The Christmas gift that keeps on giving: The Scrubba wash bag

Nov. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Change travel for the better - give your intrepid companion, camping buddy or fellow festival-goer this ingenious travel gadget that can wash clothes with ease in just a few minutes.

Launched in two new fresh green colours this autumn, and packaged in recycled materials to promote its environmental credentials, the Scrubba wash bag requires a minimal amount of water and cleaning liquid, uses no electricity and helps avoid unnecessary pollution. The Scrubba wash bag continues to be a great way to save energy, to cut CO2 emissions and to enable users to ‘travel green’.

Though it might look like a fancy dry bag, the simple yet innovative Scrubba wash bag is twice as effective as hand washing and on a par with the performance of a full washing machine cycle (according to independent product testing).

Using an old-fashioned washboard as inspiration during his travels to Mount Kilimanjaro, inventor Ash Newland fused old and new technology by integrating a flexible, rubber-noduled washboard inside a high tech watertight bag, complete with a slip-resistant backing.

Newland says, “As clothes are rubbed along the washboard, the bumps create friction and water movement though the clothes, which assists in dislodging oils and dirt.

“You can easily wash up to three days of summer wear in one load such as three T-shirts, three pairs of socks and three pairs of pants in just five to six minutes,” he adds.

Not just for adventurous travellers, the Scrubba wash bag is great for washing a cycling or gym kit after each ride or workout, is perfect for washing kids’ clothes on holiday or simply to avoid high laundry bills at a hotel or on a cruise ship.

The Scrubba wash bag is endorsed by author and explorer Benedict Allen, who says: “Once in a while comes along an ingenious little device that can make all the difference to the traveller: the Scrubba wash bag is one such device. With this mobile, virtually weightless washing machine, scrubbing clothes while 'on the go' becomes convenient - you can do it anywhere there is water. However, the key to its success, like all the best travel kit, lies in it being multi-purpose.

“It serves as a wet bag for soiled or washed clothes, it serves as a dry bag. It serves as a water carrier - and of course to ferry polluting, soapy water away from any sacred or sensitive site. It even serves as entertainment - my little daughter loved scrubbing my socks in it.”

For more information, visit http://www.thescrubba.com. The Scrubba retails at £41 including P&P. Team it with the Scrubba Kit, which includes a peg-free clothes line and microfibre towel for drying clothes, available for £69 in total.

ENDS/ 11 November 2013

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