haha
one house i rented had a ceiling fan about 20 feet up ... i bought a telescoping thing and got a little too agressive with it because the fan blades were really dirty ... greasy dust. the duster part came off the pole and got stuck over the ceiling fan blade. so i'm down below,
cursing the pleading with the thing to come off because i can't get the pole back in the screw thing and i don't have a tall ladder.
i turn on the fan ever so slightly, then crank it and cover my head. the duster thing comes flying off and lands at my feet. tada! anyway. i bought the telescoping fan duster off qvc (a couple years back) and recommend that you use a dusting product on it like endust or pledge or murphy's oil soap so that the dust comes off if it's icky like the fan blades i was trying to clean.
as for the swiffer duster, i like the swiffers. funny that the cleaning agent leaves a smell that to me is like beer? just my nose i thought. then someone walked in and said, 'did someone spill beer in here?'
the smell faded.