DOWNY UNSTOPPABLES

I know many of you have seen or even used the Downy Unstoppables by now but I wanted to give my opinion on them.  I tested them against regular dryer sheets to determine if they really lived up to their claim of leaving laundry smelling for more than 12 days.

First let me say I love anything new that has to do with laundry and cleaning so I had to try them as soon as they came out. I have been using them consistently for the past 8-9 months and while I like the scent, I have to say that I find that they do not do all that is promised.

I have run my own "test" if you will, to see if they do indeed keep laundry smelling fresh for as long as they claim.  I washed a set of towels, some T-shirts, and some socks and used the unstoppables.  I put them away and did not use them for a 10 days.  Once the week was up, I took the items out and had my husband conduct a smell test to see if they still had that fresh from the dryer smell and they did not.  I also felt as though the items did not smell as though they were fresh from the dryer.  They did not smell stale or old, they just did not BURST with freshness of the unstoppables.

Next, I used the downy dryer sheets and repeated the test using the same items I used when testing the unstoppables.  I used 2 dryer sheets in each load of laundry, and I put them away, for 10 days, and let my husband conduct his smell test.  According to him, all of the items still had that fresh from they dryer smell.  I have to agree as I did my own smell test as well.

Any good scientist knows that you cannot run a test once and rely on those results so I repeated the test 3 more.  Each time the results were the same, the dryer sheets won.  While I love the scent of the unstoppables, they do not live up to their claims of creating a scent that lasts for more than 12 days. 

I still use the remaining unstoppables that I have, but I also use dryer sheets in order to ensure that my clothing, bedding, and towels will have and maintain a fresh smell.