@PhysAssist The company that makes them sells refills on their website. I bought one, that larger one looks like it’ll make cleaning my monitor a lot easier.
@PhysAssist They are refillable, I have one in front of me actually. You push on the bottom of it and it pops out of the container. I hadn’t checked before your comment but it’s super easy!
@KevinS10@PhysAssist The website appears to be “Out of Stock” on all products including the refills. The sales pitches throughout the site say that the solution is alcohol and ammonia free, but not what was in the solution.
Found that by going to the fine print at the bottom for the MSDS to see that it’s a 1:200 sodium lauryl sulphate solution. Good luck finding a refills anywhere… Sure you can make your own IPA, or ammonia based screen cleaner but those may damage the coatings on some devices. Vinegar is another option.
Honestly, expect these to be a one time use product. Expect that meh will sell another screen cleaner at some point in the future… Hopefully near the time this runs out, or just buy a spray bottle at the dollar store and make your own solution from the get go.
@ciabelle@KevinS10@PhysAssist The advantage of sodium lauryl sulphate is that it is incredibly gentle, and thus won’t wipe away the very fragile coating on your 35 year old monitor. It is used in baby shampoo.
I believe that more modern monitor coatings are far more robust, and thus any cleaning solution that doesn’t leave stuff behind will work. Many shampoos leave stuff behind. It isn’t enough to use a product that contains sodium lauryl sulphate and water, you want products with those ingredients, and without almost everything else.
SAFETY WARNING : Sodium lauryl sulphate in water is an effective insecticide. Do not use this product to clean your ant farm or pet wasp aviary with the insects inside. The low surface tension causes the solution to cover insects’ exoskeleton and block the pores used for breathing, thus slowly suffocating them.
@PhysAssist@riskybryzness So the spray container is covered with microfiber? When the container is popped out would the cover be washable just like the microfiber cloths are?
@steeltoesenator I had to look that up on their site because I was curious. They are saying that you can just wash it off with some warm water? Let me test it today and see how the tube things hold up doing it.
Do not use this product to clean your ant farm or pet wasp aviary with the insects inside.
So this means I can buy this product to kill the roaches that have invaded my apartment as they fix the foundation (because the kitchen countertop is now away from the wall and they are coming in via that crack - didn’t used to have a roach problem until this)? Maybe meh should market it for that. They sell screen cleaner on a fairly regular basis but not roach killer.
I can’t believe I’m the first person to post this.
I mean, I don’t know if “AM GetClean” is the 2020 version of the 2000-era company “Cleanmates” but this is really the first thing I think of whenever I see screen cleaners for sale.
@djslack I have some microfiber scrub tops and UPF sun-blocking T-shirts, and also eczema [which is also known as “the itch that scratches”, but I don’t find them at all itchy.
But that’s just me, and we all know I can at times be less than 100% reliable on matters not directly medically-related.
@PhysAssist come to think of it, I think I used to have a microfiber shirt and it wasn’t bad (though it was soft, not the sticky feeling loops of a microfiber cleaning cloth).
I mostly wanted to take the opportunity to poke at the person who had one job–applying words to screen–and did it wrong.
Y’all made me insecure about filthy screens… but I really don’t see how microfiber clothing is going to help… maybe when I put my phone in my pocket? Spouse is going to side-eye me aggressively if I am rubbing my microfiber mumu all over the tv.
I just sort of really enjoy this product, allow me to model one of these for you all.
This is what it will look like separated:
BUT RISKYB HOW?!
You push on this part on the bottom, don’t be like me and push on the plastic casing, you won’t get anywhere, trust me. Once you get that out, it’ll pop out of there like Poptarts in a toaster when you have your back turned.
BUT CAN YOU WASH IT?
Listen up, I JUST DID. No one rushed in the doors to stop me and so far nothing worse has happened.
From their site they said to use some warm water, so I did. I rinsed that and I could feel the spray texture leaving as I did? If that makes sense? Anyways the whole point of rinsing it is to make sure you don’t keep rubbing last weeks monitor sneeze on this weeks screen. You can see in my pic that there’s some black residue on it, tried to get that off but no luck with the first rinse, but it did fade after I wiped it off more with a towel to get the water off.
The cloth appears to be attached to the plastic tube and in good condition after the 1 wash, i.e. it’s not budging and feels like it won’t budge for a long, long time.
It does feel like it will take a bit to dry, I dabbed it like crazy with a towel so who knows how long that will take but realistically I’m not cleaning my monitor every hour so it can wait on my desk
Anyways, 10/10. I hope this addresses some concerns. It’s cheap, it’s handy and it’s refillable. (Find a new solution to fill it up and clean your monitors with after you’ve used this up?)
@Penina same here - big gray bottle arrived all wet, but little blue bottle was fine. Side note: tried to use to clean a TV screen and needed Windex to clean off the smudges and streaks, so maybe it’s really just for little things.
The top of the large spray bottle on mine was completely busted out. Not sure exactly how this would happen, but 100% non-functional from a liquid containment and distribution standpoint. Meh.
