Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

Comet vs. Ajax

I hate housework. But it’s the daily chores that irk me the most. With my busy days, trying to work them into my daily routine isn’t easy.

I rise at 6am, turn on the kettle, fire up the computer and while I am waiting for everything, I do any remaining dishes from the night before and clean the sink and counters. I do not have the time or patience to wait for a product to work. I am waiting for my morning cup of joe.

We use to use fancy, expensive cleansers for our sink. But recently we went back to a tried and true old time cleanser…. Ajax cleanser. It’s cheap around $.89-$1 instead of the $2.50-$4 I was spending on the sprays.

Not ever store carries this old time household staple any more. We came home with Comet a few weeks ago thinking it was a similar product when we couldn’t find the Ajax. It is not.

In fact as cleansers go I would say Comet sucks. It took over twenty minutes of scrubbing and waiting for it to leave my sink yellow instead of a bright white and I used twice as much to get that result. Ajax cleaned my sink in under 3 minutes with minimal scrubbing and I used less cleanser.

Sometimes new isn’t better. Your mom and grandma probably used Ajax. The oldies come in cardboard containers, not plastic bottles. Plus with Ajax I use less cleanser to get the job done, so it’s easier on the environment. Cheaper, better … in my house Ajax rules.