Dusting, sopping up spills, cleaning countertops to tubs to windows, these cloths are amazing! And then take a look at the e-cloth reviews also up there at the top. E-cloth is equally incredible, only the prices are so much lower! And maybe take a look at why I switched from Norwex to e-cloth.
And if you already feel like you can trust me of course you do , just head over to ecloth. Since USPS hiked their international rates in , shipping to Canada has been a tad pricey to understate it a bit. So I was curious about how e-cloth prices with shipping compare to Norwex.
I joined Norwex thinking it would be a good idea. Who could pass that up. I quit before I even started. However, products are good, but need to be cleaned just like any other ones. Were you able to meet the sales requirements Toni, or did you end up having to pay? That kind of info should be made very apparent from the get-go. I use to sell Norwex years ago and did quite well at it too. Win win. Also, being Canadian, I feel better supporting a Canadian company.
Far too many out of country buying goes on that does NOT support our economy. I have my go to products. I do not buy all their inventory. And I too have had to educate many people, including my up lines, that the cloths do not sterilize! I went through the growing pains of Norwex, before it opened to the USA.
It was not a well organized business. But their products beat any instore microfiber products. And as far as environmental concerns. The silver additive is a small extra environmental impact compared to all the polyester cloth production alone — in any microfiber business, not just Norwex. I tried e-cloth a few years ago. I found at that time, it was more costly for not the same quality.
Maybe they have improved? But even if so, I will be sticking with the Canadian company. Does e-cloth not do parties? How do share with people how well they work? It just takes that one to get a good idea of how well they work. Thanks for your honesty! And what each person is willing to spend is different. I met a woman at my church who sells Norwex and she aggressively planned a party at MY house without really asking and I had to tell her no like 5 different times.
I had to be like, NO seriously stop emailing and calling me. That is the biggest down side for me, to any of these types of companies. I would never be comfortable asking my friends to purchase such expensive product. I consider it a personal thing. But again, personal choice. I purchase through a woman I used to work for, who owns her own cleaning company. I can appreciate that. Anyways thanks for the honesty and spreadsheet!
Yes, I just feel so uncomfortable at those parties. My friends wife has been pushing this on everyone. So sad. How can anyone be so naive to believe that she is actually doing everyone a favor. Bug off and get a real job like most hard working Americans! Laundry Experiments. Lunch Box Testing. Random Household Items. Sponge Disinfection Experiments. Steam Mop Testing. Sunlight Experiments. Toilet Cleaning Experiments. I have already shown how awesome Norwex and e-cloths are at picking up bacteria.
If you haven't seen those results, click here. However, many people have asked me to test whether or not the Norwex Envirocloth kills germs. The Norwex Envirocloth contains silver and the company says that it possesses "self-purification" properties. Some consultants take that to mean that the cloths kill germs, but the Norwex company doesn't technically say that the cloths kill germs.
The Silvertize company flat out advertises that their cloth kills germs wet or dry. I decided to put them to the test. I did two types of experiments to test this. In the first experiment on this page, I put dirty cloths in plastic bags for 24 hours to see how much bacteria grows. In the second experiment on this page, I hung dirty cloths up to dry for 24 hours to see how much bacteria dies.
Spoiler: Click here for quick results for anyone who doesn't want to read anymore. Contents 1 Experiment Dirty cloth in a plastic bag. I did this interesting experiment because a website viewer asked me if she could carry her wet Silvertize cloth around with her in a plastic bag to wipe off her hands throughout the day. My instincts told me that a wet cloth in a plastic bag would grow germs. However, I decided to test it.
First I washed all the cloths on a hot sanitize cycle in my Whirlpool duet HE front loader with Norwex detergent and dried them on a sanitize cycle in the dryer. Then I rinsed the cloths again in tap water to make sure no agar residue was on the cloths. Next, I got the cloths mildly germy by wiping hands, cell phones, light switches, door knobs, and computer keyboards.
I did my best to get the cloths equally germy BUT there is no way I could guarantee that they were all equally germy to start. That is why I repeated the experiment several times. I tried to get the cloths only a little germy and not to get any actual dirt on them. I did not wipe the floor or any surfaces with actual dirt. I was not trying to coat the cloths in germs and see how much died. I was trying to put a little bit of germs on there and see how well it multiplied.
