Thrifty or cheap? Either Way I think it's genius!

I've had this Swiffer wetjet for a while and the batteries ran out and so did the expensive replacement floor cleaner. I love using this thing, but I hate spending so much money on all the replacement parts; ie the pads and cleaner. So I thought what if I just used regular floor cleaner and put it in a bottle and sprayed the floor while I mopped? Genuis! 

So I got some floor cleaner, Fabuloso, which cost around $3 for 56oz and some generic floor cleaning pads, 12 for around $4.  So a total of around $7. 

The Swiffer replacements run in at around $7 for the cleaning pads and $5 for 42oz. (For a total of $12) Now the floor cleaner I got is concentrate and must be mixed with water. So you get more bang for your buck. But you could also use lemon scented ammonia, which is even cheaper. 

Now here is my little wetjet with an old bottle filled with my mixed floor cleaner. And look how snuggly the bottle fits in where the replacement cleaner should go! Heehee!  So if any of you have an old swiffer wetjet sitting around collecting dust, you should give this a try!