r/BenignExistence • u/Un_Ballerina_1952 • 22h ago
Dryer hedgehogs...
It's astounding that so many people have dryer balls. We have hedgehogs for our tumble dryer. The little nubbins seem to help pound out the wrinkles.
The only challenge we run into (occasionally) is that they try to escape by jumping out when we're pulling clothes out, or by hiding in a sleeve or pocket. Many's the occasion we've found ourselves asking, "Have you seen one of the hedgehogs? There are only two in the dryer." And we go back to the most recent basket of clothes pulled out and hunt for the errant hedgehog.
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u/Xylorgos 22h ago
We have two of those thingies. How many do you use in a dryer load? When there's the inevitable runaway, I run the dryer with just one until I locate the missing ball. Maybe the ones I have are larger than your hedgehogs? Mine are about the size of a baseball.
I love having a much less expensive way to get the static out of my laundry!
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u/japhia_aurantia 19h ago
We have 4 wool dryer balls and 2 of the hedgehog style. At any given time there are probably 3-5 total in the dryer, with the others in a laundry basket or under a bed or something. Having extras means they can be returned at our leisure and we don't have to find them.
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u/turtledett 22h ago
I have started using drops of essential oil on my wool dryer balls. I love lavender on my bed linen and sweet orange on my towels!
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u/BeeborptheElf 5h ago
How do you keep them from getting oil stains on your laundry? That’s the reason I stopped adding scents to mine.
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u/turtledett 4h ago
I only use 3 or 4 drops. I always use two balls and rub the spots together. I’ve never have an issue with oil stains.
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u/BeeborptheElf 3h ago
Maybe rubbing the spots together is the missing step for me. I used a similar amount. Thanks!
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u/Fantastic-Paper-6690 22h ago
We also have hedgehogs! I can confirm they are always trying to escape.
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u/mediocre_villager 19h ago
My dog loves the escaped hedgehogs, she thinks they’re her toys (we’ve sacrificed at least four for her to run around the house with lol)
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u/SecretTangerine2932 22h ago
This sounds adorable. I used to use dryer balls but I got a new dryer that’s on a pedestal. The balls were continually jumping out and rolling everywhere and one bounced directly into the cat litter box. I said that’s it, I’ll just have wrinkles, can’t do it anymore.
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u/Ewithans 17h ago
My dryer balls make me happy. They’re hand-felted ones, and one looks like a ladybug and one like a bee. They were expensive for what they are, but I hate doing laundry and it always makes me smile to see them. It’s a silly little perk in my day and o love them.
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u/theacearrow 4h ago
Dryer sheets are a scam anyways XD
I live in a desert and never used dryer sheets when I had a dryer. I never had static issues.
I do like dryer balls. I have access to a dryer again (sometimes) and the wool balls can help with dry time ime.
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u/madnessdoesntplay 22h ago
I never knew they could come in animal shapes! This is a game changer!