Get Ready to Clean with Activeion! Contest!

Who ever thought cleaning could be so much fun? Last Saturday my entire family was lucky enough to attend a fun event at the San Jose Tech Museum. As a Mommy Blogger, we have a few perks such as the invitation to attend special events where the collective minds of moms and families can help get a product off to market. This was one such event where a new product called Activeion was shown, and by none other than Mr. Science himself, Bill Nye the Science Guy! Now I must admit, initially I wasn't that excited about the notion of attending, I have three graduations in the span of 24 hours coming up, and am running a fundraiser/silent auction at the moment. So I felt rather harried to even mention the prospect to my children. But when I did ask my three daughters, ranging in age from 11 to 17, they all excitedly and unanimously insisted that we attend. On a regular basis, they see Mr. Science himself throughout their school week, as teachers often show his videos during science class. It really makes learning fun when you have someone like Nye getting excited over experiments and test tubes.

So away we went, and spent a very fun few hours at the San Jose Tech Museum. In all honesty, it was nice for me to get the chance and get away from the fray. We proceeded to watch Bill Nye the Science guy show a variety of experiements that explained the product he was introducing to us - "Activeion". Most of us use 409 cleaning spray for the kitchen, or Windex to clean our windows and mirrors. I know more moms who are going green and getting products from Whole Foods that claim to be earth friendly. But Activeion is different. Activeion is less about what's in the bottle than the bottle itself. The bottle has an ergonomic design (see photo top left) and takes tap water from your kitchen sink and creates a powerful, general-purpose cleaner that works better than commercial chemical or green solutions. As I mentioned, it's really about the bottle itself which takes your tap water and flows it through a water cell that applies an electrical charge to it. Thus the "ion-ization". It creates an oxygenated mix of postive and negative nano-bubbles which lift dirt and stains like magic. I sound pretty scientific, eh?

Of course, as a mom, I'm always skeptical of cleaning gimmicks. I don't have time or money to waste on products that don't work. Especially when it comes to cleaning. But Mr. Science demonstrated cleaning a window with ordinary Windex and 409, and they all leave streaks and residue. But not Activeion! We saw for ourselves stains and streaks are totally gone with just simple tap water. My three daughters, now known as my cleaning ladies, were entralled with the demonstration. As Bill Nye showed us other demonstrations, he also showed the concept of surface tension in water, and how that applies to Activeion. I didn't need to see all that, I just needed to try it myself and see how it works in my daily life!

The enthusiastic folks from Activeion gave us one of our own to put to the test at home. I have to say I like it already because it's making my kids love cleaning! They all want to try this cool design and spray away. We cleaned two terribly dirty windows, and they are so clean we nearly injure ourselves trying to walk through them. My newly remodeled stainless steel kitchen sparkles - no streaking which tends to be the problem with stainless, and all it uses is tap water from your sink. So you feel good about saving the environment and how clean your house is.

I do have one thing to mention. My blogging partner has made me more aware of clean and "ah" fresh odors and that fresh roses or apple blossom smell is something you won't get that other cleaning products have. That's because you are only using odorless tap water. But you also won't get the chemical residue that it takes to produce those odors when you clean. In the past I didn't take note of odors and nice smells, but what I actually do notice is the absence of the chemical smell which Windex and 409 produces from the ammonia. So I like that Activeion is odorless. But my blogging partner has made me appreciate fresh, clean odors, so maybe that is something they can figure out in their next release of Activeion. The "smell" industry is pretty huge. But for now, I'm a very happy mom with Activeion and the three new cleaning ladies in my home!

Would you like your very own Activeion? Then add your comment to our blog below. If you have trouble entering your comment, then email us at blog.tina@yahoo.com. Tell us what product you use most today to clean your kitchen and bathrooms. We'll announce a winner on June 12th at noon!