddy. Both Alex and I had harrowing experiences when our Scrub Daddies finished their last round of dishes. Mine was after makinglemony chicken orzo soupand accidentally letting some pasta fall to the bottom and burn onto my Dutch oven. When Scrub Daddy emerged from his bath, his face was distorted, little pieces were falling off on half, and he looked like Two-Face from Batman. He was laid to rest on December 20, 2016 at 8:42 p.m., about two and a half weeks after he came into my life.
I didn’t replace him right away—mourning period, ya know—and used a regular sponge to try to scrub the remnants of sugary crust after making a pork braise. Bad decision. I stared wistfully out the kitchen window wishing I had a Scrub Daddy to help me clean, and instead had to let the pot soak overnight. Overall, the Scrub Famsponges last about two to three weeksin a food editor’s kitchen—without dishwashers—but unlike regular sponges, theydon’t start to smell or collect random bits of foodin them after you use them. They’re more expensive than a typical sponge—three for $11 on Amazon, vs.six for $5 Scotch-Brites—but you’re paying for serious scrubbing power.
If there’s one complaint about the Scrub Daddy vs. other sponges, it’s thatit isn’t absorbent. Because of that, you’re unable to wipe the counter off without wetting the Scrub Daddy first, and you need to grab a towel right after to clean up his sudsy mess. However, if you get a Scrub Mommy, she can do both since she has a Jekyll and Hyde thing going on with a two-sided face. And soon you’ll be able to get theScrub Daisy, a happy, Disney-character-looking sponge wand (with a built-in soap dispenser!) that has interchangeable cleaning heads to scrub all the nooks and crannies of your dishes. There’s also the magic eraser-styleEraser Daddythat has a scrubbing side toreallydeep clean your house.
So yeah, now we’ve found a scrub thatcanget love from all of us—sorry, TLC.
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