Space Age System: Wash Your Clothes without Detergent?by Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 27 Jan 2007 11:37 AM
Happily, we now possess a new washing machine. Well, it is actually used, but that works fine for me. it was delivered and installed yesterday. So now I am playing laundry catch-up. While my husband laughs at the obscenely large boxes of detergent I buy, he realizes that in this house even they don't last long. I do use less detergent than is recommended and supplement with home made laundry detergent. It gets expensive. That is why I was so excited to learn that there is a company that promised technology to eliminate the use of detergent or even hot water! ECOQUEST, a company that prides itself on being green and doing its part to save the environment is working on a product that will allow you to wash your laundry on cold water and without any detergent, bleach, or fabric softener! The LaundryPure system claims to get your clothes clean with the added benefits of protecting the environment and protecting the wear of your clothes and other laundered items. The company says that their system will get whites whiter, colors brighter and towels fluffier using a "NASA Space Certified Technology." With their system, there is no need to sort different colors of clothing, everything can just be thrown in together. The system uses silver ions injected into the wash water to do its thing. I get the heebie jeebies about ions, but that is because I just don't know enough about them. I couldn't find out a price on this system, but the company is promising it will pay for itself in a couple of years. The convenience factor alone might be worth the purchase. Right now the company is offering a free trial of the Laundry Pure System. Click here to get to the website. Use the pass-code "guest" to sign in and see a presentation. Then come back here and tell me what you think. Would you buy this detergent-less system? Related Articles: Frugal Laundry: Make Your Own "Detergent" Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments  Linda Hansen (1796) 27 Jan 2007 02:32 PMLooks pretty interesting and easy to convert. I wonder what the price is? Artcraft  Mary Ann Romans (26876) 27 Jan 2007 05:57 PMI did a little more research, and it looks like it is about $699 shipped if you have a code or $750 plus shipping if you don't. jonesx6 (1606) 02 Feb 2007 06:17 PMI don't think I would do it! I am to "set in my ways." lol Laura Mary Ann Romans (26876) 09 Feb 2007 06:39 AMI have thing slike that, too, Laura. For exaple, I won't buy cheap q-tips or wear my clothes for more than one day. mhrxvl (5) 19 Oct 2008 08:38 AMI saw one of these displayed (not demonstrated) at our county fair. I did some Internet searching and concluded that I would not want one of these. Comments from users were about equally mixed between those who loved it and those who had horror stories. The horror stories included units that leaked, flooding the house; units that caught on fire; and units that failed soon after purchase, with difficulties - and expense - getting repairs. Things I could not find include (1) cost of operation and (2) any kind of "Consumer Reports" test of effectiveness and/or unexpected side effects of using this product. You have to replace those silver bars that are used in generating the silver ions. Last time I looked, silver wasn't cheap. And since I don't understand how the silver ions remove the dirt, I worry about what else the silver ions are doing. Destroying the insides of the washing machine this attaches to? Causing a long-term health problem? Who knows? (2) Mary Ann Romans (26876) 20 Oct 2008 12:18 PMThey have a lot of videos on You Tube, but I couldn't find anything in Consumer Reports, either. Community Tags detergent, green, laundry, washer Discuss this article
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I have been laundry obsessed lately. 
