In honor of Happy Baby Company being named Rockin’ Retailer of the Year for Rockin’ Green, I thought I’d take the time to give you a two-fer of imanimama.com posts tonight.
You’ve seen plenty of posts now of me raving about Rockin’ Green, the amazing little cleaner that could. About a month or so ago, I reached out to the owner and asked if she’d be interested in doing a review/giveaway on imanimama.com. She sent me a few packets of Classic Rock in several scents and I went about putting it to the test.
*Note: Rockin’ Green produces 3 different formulas of their detergent. Classic Rock is for normal water. Hard Rock is for hard water, and Soft Rock is for…you guessed it…soft water.
It was hard for me to try to approach this objectively, I confess, because I was already in love with the product and its marketing (as a marketer myself, I tend to be very loyal to those who put a solid effort forth for their brands). But I did eventually jump that hurdle and was able to get some good review material.
I evaluated in three main areas: removal of diaper stinkies, quality of scent and stain removal.
Removal of Diaper Stinkies
We use bumGenius 3.0 One-Size diapers (RIP 3.0) almost exclusively, which have a little pocket into which you stuff a microfiber insert. After a while, the inserts really start to stink. I don’t mean after being worn all night, or after a big meal. I mean perfectly clean inserts smell downright funky. And if you use a clean but funky insert overnight, the thing could double as a smelling salt come morning.
Gross.
Enter “rockin’ a soak”. Two-three tablespoons of Rockin’ Green and a washer full of dipes and hot water. That’s all you need. Let it sit there for 30-60 minutes. Heck, if they’re really bad, let them sit overnight. Check out how my clean clothes looked after only 30 minutes soaking in Classic Rock.
nasty, right?
Then wash as usual.
I can’t even tell you how marvelous it was when I removed the formerly stinky inserts and stuck my face right in them with incredible confidence. Clean as clean can be, and there was absolutely ZERO trace of smell.
Test #1: Rockin’ Green passes with flying colors.
Quality of Scent
I can make this one short and sweet. The scents, or flavors, of Rockin’ Green really are delicious. I tried several of them and found them all to be very nice. Despite the fact that Rage Against the Raspberries and Smashing Watermelons seem to be the most popular, I personally really liked The Plain Green Teas the best right out of the package. My least favorite was Lavender Mint, which reminded me too much of Vick’s Vapo Rub. I was really stoked about Mötley Cleän from the description, and even though I liked it when it arrived, to me it smelled more like Sweet-Tarts than anything else.
Not that I’m hatin’ on Sweet-Tarts.
As for this family, we use Bare Naked Babies, the unscented one. While the scents are yummy, the fact is, I couldn’t smell any of them by the time the dryer was done with them.
Test #2: Eh. Nice coming out of the package, but I wish they stuck around on the actual fabric after the wash was over.
And finally,
Stain Removal
This one is pretty darn remarkable, and I’ll just let the pictures speak for themselves. I did two main tests here, both involving rockin’ a soak with existing stains. I’m not sure why one turned out better than the other. Maybe it was the fabric. Who knows. But both results will still make your jaw drop.
First one: Gro-Baby cotton diaper inserts. Check out the top ones, which are perfectly clean, and with baked-in stains. The ones underneath have been soaked and washed in Rockin’ Green. All four looked exactly the same originally.
'nuff said.
With this next one, we had a cotton sheet that suffered a great big nasty poo-splosion. It got washed and dried before I even had time to think through using Rockin’ Green (we use Purex for our regular laundry). When it came out of the dryer looking just as nasty as when it went in, I was bummed out.
I decided to try rockin’ a soak with it, allowing it to steep for several hours. In the end, you can see that the stain is significantly diminished, but there are still obvious traces left.
This isn’t camera tricky, folks. It’s real-life examples of this stuff at work.
So am I a fan? You betcha.
A convert? You better believe it.
A believer? For life.
Are you ready for your chance to believe? Well you’re in luck! Rockin’ Green has very generously provided me with one 45/90 load bag of the formula and scent of your choice to give to one very lucky imanimama.com reader.
What do you need to do for a chance to win? Read on…
- Offer only to US residents only (including APO addresses).
- Deadline to enter is Saturday, July 17 at 8 p.m.
- There are up to 2 ways to get entries. First one is required:
- Stop by the Rockin’ Green website and take a look at the different scents. Come back here and leave a comment telling me which one you want to try.
- Leave a separate comment here telling me why you NEED to win this bag of Rockin’ Green.
- Good luck!
- P.S. I manually approve each comment for new readers, so don’t worry if your comment doesn’t show up right away. It will, I promise!
- P.P.S. I’d love to have new imanimama.com subscribers. No extra entries for that, but don’t you want me to feel the love?
This giveaway is now closed.
I need this because I love Rockin’ Green, and I will only wash our diapers in Rockin Green!
I’d try Smashing Watermelons in Hard Rock.
I NEED Rockin Green because I’m new to cloth diapering and I would love to convince hubby that Rockin Green is the brand for our family and help continue our cloth diapering adventure.
I do want to try rage against the raspberries. I think that sounds yummy.
