[12Pack 1Loofah Dish Sponge] 100% Natural Biodegradable Swedish Dishcloths for Kitchen | No-Discoloration, No-Odor, Super Absorbent Dish Sponge | Paper Towel Replacement.

I had never heard of Swedish dishcloths before, but I was running out of paper towels and wanted to get something reusable that wouldn’t make me feel like I was throwing money away every time I cleaned my counters. Enter these Swedish dishcloths. They’re odd little things that are stiff like cardboard when they’re dry, but they absorb wonderfully and take on the flexibility of a rag as soon as they get wet. I was skeptical that they would be any better/cleaner than using a regular sponge, but I actually do like them a LOT better. They rinse clean really easily under running water, even after wiping/scrubbing at serious messes. I was surprised at how clean they got with just a quick rinse. They have also have not gotten that funky “dirty sponge” odor that I thought they would, they seem to stay a lot cleaner than a sponge. After rinsing them off I just give them a couple firm squeezes and they dry very quickly after that. I also love that they can be thrown in the dishwasher to more thoroughly clean them (I do have a little plastic box/bin thing to put them in, so that they don’t go walk-about in the dishwasher). I also recently ran out of baby wipes and started using these (clean, previously unused ones) to wipe my kids’ messy hands and faces. They work great for that, too. The color-coding is very helpful for keeping the kid ones and the cleaning ones separate. I’m going to get a couple little wall hooks and sew a fabric loop onto a corner of each dishcloth so that I have a better place to hang them to dry than just draping them over the sink faucet.I will say that I thought about taking 1 star off for the packaging, it’s just plain misleading. They are “Swedish” dishcloths but the package says they’re from “Germany”, buuuut when you get down to it and check the back of the label they admit (in VERY small type) that they are “made in China”. I’m not really surprised, but I am disappointed in the company for using such blatantly misleading packaging. However, regardless of where it’s made and the company’s dubious labelling, it’s a great product that works well and I love it… so there you have it. [...]