Review: Cheat Sheets Laundry Sheets

As you know, I am a big advocate of packing light and doing laundry on trips, in order to maximize the small space you have. A small capsule wardrobe can really become a larger travel wardrobe when you mix and match and a lot of times that means you’ll have to do a bit of laundry. Of course, you may just need to do laundry in an emergency situation, as we did when we found our washing machine didn’t work in Edinburgh.

I always travel with some laundry sheets and a pop-up hamper. Laundry sheets are great for travel, because they take up almost no space and you don’t have to hope the store or laundromat has affordable detergent, or detergent at all. And if you only need to do a few things in the sink, they usually aren’t great for that, but Cheat Sheets are different. 

Cheat Sheets are fast dissolving and don’t do big suds, so you can easily do a hand wash in the sink and your items don’t take forever to rinse. Depending on how much you need to wash, you can use a half or whole sheet. I used a half sheet for these few items that I’ve taken on trips before and they were fresh and clean at the end. 

Here’s a time-lapse video of me washing my few pieces in our small sink. As you can see, there are no visible suds, but you could see that the clothes were getting clean, as the water was dirty, and I rinsed until it ran clear, then squeezed out as much water as possible. 

I found these sheets way preferable to sink washing with other products I’ve used before, since it didn’t take me forever to rinse them out and I could tell they were clean before I started rinsing them, due to the low sudsing.

Because I don’t normally hand wash my clothes, I tried All Purpose Cheat Sheets out in my washing machine, too. The great thing about laundry sheets is that you can use them in regular or high-efficiency machines without changing anything or using a special kind for one over the other. You are meant to start your water and toss in a sheet, then add your clothes once it has dissolved, but since these are so quick to dissolve, I threw my sheet in on top of my full machine. 

Not only did it dissolve without leaving any trace behind on my clothes, it washed the whole load of laundry as well as any of my normal detergents have. 

Other reasons you should invest in Cheat Sheets for your travels (and at home):

• No messy liquids, which also means you aren’t restricted to 3.4oz limit.
• Everything is pre-measured, so you always know how many loads you can do with what you have.
• They’re eco-friendly and biodegradable! No microplastics go into the ground water and sheets come in an easily-recyclable cardboard container.
• They’re hypoallergenic, for those of us that are allergic to everything and have to be careful of the detergent we buy because of sensitive skin.
• Free of harsh chemicals you want to avoid: phosphates, fluorescer, dyes, sulfates, phthalates, 1,4-dioxane, parabens, and more unnecessary additives. 
• They work equally well in hot or cold water.
• They don’t add any weight to your luggage!

Cheat Sheets come in 3 formulas. (The Sea Spray fragrance is very light and clean, so if you’re sensitive to smells, this shouldn’t bother you at all.): 

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