Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Housekeeping

Find cleaning advice from other Mumsnetters on our Housekeeping forum.

Do DRYER BALLS really reduce the drying time significantly or are they a swizz ?

14 replies

NomDePlume · 14/09/2008 12:44

?

OP posts:
expatinscotland · 14/09/2008 12:45

my mum sent me some.

they do chop off about 10-15 minutes from drying time, IME.

RubySlippers · 14/09/2008 12:45

have had mine a while

am not convinced by them

ChippyMinton · 14/09/2008 12:45

I have some, and I think they do - but maybe i was overcooking the laundry before.

NomDePlume · 14/09/2008 12:49

LOL, mixed bag then

OP posts:
HensMum · 14/09/2008 13:04

I got some in the pound shop and they seem to make no difference. Perhaps if I had the expensive ones they would...

expatinscotland · 14/09/2008 13:14

if i hadn't been given them i wouldn't have gone out and bought them.

murphyslaw · 14/09/2008 19:01

I bought these last week

I think they work - defintely less drying time but I dont know about reducing creases?

TracyK · 14/09/2008 19:03

Oh God - I was going to buy those out of Lakeland - am going to have to now - even though I haven't chosen/ordered my drier yet!

murphyslaw · 14/09/2008 19:04

Lakeland is such a nightmare! - my want list is endless!!

expatinscotland · 14/09/2008 19:06

and we just got their Xmas catalogue in the post yesterday.

droool!

mogs0 · 14/09/2008 19:45

I have some cheap ones but have only used them once because they made such a banging noise in the dryer I was worried the neighbours would complain!!

bluesky · 14/09/2008 20:12

very noisy! Also every now and then there is a tissue that ends up in the laundry from someone's pocket. And now with the balls, you get bits of tissue like hundreds and thousands EVERYWHERE, not bits and pieces you can pick out easily!

Im not convinced about them ..... I've got more creases than without them .....

LadyBabo · 14/09/2008 22:18

Deffo reduced drying time...
Fluffier clothes too, IMO.

PinkyDinkyDooToo · 15/09/2008 10:38

Definitely fluffier softer clothes. Not sure about drying time though

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread