When I told my husband we were going to review the new Bounce Dryer Bar, he looked at me with one of those undecided type looks. For some families, it wouldn’t matter what kind of look a husband gave to a wife about a laundry product, but in our house, we share the laundry load (pun intended). We pretty much split it 50/50, as we both have fluctuating (and increasingly crazy) schedules.
As such, we make joint decisions about laundry products. He wasn’t skeptical about the Bounce Dryer Bar, just certain that our Bounce Dryer Sheets worked just fine. He’s from the “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” camp. I’m from the “ooh, shiny” camp. We make a good team. We kind of balance each other out. I want to try new things, he gives me the look, we try them anyway.
Installing the Bounce Dryer Bar in the dryer was quite simple: Peel off the back, stick it in the dryer. Voila! No more forgetting the dryer sheets. I thought I was super smart when I installed it by the way, as you’re supposed to clean off the section where you want to install the bar. So I did a load of brand new towels and cleaned off the place where I was installing. Time saving, clean feeling, fresh, soft, static free towels came out of the dryer later that day.
My husband is now convinced, as am I. We enjoy the smell; we got the Outdoor Fresh scent. The family took turns passing around the Bounce Dryer Bar and just sniffing it. It’s not “floral,” just very clean. In a house of boys, clean smelling is preferable. And those towels really were nice and soft when I pulled them out of the dryer. We also have sensitive skin issues in our house, and not one person has had any adverse reactions. I think we’re sold on this time-saving little bar. Check out their Facebook page for more info.
I’m happy to be giving away a $50 Visa gift card and a Bounce Dry Bar from Bounce and BlogHer, so you can try it out as well. It’s simple to enter. Just leave a comment on this post telling me your WORST LAUNDRY STORY EVER before December 6, 2011. We all have one. Mine was in college and involved an ink pen in my pocket. Woe.
Here’s all the official stuff. Don’t forget you can contact me if you have questions.
Rules:
- No duplicate comments.
- You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:
- a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
- b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
- c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
- d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.
- This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
- Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
- You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
For more opportunities to win, visit the Bounce round-up page on BlogHer.com to read other bloggers’ reviews!
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Twitter: Alena29
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I think my worst laundry story is a fairly typical one. Man works long hours. Man wears a uniform to work. Man has “pen pockets”. Man doesn’t think to take out pens. Woman has a day off work and does the laundry. Woman freaks out when she takes 5 of man’s uniforms out of the washer and they are all splotched with man’s pen ink. Woman does math and realizes replacing man’s uniforms is going to cost a fortune.
The end.
Alena´s last [type] ..Holiday Comforts-Can it just be Christmas already!?
Leaving a chapstick in with a lot of good work clothes. Total cost: about $300 in lost clothing (sob).
Suebob´s last [type] ..Scratching my head
I washed AND DRIED new Pottery Barn sheets, quilt and pillow cases with several crayons. A rainbow of colors were melted on the dryer drum and the bedding was complete with an orange “tye dye” effect. After some internet searching, several calls to my mom and grandma, and a chat with a co-worker I did manage to get the crayon off the dryer and most out of the sheets (Use WD-40). But a lingering hint of orange still can be found on the bedding – thankfully there are butterfly filled and pretty colorful so it’s not too noticeable…
I dont necessarily care if I win something, but after reading had to share my worst laundry, well, sort of, story. I wanted to bleach a pair of white sandals, so I came up with this great plan to use a foil roaster pan filled with bleach to put the sandals in. I decided the best place to do this was on top of the washer with the lid closed. Brilliant, no?! Well, lo and behold, the roaster pan had a leak and my dad’s new work pants, 4 pairs of brand new Dockers, were in the wash below. The bleach leaked down through the lid of the washer and into the load of new Dockers. Man, did I royally ruin those things! And I had to fork over the money for 4 new pairs of pants-not cheap! Maybe it was payback for all those times he shrunk my sweaters or ruined my bras?!
