I’ve never understood the liquid soap. It’s more expensive by weight than powdered detergent, but a sizable chunk of the liquid detergent is just water…
Its all marketing, the powder v liquid is a fair consumer product debate (the different formats allow for different chemistry, but by weight/price, powerd is most efficent), but the pods for dish and clothes washers are meant to be as inefficent of a storage method as possible to get you to buy more product.
The youtube channel Technology Connections has several hours of midwestern rants about how bad pods are.
I use tap cold water for most loads. When I use powder I dissolve it in a cup in a bit of hot water before mixing it with the cold. It does a better job of cleaning like that.
If I was super rich I’d probably still use cold water so the clothes lasted longer, but I might switch to liquid detergent so I don’t have to dissolve.
I hadn’t seen that before, that is interesting. These detergent sheets are quite a bit cheaper though, and have no plastic in the product or packaging. We love them!
I love these. I bought a box of the lavender ones two years ago and it’s still 1/4 full. They’re so much easier than liquid or powder to stash in a bag and carry around if you have a communal laundry area like in a dorm or apartment building.
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I’ve never understood the liquid soap. It’s more expensive by weight than powdered detergent, but a sizable chunk of the liquid detergent is just water…
Its all marketing, the powder v liquid is a fair consumer product debate (the different formats allow for different chemistry, but by weight/price, powerd is most efficent), but the pods for dish and clothes washers are meant to be as inefficent of a storage method as possible to get you to buy more product.
The youtube channel Technology Connections has several hours of midwestern rants about how bad pods are.
I use tap cold water for most loads. When I use powder I dissolve it in a cup in a bit of hot water before mixing it with the cold. It does a better job of cleaning like that.
If I was super rich I’d probably still use cold water so the clothes lasted longer, but I might switch to liquid detergent so I don’t have to dissolve.
And it’s getting harder to find powder. Try finding powder dishwasher detergent… locally, nothing.
No Walmarts around?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Automatic-Dishwasher-Powder-Original-Scent-75-oz-1-Count/866649026?classType=VARIANT&from=%2Fsearch&sid=6dcf6aba-2d2f-4dec-8df1-c4f40c0315fc
For laundry? I thought liquid detergent is actually super concentrated, such that you need way less than what the little measuring cup says you need.
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Never seen that before, you have my interest! Any idea what brand this is?
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I hadn’t seen that before, that is interesting. These detergent sheets are quite a bit cheaper though, and have no plastic in the product or packaging. We love them!
https://www.amazon.com/Poesie-Eco-Friendly-Plastic-Free-Biodegradable-Hypoallergenic/dp/B09VPDX476
I love these. I bought a box of the lavender ones two years ago and it’s still 1/4 full. They’re so much easier than liquid or powder to stash in a bag and carry around if you have a communal laundry area like in a dorm or apartment building.