tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post2901061455506991490..comments2024-02-01T02:38:55.796+01:00Comments on The urge for less energy use: Dryer balls save no energySvein*http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-6730961608165889622011-05-03T18:17:04.248+02:002011-05-03T18:17:04.248+02:00Dear CB,
I suggest you take a sock and roll it in...Dear CB,<br /><br />I suggest you take a sock and roll it into a ball before starting your dryer. It makes a free dryer ball. Then you do not have to buy a wool dryer ball. Most likely it will be just as useful or useless as any other object you add to your dryer.<br /><br />Svein*Svein*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-27294211238610261562011-05-03T16:40:06.580+02:002011-05-03T16:40:06.580+02:00Hi, thanks so much for your great blog. I'm al...Hi, thanks so much for your great blog. I'm all for scientific proof rather than terrible unsubstantiated claims. Thanks for taking the time to do this.<br /><br />I came across your dryer ball article because the posters on my cloth diapering board SWEAR by them for cutting down the time for cloth diapers in the dryer, and the elimination of static and use of chemicals to keep the diapers soft.<br /><br />Of course we are trying to be environmentally cost conscious, and some of us cannot have a clothes line.<br /><br />However, the dryer balls they use are of pure 100% wool, wool rolled/knitted into balls, and use many of them. We do not believe in using plastics and other synthetic chemicals, so the balls you used in your study don't help me here.<br /><br />Just a thought to maybe not discount ALL dryer balls--perhaps there is a chance 100% wool ones do work. Perhaps they don't. But it's worth a look-see. We are all paying a bit to buy these balls when not willing to spend the time making them ourselves.CBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-4570302944349159152011-01-07T18:13:14.752+01:002011-01-07T18:13:14.752+01:00Dear EcoSafe,
I welcome you to send me your case ...Dear EcoSafe,<br /><br />I welcome you to send me your case study. To be truly scientific it must be available, and the tests must be described in such a way that it can be repeated with the same result by someone else.<br /><br />I did get the test report from Dryer balls. In my blog post there is a link to Robin Green that comments on it.Svein*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-41519100925877904852011-01-07T16:19:21.701+01:002011-01-07T16:19:21.701+01:00I have received your email and read your blog entr...I have received your email and read your blog entry. I must say that your disbelief in a company's claim and inability to contact them does not prove the claims you are trying to disprove.<br /><br />In our independent testing, occurring in a 6 month case study, we did indeed find (using scientific method overseen by a PHD scientist) that the dryer balls we tested - specifically True Green brand - DID indeed result in a 10 minute average reduction in dry time. Although variables, such as types of fabric and machine used, may result in differing results - we stand behind our results that the dryer balls DID prove effective in our tests at ecoSAFE.<br /><br />We are denying your request to remove our study posting from our website. It is valid.ecoSAFEhttp://ecosafereviews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-78118416888240144622009-10-27T22:35:12.682+01:002009-10-27T22:35:12.682+01:00Må si meg enig med deg her Svein, dette produktet ...Må si meg enig med deg her Svein, dette produktet lover mer enn det kan holde.<br />Etter min erfaring blir ikke tiden pr tørk redusert, men det som irriterer meg mest er slitasjen på tøyet. Å bruke disse ved hver tørk ødelegger rett og slett tøyet.<br />Anbefaler alle å gå tilbake til Elkjøp å få pengene tilbake.<br /><br />KnutKnutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-45415097294845712542009-07-23T21:41:09.399+02:002009-07-23T21:41:09.399+02:00Hi Chirs,
I have previouly written to the journal...Hi Chirs,<br /><br />I have previouly written to the journalist at GP and asked her to change her article, but gotten no response. It looks like she did one load with and one load without dryer balls. That is not enough to get a trust worthy result. If you look at my test data, I could have come up with a similar result if I only trusted my two first measurements using the time. The humidity sensor of the dryer is not exact enough to be used for precise measurements. It is really sad when journalists try to test something, and just do it half way. There are many Swedish sites that sell dryer balls and use this GP test as a proof that it works. But dryer balls save no energy!<br /><br />Svein*Svein*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-52538874554340057772009-07-23T21:25:45.605+02:002009-07-23T21:25:45.605+02:00Hi Fillip,
My interest is only considering if the...Hi Fillip,<br /><br />My interest is only considering if the product will save any energy. It does not. Adding softner to the dryer does not make sense to me. The clothes are fine to me out of the drier with out adding anything. In this world we need to reduce our over all consumption. Softner and dryer balls are products that we do not need.<br /><br />Svein*Svein*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-90098988800847684702009-07-23T14:23:20.052+02:002009-07-23T14:23:20.052+02:00It works.
