Lily's Home Green Wash Ball Laundry Ball - Lemon Scented Wash without Detergent

One small choice to save the environment from detergent waste equals TONS of money saved in my pocketbook from not buying detergent. I skeptically washed my dog's smelly blanket with a pre-wash cycle, a wash cycle, and 2 rinse cycles.... no detergent... just my green ball. It turned out great and smelled fresh. All my clothes were done on a regular cycle, no extra rinses, and they came out great. My wash cloths that I take make up off with did better with a little shout spray vrs no spray. If you have clothes that are seriously very soiled I would recommend to shout it out 1st and maybe do pre-washes or extra rinses.This is a great little investment if it does 700 washes or lasts 3 years as they claim, it will save approximatly $360-$400.Do a good deed and save the environment and turn a friend onto it.

Most recently one that I gave as a gift and mine broke open during the wash cycle. It was difficult to get all the green content out of my washer and clothes.

Just a couple of things.The description says good for up to 1,000 washes ... the box says good for an 18lb load of laundry every day for a year - so that's only 365.The title says lemon scented, but the "fine print" description says "fragrance free".At this point, I cannot attest to the quality of the ball, nor its laundering abilities.I used it for the first time today on two loads in my bottom-of-the-line 6-year-old GE toploader, along with 1/2 the normal amount of my homemade laundry detergent. It didn't break open and spill anything anywhere (and if it did, I'd probably just pop them into a cotton bag and continue using them that way, or superglue the ball back together ... I'm not one to give up without a fight). Got to say, though, my daughter's white socks didn't look any whiter than normal (I don't usually hand-scrub the (*&% out of them until they're pretty grey)... but that was a bit of a bummer.But for the price, I was more than willing to take a gamble.

can't tell if it cleans the laundry on its own. socks still have stains so i use less detergent but still detergent

I received a sky blue ball instead of green...thats just an FYI, not a problem. My issue is with the actual cleaning ability of the ball. I washed a couple of loads with the ball then rewashed with a small amount of my usual laundry detergent. The second loads had a normal amount of dirty water when I checked the tub, as if the first washing did absolutely nothing.I ran another test with a normal amount of detergent and no ball, then rewashed the exact same load. The water was very clean while the second wash was running.