Why I need this bag, sweet baby boy who can turn out the stinkiest items, dog who generally smells, and other assorted items that need to be cleansed from their mystery funks.
I want to try the Plain Green Teas.
I need to win because I just opened my last bag of RnG!! I also only have the old scents and really want to try the new formula. I’m thinking I’m going to have to rock a soak soon so the extra detergent would be wonderful!!
I would love to try the classic or hard rock in motley clean.
I’d like to try the unscented because one of my twins is REALLY allergic to everything – so I don’t want to bring any scents on to him!
I have not tried rocking green, but it looks awesome!!! I use oxyclean to try to get the smells out every now and then, but Looks like rocking green works better!
I NEED this because I have twins and I’m going through diapers LIKE CRAZY! I have to do laundry all the time and I’d really like to switch from All to something more diaper friendly!
I love the smell of fresh, clean laundry–so I would choose to try Motley Clean scented Rockin’ Green! (And I have hard water…in case that matters.)
I NEED this sample!!! I have stained BumGenius 3.0 dipes that I use not for one baby, not just two little ones, but THREE kiddos!!! My 3 yr old wears one at night only. My 2 year old is still full-time in diapers. And my new 3 month old is of course wearing them all day as well. So we go through a LOT of diapers in a day and week. I don’t have time to stop and try to get the stains out right now. So if my detergent would get them out in a regular wash, that would help SO much!!! PLEASE pick me!!!
I would love to try the Orangevana scent.
I NEED this stuff because I am new to cloth diapering and RG seems to be the gold standard for washing – I want to make it as easy as possible so I don’t give up!
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to try the Rage Against the Raspberries in Classic Rock!
And I NEED to win because my sweet little 3 1/2 month old girl’s diapers smell more than just a little stinky. And a sweet little girl should smell like roses. (Or raspberries) Not stinky diapers.
Lets try Rage Against the Rasberries because I’ve gotta thing for ZAC. Who doesn’t need to Rockin Green-we all do.
I want the Orangevana!
I NEED it because… shipping is so high and if I won some and my husband could see how AMAZING it is he would have no qualms about shipping being so high, although I’m probably just going to bite the bullet and buy some, because we all know that the wife has to win in the cloth diaper battle.
I need this because I just moved from Arkansas (soft water) to Florida (hard water) and need something that will work without havins to add more stuff (and rinses) to my wash routine. Smashing watermelon sounds like the perfect summer scent!
I love the motley clean scent!
Sarahsewta at yahoo dot com
I NEED to try RnG becaues my DH has the worst sweat smell ever and regular detergents just don’t get all the stink out. He is a pastor so it’s important for him not to be stinky when he visits people and does bible studies!
Sarahsewta at yahoo dot com
I would love Rockin’ Green Hard Rock Motley Clean!
I *need* this because we have the hardest water known to man! Really, we have to CLR our shower heads about every week and a half! I didn’t get around to it last time and the front of the shower head literally fell off in the shower! I know, likely just a coincidence but all of that build up couldn’t have helped!
Seriously though, getting diapers clean in hard water is a chore – RnG Hard Rock would rock our socks!
Smashing Watermelons and I NEED it because I’m having a baby on Monday and will be cloth diapering!
I would choose Smashing Watermelons in hard rock. I have an older bag of Grape Soda and just finished up Rage against the Raspberries….I’m down to my last bag
I NEED RnG because I have to do an extra soak on our nighttime diapers every other wash or so to get rid of some SERIOUS ammonia! We go through a bag super fast, and like everyone else, I’m sure, we’re on a super TIGHT budget!
I would try Orangevana I think…so many yummy scents to choose from. Expecting our first in September and just got the ok from the daycare at work to cloth diaper, so I am super excited!
sdsitler at hotmail dot com
I would LOVE to try Motley Clean classic Rock!
I NEED some Rockin Green cuz my little man has lots of stinky diapers that really need to get clean and I only trust Rockin Green to do the job!!
I would love to try Orangevana in Hard Rock!
I need to have RnG because I have cloth diapers and a stinky hubby who works on cars all da and RnG is the only thing that really works to get all of that clean and it is something that I even have hubby swearing by which is HUGE!
I so want to try out the Plain Green Tea’s scent the most! Thanks for the chance.
bekki1820cb at gmail
I want some RG! I want show my husband that it is the best!
I would love to try the Smashing Watermelon in Classic Rock! I’m a big fan of the Lavander Mint already.
My son is due in September and I’ll be using cloth diapers!
I would love to try the barenaked babies!
I could really use this bag with a new baby on the way and a potty training toddler!
I think the Smashing Watermelons in Hard Rock sounds awesome! I would loooove to try this soap! We have lots of good stains on our inserts, too, and can’t even imagine getting them as white as you got yours! And of course i’ll subscribe to your site! Love it!!
watermelon!
i want to win a bag to give to my brother to try~
[...] cycles. And the microfiber inserts are subject to skunking after a few months (problem solved with Rockin’ Green). We also were not able to fit our little girl into a bumGenius 3.0 until she hit about 2 months [...]