As you may have heard, Apple’s most popular product these days is not one of their highly anticipated new releases. Sure, people are buying the iPhone 13 Pro and the newest MacBook Pro and maybe even the new AirPods 2 (if they have the ears for it). Right now the hottest selling item is the brand-new $19 Apple polishing cloth. It is in such high demand that even if you order today, you won’t be able to get yours until after Christmas.
I am fully keyed into the Apple ecosystem. (Devices I own: iPhone, AirPods Pro, MacBook Air, Apple Watch). So I totally get the desire to let Tim Cook’s company separate you from your money. But waiting 10 weeks to get a cloth just because it has the Apple logo on it seems rather cultish. And it does not help you clean off your screens until 2022. In the meantime, here are some actually available polishing cloths to hold you over until the New Year: