Buy It & Try It: Zorbeez

Vartan Garboushian has been in the carpet business for 30 years, and many of those at his south Sacramento location. So what's the secret to his success?

"We do best to bend-over backwards for our customers," said Vartan.

What's Vartan's advice for spills on the carpet?

"Usually a clean white rag. You can use to blot it out," said Vartan.

We give him the new ultra-absorbent Zorbeez cloth. The product claims it uses something called Advanced X27 Fiber Technology and will absorb more than 20 ounces of liquid. So, we spill about that much cranberry juice on the carpet and then blot it, and blot it, and blot it. A couple minutes later the cloth fills with liquid.

But, there was still cranberry juice in the carpet. So he blots some more for a few more minutes. It doesn't appear there's vacuum action that pulls it out. We decide to use a regular cloth just to see how much it'll absorb, and it's not much.

"There's nothing on it, but if you try with this one, it's still absorbing quite a bit," said Vartan.

We make a few more messes and seem to have the same results. We head outside, to see just how much we soaked up, and it's quite a bit! It may not be quick, but does it soak up more than other cloths?

"Based on what I see here, it worked," said Vartan.

Online it was $14.95 plus shipping and handling. The pads require special care. They are machine washable, but shouldn't be uses fabric softener.