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Dryer Balls - are they any good?

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  • bektoria
    bektoria Posts: 120 Forumite
    Hi

    I bought some from the BBC Good Homes Show and have to say that they have made no difference to me !! I prefer to use the tumble dryer for my towels as I dont like them rough but they are no softer using the balls compare to not using them !!!!

    I have heard that the washing balls are worth the money ?

    Bek
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    If you click on the link below it will take you to an older thread on washing balls which itself will take you to another thread of interest.

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=94101
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  • foreverskint
    foreverskint Posts: 1,009 Forumite
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    OH say drier balls are better than damp ones:rotfl:
  • ChocClare
    ChocClare Posts: 1,475 Forumite
    I have a set and I think they do make a difference - clothes need far less ironing and my towels are noticeably softer without using fabric softener... our water is very hard here, so I don't know if that's why I've noticed a big difference? (Knocks out all the lime??!!) Usually our towels come out like sandpaper! I find that if you put stuff in the tumble drier for half an hour with the balls, then take it out and hang it up, it dries pretty much crease free and doesn't cost a fortune. I dry towels for longer but that's because they'd never dry otherwise. So I'm glad I got mine!!
  • ChrisX_2
    ChrisX_2 Posts: 13 Forumite
    I line dry and use vinegar as a softener.

    Never use a dryer.
  • robnye
    robnye Posts: 5,411 Forumite
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    ChrisX wrote:
    I line dry and use vinegar as a softener.

    Never use a dryer.

    wot no balls at all...... :rotfl:
    smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... ;) :cool:
  • Katgoddess
    Katgoddess Posts: 1,821 Forumite
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    ChrisX wrote:
    I line dry and use vinegar as a softener.

    Never use a dryer.

    We line dry as well. Have no space for a dryer unless we put it in the shed like our neigbours...
  • System
    System Posts: 178,346 Community Admin
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    As you know, tumble driers wear clothes out a lot faster than line drying, but i would have thought the bumpy texture of the balls would wear out the clothes faster.

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  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    Judi wrote:
    SNIP: ....... but i would have thought the bumpy balls would wear out the clothes faster.

    :eek:

    I'll go check the menfolks' undies! :o
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  • robnye
    robnye Posts: 5,411 Forumite
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    Judi wrote:
    but i would have thought the bumpy texture of the balls would wear out the clothes faster.

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    only if the trousers are too tight......... :rotfl:
    smile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to.... ;) :cool:
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