Product Review: Sno Bol Toilet Bowl Cleaner

For a Gleaming, White Toilet Bowl, Use Sno Bol

Upon inspection of my bathroom, my brother, who was paying his first visit to my home, announced, “You did a pretty good job of cleaning the bathroom except you need to use Sno Bol.”  I asked him to explain himself.  “Sno Bol,” he repeated.  “Mom uses it, and it gets rid of all of those stains in the toilet.”  Oh.  I made a mental note of the critique and the brand of toilet bowl cleaner, but I did not take him too seriously.  After all, how many toilet bowls had my brother cleaned in his life?

However, the dark stains in the toilet bowl left by the streaming water of the flushed toilet was disconcerting.  I thought the dark stains were due to frequent use, and nothing could be done about it.  I had used bleach and Lysol regularly to clean and disinfect the bowl, and I had scrubbed to no avail.  The stains on the toilet bowl persisted.

On my parent’s most recent visit to our home, my mom and I were picking up supplies at Super Wal-Mart.  As we made our way down the cleaning aisle, my mom paused and squealed, “Sno Bol!”  I remembered my brother’s remark from a few months prior.  My mom explained that she could no longer find this particular toilet bowl cleaner where she lived.  She extolled its virtues and grabbed four bottles of the toilet bowl cleaner.  I decided to take one bottle of Sno Bol for myself.  She encouraged me to take the rest of the bottles of Sno Bol remaining on the shelf.  I told her that I would take one of the bottles of toilet bowl cleaner and see if it worked before buying another.  She waved her hand and said, “Sno Bol is the best.  It always works.  Nothing is better.”  Still skeptical, I placed one 32 fl. oz bottle of the toilet bowl cleaner for $1.66 into my cart.