It’s like a shammy, it’s like a towel, it’s like a sponge. It’s ShamWow, another can’t live without it infomercial product. We put the ShamWow to our Tuesday Test.
The informational used to say it holds 20 times its weight in liquid, then it changed to 12 times its weight, and now the commercial says 10.
The third time is the charm, as our Consumer Reports tester found when he dunked the ShamWow in cola and water.
They also ran 14 cent sponges through the same tests and just like ShamWow, they held about ten times their weight. Testers found the ShamWow doesn’t mop up spills as well as its infomercial shows.
When wiping up water on a counter, the ShamWow left lots of tiny droplets behind.
Two people tried out a ShamWow on their cars. They liked the heavy weight, but they said a dollar drying towel from AutoZone did a better job for less.
An order of eight sham wows adds up to about $28 with shipping and handling. So Consumer Reports take on the ShamWow, you may not want to swear off paper towels and sponges just yet.
The ShamWow claims to last ten years and is machine washable. Contrary to what the infomercial suggests, sponges can be washed too. While they won’t last 10 years, they do cost a lot less.
