Win a $50 Visa Gift Card From BlogHer and Bounce!

Posted by: Lindsay Ferrier    Tags:      Posted date:  November 8, 2011  |  139 Comments



Sometimes, the simplest little things can make a big difference. Case in point: the Bounce Dryer Bar.

I received a Bounce Dryer Bar to try out in my dryer and honestly, I smile every time I see it. Because I do a LOT of laundry, people, and the fact that the Bounce Dryer Bar is now affixed inside my dryer means that I get to skip the extra step of throwing in a dryer sheet with every load FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.

Yes, throwing in a dryer sheet is a small step in the overall drudgery that is laundry. But that’s an extra few seconds that I now have to spend on other things. Like Marbles, for example.

The Bounce Dryer Bar is cost-effective (it’s currently going for $9.49 on Drugstore.com and refills are even cheaper), you don’t have to think about it for four months, and my laundry actually smells better and fresher than it does when I use dryer sheets.Also, my clothes are nice and soft and static-free when I take them out of the dryer.

In summary, I will be using the Bounce Dryer Bar forever! Believe that!

Wondering how it works? All you do is stick the holder and bar directly into your dryer’s drum and hold it down for a few seconds. You’re done! After about three months (depending on dryer use and settings), a replacement indicator will appear. You press the tab at the end of the holder, slide out the old bar, and slide a new bar into place. Easy peasy.

Bounce Dryer Bars come in Outdoor Fresh, Fresh Linen or Unscented. You can learn more about them on Bounce’s Facebook page.

And to get you even more excited about the Bounces Dryer Bar, BlogHer and Bounce are letting me give away a Bounce Dryer Bar and a $50 Visa gift card to one lucky Suburban Turmoil reader. All you have to do to enter to win it is leave a comment on this post between now and December 6th at 5pm PST, telling me how you shave time off of what I like to think of as “the laundry experience.”

Here are the official rules:

  • No duplicate comments.
  • You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry methods:

a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment on this post
c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on this post
d) For those with no Twitter or blog, read the official rules to learn about an alternate form of entry.

  • This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
  • Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
  • You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
  • The Official Rules are available here.

For more opportunities to win, visit the Bounce round-up page on BlogHer.com to read other bloggers’ reviews!

Good luck!




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  • Anonymous

    Considering I only have to do my own laundry, you’d think it would be a snap. But doing it all – clothes plus linens and towels – at once is a drag. I now exit my new place through the basement, right past the washer and dryer. Every time I come in or go out, I start a wash, move stuff to the dryer or out of the dryer, or take a completed load upstairs. It takes minutes to do, and save the time and hassle of going up and down the stairs (often from the second floor) multiple times just for a single “laundry day”.

  • Erin Perry

    I save time by only washing when someone absolutely has to have something. Then I throw everything in the wash together, unless there is something new and then I hold it out until I have a full load of that type of clothes (i.e. all reds or pinks, darks, etc)

  • http://kristinamarieb.wordpress.com Kristina

    OMG I LOOOOOOVE my Bounce Dryer Bar. I would love to get one for free.

  • cheesehead4ever

    Besides having children now old enought to put away their own laundry?  That is a big help!  I started making my own laundry detergent.  It has helped my daughter’s eczema and now I am using the same detergent for all of us instead of having multiple brands on hand.

  • http://www.havocandmayhem.com/ Comfy Mom

    I save time by not turning clothes right side out. If they are in the hamper inside out they get washed that way, dried that way & folded & put away that way.

  • Mami2jcn

    I save some time on Fridays when I leave the clean clothes folded in the basket and then the kids take clothes from the basket to wear on Saturday & Sunday.  I figure it doesn’t matter if they repeat their outfits on the weekends since their school friends won’t see them.  

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

  • Mami2jcn

    tweet–http://twitter.com/#!/mami2jcn/status/133967766595178496

    mami2jcn at gmail dot com

  • Katrina

    My big timesaver was teaching my kids to do their own laundry. (They’re eight and twelve years old.) They do a pretty good job! And if they aren’t folded and put away quite as neatly as I would do it, that’s okay. I just don’t look in those messy drawers!

  • Cindy

    I love the Bounce dryer bar. It’s so easy and I never forget to add the dryer sheet. So much easier. 
    My husband, SAHD does the laundry so I save LOTS of time there! (Occasionally I fold, and when I do, it’s 5 loads at once and I can’t stand that!)

  • Natasha P.

