H2O Cleaners

This place is great! I’ve been taking my clothes here for 4 to 5 years now and I haven’t had a bad experience yet. The clothes are always clean and fresh; the people there are friendly, polite and professional; the prices seem reasonable; and they use a water-​based «green» cleaning method (which is why I went there in the first place). I should have given them a good review years ago but, like many of us, I usually only «rush to review» when I have had a BAD experience. So it was only while reading a (totally unrelated) review on Unilocal that I was prompted (somehow?) to read their posted reviews. I was surprised that they only had one review, and I was puzzled that the reviewer gave it only 3 stars. So, as I was curious as to why they were given such a «meh» rating I just had to read it. O-​kaaaay, they liked the place but only gave it 3 stars? I don’t get that. Hopefully my review will begin to even things out for them. Now maybe I should write some positive reviews for all the other places I’ve had good experiences at. Umm, well maybe later, I’m running late now. ;-)

I found this place in my search for a more environmentally friendly dry cleaner. There are three greener dry cleaning methods:
1. GreenEarth uses a silicone-​based solvent, which degrades into silica, water, and carbon dioxide, which is much safer than perc, the chemical used by traditional dry cleaners. One study, however, revealed an increased risk of uterine cancer in female rats that were exposed to liquid silicone. This is by far the most common «green» dry cleaning method.
2. Liquid CO2 cleaning uses pressurized liquid CO2 to dissolve dirt and oils in the clothing. The liquid CO2 can be used again, and the gas CO2 is released into the air. These machines are really expensive and so liquid CO2 cleaners are hard to find.
3. Wet cleaning uses a computer-​controlled washer and dryer that clean clothes gently. The machines spin more slowly and can be programmed by temperature, type of fabric, etc.
H2O Cleaners, as you can gather from the name, uses the wet cleaning method. They had a special on their website for 10 pieces (blouses, pants, dry clean shirts, skirts, and blazers) for $ 46.95 prepaid, so I decided to try them out.
They did a pretty good job. One shirt had a small dark stain on the sleeve, though. I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t there before… maybe I was wrong? I had scrutinized all of my clothing beforehand so that I could point out stains to them, but I can’t say for sure.
It’s a little far away for me, so I guess I have a difficult choice between a green dry cleaner/​more carbon emissions from my car, or a less green dry cleaner and a shorter drive. So far I just haven’t gotten anything dry cleaned in a long time… ha.