The Swiffer CarpetFlick: A Must Have for Any Cat Owner

I love the Swiffer CarpetFlick. It is well-worth the meager price of $12.99, especially if you have pets and/or children. It's a great product, and I think there should be one in every household in America. Well, at least every household with some sort of carpeting.

PACKAGING
The Swiffer CarpetFlick comes in a bright orange box. This is a far cry from the usual blue or green packages that you would find Swiffer products in. However, this is a good thing, as it really stands out when shopping for cleaning supplies. The box itself, however, is quite large and cumbersome, much like the box for the Swiffer WetJet. This box is smaller, but still large in comparison to other cleaning supplies.

The Swiffer CarpetFlick Starter Kit comes with the five pieces to assemble the CarpetFlick and four adhesive cartridges. (I'll get to the components and assembly later.) While the box can't be any smaller in length and girth, it can certainly be thinner. That's my only complaint with this product.

SIZE
You would think that a product that works like a vacuum would be big. Well, the Swiffer CarpetFlick isn't. It has a long pole (which you assemble yourself) and a base that measures 7" X 7" and is about 1" deep. The adhesive cartridges are 4" X 8" and as thin as paper. Storage for this is simple: Just keep it where you keep your broom!

ASSEMBLY
Assembling the CarpetFlick is a breeze. You just snap the pieces of the pole together, then snap on the head. It takes less than a minute to put together. Honest. A child can do it.

The adhesive cartridge inserts, on the other hand, are a bit trickier. You must remove both sides of the protective tape, then slide the cartridge into the head. The cartridge had a very thin track, and can bend and/or get stuck easily. Do this part with patience. Don't cram it in like me, or you'll end up destroying one of the cartridges.

Once the cartridge is in, you fold the edge up and slide it on a small, round peg on the side of the head of the CarpetFlick. This keeps the cartridge in place as you use your CarpetFlick. It's easy to put together. Extremely easy.