Mar 24 2009
Tools Of the Trade Tuesday
Dryer Balls
What is a dryer ball, you may be asking. They are spiky rubber balls that you put in your dryer under the premise that they will replace dryer sheets. Eco-friendly and reusable they should be a frugal environmentalist moms dream.
Personally I think they suck. At least as a fabric softener/dryer sheet replacement. I wanted them to work, because I do like the concept. All that money saved on laundry supplies..4 kids 2 adults 2 cats a new puppy, we have a lot of laundry. I also liked that they are environmentally friendly, cutting down on the amount of waste from used dryer sheets. But my clothes came out full of static, and that is the biggest reason I use dryer sheets. To cut the static. First time I used them I zapped the bejesus out of myself first towel I took out to fold.
They do work to get all the stray hair off the clothes, and since D has hair to her hips, and I have hair to the small of my back..thats a good thing. The kids love to play with them. As do the cats and the puppy. They make a great toy. Wonderful way to distract the family while I get laundry out of the dryer and the balls go bouncing across the floor. So in the winter and when it’s rainy and I can’t hang my laundry out to dry, it’s back to dryer sheets for us.
Hehe, too funny. I might look into them just for the fact that they’re good hair removers though. We have two german shepherds and since they’re double coated the shedding is astronomical.
I bought the dryer balls, too, thinking how great they would be for the environment. Yeah, they don’t soften the way the ads claim… BUT I have found that they speed up the dry time, which has to count for something, right?