I also did a control where I boiled a cotton cloth for 10 minutes, rinsed it under tap water, blotted it on the agar plate, and put it in a bag for 24 hours. This controls for any germs that come from my gloves, the bag, the agar plate, the air, or the tap water which should be very few. After 24 hours, I blotted the cloths onto clean agar plates. I put on clean gloves before touching each cloth, of course. The plates were incubated for about 36 hours in my 90 degree F incubator.
In case you are new to looking at agar plates, let me explain. Not all types of bacteria can grow on these agar plates. Viruses can NOT grow on these agar plates.
Yeast, mold, and fungus CAN also grow on these plates. In general, the more colonies that grow on the plate, the more germs there were on the surface that was tested. However, a clean agar plate does not necessarily mean that no germs whatsoever were present on the surface because not everything can grow on an agar plate. Dirty cotton and Silvertize after sitting in bag for 24 hours.
Before and After. Cloths with actual dirt in a bag. I repeated this experiment, but this time I wiped the floor with the cloths and got some actual dirt on them. I did not rinse the cloths after wiping the floor. I just shook them off and picked off any crumbs, debris, or dog hair. Then I put them in a bag for only 15 hours this time because I was in a hurry to leave for vacation.
I also did not do the clean cloth "before" plates because I did not have enough agar plates. However, I think I have shown enough times already that the cloths washed on a hot sanitize cycle with Norwex detergent and dried on sanitize come out very clean. My kitchen floor is always good and dirty thanks to my children and our big, dirty, hairy, drooly, loving, handsome, and wonderful dog, Luke.
I vacuumed my kitchen floor to get rid of the dog hair before I started each experiment. The Norwex, e-cloth, cotton cloth, and Silvertize cloth that I used were washed on a hot sanitize cycle in my Whirlpool Duet washer with Norwex laundry detergent and dried in my dryer on sanitize before each experiment. Especially face masks!! Norwex began in Norway and is a global company. They are made in China because China is the leading country in textiles.
Please let me know if you have any other questions. I moved away from my Norwex rep in and bought e-cloth as a substitute because it was less expensive and some of the reviews said they were almost as good, so I was willing to scrub a little harder to save the money.
Full disclosure: I recently rediscovered Norwex because my sister in law in another state just got turned on to it… and I found to my delight that they have expanded their offerings and have a bunch of great stuff now, including towels and hand towels less laundry anyone? I purchased the rubber broom and it was recalled. I was immediately notified and reimbursed.
This company cares about their customers. No worries. I really miss that broom though! I hope they come up with a new model soon. You should encourage those who read this article to go to Norwex.
It seems a bit ironic that the Norwex site tries to make some sort of point about microplastic pollution, when actually synthetic fibers are a big source of that pollution. Of course there is a good point that plastic packaging, plastic bottles and so on are bad for the environment, and recycling is not perfect solution.
Whereas every time you wash a microfiber cloth, or wash your synthetic-fiber clothes in the washing machine, little bits of microplastic break off and go down the drain with the water. And all water ends up in waterways, and in the ocean eventually. If Norwex is making the fibers even smaller, then they are making this problem worse: smaller fibers sound to me like they will more readily break off with every movement, every scrubbing, every washing.
Until they know how to make microfiber from something biodegradeable, I prefer to stick with natural fibers like cotton and wool, for clothing and for cleaning too. Worn-out cotton clothes and bed sheets make wonderful rags for washing windows and such. They probably have a point that the finer the microfiber, the cleaner you can get a surface when you wipe it. But still, why use PET for that? Someone has to be working on finding an alternative, I hope.
Interesting thoughts, Shawn. Thanks for sharing. Do you have any links on that idea that microplastics break off of synthetic fibers when you wash them? Hi Shawna! Micro plastics are considered differently from the shedding of fibres.
Micro plastics are typically found in cosmetic products etc for their scrubbing and exfoliating abilities. Shedding of fibres from clothing and cleaning cloths happens regardless of what the product of made of wool, cotton, microfibre, etc and contributes to wastes in the waterways.
One things about Norwex, the EnviroCloth for example, is made from one continuously woven fibre. The lone fibre in this cloth is 3M meters long! This allows it to shed less as there are not tiny lengths of fibres bound within the cloth. Norwex has been striving to make more of its products from recycled materials, minimizing the need to make new materials and helps to reduce wastes. We also have a recycling program for our microfibre products that have reached the end of their life cycle.
On a separate note, purchasing Norwex from Amazon etc, and not from a consultant or the Norwex website, will negate the product warranty usually 2 years! Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. I can always be bribed with sushi or tex-mex, and I love to embarrass my husband by cranking the music and dancing badly in the passenger seat.
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