    I have been wondering if this Bounce Dryer bar works. I use Bounce sheets and have been skeptical regarding trying the bar but may give it a try now. Wish I had a laundry time saving tip, but, alas, I do not. 

  • http://lifetimemm.blogspot.com Meghan P Williams

    I have been very curious about these… I don’t know that I save any time with laundry, but I am in the process of training my daughters to take their own laundry to the basket, which in turn, may save my sanity more than my time…but those are interchangable..right?

  • Emilymariejudson

    I do a TON of laundry with messy toddlers!  I would love this!

    • Emilymariejudson

      I save time by having a laundry routine…so everything gets done in the same day.

  • Amy N

    I only put away my own laundry.  Every man for themselves if you want to avoid a trip to laundry room every morning for clean underwear.

  • Rebecca Shockley

    I have the teenagers help out with as much as possible and have them put there own things away

  • Bonnie

    I have wanted to try this dryer bar, but hesitated because of the cost. Afraid it would be like most air freshners – work for about a week, then no smell left. 

  • Robbie

    i love bounce and have a house full of monkeys and their dirty laundry. Would love to try this out.

  • Kathees

    i shave time of my laundry experience by turning sorting and folding into a game with the kids…and then i have to pay them. what ever happened to the good old days when parents forced their kids to do household chores in return for room and board?  now we have to pay for their services too?? not fair. next thing you know they’ll be unionizing. 

  • Melissa

    I keep everything pre-sorted in their own baskets. Whites, colors, reds, towels, sheets. That way it just takes me a second to grab an armful of laundry and toss it in! :-)  

  • Jill King

    Now that my daughter is away at college amazingly there is not that much laundry to do so it doesn’t take long to get it finished.  I tried the Bounce bar and I liked it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ann-Clark/713965179 Ann Clark

    I have not yet tried the bounce bar.
    Its just me at home now so laundry does not take long at all Two loads twice a week And I’m done.

  • Kelleywinslett

    This would be great! I’ll be buying one to try!

  • Hatta

    I love my dryer bar! I agree especially since my front loaders are stacked and I have no shelves in my laundry room to keep dryer sheets on, it makes life that much simpler! 

  • http://sprocketswife.blogspot.com/ rubberbacon

    I shave time by folding laundry while watching TV!  Love the dryer bar idea.  Sometimes I’m putting laundry in with a baby on my hip so every second counts!

  • Terri Spencer

    I will continue to use dryer sheets. There are things you should NOT use fabric softener on!! 

  • Kelly Massman

    I try to multi-task–do a lot of my cleaning for the week on the same day while waiting for dryer/washer unloads etc.
    Scrapbooking all the way!!!! thanks also for a chance to win! kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

  • tess

    everyone puts their laundry directly into the washing machint- that way i can see when its full and turn it on…we dont do separate loads either- evertything goes in except for sheets-those go on hot
    tcogbill at live dot com

  • Leann Lindeman

    I have a thing downstairs by the washer and dryer to hang up stuff… Sometimes stuff hangs there till we need it. Lol.

  • MWJanet

    My work clothes, which often require special care, go in a separate basket so I don’t have to sort them out when I’m ready to wash. I have a hanger bar in the laundry room to hang clothes on when they come out of the dryer or must be hung to dry. Darling husband puts his clothes in the basket and doesn’t leave items strewn hither and yon.

    My only question about the bar is can you take it out when you have stuff you don’t want ‘softened’ going in the dryer. I don’t like using dryer sheets with towels, and no-iron shirts say not to use softener on them.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500775995 Tina Harbin Miles

    I now shave time off by NOT folding my 8 and 5 year old’s clothes. I throw them in two baskets and then tell them “Here you go, fold them and put them away!”  Some times they aren’t folded as well as I would (or not at all, but we’re working on that), but I am quite happy with how much faster it goes to fold mine and the younger two (I let my husband fold his own as well, he’s picky how he likes his shirts, so he gets to do it all! :-)

  • Catcradle8

    I put in a load before bed and then put it in the dryer before work. A short fluff when I get home and I am folding some toasty warm laundry. Doing this everyday keeps me from having Mt Laundry staring at me all the time.

  • http://twitter.com/amweeks amweeks

    I wait until the dryer & washer have BOTH stopped before heading back into the laundry room! I have my children sort their own hampered clothes into a laundry room sorter that I have…so the clothes are already sorted by the time I’m in there washing them!

  • Amy

    I hang my wash on the line whenever weather allows. It does not save time but I find it relaxing and the electric bill definitely shows a difference.

