Wool Dryer Balls
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anyone use dryer balls?
Comments (12)I have not heard of the homemade wool ones. I've seen the plastic balls with the rubber nibs at the dollar store. I remember when they were originally selling for $14. Now they are $1. Tennis balls definitely work, but they are noisy, as are the plastic balls. I too use homemade laundry soap....both liquid and dry powder for my whites. My whites are really white, and they are always soft. I too line-dry. Haven't used the dryer in years....See MoreDryer Sheets
Comments (30)I use dryer balls when drying comforters and blankets. I made my own out of curiosity. They do help with static but a ball of foil will do the same. The only problem I have with them is that the wool absorbs moisture so occasionally the laundry is dry but the balls are still damp. I don't use dryer sheets because of the film they leave. My Asko has a double lint trap on the dryer and it becomes gross after just a few loads and has to be cleaned when using dryer sheets. A bit of fabric softner in the wash doesn't cause any issues....See MoreDo Dryer Balls Damage Dryers?
Comments (26)That’s highly improbable. Take your dryer apart once and you’ll understand immediately. Actually, anyone trying to argue for or against should take one apart, you’ll gain a great deal of understanding just looking at what the components are made of and where they’re located. My point isn’t to be judgemental or snarky, it’s actually quite a do it yourself job in the not so recent models. Like circa 1990s-2000s and cheaper models. All you need is the sticker located on the back and/or on the inside of the dryer door(model and serial numbers) and put them into youtube. Estimate each fix the ”Bob Villas” of appliance repair perform will take you 4-5 times as long for a while before you get used to it. anyway, the point is that the drum is mounted to a bracket on a thick metal spindle. The back of the inside of your drum is extremely thick, resilient, stainless steal that is rust and heat resistent. The heating element is located on an oven pan to pie pan thick dish located around the spindle, and the element is literally a wire and works much like a toaster. It is wound in a slinky like design and you attach it to clips at the edge of this plate. This again is located behind and around the spindle which is attached to that super strong aforementioned plate. If you have a dryer ball that can somehow contact the element, then its not a dryer ball, its probably ably a bomb or some other type of weapon. Now if it through the drum off enough and put pressure on the pully and belt and your model was weak enough to then allow contact between parts, then you will have a problem in time. Stick with the light rubber balls. They won’t last as long but they won’t risk issues. Btw, whomever runs the IT/design on this site needs to fix this comment section. The whole point of a blog is commenting, and the lag time and attrociously terrible autocorrect and word suggestion glitches are laughable....See MoreWool Dryer Balls
Comments (4)I use wool dryer balls which I picked up at Trader Joe's. I've been able to reduce my drying time by at least 25% if not more. The clothes come out dryer, less random damp spots due to clumping. As for static, I haven't noticed a difference, but I normally don't have an issue with static. Fyi, I don't use dryer sheets either. It's still noisy, but it may less noisy compared to the rubber balls....See Morenerdyshopper
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