*Note: I received the Bounce Dryer Bar at BlogHer for free from the Bounce people. I was not asked to review it, but I wanna. So I’m gonna.
I hate doing laundry – pretty much more than anything. But when I moved to my new place a few months ago, for the first time in over 7 years I have laundry in my unit and didn’t have to go 14 floors to a shared laundry room.
I decided I would be grown up and start treating my clothing well, and washing them on a semi regular basis. I mean, how lazy could I be?
While at BlogHer, I was given a 4 month Bounce Dryer Bar.
This this is cool.
Super cool.
I will never have to put in a dryer sheet again! One less step.
They are simple to use-or atleast should be.
Pull the sticker off the bottom of a holder, stick the holder on a smooth area of the drum in the dryer, slide the dryer ball on the holder and WA-LA! Done.
Well, when I got home from BlogHer, I ripped that baby open…
and found no sticker on the bottom of my holder.
I called the 800 number on the back of the box, and a week later, got a check in the mail for a free dryer bar.
I went and bought a new bar (with sticker), easily installed it about 2 months ago, and haven’t used a dryer sheet since.
UNTIL ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO.
I am home this morning waiting for the moving company to come do the assessment on my house.
I figured I should get some housework done in between working from home and reading emails.
I washed my sheets, then threw them in the dryer (sans dryer sheet).
All the sudden, I heard CLUNK, CLINK, CLUUUUUUUNK, repeat, coming from the other room.
I freaked out thinking something was falling off the wall or something… I didn’t know what the hell it was…
It was coming from the dryer.
I opened the door and found the fully intact (thank goodness) Dryer Bar on top of my sheets. I tried to put it back on the holder, but it was too warped.
RIP Dryer Bar. It was fun while it lasted! Thank you for not ruining my clothes!
PS: I do laundry about 3 times a week. It may be why the bar stayed on so long.
PSS: When looking for the URL for the product, I found ALOT of other people who are not happy with the bar. You might want to hold off buying it until they fix the problems.
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ew, i hated the smell. we installed it right away after BlogHer and took it out again about 2 days later…it was just too strong for me, I couldn’t sleep on the sheets after I dried them in the dryer.
Then finally this week the darn sticky thing fell off. Whew.