Product review (5 stars): Empirically tested!
I recently read the Customer Reports article indicating that the Wash-It detergent-less system lacked cleaning power. This was rather dismaying, as I had just purchased one. However, in the article they said, "we didn't bust out the microscope." Since I work at a university, I contacted one of our microbiologists and asked him to do just that, so I might know if I had just wasted $400. (Since I was still under 30 days, I had every intention of sending it back if the results were not impressive.) I was pleased to learn that of the 3 samples tested, the Wash-It system was the best!

Three fabric samples were heavily contaminated with E.coli. The first was washed in plain water. The second was washed using only the Wash-it system. The third was washed using dye-free and perfume free liquid detergent and fabric softener. The tests revealed that plain water removed the least amount of bacteria. The traditional laundering method came in second. The Wash-it sample was the cleanest! There was only a slight difference between the traditional method and the Wash-it system, but it empirically proved that the Wash-it system works!

I wrote to Consumer Reports to share our university lab results and asked them to re-test using better methodology than a colorometer.