www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=478&a...It works. <br /><br />www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=478&a=403353 <br /><br />You can´t measure like you do.<br />Time-saving!Chirshttp://www.ekoprylar.senoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-66134430023520259542009-07-22T23:00:40.612+02:002009-07-22T23:00:40.612+02:00Thanks for the report! And what about balls' o...Thanks for the report! And what about balls' other qualities: how do they soften the fabric? How effective they are?<br />Thanks.Filipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112007307481309519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-16712007853975853482009-04-01T12:18:00.000+02:002009-04-01T12:18:00.000+02:00Hei! Hvordan stiller du deg til varmepumper? Vurde...Hei! <BR/>Hvordan stiller du deg til varmepumper? Vurderer en Fujitsu Arctic versjon. Den er testet på -7grader og ikke +7grader som alle andre. Med et støynivå på 22decibel kan den ikke være så sjenerende heller. Har vært i et par hus med varmepumper, og de er meget fornøyde. Eneste er prisen....Christiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-31257257610770903462009-03-18T18:52:00.000+01:002009-03-18T18:52:00.000+01:00Hei Småbarnsmor,Det er aldri hyggelig å måtte innr...Hei Småbarnsmor,<BR/><BR/>Det er aldri hyggelig å måtte innrømme at man har blitt lurt, så jeg kan skjønne at du er litt opprømt. <BR/><BR/>Det går utmerket godt an å gjøre en test hjemme. Hvis du er interessert i å få fakta på bordet, så er jeg sikker på at du kan gjøre en test selv. Du skal sammenligne tørketid med og uten Dryer balls. Da er det viktig at det kun er ballene som er forskjellen når du tester, alt annet må være så likt som mulig. Velg en passe mengde med test tøy, vask og sentrifuger denne. Kjør deretter i tørketromelen og noter ned tiden den bruker(antar du har elektronisk tørketrommel). Så gjør du det samme med Dryer balls. Dette burde være nok til å gi deg en indikasjon på om det er 0% spart energi eller 25% spart energi som er riktig. Skal du ha det mer presist så må du hente kjøkkenvekten og veie alle klærne før du legger i tørketrommelen og etter du tar dem ut. Forskjellen er hvor mye tørrere de har blitt, så må du sammenligne det med tiden brukt. Tid brukt og energi brukt henger nok godt sammen, men skal du være helt sikker må du bruke en energimåler. Hvis du kontakter meg på mail, så skal jeg gjerne hjelpe deg hvis du er interessert. Du kan også få låne en energimåler. <BR/><BR/>Beklager om det kan oppleves som om det er mye detaljer i min test, men det er nødt til å være nok informasjon til at andre skal kunne gjenta min test og verifisere det jeg har gjort. Kun da kan det ansees som en vitenskapelig test.Svein*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398805193188864239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-72450485179365943612009-03-18T15:06:00.000+01:002009-03-18T15:06:00.000+01:00Jeg forstå ikke helt hvordan du har foretatt teste...Jeg forstå ikke helt hvordan du har foretatt testen og hvordan du kan konkludere at dryerballs ikke reduserer tørketiden. Kan man i det hele tatt foreta en valid test hjemme på den måten du gjør det? Men uansett. Jeg har selv kjøpt dryerballs, og kan ikke stille opp med noen vitenskapelige beviser, men i praksis merker jeg stor forskjell på tørketiden. Jeg har små barn i huset og vasker og tørker mange maskiner med klær hver uke. Når jeg vasker og tørker flere maskiner etter hverandre pleide det å være sånn at vaskemaskinen ble ferdig før tørketrommelen, så jeg måtte vente på at den ble ferdig for å komme videre. Etter at jeg fikk dryerballs er det omvendt – nå er tørketrommelen ferdig før vaskemaskinen! Jeg fornemmer at det er tale om 15-20 minutter forskjell, og med en tørketid på ca. 90 minutter er det 15-20% kortere tid. Jeg kan ikke forstå annet enn at dryerballs reduserer tørketiden og forstår ikke helt resultatet av testen din. Jeg er nå i hvert fall glad for mine dryerballs!<BR/><BR/>SmåbarnsmorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1239072823146608171.post-3838970814990873472009-03-07T20:36:00.000+01:002009-03-07T20:36:00.000+01:00Love it there are too many so called 'green' thing...Love it there are too many so called 'green' things around that are only shyster work.<BR/><BR/>The blogs on very many sites are written by people who have no idea of the topic at all and try to get people excited about fantasy.<BR/><BR/>Please keep it up.<BR/><BR/>Best Regards,<BR/>Russ BaileyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328839008239018757noreply@blogger.com