The Soggy Moose review of the Scrubba Wash Bag. (uncompensated and unsolicited)
On many of our trips we do laundry either nightly or every other day in a sink and hang to dry over night. We have been doing this for a long time and started doing our laundry this way on our early SCUBA and Africa trips to remote locations. We usually pack a bit of parachute cord, a sink stopper and Dr. Bronner’s soap. Further, many times a laundromat may not be available and sometimes the cost for laundry service is crazy expensive.
The Scrubba Wash Bag was recently brought to our attention and we think it might be a great addition to our standard travel packing list. We found the best price at Amazon.com at about $46.00.
My research indicates a gentleman from Australia designed this wash system as he was preparing for an Africa trip and wanted to travel light. The product is super lightweight at less than 5 ounces. The product has a flexible internal wash board which is to aid in the efficient cleaning of your clothes. The design is rather simple and can best be described as a dry bag with a built in wash board. One can wash a load in 3-5 minutes in a more efficient manner using less water and no more sloshing water in sinks.
The directions are simple, fill with water, clothes, and soap. Roll and clip the top. Squeeze out the excess air. Rub away. Empty and fill again to rinse and then pull your laundry out and dry.
Direction printed on the bag.
Fill lines with suggested loads.
Very dirty icky socks. Dr Bronner's soap.
Fill line.
Roll the top 5 times and clip closed.
Remove excess air with this valve.
I actually used two hands when not taking the picture to agitate.
One clean sock and one dirty show how well the Scrubba Wash Bag functioned.
The flexible was board.
Worry not should one loose the packaging with the directions, they are printed on the bag.
For a test of this device I took a dirty cotton T-Shirt and a a pair of dirty cotton socks and withheld one sock from the Scrubba Wash Bag for post wash comparison. I should note when traveling, we travel with clothes made of material more conducive to washing than the cotton items for this test. I had worn the socks walking the pups and working in the barn. I further soiled the socks by walking about shoeless in the garage. Granted the T-Shirt was rather dark and had been worn the morning for the walk and work in the barn.
I filled the bag with the dirty items and a good squirt of Dr. Bronner’s soap along with warm tap water to the lower indicated level on the bag. I then tried to get out as much air as possible as I rolled the top 5 times to close by clipping. I then used the exhaust valve to remove additional air. I used the kitchen timer to make sure I gave the wash a good three minutes. At then end of the three minutes I emptied the bag of dirty water and added fresh cold water. I resealed the bag and rinsed for about one minute. I emptied the rinse water and wrung out the clothes.
For comparison you can see the difference in the dirty sock and the clean sock. The T-Shirt is hard to tell as it is dark and had no pre wash mustard spills.
I rinsed the bag and turned it inside out and hung to dry.
One thing I noticed is using the Scrubba Wash Bag is a heck of a lot neater. Very little water in and about the sink when using this product.
I am now convinced this will be a great addition to our travels. Given the design I am sure we will be using this product as a dry bag to store liquid items in our luggage as we travel. You know like that jar of Cloudberry Jam from Norway, Gozo Honey from Malta, or that Italian bottle of wine.
So from the USA to the Land of OZ comes this unsolicited review giving you a well done.
