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hmm, i may try to sew some of these covers out of a few of my micro fiber towels.

I just use a white dish rag - the kind you buy by the dozen. You can push it into the little holes just like the swiffer pads and use dry, damp, or wet. They've basically replaced all my paper towels, not to mention swiffers.

Before I got my own washing machine and could do a small whites-only load, I used to bring the dirty rags into the shower with me and give them a pre-wash before hanging them to dry and then putting them into a regular load of laundry. I use a couple a day for various cleaning - and they clean windows well too with a little vinegar.

I made about a dozen out of an old towel. There is velcro on the bottom of the swiffer, and the loop pile of the towels hold on to it just fine.

My son's old "onsies" also work great!

a question about swiffers. i have 3 indoor cats and the hair tumbleweeds can get giant. I sweep, but it seems that even after i sweep, there is still hair and dust all over the place. Do swiffers do a good job of picking that up?

I used to have a swiffer shaped mop with removable mop pads, but it didn't really work the way i had hoped.

I just bought a swiffer wet jet and am going to use it for the first time today. Will this pick up that crap that i just can't seem to sweep?

I use and love the Method O-Mop. Washable with washable microfiber pad. Lurve.

I love the Method O-Mop, but after a year the handle has started popping out of the head when I use it. Not always, just often enough to be really annoying. At some point I'll replace it, but I'm wondering if there have been any updates that make the connection more durable, or if I should look for a new system. I'd hate to, because I have a lot of the reusable pads already.

I am so going to crochet one of those!

I've been using old white washrags, pushed into the Swiffer holes, since I went to purchase my first box of refills and gasped that the box was $6.00 of landfill.

Yes I use the method o-mop microfiber clothes and they work great. But I love the crochet idea!

http://methodhome.com/product.aspx?page=616

I also work for method so if anyone has had any "breakage" issues please email us at info@methodhome.com

The crocheted one in the photo looks really cute. I just use my old stained or raggedy cotton washcloths. Can use them wet or dry.

chusmabilly - I used a shop-vac to pick up dog hair on my hardwoods. It was the only thing I found that really worked. You can buy a small one for under $40.

I have a dustmop that I love, from the Clean Team:

http://www.thecleanteam.com/catalog_f.cfm

If you knit, check out Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines by Kaye Gardiner and Ann Shayne. They have a pattern for knitting a swiffer cover. It's pretty cute and functional. AND it uses one of my favorite stitches. Knit it in crazy colors.

I use the pads Method sells for their O Mop with my Swiffer Wet Jet. They work fine - they even stick to the bottom of the Wet Jet the way the Wet Jet pads stick. Just rip, wash and re-use.

You can dry-mop with the Method microfiber pads, too - although I often use the dry Swiffer cloths when the floors are really dirty.

So I'm not green, but I'm green-er.

@AnnaBoy, thanks! I came back to this thread yesterday to see if there were any suggestions, because on Monday the handle of the mop snapped off in my hand. Based on your comment, I've e-mailed Method and hope to hear from them soon.

I love this idea, but my unglazed concrete tiles in my apartment might destroy that! They are quite "snaggy".