@bscarborough That’s how mine came as well - Meh at least refunded, as they don’t have replacements. Looks like we’re not the only ones that had this issue.
Specs
Blast Cleaner (105ml)
Mist Cleaner (10.5ml)
Cloth Cushions
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$55.97 at AM | Microfiber Cloths | Small MIST Sprayer | Large BLAST Sprayer
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Sep 20 - Wednesday, Sep 22
What are you implying about my screen?
Will those work to clean your butt hole also if I am out of TP?
@Felton10 Yes. They even leave a nice tingly feeling.
@yakkoTDI That is what I was hoping. Need all the excitement I can get these days.
@Felton10 Uh oh-they just started selling right after I asked my TP question.
@Felton10 Or was that a burning feeling? Either way , enjoy.
@yakkoTDI You like that feeling on your genitals also? (It’s a slow night)
@Felton10 Yes, but put a string on it or it’ll be a one-time use.
@Felton10 @mcanavino … and it will be sold here again as a refurb.
/giphy huh
Come on guys (and girls)-I’ve run out of things to say. Surely one of you has something better.
If it was anti-schmaltz, I’m sure @ThunderChicken would be piping up.
@mike808 Isn’t anti-schmutz close enough?
@mike808 @PhysAssist Careful, I’m also anti-schmuck.
@ThunderChicken I’m also anti-schmear.
@mike808 @ThunderChicken Don’t be a schmendrick.
@ThunderChicken Why- are you implying I’m being a schmuck?
If the sprayers aren’t refillable, count me out- and I don’t think they are…
@PhysAssist Specs claim they are refillable.
@PhysAssist Ooh, Thanks! I didn’t see that- in for one!
/giphy hopeful-excellent-gratitude
@PhysAssist The company that makes them sells refills on their website. I bought one, that larger one looks like it’ll make cleaning my monitor a lot easier.
/giphy rednosed-tinseled-mantel
@PhysAssist They are refillable, I have one in front of me actually. You push on the bottom of it and it pops out of the container. I hadn’t checked before your comment but it’s super easy!
@KevinS10 @PhysAssist The website appears to be “Out of Stock” on all products including the refills. The sales pitches throughout the site say that the solution is alcohol and ammonia free, but not what was in the solution.
Found that by going to the fine print at the bottom for the MSDS to see that it’s a 1:200 sodium lauryl sulphate solution. Good luck finding a refills anywhere… Sure you can make your own IPA, or ammonia based screen cleaner but those may damage the coatings on some devices. Vinegar is another option.
Honestly, expect these to be a one time use product. Expect that meh will sell another screen cleaner at some point in the future… Hopefully near the time this runs out, or just buy a spray bottle at the dollar store and make your own solution from the get go.
@ciabelle @KevinS10 @PhysAssist The advantage of sodium lauryl sulphate is that it is incredibly gentle, and thus won’t wipe away the very fragile coating on your 35 year old monitor. It is used in baby shampoo.
I believe that more modern monitor coatings are far more robust, and thus any cleaning solution that doesn’t leave stuff behind will work. Many shampoos leave stuff behind. It isn’t enough to use a product that contains sodium lauryl sulphate and water, you want products with those ingredients, and without almost everything else.
SAFETY WARNING : Sodium lauryl sulphate in water is an effective insecticide. Do not use this product to clean your ant farm or pet wasp aviary with the insects inside. The low surface tension causes the solution to cover insects’ exoskeleton and block the pores used for breathing, thus slowly suffocating them.
@PhysAssist @riskybryzness So the spray container is covered with microfiber? When the container is popped out would the cover be washable just like the microfiber cloths are?
@steeltoesenator I had to look that up on their site because I was curious. They are saying that you can just wash it off with some warm water? Let me test it today and see how the tube things hold up doing it.
@steeltoesenator Did a post below showing the steps. I washed it a couple hours ago and it’s still drying a bit, but yes, you can wash them.
@riskybryzness Good to know as I already pulled the trigger on this. Thanks!
@ciabelle @PhysAssist Well for me personally I bought it for the bars, since the big one will make cleaning my monitor easier.
I’ll just hunt down a good alternative to the cleaner before it runs out.
@ciabelle @hamjudo @KevinS10 @PhysAssist
So this means I can buy this product to kill the roaches that have invaded my apartment as they fix the foundation (because the kitchen countertop is now away from the wall and they are coming in via that crack - didn’t used to have a roach problem until this)? Maybe meh should market it for that. They sell screen cleaner on a fairly regular basis but not roach killer.
My bidet is broken, I guess this and some duct tape will work.
/giphy meh-meh-meh
/buy
@jayman007 It worked! Your order number is: tranquil-candied-bauble
/image tranquil candied bauble
OH MY GOD THEY… SOMETHING SOMETHING GLEN!!!
I can’t believe I’m the first person to post this.
I mean, I don’t know if “AM GetClean” is the 2020 version of the 2000-era company “Cleanmates” but this is really the first thing I think of whenever I see screen cleaners for sale.
I will give you $4. Likely closer to its true worth.
@ponagathos tree-fiddy?
I wore microfiber clothes and garnered my screen’s disapproval. And they were itchy, too.
