If you don't have a dishwasher, how often do you replace your dish sponges?

Poll #20610 Sponge questions

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So how often do you replace your sponges?

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More than once a week
1 (1.3%)

Once a week
3 (3.9%)

Two or three times a month
8 (10.4%)

Once a month
11 (14.3%)

Once every six to eight weeks or so
16 (20.8%)

Once every three or four months
6 (7.8%)

Even less often!
4 (5.2%)

Never
0 (0.0%)

IDK, I think the magical sponge fairies do this for me
10 (13.0%)

Other
18 (23.4%)

Are your sponges plain sponges, or do they have scrubbies on one side?

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Plain sponges
7 (8.8%)

Scrubbies on one side
60 (75.0%)

I don't use sponges at all
18 (22.5%)

Do you use the term "scrubbies"?

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Yes
27 (33.8%)

For some abrasive cleaning things, not others and I'll clear this up in the comments
6 (7.5%)

No, but I know what you mean, I use another term I'll specify in the comments
38 (47.5%)

I am utterly unfamiliar with this term
9 (11.2%)

What are your cleaning sponges and/or scrubbies made of?

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I have no idea
26 (32.1%)

Something petrochemical, I guess
47 (58.0%)

Actual sponges
1 (1.2%)

Plant materials!
2 (2.5%)

Other
7 (8.6%)

I don't use sponges
11 (13.6%)

(For reference, this is what I usually mean by scrubbie though the ones I'm using now are from Whole Foods and made of plant materials. Were it made of metal I'd call it steel or copper wool. Also, the sponges I'm using I got from Trader Joes and they expanded in water, which was nifty to watch. If I could get expanding sponges with the scrubbies attached I'd be in dishwashing heaven, inasmuch as people have to wash dishes in heaven.)

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