Who's Tried the New Lysol® Laundry Sanitizer?

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This is not a new product. We used it, gosh, at least 11 years ago, when cleaning out my flooded home. With floodwater contaminated with parasites, raw sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, etc? Regular detergent isn't enough, and some machines don't get hot enough for the sanitize cycle to be effective. My clothes stunk like lysol many, many, MANY washes later. No joke, 2 years later my sports bra still smelled like lysol spray.

Given how tough it was on our (throw-away/working) clothes AND the smell, I would not put that into your typical laundry rotation.

[Forever Blue]

Originally Posted by thetiredone

I think it is a good product to use if you can find it. If you are washing you dog's bed and toys in the machine as your own clothing it is a good idea to get those nasty germs out of your machine.

Originally Posted by cat1116

Yea, not that I pour the full measurement in there though but figure what the heck. Why not. How did the saying go? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Something like that.

Right on, guys! Back when I had my dog, I never saw this laundry product back then, but I'd actually go to the laundromat on a regular basis to specifically wash my dog's blankets, etc. because I didn't want to put his stuff in my own machine...& he was a strictly indoor dog, never had ticks, fleas, mange, etc.

Originally Posted by RamenAddict

Why would you get this for underwear? Presumably that would be covered the whole time. I see using it if you get ill, but until then, seems to be a waste of money.

Won't give TMI, but I have my reasons nowadays. Never used to do it all my life though.

Originally Posted by gus2

This is not a new product. We used it, gosh, at least 11 years ago, when cleaning out my flooded home. With floodwater contaminated with parasites, raw sewage, agricultural and urban runoff, etc? Regular detergent isn't enough, and some machines don't get hot enough for the sanitize cycle to be effective. My clothes stunk like lysol many, many, MANY washes later. No joke, 2 years later my sports bra still smelled like lysol spray.

Given how tough it was on our (throw-away/working) clothes AND the smell, I would not put that into your typical laundry rotation.

Well, better to smell like Lysol, than some sewage! But nowadays as you've probably seen, they have more pleasant scents than that mediciny Lysol scent.