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for washing clothes. Anybody use them?

Never heard of these, Ann.

Arethey biodegradable sheets impregnated with soap of some sort?

Or even sheets to wrap bodies in?

Or am I completely wrong about what they are? :-S

Had to google them. I would want a sample to try before I committed myself to buying them as they seem quite expensive. Something at the back of my mind is telling me that Sharron tried something like this but I've no idea what she thought of them.

I hadn't heard of them, either.
They are certainly expensive.
However, they do say they guarantee a full refund if you're not happy with the product.

The information is misleading and confusing.

At the top of this page: https://earthlysheets.com/pages/inhaltsstoffe
- it says they have 4 ingredients.

Then goes on to list 4 main ingredients, but also another 13 - and yet another 6 if you have a scented version.

Apart from the fragrance ingredients, several of the other 17 ingredients can cause allergic reactions - for instance SLS - and yet the product claims to be "specially designed for sensitive skin".

Perhaps I'm being overly picky, but I don't think I'll be buying any.


Amazon has several other, cheaper brands of similar things - eg - Ocean Saver, which I'm tempted to try.
£5.50 for 30 sheets at present; reviewers say they only use half a sheet (same as Earthly); claimed to be hypoallergenic; fewer ingredients; no SLS.


ADDED:
I've just ordered a pack of Ocean Saver sheets to try!

I had not heard of them but saw some good reports on facebook so googled themAG we shall all wait with baited breath to see what you think. I did see somebody said if you have a large load or a really dirty load to use one and a half sheets.

I will watch with interest too :-)

I don't remember Sharron using these, but there was a board discussion on the merits or otherwise of soap nuts.

Not at that price :-0

Ann, I'm always suspicious of glowing product reports on FB. I posted an honest, but not in the suppliers favour, report a while back and it was removed. Posted a few more times and whoosh! I was £12 out of pocket. Never again unless it is a well known and trusted company. It's not for nothing that it is aka 'Fakebook'.

I know nothing about the sheets but would think that they would be better than pods as you can adjust the amount of ‘soap’ to the size of the load.

I use laundry liquid so I can add what I want.

Mmm Island I am always suspicious of any reviews too. Which is a shame because they could be really useful.

The one thing I did read (and of course I can't find it again) was the report and I think it was a genuine report. But, as you say that was on the very expensive sheets. None of those appeared on Amazon so no way of knowing if the one item that was carcogenic that was not in the expensive sheets is eliminated from the cheaper ones which would be my reason for buying them.

Well, I've done a wash using an Ocean Saver sheet (non-bio).

The sheets are quite strongly scented when first removed from the packet, but no scent lingers on the washed items.
I used a whole sheet, but can probably use just half a sheet in future, as this is a soft water area.
I did a mixed wash at 40 degrees, including an old towel which was very dirty with ground-in dirt, having been used on the floor, to put wet/muddy footwear on when coming in from the garden.

Everything came out clean - what more can one want!

I normally use Aldi's non-bio liquid (£2.99), which works out at 5p per wash.
Using half-sheets, Ocean Saver works out at 9.17p per wash.

They both clean equally well.

So purely from a price point of view, the sheets aren't worth it.
The ingredients are probably more eco-friendly, though I can't tell.
Packaging is certainly more eco-friendly, and good if storage space is a factor - a small cardboard box 155mm x 120mm x 20mm, compared with a large plastic bottle.

Thank you ArgyllGran.
Always good to hear a review from someone who has tried and tested.

Their cleaning power sounds efficient, but in our hard water area, these sheets would prove quite expensive to get the same effect.

thank you AG, interesting a piiy about the price factor, especially if somebody is looking to find eco friendly stuff.

Eco anything is usually more expensive than non-eco, unfortunately.

Yes that is true.

Sainsburys do laundry liquid in tetra packs so you can just refill the plastic bottle.
I haven't compared cost yet but it's one way round the 'environmentally friendly guilt.