Those of you who have read me for a while know that I’m pretty much a homemade cleaner kind of gal.  I find that bleach, Bon Ami, baking soda, vinegar and plain old “joy” dish soap can tackle most messes around my house.

I also am not big on “disposable” things.  I’d prefer to use a microfiber cloth that I can wash and reuse rather than something made out of electrostatic paper that I have to toss after one use.

All that being said, I don’t mind trying out something new when it is offered.  Clorox offered to sponsor a review of their Toilet Wand system and give me 3 kits to give away.  To learn more about Clorox in general and the toilet wand in particular visit the Clorox website.

The kit consists of a reuseable “wand” (aka handle), 6 disinfecting toiletwand refills (single use) and a stand/refill storage caddy.  To use you snap the disposable head onto the handle then completely wet the head in a flushed toilet bowl for a couple of seconds and then scrub.  If you wait 10 minutes before flushing then the cleaner will have a chance to disinfect as well.

I tried the Clorox system on the toilet in the kids bathroom.  That particular bathroom gets the heaviest use, and there are hard water stains under the brim that I have tried my best (but with limited results) to scrub with a traditional brush and scouring powder.  I was really hoping that the Clorox system would be a miracle worker.

When I used the brush the cleaners embedded in the scouring pad head foamed up very nicely-there was an extremely thick foam of cleaner that was more than enough to clean the bowl and leave a visible layer behind to disinfect as well.

Unfortunately the scouring pad and cleaner combo did not have any more effect on those stubborn hard water stains~although it did a great job on the normal every day grime.

There seemed to be so much cleaning foam that I decided to test out the “single use” theory and cleaned my other two toilet bowls in the house with the same head.  There was nowhere near as much foam on the second and third toilets, but the scrubber did a fine job.

When I was done I just pushed the little button and the disposable head popped off into the trashcan.

Final analysis?

The system works as advertised–it cleans your toilet bowl without having to deal with any mess.  If you are especially concerned about germs and the idea of having a traditional toilet brush that sits there all covered in who knows what totally skeeves you out then you will be all over this product!

Personally I don’t think this product is for me.  I’m not very germ phobic and in this particular case I’m not willing to trade the convenience for my cash.  I will happily use the additional 5 cleaning heads, but when they are all gone I will most likely go back to my scouring powder/toilet brush method.

Interested in trying them out for yourself?  There is a great coupon available for $5 off a Clorox Toilet Wand.  Each computer can print up to 2 coupons.  Also the Clorox Toilet Wand box I got had a $3 off coupon attached as well~so you could save even more!

And remember, I also have 3 Clorox Toilet Wand kits to give away!

This giveaway will run from Monday October  12th to Monday October  19th.

To enter:

#1-Go to the Clorox website and check out either the “Cleaner Homes” or “Healthier Lives” section. Come back and tell me one thing you learned that you didn’t know before!

Want extra entries? Each one requires a separate comment.

#2-Subscribe to Frugal Upstate (or let me know you already are)

#3-Tweet/post to Facebook about the giveaway with a link back to this post.

#4-Blog about this giveaway with a link back to this post.

Good luck everyone!

For more fun and more prizes make sure you attend the  Twitter Party on Oct 23rd from 10-11pm EST.  There are great prizes for the Party including  3 Clorox Toilet Wand Kits and (1) $100 Visa GC for a Bathroom Makeover.  To join head on over to ConsumerQueen.com and sign up on the Mr. Linky she has posted.

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