In college I lost an entire load of jeans (I wear jeans every day – then and now) when I washed them in the college dorm laundry room. Someone had left bleach in the washer and it ruined everything. I had no money and no clothes
I have also learned that chapstick in the wash is horrible – that is a lesson my girls taught me.
mandy w´s last [type] ..I Left My Wallet At Target And It Is My Mom’s Fault
I have 3 “worst” laundry experiences. First, my husband used to chew leaf tobacco, put in a load of clothes with not just one pack but two brand new packages. The packs disintegrated and the leaves were all over every piece of clothing. I had to pick of each tiny piece by hand. The second, Silly putty, such a huge staining mess. And the third I washed and dried a wire hanger (I still have no clue how it got in there!) in with a load of clothes. The hanger poked holes in some of the clothes and then found its way behind the back panel of the dryer, requiring a call to the repairman and 150.00 to get fixed.
I was in college and I bought a pair of khaki bibs (I know, I know, bibs are only for farmers). I accidentally put them in with my white clothes, along with some bleach for whiter whites! My khaki bibs were pink. And I never got to wear them which is probably okay in retrospect, but I was really broken up about it at the time.
NGS´s last [type] ..Tuning In
My worst laundry story happened fairly recently. FireGirl’s lovey is a stuffed turtle (aka Mr. Turtle). She sucks on his tail at bedtime. Which means over time it gets kinda yucky.
So we wash him. This has been going on for the past three years with no problem. He’s faded, showing a little wear and tear, but I check him carefully when he comes out, and his seams have always appeared to be holding up, just fine.
So last week, I put him in the washer before I leave for work. I had an event that evening, so when I talked to FireMan I told him he’d have to put Mr. Turtle in the dryer when he got home. No problem, he knows the drill.
My cell phone rings later that evening. “Do we have any green thread? And a needle?”
Me: “Why?”
Him: “Guess”
Me: “Why?”
You guessed it. Mr. Turtle’s head came off, almost completely.
By the looks of what I found in the washer the next time I washed a load, his seams must have come undone in there, and then FireMan didn’t notice and put him in the dryer anyway.
He did a pretty good sewing that poor turtle back together, but we’ve begun trying to convince FireGirl that she’s getting too old for a lovey.
She’s not buying it.
kyfirewife´s last [type] ..Not Just Another Blog Challenge #6 – How are Your Current Spiritual Views Different from How You Were Raised ??
i don’t have a bad laundry story, but i just hate doing laundry
Mine was super glue in the dryer that my son left in his pocket. Had to throw clothes away.
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Washing and drying silly putty is not a good idea… believe me!
Twitter: Musingsfromme
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My laundry woe still stings. It was the 80s. I was obsessed with all things Benetton. In fact I shopped at all of the Benetton branded stores. I purchased a very delicate crew neck sweater in robin’s egg blue. I dithered and debated on whether to buy the sweater as it was a little expensive on my college student budget. I bought it and had it paired with a number of pants. Scarves, too.
I washed it. To my horror when I pulled out the delicate sweater, the arms on the sweater had stretched to about 4 feet in length…each. The body of the sweater had shrunk to the size of the body of a small child. I stood staring at the sweater before realizing that no amount of washing to get the sweater back to its original size. And I didn’t even dry it!
MusingsfromMe/Jill´s last [type] ..Juicy, Yummy Deals
Worst ever… My daughter came over and put some laundry in. Much later I decided to put some in… Forgetting about hers.. I put whites in, with bleach… Umm yeah. Not a good thing.
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Twitter: Musingsfromme
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I blogged about my laundry woes. Here’s the link: http://www.musingsfromme.com/laundry-woes/
My husband had left a pen in his shrit pocket that broke in the dryer, boy did it make a mess, now I check his pockets before his clothes go into the washer.
https://twitter.com/#!/susan1215/status/135532716807553024
Well, I guess I have been lucky. My worst story is leaving paper in with the clothes.
I think my worst is when I left a red sock in with all the whites and everything was tinted pink after