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Absorbs And Traps Loose Dyes To Keep Colors Vibrant.
A Revolution For Your Laundry!
24 Dye-Trapping, In-Wash Cloths.
Shout® Color Catcher™ is specially designed to work like a sponge. It absorbs and traps loose dyes in the wash, safely locking them away so they can't redeposit on other clothes. Shout Color Catcher keeps clothes looking vibrant and new, wash after wash. Now you can mix colors in the same load. Saves you time and money!
Shout Color Catcher:
- Allows you to mix light, medium, and bright colors (greens, khakis, blues, and blacks).
- Keeps colors vibrant and brightens your whites.
- Works well on all fabrics, at all temperatures and with all laundry products.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Wow. Recent reviewers really don't like this product. I'm not quite sure why.
I have been using the Shout Color Catchers (or something like them) since I was in college...about ten years ago! Blame it on being a guy or being lazy (at household chores) but I am not very apt when it comes to doing laundry. I love these little sheets and offer a few observations below if you are comparing them with something else (if you aren't, just buy them).
PROBLEM #1: Color catchers are not magical. This is the most important part of my post in case you read no more. I used to throw everything into one wash, drop in one of this suckers, and let it work away. For the most part, these sheets do the trick. Whoever throws whites in with reds, though, is either more out-of-touch with reality than me (and I'm currently in academia) or doesn't care about their clothes. At the least, I have always separated whites from clothes that are orange, red, or purple. I now separate my clothes much more (whites, reds/oranges, blues, and dark colors) because I no longer wear free t-shirts and these color catchers do a great job. I have not had any problem with bleeds. Of course, I also know just enough to not wash colors in warm water. Read the label on the washer or its manual!
PROBLEM #2: Color catchers are not cheap. The price point is a little higher online than at the store but I bought them on Amazon anyway. Why go to the store and risk buying things I don't need if I've got Prime's "free" two-day shipping? To counteract the price, I usually tear sheets in half and will typically use them twice (maybe three times). Poof! I've got 48 sheets in a box! Maybe they are magical...
PROBLEM #3: Color catchers are not perfect. I haven't had any sheets tear up a washing machine---and I would assume 10 years of experience is a long enough sample period, even if it is N=1. Sometimes they do bunch up at the bottom of the washer (it's a top-loader) or hide down a sleeve and end up in the dryer. I try my best to find them but every so often one reappears as I'm folding clothes. I follow a simple adage: what goes in must come out. If you put one into the washer, you should have one after you are done doing laundry. If you do not, find it. Don't let the things disappear into your washer or dryer and ruin a perfectly good machine. Also, don't believe they are going to suck out all the color if you've got a recently tie-dyed t-shirt or something that is cheap quality and is bound to bleed (spending $40+ on a shirt doesn't guarantee it is good quality and absolve it of any ability to bleed). Maybe they aren't magical...
PROBLEM #4: Color catchers do leave some residue. I thought it was my powder soap for a while. I changed over to liquid detergent and the problem seemed to vanish. Of course, I had run out of the sheets and was waiting for some more. Can't make a clear conclusion when two variables change! Later, the white residue came back but it's usually on my wife's stretchy workout pants. I usually blame it on her and say she must have spilled some powder or something onto them and she drops the argument...she doesn't want to switch and start doing the laundry! When I saw a reviewer's comment about the white residue, I realized the sheets were the culprit. I don't get the residue all the time. My guess is maybe it's the second or third wash that is causing the problem. Perhaps 1/2 a sheet isn't made for multiple cycles...seems like they aren't magical after all but I still like them.
SUMMARY: The color catchers are great and help reduce bleeding. These sheets, however, are not magical (have you caught on?). You have to use some common sense and be a little careful. Here's my parting advice: Separate your clothes. Use cold water. Happy washing!
I have been using the Shout Color Catchers (or something like them) since I was in college...about ten years ago! Blame it on being a guy or being lazy (at household chores) but I am not very apt when it comes to doing laundry. I love these little sheets and offer a few observations below if you are comparing them with something else (if you aren't, just buy them).
PROBLEM #1: Color catchers are not magical. This is the most important part of my post in case you read no more. I used to throw everything into one wash, drop in one of this suckers, and let it work away. For the most part, these sheets do the trick. Whoever throws whites in with reds, though, is either more out-of-touch with reality than me (and I'm currently in academia) or doesn't care about their clothes. At the least, I have always separated whites from clothes that are orange, red, or purple. I now separate my clothes much more (whites, reds/oranges, blues, and dark colors) because I no longer wear free t-shirts and these color catchers do a great job. I have not had any problem with bleeds. Of course, I also know just enough to not wash colors in warm water. Read the label on the washer or its manual!
PROBLEM #2: Color catchers are not cheap. The price point is a little higher online than at the store but I bought them on Amazon anyway. Why go to the store and risk buying things I don't need if I've got Prime's "free" two-day shipping? To counteract the price, I usually tear sheets in half and will typically use them twice (maybe three times). Poof! I've got 48 sheets in a box! Maybe they are magical...