  • Bebo74

    Not that it shaves time, but it h as helped me recently by not allowing the laundry pile up. I always fold what cones out if the dryer versus letting ir pule up in the clean clothes basket. In the past I would let ir pile up with dive or more loads and then nor want to fold it.

  • Amy

    My laundry basket has 3 slots, one for white, one for black and one for color clothes.  So, if “people” putting dirty clothes in the “right” slot, that could safe lots of time in sorting dirty clothes before washing.  :)

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

  • ssdavis0509

    I would love to try the bounce bar! It looks like it is really convenient and I love bounce dryer sheets so I am sure I would like this item!

  • Megan

    I get the whole family involved in the laundry process, the kids love to throw their dirty clothes down the chute. 

    • Megan

      meg314 at gmail dot com

  • Shannon

    I recently bought mesh laundry baskets with handles for my kids who are 6 and 3.  They are now responsible for bringing their clothes downstairs to the laundry room.  Less time finding where all their clothes went. 

  • Samanthajocampen

    I pre sort by having different compartments in our laundry hamper for whites, darks, towels, etc. It really is a time saver!

    samanthajocampen at gmail

  • Karen

    I make everyone do their own!!

  • Beth H

    I shave time off by letting my husband do it!

  • courtney b

    i make the hubby help!

    vanitizebaby at yahoo dot com

  • Amypugmire

    i haven’t used the dryer ball yet. It sounds great! i hang most things to dry and my husband helps fold and put away everything when its dry.

  • MB

    I try to fold things and put them away as soon as possible so the clean laundry doesn’t pile up. That’s a goal (a fantasy really) rather than something I actually do. But goals are good, right?

  • Wendy Sorter

    I place (3) baskets in the laundry area (Color, Dark & White) and family members know to put their dirty clothes in the appropriate baskets so I don’t have to sort… I can just throw in a load of laundry.

    Thanks :)
    Wendy Sorter
    w.sorter@hotmail.com

  • Karina

    i just make my husband do the laundry ;)

  • MCantu1019

    I don’t but using this bar might  shave off some time from the laundry experience.

  • Megan

    I don’t ever let the laundry pile up, because then it seems over whelming. I also insist that the teenages put their own laundry away, so therefore saving me from having to do it! Thanks for the great giveaway!

  • Anash

    to shave off time,  i like to include my whole family in folding laundry!
    Thanks for this splendid giveaway

  • Georgia

    I don’t have any short cuts but this bar would help me to not forget the  fabric softener.

    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

  • Georgia

    I don’t have any short cuts but this bar would help me to not forget the  fabric softener.

    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

  • Kristi

    I hate it when I forget to add the dryer sheet! I always notice right away when the load is done. I’d totally try this product!

  • Anonymous

    I have 3 hampers so everything is separated and that saves me time.

  • Kathy Hill

    Instead of ironing I usually spritz my wrinkled clothes with a spray bottle and throw them in the dryer while I’m getting ready.  It would be great to try out the Bounce bar!

  • Kathy Hill

    Instead of ironing I usually spritz my wrinkled clothes with a spray bottle and throw them in the dryer while I’m getting ready.  It would be great to try out the Bounce bar!

  • Leann Lindeman

    I have this thing by the washer and dryer to hang clothes up on… Sometimes they hang there till we need them. Lol

  • http://profiles.google.com/pattidriving Patricia Smith

    I invested in a 3 bag laundry sorter that I keep in the bathroom. We sort our clothes as we shed them, if we are short on whites just grab the white bad and throw the items in the washer. Saves time sorting later

  • wendy wallach

    I have a laundry sorter and also a clothes line right in my laundry room so it saves time since everything is already sorted and the handers are there to put my clothes on!

    madamerkf at aol dot com

  • Erin Mackey

    I have gotten lazy in my “laundry experience” in that if my clothes come out of the dryer wrinkled I just use some wrinkle releaser spray before I put them on instead of ironing.

  • Anonymous

    Since the kids are older now, I have them help do the laundry which makes it easier on me, not so much shaving time off but giving some of the duties away.
    sweokgrl@gmail.com

  • Leona

    Organizations is the key.  Make sure everyone  puts the right colored dirty clothes in the proper “labeld” laundry basket.  If someone gets a stain I put stian removel on spot before putting it in dirty clothes. And last but not least ( don’t know if this saves time but helps me) I NEVER do more then two – three loads in a day.  Other wise I get overwhelmed so I generally do laungry two days a week or so.

  • Susan

    I save time doing laundry by having my children put away their own clothes. 

