What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm

Daniele
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"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm

Daniele
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Yet another (polite!) way to sell eco-bollox to the general public, if you
ask me ... :-) Seriously though, can the water circulate inside them ?
Might be some attempt at 'simulating' the action of washing clothes in a
river or something, where stones might be used to pound the dirt out ?

Arfa

In article ,
(D.M. Procida) writes:
What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm

The bloke who invented the drier balls was interviewed on radio,
and AFAICR pretty much said he just did it to make some money
from the gullable (probably in slightly different words).
They're still for sale though.

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Arfa Daily wrote:

What the devil are "eco balls"?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

Yet another (polite!) way to sell eco-bollox to the general public, if you
ask me ... :-) Seriously though, can the water circulate inside them ?
Might be some attempt at 'simulating' the action of washing clothes in a
river or something, where stones might be used to pound the dirt out ?

That'll be good for cashmere pullovers...

Daniele
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,
D.M. Procida wrote
What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm

Daniele


The solid plastic balls are the equivalent hitting your washing on rocks
- but for a washing machine in a detergent rich environment. These have
be of some benefit in the cleaning process but possibly at the expense
of a shorter life span for the clothing and the washing machine drum.

The ones that claim to replace washing power are the equivalent of
hitting your washing on rocks using plain tap water. They work just as
well as using your washing machine without any detergent (and without
balls). A cycle in a washing with the eco ball(ox) in plain water will
get most things superficially clean but will leave all the body fats
etc. still on the clothes. You will then have to boil wash every third
time


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D.M. Procida wrote:
What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Aldi were also selling "Wash 'n' Save Balls", an equally baffling
proposition.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm

Daniele


The washing machine ones are a good way to make your machine stink,
nothing eco about that. Gappy balls in a drier marginally increase
airflow, so may indeed save you 2 seconds of drying time.


NT

D.M. Procida wrote:
What the devil are "eco balls"?

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

A load of ecoballs IMO.


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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:04:47 +0000,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Same way as their natural alternative. See
http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/image...4581xiyi01.jpg

Basically the same as chucking a handful of rocks in but not quite as
noisy.

In article
,
D.M. Procida wrote:
Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

They're for people who don't understand that powder put in the dispenser
ends up dissolved in the water in exactly the same way.

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Peter Parry wrote:

and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Same way as their natural alternative. See
http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/image...4581xiyi01.jpg

Basically the same as chucking a handful of rocks in but not quite as
noisy.

I think that might explain the Wash 'n' Save Balls":

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm'

But not the eco-balls:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

The eco-balls are apparently good for 150 washes, so they obviously
contain something that gets used up.

Daniele
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D.M. Procida wrote:
Peter Parry wrote:

and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?
Same way as their natural alternative. See
http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/image...4581xiyi01.jpg

Basically the same as chucking a handful of rocks in but not quite as
noisy.

I think that might explain the Wash 'n' Save Balls":

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm'

But not the eco-balls:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

The eco-balls are apparently good for 150 washes, so they obviously
contain something that gets used up.

Daniele

Not following this thread very closely, but maybe something like this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite

Not so much used up as filled up.

And very definitely 'natural' (or at least, originally so, even if there
are manufactured versions now).

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onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember
(D.M. Procida) saying
something like:

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Same as bashing the clothes against rocks down by the riverbank. A
greenie's dream, once they have us all wearing homespun and whittling
our own furniture.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember
(D.M. Procida) saying
something like:

The eco-balls are apparently good for 150 washes, so they obviously
contain something that gets used up.

You can buy a can of serpens oleum locally, surely?

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember
(D.M. Procida) saying
something like:

Well, I know what they are - they are plastic balls with other balls
inside them, that I saw on sale in Aldi, and which are claimed to be
a 'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature
before - alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is,
how are they supposed to work?

Same as bashing the clothes against rocks down by the riverbank. A
greenie's dream, once they have us all wearing homespun and whittling
our own furniture.

It will be wholewheat dungarees I reckon.


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

D.M. Procida wrote:

The eco-balls are apparently good for 150 washes, so they
obviously contain something that gets used up.

OR the snake-oil vendors want to keep you coming back to buy more.

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
message
...
Peter Parry wrote:

and which are claimed to be a
'natural' - funny, I never encountered such things in nature before -
alternative to washing powder. What I'd like to know is, how are they
supposed to work?

Same way as their natural alternative. See
http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/image...4581xiyi01.jpg

Basically the same as chucking a handful of rocks in but not quite as
noisy.

I think that might explain the Wash 'n' Save Balls":

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8858.htm'

But not the eco-balls:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8860.htm

The eco-balls are apparently good for 150 washes, so they obviously
contain something that gets used up.

Daniele
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Good will from the sap who shelled out hard-earned for them, probably ...
;-)

Arfa