# What is your preferred floor mop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089 "2020-05-03T23:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/21 "2020-05-04T19:32:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Dang. This speaks directly to my love of clever gadgets. Just like the squeegee w/ cloth speaks directly to my love of simple things… I bought mine over two years ago, along with spare mop heads and it is still a “joy” to use. When I get two dirty mop heads, I throw them in the wash. I have a small house and use it in the two bathrooms and kitchen. The upper floor of my house has wood floors and I use it for them as well (I spin out most of the water for my wood floors). BTW, it was a life saver for my old pup (RIP) who the last 6 months, couldn’t hold his water for more than an hour or two so we often got home to an accident. Luckily, he would go in a room downstairs that had old linoleum (since ripped up for remodeling). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/22 "2020-05-04T19:45:33Z")
Nothing beats a string mop to clean up a puddle of dog pee. Or mud tracked in from kids and dogs. Swiffer is great for floors that aren’t very dirty. I use one regularly. Unless the floor is heavily soiled. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/23 "2020-05-04T20:06:56Z")
I got tired of being in the mop-of-the-month club and never being happy with any of them. Now I have these: [handle](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KD5X4A), [mophead](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product//B005KDEMRE), and [bucket](https://smile.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-Commercial-WaveBrake-Side-Press-26-quart/dp/B07PH49YC5). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/24 "2020-05-04T20:08:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > …BTW, it was a life saver for my old pup (RIP) who the last 6 months, couldn’t hold his water for more than an hour or two so we often got home to an accident. Luckily, he would go in a room downstairs that had old linoleum (since ripped up for remodeling). Awww, I’m sorry about your doggie. I still miss my Buddy. When he pooped all over the kitchen that time, I could tell he was absolutely mortified. A Good Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/25 "2020-05-04T20:13:31Z")
That O Cedar one looks interesting. Our entire house is wood and vinyl - too much area for the Swiffers (IMO/E). We’ve tried sponge mops, but they always left the floor too wet, such that we had to go over them w/ a towel. To date, every Sunday finds me on my knees - not in church, but washing the floors on my hands and knees. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/26 "2020-05-04T20:24:42Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > That O Cedar one looks interesting. Our entire house is wood and vinyl - too much area for the Swiffers (IMO/E). We’ve tried sponge mops, but they always left the floor too wet, such that we had to go over them w/ a towel. To date, every Sunday finds me on my knees - not in church, but washing the floors on my hands and knees. I used to walk around scooting towels with my feet to dry after mopping with sponge mops. No more. You can spin that mop quite dry leaving floors dry in a minute or two. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/27 "2020-05-04T21:33:05Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I used to walk around scooting towels with my feet to dry after mopping with sponge mops. No more. You can spin that mop quite dry leaving floors dry in a minute or two. [Well, if you’re going to go that route…](https://www.babymop.com/en/public/about.html) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/28 "2020-05-04T22:32:53Z")
Anyone use a robot mop, like the roomba? Looking for one that people like. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/29 "2020-05-04T23:14:45Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Anyone use a robot mop, like the roomba? > > Looking for one that people like. I had a roomba vacuum-- I didn’t know they had a mop, too. It came free and unsolicited one day from Amazon completely out of the blue. I have thread on that mystery a few years back. I wound up giving it away. It would be good for a wide-open space like a dance studio. Or a Shaker house where they kept the chairs off the floor on hooks. It used to get hung up in the chair legs under the dining table. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/30 "2020-05-05T00:32:21Z")