  • Anonymous

    I save time by just making sure I remove the clothes from the washer and put them in the dryer when they are ready.

  • steph

    i share it with my husband – ha!

  • steph
  • Mindy S
  • Mindy S

    I shave off time by having my kids help me fold and put away the laundry.  Granted, their idea of folding is a lot different than mine but every bit of help is appreciated.

  • Kathy from NJ

    I only put clothing that gets hung on hangers in the dryer for a few minutes and hang up while still wet – no wrinkles.

  • Katie M

    I don’t sort – every thing goes in together…I know, lazy.

  • Anonymous

    I sort them in the clothing baskets by colors, so they easily get into two loads each time.

  • Anonymous
  • Bebo74

    Laundry.
    .you just gotta do it!

  • Jmo0525

    I’m undecided on the bar. We live in Fairbanks, AK and it’s super dry here. I do have a brand new bar in the dryer and, while the smell is nice, there is still a lot of static.

    When we first moved in the bar was already in the drum but I used sheets too and that really worked well but seems kinda redundant.

    I’m hanging in there with the bar but I may need to go back to sheets which is a bummer because the bar is so very convenient.

  • Heather

    OMG, we *love* the Bounce bar.  We’ve been using one since they were new, and I don’t think we’ll ever go back.  LOVE it!

  • Jeanette Huston

    I shave off time when it comes to Laundry by sorting clothes in advance and never lettng my clothes pile up. I do them as they just start piling. This makes it easier.

  • Jeanette Huston
  • Sandyhere

    Hampers come down on laundry days and they are picked up the next day with folded clothes and clothes on hangers inside, then everyone puts away their own clothes. Everything is done in the laundry room so I am not moving things from room to room and wasting steps and time. They drop off and pick up.. definitely a time saver.

  • Sandyhere
  • Amy

    I try to do all of the towels the same day and then fold them all at once. :-) Folding is so boring to me, so to do it at once makes it less daunting and saves time.

  • jayme

    I shave time off doing laundry by sometimes using a Shout Color Catcher…then I don’t have to worry about sorting the whites. 

  • Cathy Wallace

    Anything that goes on a hanger is hung right from the dryer.
    cjwallace43 at gmail dot com

  • Cathy Wallace
  • http://twitter.com/LAMusing LAMusing

    we don’t own anything that needs ironing – that saves lots of time

  • http://twitter.com/LAMusing LAMusing

    we don’t own anything that needs ironing – that saves lots of time

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PAS7ZJPNSSCKHHRMSN62LPVK2Q Jan

    I save time by not letting our clothes pile up. I also sort them before I wash.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PAS7ZJPNSSCKHHRMSN62LPVK2Q Jan
  • http://twitter.com/kytah00 Angel Jacklyn
  • http://twitter.com/kytah00 Angel Jacklyn

    I DO SMALLER LOADS AT A TIME, WHICH TAKES LESS TIME SEPARATING COLORS, FOLDING THEN ORGANIZING THAN THE LARGER ONES

    kytah00@yahoo.com

  • Carmen

    If I have a busy week, I just don’t do laundry. Does that count? :)

  • Defmum

    Never seen this product, I will have to try it!!

  • Brandy

    I make sure to sort as I accumulate.

  • Nuthouse

    I shave time by making my kids help!

  • Nuthouse
  • Jamie C.

    I like to think I’m shaving time off by making sure my children are in bed before I begin…hahaha.  With a sweet boy that dirties while I’m cleaning and baby girl that pulls clothes off the table while I’m folding…THIS is how I save time…getting them in bed!!  ;)

    jamieandandre at bellsouth dot net

  • Jamie C.
  • Jamie C.
  • Debra Ford

    I have no tricks or suggestions….I don’t even separate my darks and lights.. oh  the horror!

  • Miguelina Salvador

    I have no tricks, I just hate doing laundry lol
    babitababita@hotmail.com

  • Miguelina Salvador
  • Dahbou

    I would love to shave time off my laundry experience by not doing it! Unfortunately, that’s not the case so I try not to let it pile up and become overwhelming. 

  • Dahbou

    Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/didyouyarnthat/status/140374284643209217

  • http://twitter.com/HappyTina0115 Tina

    I shave time by asking my hubby to help me

  • http://twitter.com/HappyTina0115 Tina
  • http://twitter.com/EverydayReading Janssen

    I shave time off by using powder detergent. I can just pour it straight on the clothing and not worry about it staining.

