Love the laundry ball! My son has very sensitive skin and the detergents and additives in commercial laundry soap really aggravate this problem. Not so with the laundry ball! Sheets smell like sheets, shirts smell like shirts, towels smell like towels, etc! Sometimes we have odorous and stained laundry but they fare very well with the laundry ball. I do still put in a drop of what dye-free laundry soap I had left along with some dye-free Oxyclean for the odors, but once that is gone I plan to use white vinegar for the odors and the magic soap instead of any detergent. The product has exceeded my high expectations! I don't even need to worry about colors bleeding like I used to. My clothes seem refreshed, not beat up, after using the laundry ball. Also, my washer and dryer seem cleaner to me too. Am I imagining things? I think not! It's already paid for itself, too.