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★★★★☆
Pretty good!
I was pretty hesitant to use these. I'm willing to try new things but this seemed really far fetched. So I threw my biggest, nastiest, best test at it: a whole load of cloth diapers. Yup. Complete with prefold flats, microfiber inserts, covers, pocket covers, cloth wipes, and the bag. All nice and disgusting.
Cold rinse, threw in the "soap", did a hot wash and a cold rinse, the threw them into the dryer (soap nuts were taken out to dry). They came out totally clean, fluffy, soft, and smelled of nothing (not bad or good, just nothing).
I tried them on my whites too. Same result: soft, totally clean, and smelled of nothing (fine by me).
I will say here's something I did notice: water has to be pretty warm to activate the stuff in the soap nuts. I'd even go so far as to say it has to be hot or it won't work. I tried my husband's military uniform and they didn't do much. Why? Warm/cold wash. It has to be hot. I'm going to keep using these.
March 2015 · Health and Household · verified purchase