  • Nicole

    I like to save time by organizing the clothes into piles by color, so I can just throw a pile into the washer at a time.

  • Nicole
  • Karen Medlin

    before taking clothes out of the washer, run the spin cycle again to remove more water..saves your drying time!
    karenmed409 at comcast dot net

  • http://twitter.com/Ona53 Donna Riley

    I love the Bounce bar and am happy to finally see refills being sold in my local stores.

  • cindy wright

    I have my daughter help put her clothes away and get my hubby to help too

  • http://itsmomtime.blogspot.com Tabathia B

    I fold clothes as soon as they are dry and I like to hang clothes outside
    tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com

  • http://itsmomtime.blogspot.com Tabathia B
  • Anonymous

    I installed a tension rod in the laundry room so I can hang up clothes out of the dryer, less wrinkling that way and I can take them straight to the closet and put them away. Saves a lot of time.

  • http://asahmlookingforadeal.blogspot.com/ coriwestphal
  • http://asahmlookingforadeal.blogspot.com/ coriwestphal

    Each of my kids has two laundry hampers so they can separate lights and darks.  That saves me a little time!

    coriwestphal at msn dot com

  • Lynn

    I save time by having the kids pre-sort the clothes into lights and colors.

    rawrms (at) gmail (dot) com

  • Lynn
  • Schmidty

    I fold or hang everything right out of the dryer; clothes are hung on a special large hook for that purpose and I have a folding table where I can spread things out and get it all processed quickly.

  • Schmidty
  • Anonymous

    i use 2 laundry baskets one for upstairs and on for down and as i take and fold clothes from the dryer i put the items in the correct basket, makes putting away easier
    nannypanpan at gmail.com

  • Ctong2

    I have 2 laundry baskets, one for white/light colors one for black/dark colors this will save my time by sorting them out before putting in the washer and usual my husband will help to put it away for me.

    ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com

  • Ctong2

    I tweeted about this giveaway:https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/143585593052499968

    ctong2[at]gmail[dot]com

  • Georgia

    tweeted here too

    https://twitter.com/#!/gmissycat/status/143770206542643200

    gmissycat at yahoo do tcom

  • Georgia

    I don’t spend a whole lot of time on laundry because I only have mine to do so I don’t have a good answer to shaving time off. I don’t have a lot of laundry.

    gmissycat at yahoo dot com

  • nanjhall

    I shave off time by having “folding bees” and everyone has to fold and put away there own clothes.  If I had to do this as a kid, they I think everyone should…LOL.

  • nanjhall
  • Carol Ezovski

    I shave time off doing laundry by delegating chores to everyone — husband sorts, kids out away, etc.

  • angie lilly

    I tweeted here:  https://twitter.com/#!/FotoMacro/status/144095334795190272
    Angie
    14earth at gmail dot com

  • angie lilly

    My laundry tip is that MOST laundry detergents work just as well in cold water as in hot, so using cold water will save you money by not using your water heater as much plus it saves you time as you don’t have to worry about changing water temp settings between loads or waiting for your water heater to catch up in-between washes!
    Angie
    14earth at gmail dot com

  • Anonymous

    I live alone so I just do 2 loads every other week.
    Thanks for the contest.

  • Anonymous
  • Jammie

    I shave time off by having my husband and daughter fold their own clothes. sweepmorey at gmail dot com

  • Jammie
  • CrazyUs

    I tweeted: @crazyus http://www.suburbanturmoil.com/my-bounce-dryer-bar-review-and-giveaway/2011/11/08/ Bounce Visa $500 giveaway – Win a $50 Visa Gift Card From BlogHer and Bounce!

  • Mandeecaldwell

    I usually just leave the clothes in the dryer – running it as needed to get the wrinkles out.  Not necessarily the recommended method.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Beth-Rodgers-Adams/1076672331 Beth Rodgers Adams

    Is this the Sweepstakes prompt? I love Bounce! Seriously, I do, especially the Bounce Free!

  • Lee

    I save time by keeping one hamper for whites and another for non-whites.

  • http://revsean.com/ revsparker

    I got a bounce bar and I love it! It helps so much, even with blankets and other super static makers. I also hang up everything I can–folding takes more time!

  • Eugenie

    I shave off time by delegating the same tasks to the family.

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    Hi! I'm Lindsay Ferrier. I'm a wife, a stepmom to two college girls and a mom to 4 and 7yo's. I'm deeply flawed, often insecure, at times defensive, snarky on Tuesdays, and I put my foot in my mouth on a regular basis. Let's be friends!


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