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but WHERE are twist items sold?

Twist's Loofah sponge unfortunately does not work that well. I found the loofah separated from the sponge and was kind of a cumbersome combination. Their Euro Sponge #10 isn't bad but I really like the Down to Earth brand Natural Pop-up sponge which greenfeet.com has for $2.95 for a three pack (best price I've found). These are the same type of sponge that AT has reviewed before and people all over love.

I find sponges rather nasty in general. They're impossible to clean and start to smell with a few days of use. I haven't tried any of these 'green' sponges, but I can't imagine they remedy the intrinsic flaws. I've got a handful of dishrags, and since I do a load of towels every week anyways, I think they're an incredibly green solution. Much more than buying another expensive, disposable, 'green' product.

I'm with lurker2209 on sponges in the kitchen. They're just NASTY. I'll never use a sponge in the kitchen, or anywhere else in my home for that matter.

Fear not, friends. If you have a microwave, pop your sponges in for one minute when you've finished the dishes. Not much can survive that.

Why not dishrags? Make them from cut-up old T-shirts for bonus green points.

I just saw these sponges on Crate and Barrel's website in the Outlet section...
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=4790&f=28788

My Whole Foods has the Twist sponges. But they're so much more expensive than the other kind.

For some reason I can't explain, dish rags gross me out more than sponges. And I don't think they work as well. I'm trying to change my outlook on that though.

I was brought up to use sponges, but even after microwaving or boiling, they are bacterial sinks within minutes. We are now committed to dishrags and sometimes change them multiple times in a day, if there is a lot of cooking or toddler mess. They are much cheaper than sponges no matter how you acquire them and because we wash them with other laundry, the maintenance costs are basically zero. Now when I go to other people's houses and see (and worse yet, smell) their sponges I'm kind of nauseated. They are disgusting.

Bonus: It is much easier to clean inside glasses or bottles with a cloth than with a sponge. When I showed my mom, even she changed her sponge-using ways.

i use the trader joe pop up "french" sponges that come 10 in a pack, and i change them often. What else would you use besides a sponge?