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I like the sponge smell

With a long stick attached so you don't need to touch it

I bought a few "Jetz Scrubz Scrubber Sponges". They're synthetic but suds up and work as well as real sponges. I've been swapping back and forth between two of them for 6 months and they still look feel and smell great. Most of my dishes get the dishwasher but non dw safe stuff or things that need scrubbed clean first get these used on them and then I throw it in the dishwasher as well. I use two so I still have one if the other is in the dishwasher.

5/5 sponge experience. Would recommend.

Tbh we wash them and use them for really dirty stuff. Like when you need to remove mold with a chlorine spray or poop from your shoes. Then they get tossed because there's no way I am washing that again.

We're phasing out single use sponges though, but now I don't know what to use for the really dirty stuff.

Old sponges are smelly as shit though.

New sponges have an unnaturally nice chemical smell.

There is absolutely a food safety reason to replace a sponge. Most bacteria don't just die when they're in dry nutrient poor environments. They desiccate themselves into a spore form. Those spores can stay like that for very long periods of time until their environment becomes more wet. Then they can continue their lifecycle until they dry out again. Dry doesn't mean sterile.

The internet has told me you don't enjoy changing sponges then.

My brush has lasted a decade and is still going strong. I hate how gross sponges get

I get a dopamine rush fucking sponges.

Well, better mood, yeah 👍.

No joke at a company outing someone pointed out my socks were Darn Tough brand and he lifted up his pants to show his. Then my boss too, and we all talked about socks and lifetime warranties for 5 minutes and holy fuck I'm old. Or at least no longer young.

So, what you're saying is, bacteria can't get stuck in brushes... I say that's not true. Bacteria can live in almost anything.