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Well here’s another cranky detergent free washing system I’ve just been introduced to by a customer of mine that “swears by them, they really work!” (apparently 😕 )
Sold on QVC (say no more 😉 ) and throw away your powders and liquids forever 🙄
Just like the Eco Balls we’ve seen and read about before, these are smaller overall and are some sort of granules in a plastic cage? Click on the link below to QVC’s site and its the 12th item down the list called Wash-it Washballs and see for yourself
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My mother in law also swears by them … caused an interesting evening of “conversation” last time we met … !!!
Yeah in days of old alchemists thought that lead could be turned to gold too.
Seems some habits die hard.
K.
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Wash-it washballs and Eco Balls are a curious concept though, I do wonder if there is any substance in those that do swear by them?
How can they wash away blood, sweat and tears? Can you put a filthy dirty rugby kit in a machine with only a washball for company and actually fish out a perfectly clean kit and the end?
Rob, Get the mother-in-law to do a ‘test wash’ for you, nice greasy overalls should be a good test eh?
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What results can be obtained by just washing with nothing in except laundry I wonder? Maybe the same as with the eco balls? Also, what do proctor & Gamble say? They must have researched them, as they are a potentially serious threat to them if they could be shown to work.
They’ve been tested Andy, there’s nothing really in them, a big lump of carbohydrates IIRC and they do not produce the results claimed when tested. They do fizz a bit when you put them in solution though. 😉
So it’s no small surprise that the company that makes them won’t supply me with their own test data to support the claims being made.
Just like LG are being more than a little slow to produce the evidence to support the claims being made about the new “SteamDirect”. Personally I think it’s just marketing b*****ks with no substance or science to back the claims.
All these things seem to be preying on people’s fears of environmental issues or cleanliness in the case of LG and Samsung with the Silver Nano thing and the SteamDirect, when testing them seems to prove that the claims are actually false. It’s not nice and IMO it’s just pure opportunistic false marketing and the companies that do that should be taken to task for duping people or, at the very least, not telling the full truth.
K.
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