"So, a few people left negative reviews due to the scrubbers smelling like gas. Well, thats easy to solve, and besides that these are PERFECT! they are made from hemp... and my assumption is that the hemp is processed with some petroleum product as a solvent to remove certain chemicals from the hemp. If you do a quick google search on how to remove a gas smell from clothes, you will find that a soak in white vinegar for an hour will remove the smell. This holds true for these scrubbers as well.

Now, moving onto their effectiveness... these are the best kitchen scrubber i have used, and i have tried a lot of them! With normal washing tasks, these hold onto soap well and have an effective level of abrasiveness without scratching what your cleaning. The weave of the hemp is loose, so it almost feels as if you are using one of those chainmail scrubbers. I really like this because it means when you are done cleaning, its easy to pull on the edges of the scrubber to open up the weave, and wash out any stuck food particles quickly.

A bit more of a niche review, I also cook with cast iron / seasoned high carbon steel pans, and wanted a scrubber that worked well on those. Well, this is the perfect one. In the past, I have always had to keep 2 different scrubbers out on my counter, one for soap & normal dishes, and another dedicated to the cast iron that never had soap on it. These wash out quickly and fully, so you can run some water over it and give it a few squeezes and theres no more soap residue in it. The abrasiveness is good enough that it will clean out a cast iron with some burnt on bits in a few wipes. If you use some warm water and a lot of elbow grease, these can slowly remove some of your seasoning, which imo is a good thing (you have to purposefully scrub that hard, but allows you to clean burnt on mistakes without needing to use soap, which would damage your seasoning layer much more).

so yeah, all in all, 10/10. maybe like a 9/10 since you have to soak in vinegar when you first get them, but its worth the effort. You can also clean them in the dishwasher / washing machine, but so far they have held up so well and cleaned so easily that i haven't needed to do that!"

"I've been using mine for 2 mos and its looking great. I use it with dishwashing bar soap to have a fully sustainable kitchen ????. Note: when you get them, tie the end a little tighter so it doesn't unravel like some of the other reviews have said. Mine has been great!"

"I really like this product, so much that I am writing one of my only reviews. I have used and washed these for a year and half and washed them dozens of times. 2 of them just started to unravel a little so I went to go repurchase. I know the ideal is to not ever have to replace an item, but if you don't find that small fabric rags do the job well enough and you do not like sponges (same on both), then these are absolutely worth it.
Like I said, I have washed these dozens of times and have had them for a year and half+, and they are just starting to unravel. A more savvy person could probably figure out a good solution to keep them used, but I couldn't.
I say I got enough of life out of these that I am happy to purchase again every couple years.
Also, yes these do suds up just as well as sponges in my opinion, which was the only thing I really liked about sponges."