Do Dryer balls really work?

looks promising. i would love to try one if it's available in my country. then again we don't have dryer. just a good spin in the machine and out into the sun maybe you should give it a shot if you don't mind having clothes not as soft as those chemically softened. save the energy and the environment. and for a few bucks you could use the balls for 2 years. if you don't like it switch back to dryer sheets and let your kids play with the balls (if you have small children)

This is an interesting discussion and I have learnt a few things from the various responses as well as your comments Monkeyrose. Someone gave my partner a couple of packets of these a couple of years ago and they have never been used. She was given them as a "thank you" after we donated some fruit to one of the small schools near were we live. We do not actually use the clothes dryer at all and nor do we really understand why anyone does here in Australia. That means the dryer balls are a bit of a waste us having them however I am sure that when my partner reads this, she will find a home for them. No it is not hot and sunny every day here but certainly the greater percentage of days are, so we hang the washing out on the clothes line and let it dry naturally. Even when it is raining and nothing is getting dry, we put all the wet clothes on the clothes horse which we then put in the lounge room - if we have the heater on that is. If not, then we hang them up in the packing shed where we have put an indoor emergency clothes line. If they are on the clothes horse inside the house, the clothes soon dry and best of all it costs nothing as the heater will already be on to warm up the house. Thanks very much for the information on how these dryer balls work and I am sure that someone will soon be the proud new owner of the unused still packaged ones we have.

Yay! they work really well for us and we have been using them for years. You know what else works, too, those flip and fold things. I love gadgets that work, especially when they improve our quality of life and save money too.

I've been using the Dryer Balls for several months now. I have not bought any fabric softener at all. They work good. But of course the clothes don't smell like fabric softener. I would say they are a good choice if you are looking to save money, and stay away from artificial ingredients/chemicals etc.

I bought some for my Mom. She thought they were great at first. Then the weather turned cold & she found they didn't cut down on the static electricity like dryer sheets do. They make a lot of noise while the dryer is running. And it appears that they break down the fabric much faster than dryer shets. Items are suddenly developing small tears.