Anything not made by Libman, manufacturers of low-quality synthetic plasticky crap. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/31 "2020-05-05T13:59:46Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > [Well, if you’re going to go that route…](https://www.babymop.com/en/public/about.html) You have a baby I could borrow? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/32 "2020-05-05T14:36:38Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I used to walk around scooting towels with my feet to dry after mopping with sponge mops. No more. You can spin that mop quite dry leaving floors dry in a minute or two. interesting. A while back we bought some supposed wonder mop from the Container Store - which has a no questions money back guarantee. Left the floors sopping wet. They tried to give us a hard time when we returned it, because it had been used. We pointed out that there was no other way to see if we were satisfied with it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/33 "2020-05-05T14:53:36Z")
Anybody remember Beany and Cecil? _R, I say R-A R-A-G R-A-G-G, M-O-P-P Rag Mop!_ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/34 "2020-05-05T17:51:28Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Anybody remember Beany and Cecil? > > _R, I say R-A > R-A-G > R-A-G-G, M-O-P-P > Rag Mop!_ YES! I have re-written that for my dog(s): D, I say D– D-O-G– D-O-G-O– D-O-G-G, M-O-P-P Dogmop! 😃 I never thought I’d EVER have an opening to share that one! One reason why I love The Dope. But **blondebear** , do YOU remember _Magic words of poof-poof-piffles! Make me just as small as Sniffles!_ Said by Mary Ann so she could shrink down to the size of her mouse-pal Sniffles and embark on adventures together. 🙂 On topic: I’m loving the idea of the O-Cedar EasyWring Microfiber Spin Mop. Trying to figure out where I can store it in my very small house. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/35 "2020-05-06T14:43:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I love a store called “Blair’s Farm & Fleet.” 🙂 I want to go there. Do they have a snack bar or lunch counter? No, Farm & Fleet doesn’t have a snack bar or lunch counter. Nor does Mill’s Fleet Farm. There’s a hot dog stand at the Home Depot nearest to me though. (No seating.) > **[Let's eat for $7.70: Pick up lightbulbs, shower curtains and Chicago dogs at...](https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/reviews/let-s-eat-for-pick-up-lightbulbs-shower-curtains-and/article_7ccabc4e-64a7-11e1-96fb-0019bb2963f4.html)** > > It makes a weird kind of sense that Madison’s enduring hot-dog cart option is located in the vestibule of Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/36 "2020-05-06T15:13:23Z")
> [@AllShookDown](#): > > No, Farm & Fleet doesn’t have a snack bar or lunch counter. Nor does Mill’s Fleet Farm. There’s a hot dog stand at the Home Depot nearest to me though. (No seating.) > > [Let's eat for $7.70: Pick up lightbulbs, shower curtains and Chicago dogs at Home Depot](https://madison.com/entertainment/dining/reviews/let-s-eat-for-pick-up-lightbulbs-shower-curtains-and/article_7ccabc4e-64a7-11e1-96fb-0019bb2963f4.html) Seems like a place called Farm & Fleet used to offer at least homemade fudge or something. I could give them my recipe for cashew fudge. 🙂 Our Home Depots don’t have hot dogs. Have to go to Costco for those. (Now I want a hot dog. It’s a curse being so suggestible when it comes to food. Or a blessing. :p) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/37 "2020-05-06T16:36:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > But **blondebear** , do YOU remember > _Magic words of poof-poof-piffles! > Make me just as small as Sniffles!_ Can’t say that I do, but I do like your D-O-G-G version of Ragmop! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/38 "2020-05-06T16:40:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Can’t say that I do, but I do like your D-O-G-G version of Ragmop! 😃 If you have doggies, sing it to them with while engaging in exaggerated shoulder and hip wriggles. My Sweetie seems to like it. Or maybe she’s laughing \*\*at \*\*me, not \*\*with \*\*me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/39 "2020-05-06T17:19:03Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > You have a baby I could borrow? 😃 Toddler, but it makes more mess than it will clean. ---
**Author:** ![justanothermike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089/40 "2020-05-06T21:37:49Z")
I’ll share with you what we use in our cleaning business in case it helps. For flat mopping we use the following handle and pads: [Handle](https://www.directmopsales.com/product-p/mfh18s.htm) [Pads](https://www.directmopsales.com/Microfiber-Finish-Mop-Pad-s/99.htm) And if you’re looking for a more traditional mop we love this microfiber mop “string” mop head and the bucket works great for it. Just add your own handle. We have found these are our local Walmart locations but we first bought them on Amazon: [Bucket](https://www.amazon.com/OCedar-135849-O-Cedar-Quick-Wring-Bucket/dp/B00T2VQMKU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430185195&sr=8-1&keywords=o+cedar+mop+bucket) [Mop head](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V8INWO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-floor-mop/853089.md?page=3)