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4 Best Sponges, Evaluated and Reviewed

We've scrubbed sinks full of wineglasses, pots, and pans using 13 sponges, including the CleanTok-famous Scrub Daddy and our new runner-up.

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Hawkins New York Lurex Sponge and Skura Style Skrubby Sponge next to a person squeezing a dish sponge with soap bubbles.
We evaluated Scrub Daddy, Skura Style, and other popular sponges.
Photos: Consumer Reports, Getty Images

I’ve always found washing dishes to be one of the more relaxing household chores, an opinion that only grew once I had a baby. It’s a task that requires very little brain power yet results in a cleaner, shinier home. But a bad sponge can just about ruin that precious 30 minutes of therapeutic productivity.

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I don’t want to fight with my dishwashing tools; they should do their job without any fuss. We evaluated twelve popular dish sponges, including options from Amazon, Scrub Daddy, and Skura Style, to see which ones scrub and clean the best.

The results showed that cult favorites may not perform as well as CleanTok insists they do—and that products with well-known names aren’t a guarantee of stellar cleaning, either.

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Dish soaps, grout cleaners, upholstery cleaners, and other cleaning products are among the household basics that can make your days easier, more comfortable, and safer.

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Angela Lashbrook

Angela Lashbrook is a senior multimedia content creator at Consumer Reports. She has been with CR since 2021 and covers a wide range of topics, but she is particularly interested in anything health- or parenting-related. She lives with her husband, their son, and her dog, a Libra named Gordo.