I have a Roomba and a Braava, from the irobot series.

be a man and use a regular mop...

This post was sponsored by Dyson, right? I feel like it was sponsored by Dyson.

This has been a public service announcement paid for by Dyson :P

sooooooo is Gizmodo being paid for this advertisement or not?

I recently got a steam mop. It came with a fabric cloth that you wash in the washing machine, instead of using constant disposable pads. Distilled water is recommended, but it’s a lot cheaper than the Swiffer cleaning solution.

Look, I like clean floors too, but 6 of each every week for a small apartment? Either you’re way overdoing it or you needed something heavier the whole time anyway. Like a good mop and a rolling bucket to wring it out with.

I have a feeling someone might have been getting paid by Dyson to write this... and the other vacuums were thrown in to make it seem more legit. Here’s the thing, every item you buy these days are operating under “planned obsolescence” so that $500 dollar dyson MIGHT pay for itself in two years compared to Swiffer, or…

Generics don’t give sponsored article money.

Yes, but is that made by Dyson? Because I’m pretty sure we are only supposed to buy things made by Dyson.

Okay, you totally got me. I didn’t expect this to be a stealth ad for Dyson.

You’re not supposed to use Swiffer for hardwood floors anyway. Bona, with a washable cleaning cloth and built-in spray bottle, is the way to go.

Vacuuming is not mopping. This is fucking stupid.

The substitute to the Swiffer is not a vacuum cleaner, which takes just as much time as sweeping. The substitute is the steam mop, which unlike the Swiffer or a vacuum cleaner, actually cleans your floors. I recently spent about $50 on a Bissel steam mop and will never ever use anything else again. My floors are…

I know this is a gadget blog, but if you’re looking to replace a Swiffer, ANY hard floor mop with washable and interchangeable microfiber heads is probably the most practical and affordable answer. Go to your local supermarket or home improvement store and spend $20-30 on something that looks vaguely like this and add…

One yard of $1.99 per yard hideous color, bargain-bin Polarfleece equivalent fabric can be cut into 16 Swiffer cloths. I took the cheapest Swiffer stick and a bag of these cloths with me on an expat assignment in India, where the ultra-fine diesel/dust mix is impossible to vacuum up, and needs to be mopped up every…

They now make generic cloth rags that you can attach to the swiffer that can be laundered.

How much did Dyson pay Gizmodo for this ad?

I just have a cleaning service come by every 3 weeks. Cost is $95 per visit, but it’s cheaper than the occasional Swiffer refills + marriage counseling we’d be paying for without it! :-)

Vaccuums use electricity to operate. They also have consumable parts like belts, bags and filters and sometimes motors. I am unaware what vacuums don’t use what but you need to reflect this in your graph.