Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I waited a long time to write this review because I wanted to know if this would work, and how well this would work in any condition. We installed this about six months ago and have put hundreds of loads through it since then. We have a front loading washing machine, and we use this with a custom built wash cycle that uses cold water only but is otherwise similar to the machine's "normal" cycle. 1. Cleanliness of the clothes They are as clean when washed using this product and no detergent as I have ever had with any combination of washer and detergent. Clothes come out clean and odor free. Some of the hype about these machines is that they push ozone into the fabric which leads to clothes that dry faster and are fluffier, this is not observably true for us. But they do come out clean and dry normally. So maybe this doesn't improve on the standard method, but it certainly doesn't detract. 2. Really, no detergent? Yeah really, no detergent. You can of course use detergent if you want to/have heavily soiled clothes. No one is going to come to your house and stop you...I think. But we haven't used/bought detergent in 6 months and that's probably permanent for us. I did a cost analysis (because I'm a geek) and this device easily pays for itself in 2 years by saving you on detergent. Even if it goes belly up after that, I'd absolutely replace it because it does actually save the environment, and money, whichever of those is important to you. 3. Saves the environment? Do tell.. Well let's start with the bottles of detergent. I always recycled mine, you do as well, but you know what's better than recycling what you consume? Not consuming it in the first place. No chemicals or dyes or manufacturing waste to enter the waste stream, no oils or carbon footprints in the production of bottles or soaps, and no water footprint used in making liquid detergents. That's all eliminated using this. Bonus, if you are on a well/septic system like we are, this devices returns clean (ish) water back to that system. We vented ours to a new line which we ran to the leech fields. Since there is only organic run-off this is a perfectly acceptable solution. You could spend big on biodegradable soaps, or you could just eliminate them. 4. Cold water only? How does that work in winter? Yes cold water only, and yes it works in winter, in northern NY where we spend a majority of winter below freezing, and several days in a row below zero. This system still works fine in these conditions even with painfully cold water running through the system. Although we do have a hot water line available to warm up the wash water should we find it needed, we haven't yet and, contrary to what they tell you on Game of Thrones, winter is almost over here. 5. Installation Yeah I paid a guy $85.00 to do that for me. Seemed worth it to have someone else to blame in case water shot all over the place. I could have done it myself because it requires little more than connecting rubber hoses to nozzles. So you can save $85.00 and do it yourself no problem, but then you won't have anyone to blame if the laundry room looks like your kid's were reenacting the final scene in "Carrie" with water. 6. Maintenance Aside from the regularly scheduled filter changes (see installation and maintenance guide) this thing just goes about it's business just as you would want it to. 7. Rashes and irritation My family has extremely sensitive skin. Every winter all four of us would break out in rashes from dry skin. Little red bumps, nasty stuff. We tried switching soaps, using lotions and oils, eliminating all perfume and fragrance, etc. We didn't buy this because of our sensitive skin, but I can report that all of the dry skin problems we used to experience in winter are gone and I suspect that not using detergents in our laundry has at least something to do with it. Though this may be confirmation bias, or a classic causation versus correlation issue. Who knows? 8. Cool factor It is a blast to watch people's mind slowly explode as you explain to them that you are washing your clothes with science instead of chemicals (which I know chemicals are science, John, I know that. Don't be that guy John, ok? ok? Just be cool) And as a bonus this unit has a blue light that comes on whenever the water flows through the chamber and it just looks like something the Jetson's would have had. I mean it scores huge on the cool factor. 9. Take away I read endless reviews and articles about this technology and the reality and feasibility of this technology before I bought this system. I'm a hard-core internet researcher when it comes to products and the like. If you are considering whether this is real or hype, or whether or not this is the right unit for you, here's what you have been looking for. This thing works exactly as they say it does. It saves you money and the environment, you get clean clothes, less skin irritation, seriously, just buy it. This is the model you want too. I looked at every available model through many sources and this one has the features and components you want. Go ahead and blame me if I'm wrong (I'm not though.)