Freshening Wet Towel Sp5
Item Purchased: Freshening Wet Towel
Location Purchased: Given to me by a customer at work.
Price: Complimentary
Review: When I was a child, my mother would always have various wet-naps or moist towelettes in her purse to use on long sweaty car rides after snacking on whatever bagged convenience food she also had in her purse. I never fashioned myself as one who would carry these little convenient cleansers with me, but I’m glad I had one on me today.
I was on my way to look at an apartment in the Pilsen neighborhood when I accidentally dropped the orange juice bottle I had just purchased at the local gas station. Thinking nothing of it, I placed the presumably sealed juice bottle in my pocket so I could walk my bicycle down the street and smoke a cigarette. After walking less than a block, I felt something citrus and sticky soaking through my pants pocket and dripping down my leg. Apparantly, when I dropped the bottle, it had loosened the bottle cap and caused my orange juice to leak all over my person. Angry and frustrated that I would be arriving at an apartment showing sticky and gross, I remembered the Freshening Sp5 towelettes I had in my backpack.
I came into posession of these incredibly useful and environmentally conscious cleaning devices one day while talking with a customer of mine at work. Freddy Moh was in town from Singapore for the National Restaurant Association show at McCormick Place to supply and promote the various cleaning products that his company, Freshening, manufactures. We spoke of travel, chicago and my website (I’m a shameless self-promoter). The very next day, Freddy returned to my place of work to give me a couple of samples of his product. Because I don’t usually review complimentary things, I thanked him and stuffed the wet-naps into my backpack, where I would eventually check them out, but had mixed feelings about reviewing since it wasn’t technically a purchase.
Well, circumstance and utility (you all know how much of an advocate of utility I am by now) swayed my mind. Though I’d rather reduce waste by using the traditional sink and soap and cut down on waste, I found myself rather relieved that I wasn’t stuck to my bicycle with dried orange juice.
In addition to being an extremely useful product, the Freshening Sp5 towelette also were subtly scented. Unlike most moist towelettes that smell like they have been doused in rubbing alcohol or gin, Freshening’s products give off a slight citrus scent that doesn’t irritate or distract from the cleaning at hand. The towelettes are also quite sturdy and strong, making them resistant to tearing or shredding while you are trying to clean up the slob act you have perfected.
In addition to all of the utility that Freshening Singapore’s products provide you, they also offer custom packaging for your business or other needs. How cool would it be to pring your business card information on a wet-nap package? You’d probably win every free breakfast in town. Hell, who knows, maybe I will get some moist Consumatron.com towelettes made up and the next time you see me, I will insist that you will need to clean your hands with a Consumatron wet-nap. If you are in the market for wet-naps, check out Freshening Singapore’s web-site. If you happen to utilize their services, please, tell them that Kevin from Consumatron.com sent ya!
Rating: 4.25 / 5
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 am
[...] I’d like to give a quick shout out to the Freshening company, whose product I reviewed last year after meeting employee, Freddy Moh. I stopped by their booth at this year’s show to say hi. [...]
May 31st, 2007 at 6:41 am
Thank you for the shout out. Freshening has been growing our presence in the US! Freshening USA has exhibited at the New York, New England, and Chicago restaurant shows during 2007, and will be exhibiting at the Southwest Foodservice Show in Dallas during June 2007.
Please feel free to view our website at https://www.fresheningusa.com for information on purchasing Freshening Brand Wet Towels in the US.