Have you ever noticed that when the price of oil goes up so does the price of laundry detergent? Have you ever wondered why this is?

Many of the ingredients in commercial laundry detergent (benzenes, petroleum distillates, artificial colors to name just a few) are petroleum based. It just doesn’t make sense to wash your clothes with oil. Many other harsh chemicals are also present in laundry detergent that is used to wash the clothes of your family.

I began making my own laundry detergent about 2 years ago due to all of the chemicals present in commercial laundry detergent, as well as its high price. I haven’t spent much on supplies to make it and it works well. So I was more than a bit skeptical when I first read about the magnetic laundry system.

Clean your clothes without laundry detergent? Yeah, right. I had previously used a laundry ball, which claimed to do the same thing. I was not pleased with the results. My husband’s work clothes did not smell fresh at all if I didn’t use fabric softener. I was not impressed with their cleaning ability, either.

But I completely read the ad which explained how the magnets changed the ,molecular structure of the water, thus enabling your clothes to get clean. I still wasn’t convinced, but after a few months I bought the magnetic laundry system. Probably the only reason I decided to give it a try was because it came with a money back guarantee. If I wasn’t satisfied, at least I could get my money back.

Since the magnets only replace the laundry detergent, I still add vinegar and/or baking soda to the wash. First I washed some of my shirts and my bed sheets. Those didn’t really put it to the test, though they did emerge smelling wonderfully fresh and clean. To put it to the test, I washed some of my husband’s work jeans. No matter what I had washed them in before, no matter what extra I added to the wash, they would still come out smelling not so great if I didn’t add fabric softener to either the rinse cycle in the washer or put a fabric softener sheet in the dryer with them.

His work jeans came out smelling like nothing; they just smelled fresh and clean, even without the addition of fabric softener. That convinced me that the magnets do work.

The one smell that they don’t remove, though, is cigarette smoke. The only thing that I have found that removes that odor is to hang the cigarette smoke saturated clothes out to dry in the sun and wind. But I’ve been told that if you smoke you can’t smell the lingering odor.

There are those who say the magnetic laundry system doesn’t work. According to one such naysayer, your clothes can be cleaned with just hot water, no soap. So the magnets aren’t needed. And he challenges people to test this and clean their clothes using just water. I think the test I performed with my husband’s work clothes more than proves that the magnets work.

The magnetic laundry system will save you a lot of money. First of all, you will no longer need to buy laundry detergent. That is a huge savings by itself. Fabric softener is no longer a requirement unless you just like the smell of it. Second of all, there is no need to run your clothes through the rinse cycle. Since you are not using chemicals to wash you laundry, there is nothing to rinse off of them. You will see a savings on your water bill. Third, I really don’t think there is a more natural way to do your laundry. After all, you won’t be using any chemicals or detergent to clean your laundry. And it does come out clean. Dry your clothes by hanging them outside to dry in the sun and wind and you will be cleaning your clothes in a completely natural way, unless you want to do away with your washing machine (and I know that I don’t).

I highly recommend the magnetic laundry system. If you find that it doesn’t work for you, you can easily get your money back.