Laundry Hint.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Last week I washed my down blanket and a couple of micro fleece pieces. I threw into the dryer a couple of blue laundry balls, the kind covered with little nubs. I can't believe how fluffy everything came out. The blanket has never been so lofty and the fleece pieces so soft and fluffy. I should have used those balls years ago.

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Alison Wonderland · ‎02-05-2018

How was the sound of the cycle with the balls bouncing inside? Maybe it wasn't so bad with a large blanket. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and the washer and dryer are not far from the couch where I watch TV or read, so I'm concerned about the sound. I've been considering some of the wool dryer balls, since they may be a little quieter.

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

I used to use those until I found a couple of the "nubs" in my dryer. So now I use the wool dryer balls instead.

shaggygirl · ‎11-24-2011

Never saw the ones with nubs but have blue ones with little rounded spikey things that sprout all over them but sort of a hard rubber kind of feel. Got them at a home show many years ago. They clomp clomp in the dryer for the first minute or so just untill they get warm/hot. Then as the dryer is cooling down so do the balls and you hear the clomping again for a minute or so. Nothing horribly loud though....to me anyway but my dryer is in the basement.

Oh maybe the things referred to as nubs are the same thing I referred to as little rounded spikey things.

@Alison Wonderland wrote:
How was the sound of the cycle with the balls bouncing inside? Maybe it wasn't so bad with a large blanket. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and the washer and dryer are not far from the couch where I watch TV or read, so I'm concerned about the sound. I've been considering some of the wool dryer balls, since they may be a little quieter.

JYWilliams · ‎03-10-2010

I have the blue balls with nubs that I purchased from HSN a few years ago. I really like how my towels and wash clothes come out.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

I have 4 wool dryer balls in the dryer.

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

I bought a couple of rings that I put in the dryer with my down comforter a long time ago. They're hard rings, and they do work well at keeping the comforter fluffy. I don't wash my comforter very often though. They do make noise. I haven't seen the rings in a long time. Now I just see the things with the nibs.

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homedecor1 · ‎03-09-2010

@Kachina624

My friend has been using these dryer balls (w/the nubs) for years. I decided to give them a try and boy, are my towels "fluffier" and things seem to dry faster!

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@Alison Wonderland wrote:
How was the sound of the cycle with the balls bouncing inside? Maybe it wasn't so bad with a large blanket. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and the washer and dryer are not far from the couch where I watch TV or read, so I'm concerned about the sound. I've been considering some of the wool dryer balls, since they may be a little quieter.

@Alison Wonderland . I've used both and the wool felted ones seem to work just as well and yes it is quieter.