I don’t like using disposable products so I thought I would buy myself some wool dryer balls.
I read the directions, and then looked online and read all those directions, and just tossed 3 of them in with a load of laundry. It was nothing special, just some of my microfiber towels, and clothing. Like just about every load of laundry I have. We don’t sort it, because it’s survival of the fittest in our household. If it can’t survive the wash, it deserves to die!
My first impression was the noise. I am glad I am in a house now, because my old downstairs neighbors sure as hell would have complained about the bouncing sound. I could live with that though, if they reduced static. I don’t care about drying time so I didn’t check that at all.
I was a bit excited to see how it turned out when I pulled a towel out of the dryer. It cracked so loudly with static it startled the cat, and my microfiber towel then suctioned itself against my body, and when I pulled it off, it then suctioned itself to the wash machine.
I thought, okay, maybe I didn’t know how to use them, so I went back to the drawing board. I read the directions, went back online, where everyone assured me they take away static.
My second test was no better than the first. STATIC, in big capital letters. I had to put it all back in the dryer with a dryer sheet to get it to stop.
I have since found some debates on if they work. This article discusses how folks didn’t really see much benefit to them.
I feel a bit taken in. In all honesty, I have no idea what a ball of wool or plastic would have as a working mechanism to reduce static cling, but I was hoping.
It’s okay, though, because now the cat has some new cat toys. She loves them.
Dryer rate: 0
Cat rating: 10
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