@djslack I have some microfiber scrub tops and UPF sun-blocking T-shirts, and also eczema [which is also known as “the itch that scratches”, but I don’t find them at all itchy.
But that’s just me, and we all know I can at times be less than 100% reliable on matters not directly medically-related.
@PhysAssist come to think of it, I think I used to have a microfiber shirt and it wasn’t bad (though it was soft, not the sticky feeling loops of a microfiber cleaning cloth).
I mostly wanted to take the opportunity to poke at the person who had one job–applying words to screen–and did it wrong.
@djslack Gotcha- It’s hard to believe somebody pays them for that BS…
Y’all made me insecure about filthy screens… but I really don’t see how microfiber clothing is going to help… maybe when I put my phone in my pocket? Spouse is going to side-eye me aggressively if I am rubbing my microfiber mumu all over the tv.
Meh… could be entertaining?
wondrous-nurturing-drummer
I ordered these on SideDeal a week or so ago. Have to say, I’m a huge fan. Not here to pitch the sale or anything, just genuine advice.
@riskybryzness if I’m being honest, your non-sales-pitch comment was what pushed me over the edge.
frosty-naughty-bauble
(I’ll spare you the nearly naked Santa ornament from the image search for that.)
@bakerzdosen @riskybryzness Of course I googled it. I didn’t realize they made drunken snowman ornaments.
Why are you against Schmutz, other than buying a vowel?
Would rather buy
/image Wilco-AM
I have rubbing alcohol. I have microfiber cloth… They probably cost $2. I don’t get it
I have disgusting kids. Just a general statement having nothing to do with this deal.
In for one
/giphy glowing-hopeful-sled
(From the email) “Your screen’s are gross.”
Your apostrophe is gross!
Okay, still not a sales pitch
I just sort of really enjoy this product, allow me to model one of these for you all.
This is what it will look like separated:
BUT RISKYB HOW?!
You push on this part on the bottom, don’t be like me and push on the plastic casing, you won’t get anywhere, trust me. Once you get that out, it’ll pop out of there like Poptarts in a toaster when you have your back turned.
BUT CAN YOU WASH IT?
Listen up, I JUST DID. No one rushed in the doors to stop me and so far nothing worse has happened.
From their site they said to use some warm water, so I did. I rinsed that and I could feel the spray texture leaving as I did? If that makes sense? Anyways the whole point of rinsing it is to make sure you don’t keep rubbing last weeks monitor sneeze on this weeks screen. You can see in my pic that there’s some black residue on it, tried to get that off but no luck with the first rinse, but it did fade after I wiped it off more with a towel to get the water off.
The cloth appears to be attached to the plastic tube and in good condition after the 1 wash, i.e. it’s not budging and feels like it won’t budge for a long, long time.
It does feel like it will take a bit to dry, I dabbed it like crazy with a towel so who knows how long that will take but realistically I’m not cleaning my monitor every hour so it can wait on my desk
Anyways, 10/10. I hope this addresses some concerns. It’s cheap, it’s handy and it’s refillable. (Find a new solution to fill it up and clean your monitors with after you’ve used this up?)
@riskybryzness TLDR, but A for effort.
@riskybryzness I read it, and really appreciated it.
Are these flushable? I mean, if I run out of TP…
@eeterrific You mean you haven’t bought [hoarded] enough TP to last until the next pandemic?
@PhysAssist But they’d give you a shiny behind…
@eeterrific
Well, IDK about shiny, but at least they’ll clean any schmutz off there- presumably…
Can these wipes also be used to sanitize phones?
@macromeh Don’t see why not, it’s all microfiber cloth.
@macromeh I don’t think so, as neither the verbiage here, nor on their web site indicates that it possesses any sanitizing [vs. cleaning] activity.
@PhysAssist @riskybrzness Sorry, this was meant as a (perhaps too subtle) reference to the Golgafrinchans in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 'verse. https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_Ark_Fleet_Ship_B
@macromeh No apology needed- but thanks for the refresher in Guide lore.
Refill it yourself!
https://www.makeyourown.buzz/sodium-lauryl-sulfate-liquid
Arrived soaking wet (outside of bag dry, inside totally soggy). I’m pretty sure this won’t be an issue once it dries off… Any idea?
@Penina Hm… so the fluid leaked out of the larger bottle. On the plus side, now I have a hack for getting (water resistant) blister packs open easily.
@Penina same here - big gray bottle arrived all wet, but little blue bottle was fine. Side note: tried to use to clean a TV screen and needed Windex to clean off the smudges and streaks, so maybe it’s really just for little things.
@derek_knitter Ooh, noted, re little things. It worked great on my laptop screen, so maybe that’s about the max size.
@Penina same here. It’s not that big a deal bc they’re, well, for cleaning, but still.
Those jawns is all-right. (from Philly).
The top of the large spray bottle on mine was completely busted out. Not sure exactly how this would happen, but 100% non-functional from a liquid containment and distribution standpoint. Meh.
@bscarborough That’s how mine came as well - Meh at least refunded, as they don’t have replacements. Looks like we’re not the only ones that had this issue.