PROBLEM #3: Color catchers are not perfect. I haven't had any sheets tear up a washing machine---and I would assume 10 years of experience is a long enough sample period, even if it is N=1. Sometimes they do bunch up at the bottom of the washer (it's a top-loader) or hide down a sleeve and end up in the dryer. I try my best to find them but every so often one reappears as I'm folding clothes. I follow a simple adage: what goes in must come out. If you put one into the washer, you should have one after you are done doing laundry. If you do not, find it. Don't let the things disappear into your washer or dryer and ruin a perfectly good machine. Also, don't believe they are going to suck out all the color if you've got a recently tie-dyed t-shirt or something that is cheap quality and is bound to bleed (spending $40+ on a shirt doesn't guarantee it is good quality and absolve it of any ability to bleed). Maybe they aren't magical...
PROBLEM #4: Color catchers do leave some residue. I thought it was my powder soap for a while. I changed over to liquid detergent and the problem seemed to vanish. Of course, I had run out of the sheets and was waiting for some more. Can't make a clear conclusion when two variables change! Later, the white residue came back but it's usually on my wife's stretchy workout pants. I usually blame it on her and say she must have spilled some powder or something onto them and she drops the argument...she doesn't want to switch and start doing the laundry! When I saw a reviewer's comment about the white residue, I realized the sheets were the culprit. I don't get the residue all the time. My guess is maybe it's the second or third wash that is causing the problem. Perhaps 1/2 a sheet isn't made for multiple cycles...seems like they aren't magical after all but I still like them.
SUMMARY: The color catchers are great and help reduce bleeding. These sheets, however, are not magical (have you caught on?). You have to use some common sense and be a little careful. Here's my parting advice: Separate your clothes. Use cold water. Happy washing!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By mermaid
I have been using Color catcher for quite a while and I love it. I have a baseball type shirt that has dark blue sleeves with a white body and another shirt that is a cream colored body with maroon sleeves and had the hardest time washing either one of these until I found color catcher. Now I wash them together and never worry about the dark colors running onto the light part which actually happed on the shirt with the maroon sleeves. When you take the sheet out of the washer the sheet that started out white like a dryer sheet has obsorbed the colors from the clothes. It has allowed me to make bigger loads because I can include different colors. My only objection is that I could buy it locally until recently and now that I'm hooked I have to order it online. But it is worth a little extra effort.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By R. DeHoff
I have to admit I bought this product with some skepticism. My husband said it would never work. I just put it to the toughest test and it worked like a charm. I washed 8 brand new, deep cranberry red place mats and napkins, which clearly instructed "to wash in cold water with like colors" with some white towels that are used for rags so I didn't care if they got turned pink, and I used warm water for the wash, not cold water. I put in 2 sheets in the delicates bag and placed in the back of the washer drum as instructed for HE front loading washer. The white towels came out perfectly white and the color sheets came out deep red. I wish I would have taken my husband up on his offer of a bet that the sheets would not work! I will now use this every time I wash something new that is likely to fade.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for travel
We travel frequently and these are perfect for doing large loads of mixed laundry. They work great and are lightweight for air travel.
Published 11 days ago by Suzanne Miller
2.0 out of 5 stars
Works, but don't use in a frontload washer!
I've been using this product for months and been very satisfied. That is until my washing machine stopped working one day (wouldn't drain and just hung up). Read more
Published 21 days ago by J. Garcia
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for removing running red dye
Perfectly removed my ruined dress where the red dye ran onto the white. Just washed with 1 tsp synthrapol and 2 shout color catchers.
Published 1 month ago by L. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars
I wish there was a buzzer that went off when I enter the laundry room...
I know there are dryer softener barsbut I also have a son who hates fabric softener I love it when I ewmwmber to use it and hate it when I don't I would recommend it highly and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by kathykat
4.0 out of 5 stars
Shout Color Catchers
I received a sample product of the Shout Color Catcher Dye-Trapping, In-Wash Cloths - 24 ea sheet and instantly used it when I did a mixed batch of towels. I was so impressed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mom's Thumb Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
This product is just what it says it is. Need 9 more words to complete the review. I am not a wordy person. Love it!
Published 3 months ago by Swami Suddhananda
5.0 out of 5 stars
It did what I needed it to do
I had some new bedding for my daughter. One of the reviews for the bedding had mentioned the colors bled into each other upon first washing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by T. Kim
5.0 out of 5 stars
These have saved me SO MUCH MONEY over the years
After ruining a multi-colored cotton bathroom rug by washing it (alone) in warm water, I decided to give these a try. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Carol C.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This really works!
I have used this product for my laundry and it has really worked to keep colors from running onto other clothes. Even though you sort your clothes, sometimes you may miss an item. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Carolyn Varner
4.0 out of 5 stars
Saves my laundry!
I make it a point to never run out of Shout Color Catcher. I can launder mixed loads with confidence that colors will not bleed. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Janette Draper
