Laundry Soap Sheets work great if you know how to do hotel laundry.
In a normal sized hotel sink, two sheets washes about four-five pairs of socks. Or three-four pairs of underwear. Or two polo shirts as long as they are synthetic. The comments about lack of suds are missing the point. The only purpose of any detergent is to reduce the surface tension of water so that it can penetrate your fabric and enable the water to lift out the dirt. You want to use just enough detergent to do that. Anything more is a residue that you have to try to rinse out. I travel frequently in Europe. My 7 to 10-day pack is four pairs of socks (synthetic or bamboo fiber), three polo shirts (synthetic), three pairs of underwear (synthetic), and 2 pairs of polyester/cotton slacks. The slacks typically last two wearings each unless it's grossly hot out or I'm doing a lot of walking. (I'm actually sitting next to my pack in an Eastern European hotel as I write this, having just finished my laundry and noticing that I'm running out of these laundry sheets. I am currently on a 9-day leg, and have zero concerns about clothes or laundry.).<br /><br />Usually every night or possibly I'll skip a night, I spend about 15-20 minutes soaking all the clothes in hot water in the sink while doing other stuff. (&#34;all the clothes&#34; is usually just 1-2 pairs of socks/underwear, a shirt, and every other day slacks). That part is important - presoaking seems to loosen the fibers and at the same time get the lion's share of sweat / dirt out of the clothes. Empty the water, wring the clothes lightly out in the tub or sink, then refill with hot water. Dry your hands. Dry them again. Let them air dry a little. Or if you have tweezers, use those instead -- all the comments about how water sensitive these laundry soap sheets are nailed it. Any moisture, and they become a solid mass. Fill the sink up with about 2 quarts / liters of hot water. Put in two laundry sheets. Wash your underwear, using squishing / wringing action to force water mechanically through the fabric. The mechanical action, not the chemicals or suds in the soap, is what gets your laundry clean. Probably 10 or so squishings or squeezing or wringings for socks and underwear. Put them to the side.<br /><br />If you still have enough water (you should), throw in a polo (or a cotton dress shirt). Same deal. Squishing and wringing and squeezing. Mechanically force the water through, paying special attention to the armpits where the residue of your deodorant will build up and hold odor. Cotton is not a problem except it soaks up water like a sponge and doesn't release it easily. And it takes forever to dry in even a moderately humid climate. Put this to the side. Add more water, enough to handle your pants. Add two more laundry soap sheets. Repeat the squeezing squishing wringing action, although this will take longer since pants have more fabric. Wring them out. Empty the sink.<br /><br />If you have a shower, throw all the clothes in the shower, and take a shower, using the shower to rinse your clothes out. Turn off the shower and while still undressed wring them out as best you can. If you have a pack towel (for backpacking) or a chamois towel or even a microfiber car towel with you (strongly recommended), lay wet clothes out flat on the towel, roll up, and then wring them dry into the towel. These towels will keep soaking up water even when they're wet, and you can just wring them out over and over again. Hang the damp clothes to dry. In a hotel, use the hair dryer to dry your socks if you will need them quickly. I have never had a problem with dirty clothes using this method and these laundry sheets.
Rating: 5 stars