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Tide Pods are just a scam to get people to pay more for less right?

Probably Though, its a gamble. It depends on how much laundry detergent they normally use vs how many tide pods they use And how many loads one pod usually does vs how many loads you normally do with the regular detergent. It just all depends, and I havent done the math yet

We've never had an issue with our clothes being cleaned. We've been using Tide Pods for years. They even say if you need more detergent to use two or three.

I dont think they are saying there is an issue with the pods themselves But with the pricing compared to regular detergent

LinkPizza posted...

Probably Though, its a gamble. It depends on how much laundry detergent they normally use vs how many tide pods they use And how many loads one pod usually does vs how many loads you normally do with the regular detergent. It just all depends, and I havent done the math yet

I have done the math, and the liquid detergent is generally the price per load or less, and powdered detergent is generally even cheaper.

The only cost advantage with pods is that most people use WAY more detergent than they need. The stuff I have (Arm & Hammer with Oxi Clean) says to use 1 ounce; that's the very first, lowest mark on the cap, or about 2 tablespoons. You can use even less if you have soft water, and if you have an HE washing machine and are using non-HE detergent, you use about an ounce.

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I've watched my roommates do laundry, and they don't even measure, they just start pouring detergent into the machine. My late husband would literally fill the dispenser to the top, which is about a full cup of detergent. (When I first started dating him, he would also do all of his laundry in a single load and he would add bleach to loads with colors! And not a little bit of bleach, but like half a (small) bottle. And he wondered why his clothes wore out so fast!)

Too much detergent not only wastes money, it can actually make your clothes dingier because you might not be able to rinse off all the residue.

I didn't know you were married packie

Sorry for your loss

captpackrat posted...

I have done the math, and the liquid detergent is generally the price per load or less, and powdered detergent is generally even cheaper.

The only cost advantage with pods is that most people use WAY more detergent than they need. The stuff I have (Arm & Hammer with Oxi Clean) says to use 1 ounce; that's the very first, lowest mark on the cap, or about 2 tablespoons. You can use even less if you have soft water, and if you have an HE washing machine and are using non-HE detergent, you use about an ounce.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/513c5916.jpg

I've watched my roommates do laundry, and they don't even measure, they just start pouring detergent into the machine. My late husband would literally fill the dispenser to the top, which is about a full cup of detergent. (When I first started dating him, he would also do all of his laundry in a single load and he would add bleach to loads with colors! And not a little bit of bleach, but like half a (small) bottle. And he wondered why his clothes wore out so fast!)

Too much detergent not only wastes money, it can actually make your clothes dingier because you might not be able to rinse off all the residue.

I figured that pods would probably be more. Which is what Greenfox111 probably meant

captpackrat posted...

My late husband would literally fill the dispenser to the top, which is about a full cup of detergent.

I tend to do that too, and pour less based on how small the load is.

Too much detergent not only wastes money, it can actually make your clothes dingier because you might not be able to rinse off all the residue.

This makes sense, but mentally I think people see all the visible stains and immediately think to overuse. And we haven't even gotten into pre-treating over just tossing a day-old dirty load in the wash.

my liquid detergent has like 10 different fill lines. checking it they are: A, B, 1, 2, 3, then a gap, then 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. so yeah, actually 10, and they all have random heights, they are not in order. it's also very difficult to read what they are.

I finally forced myself to read the directions to know what I'm supposed to fill to. they say to fill to bar A for medium loads or "use full cap" for larger loads, which seems ridiculous. A is one of the smaller bars, the "full cap" would be like 5x more detergent, so that can't be right.

I notice it says 100 loads* where * says "*when measured to bar A as directed".

powder detergent is as concentrated as you can get. you only need like two tablespoons for a load of laundry.

and that's a FULL load

I do admit Im paying more for the pods but the biggest reason is weight. My partner is disabled and likes to do our laundry as a way of helping out around the house as much as they can. Its hard for them to lift a jug, and their hands shake sometimes and they just lose their grip. So even pour spout detergent can be problematic occasionally. Dropping a pod doesnt cause any issues.

Melody_JR posted...

I do admit Im paying more for the pods but the biggest reason is weight. My partner is disabled and likes to do our laundry as a way of helping out around the house as much as they can. Its hard for them to lift a jug, and their hands shake sometimes and they just lose their grip. So even pour spout detergent can be problematic occasionally. Dropping a pod doesnt cause any issues.

there are liquid detergent dispensers with a spigot at the bottom so you don't have to lift it, if you place it on a shelf

also you can just scoop a little but of dry detergent as described above

is the shaking tremors or epilepsy related?

Clench281 posted...

there are liquid detergent dispensers with a spigot at the bottom so you don't have to lift it, if you place it on a shelf

also you can just scoop a little but of dry detergent as described above

is the shaking tremors or epilepsy related?

No, it's another neurological condition. But I already stated that's why we don't use the bottom spigot style.

Melody_JR posted...

So even pour spout detergent can be problematic occasionally.

I still use the pods for laundry, but for the dish washer, I use the boxed powder. For that, you definitely should use less than what is in the pods because the pods assume you are basically washing your dishes with water from the dead sea and overcompensate for that. In most cases, you only need to fill your machine to around the halfway mark. Most of the "dish washing" is done with water pressure, the soap just a surfactant to losten the dried-on stuff.

i just dump the shit in, size and measuring be damned

Dikitain posted...

I still use the pods for laundry, but for the dish washer, I use the boxed powder. For that, you definitely should use less than what is in the pods because the pods assume you are basically washing your dishes with water from the dead sea and overcompensate for that. In most cases, you only need to fill your machine to around the halfway mark. Most of the "dish washing" is done with water pressure, the soap just a surfactant to losten the dried-on stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBO8neWw04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6-eGDpimU

ConfusedTorchic posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBO8neWw04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6-eGDpimU

Exactly! I don't agree with a lot of what he does videos on (his takes on electric appliances assumes electricity and natural gas have the same price, which isn't the case. Natural gas is 1/3 cheaper then electric in my area due to easy availability) but he is spot-on there.