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.
And I NEEEEEED me some Rockin’ Green because I was totally convinced by your before and after GroBaby shots. We use GroBaby for day care diapers. Which means they sit with poop on them for hours most days and are horrifically stained. I did a massive bleach effort this weekend which managed to diminish the stains. Somewhat. But those inserts are far from sparkly.
I LOVE RnG! I love the scents (prewash), I love the cleaning power, and I love that it is a mamma who is making her living because of a need she saw in the market.
I would love to try Smashing Watermelon! I need this product because if I buy any more “stuff” for my diapers, my husband might blow a gasket! (He is soooo supportive of cloth, not so much of mommy’s obsession to keep buying… hee hee hee)
I want to try the Smashing Watermelons scent.
I Need some Rockin Green because I have just started cloth with my newborn and want to start off right! I did disposable with my 2.5 year old.
I would love to try the green tea scent in the hard rock! I have recently switched to them and love their product! It does such a wonderful job of cleaning my diapers!!
I want to try Orangevana.
I’ve heard so many good things about this stuff lately! I need to get rid of some microfiber insert funk and stains.
I’d love to try the smashing Watermelon one
I need to win because i have some stains that I can’t get out of my dipes – was told sunning would do it but it didn’t
I want to try the raspberry and orange scents. I need a bag of Rockin Green because I just moved to New York City from a rural New England town of 15,000. Because we don’t have our own laundry anymore, I’m handwashing my diapers now. I don’t think I could do it without the cleaning power of Rockin Green. Yesterday I handwashed at least 35 diapers and 20 covers/pockets all without running hot water (the boiler is broken). I had to boil all the hot water on the stove. Go RNG!
I’d like to try Plain Green Teas.
I need to win this bag of Rockin’ Green because no one within 2.5 hours of me sells any cloth diaper-friendly detergent, and shipping costs are a pain.
I actually love the Lavender Mint Revival scent.
I need to win this because I only have a few loads worth left in my bag.
I would LOVE to try Orangevana!
lindseygalvez at gmail dot com
I have read so many wonderful things about Rockin’ Green and just haven’t taken the plunge yet. I make my own cd detergent and have so much left that I can’t justify buying RnG yet, but I need it! I have ammonia smell and some stains that I just can’t get rid of! Thanks for the chance!
lindseygalvez at gmail dot com
I’d love the Hard Rock in the naked scent.
Oh my gosh, we need the Rockin’ Green because my husband isn’t convinced I need special CD laundry soap “ours is just fine for them.” Which it is, but obviously looking at your pictures the regular soap doesn’t get all the yuck out of cloth diapers. If I can prove it to him with this lovely giveaway soap he’ll be convinced. Please, please, please!
sandicriswell@yahoo.com
I would LOVE to try the Plain Green Teas!
I NEED to win this because my regular detergent isn’t cutting it with cloth. It’s ‘alright’ but I wish I had a cloth detergent I could trust without spending money on a few different brands to try them!
I need to win because I’ve tried EVERYTHING to get rid of the stinkies and am getting to the point I may have to get new diapers because these ones stink too much.
I’d try Smashing Watermelons in Hard Rock.
I would love to try Orangevana! tracyhgb at hotmail dot com
I NEED to win because I am a SAHM with no money coming in! (I sold some stuff, ie my Harley, and saved every penny so I could stay home wwith my DS for a year) I can’t afford to buy this soap, but would love to have some for our cloth diapers! tracyhgb at hotmail dot com
As a lover of green tea, The Plain Green Teas, is the obvious choice for me!
All this hype surrounding Rockin’ Green has really piqued my interest! Our BG 3.0s smell super funky and ALL of our diapers (covers included) are stained. I love showing off my sons cloth booty, but have been embarassed lately, because of the stainage
I really need this bag!
I totally need to win this because all I hear about these days is rockin green! sounds like a miracle worker to me!
And I would love the smell of Plain Green Teas in the mornin!
I’d like to try Smashing Watermelons in Classic =)
I need this because I have a little girl arriving next month and we’re going to be using cloth diapers! I’ve heard so many people love this stuff that I want to try it.
well, I would love to get the plain’s green tea (the hard rock version please
)
And the reason why I would love to get it is quite simple. I already tried the classic one and it works well but not completely well enough. And I can’t afford to buy the new one right now (too many medical bills for our little one…)
I would love to try the Rage against the Raspberry !!!!
I want to try the rage against the raspberries!
I NEED this because of clothes, actually. I have some badly stained baby clothes and my daughter isn’t good with other stain-fighting commercial stuff, so I NEED this to help clean her clothes clean-rinsing-ly
(Hubby’s work clothes could use an overhaul too)
I would LOVE to try Orangevana!!
I need to win this because the sun hasn’t been shinning so much where I live so my diapers haven’t been able to be sunned…they’re horribly stained
. But they wouldn’t be if I won the Rockin’ Green detergent. And right now I’m not working so there isn’t extra money to try awesome detergents!
Thanks for doing an awesome giveaway!
I love Rage against the Raspberries, just got Orangevana. Want to try Watermelon!!whoo hoo, go RnG!
I would love to try Smashing Watermelon! I NEED it because I have been cloth diapering my 2 kids and I cant seem to get some stinkies and stains out, no matter what I try! I really really hope I win! Especially with #3 on the way, I need to find SOMETHING that works, but cant justify spending all sorts of money to try things. THANK YOU
I would love to try Plain Green Teas!!!
I’d like to try the Plain Green Teas. Yum!
I need to win because those inserts do get stinky—and with diapers to wash for twins, that’s plenty of smelly inserts!
I need to win because I have yet to find a detergent that works good with my water. I would love to try Rage against the Raspeberries!
I would love to try orangevena. I love citrus smells. Makes things so much better.And with a small baby and many poo dipes i need all the help I can get
I would love to try bare naked babies soft rock version. I’ve got 3 in diapers, 2 with super sensitive skin.
We have hard water and an HE machine and honestly, RnG’s hasn’t been a winner in my household. We went back to Charlie’s.
I need to win a bag because 3 kids in diapers make for lots of icky stains.
I would like to try the green tea!
I NEED to win this bag because I NEED clean diapers! I live overseas(military) and it’s so hard to get what I need here. I have also had a hard time with build up (and consequently leaking) because of these European washers. Thanks for this great review!
I would love to try the Smashing Watermelons scent.
id love to try smashing watermelons!