Just bought some eco balls - UPDATE with nappy wash pg2

ive often thought about getting some but wanted to know how good they were first so i'll be watching how you get on

theyre fab arent they ? i only use them now and so far so good and have saved so much money im sure

I've heard so many varied reports about them, I'd be really interested in hearing how you get on too.
They had them in the place I was on holiday and I used them for nappy washes. They didn't get the pee smell out... but it might have just been the rubbish washing machine!

Update!!! I have used these for 4 washes (1 whites, lights, darks and a nappy wash) and i have to say i am impressed so far!!

With the clothes they went on a 40c 1hour wash with the balls all came out clean and smelling fresh. Nappies, i did a rinse with extra water (which i usually do). Then put the balls in and did our usual 60c wash with extra water and and extra rinse and then this morning just for good measure i gave them another rinse. (Now apparently you dont need to rinse with Ecoballs as they dont create build up but i was a bit skeptical and also i wanted to try and get rid of the build up of powder in them.)

Took the nappies out, inspected EVERY piece, especially the nappies i remember DD pooing in, smelt them, stretched the leg elastic to look between the 'folds' and everything. CLEAN All smelt fresh. They are in dryer at the moment (which with the heat is usually where it honks of powder build up etc and so far no smell Will see how they smell after DD has pee'd in them as of late they have been eye watering.

Note: We dont rinse nappies in loo if its a pooey one, just get the worst off with a wipe. We dont wet pail, dry only. Nappies had been left max 2 days. No essential oil was used

So, so far so good

Yay! I love my eco balls...

Sounds encouraging!

it does sound encouraging, but I had great results with mine for about 2 weeks and then they seemed to just stop getting stuff clean - I know that they can be refilled, but if they had run out that quickly then they were going to work out much more expensive than powder

It'll be interesting to see how you feel about them after a couple of weeks. - let us know!

hmmm sound good I may have to get me some!!

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it does sound encouraging, but I had great results with mine for about 2 weeks and then they seemed to just stop getting stuff clean - I know that they can be refilled, but if they had run out that quickly then they were going to work out much more expensive than powder

It'll be interesting to see how you feel about them after a couple of weeks. - let us know!

That's interesting as I wondered (Mrs Skeptical ) how long it would take for the machine to get rid of all it's built up and was thinking probably about that long