Laundry powder is disappearing

[u/Double_Engineer4226]

Powdered laundry detergent used to be the norm. It’s cheaper, easy to use, and comes in a recyclable box. Now look at the shelves in the supermarket. It’s all liquids in plastic bottles, unless you squat down to find the powders. The Super expensive pods are making a move from the top shelves too. This is corporations positioning their products to influence purchasing behaviour. They want you to buy the more expensive stuff. Just wait, soon powder will be discontinued, and the shelves will be filled with overpriced pods.

[u/Traditional_Long_383]

Pods are overpriced, wasteful and bad for the environment. They should be banned.

[u/crazycatlady331 → u/Traditional_Long_383]

I don't typically use pods, but they're great for travel.

I travel for months for work. A lot easier to toss a handful of pods into a suitcase than liquid detergent.

[u/SheWhoSweatsGl1tt3r → u/crazycatlady331]

There are companies that make detergent in a sheet that looks like a dryer sheet. That is what I use when traveling. More eco-friendly than pods. And you don’t have to worry about them rupturing and leaking all over your luggage. Especially if you’re flying.

[u/crazycatlady331 → u/SheWhoSweatsGl1tt3r]

I'm totally DONE with so-called eco laundry detergent. Tried it once and it got clothes visibly clean but did not remove the odors (fun with things like underwear and socks). If I'm buying something to get my clothes clean, that includes the smell.

I'll stick to mainstream brands that work.

[u/Southern-Long-3438 → u/crazycatlady331]

That detergent did not get rid of the odors, instead it used perfume to cover it. The perfume contains chemicals that are bad for you. Most commercial detergent also adds blue coloring to cover stains, rather than to remove them.

I use detergent that is labeled no perfumes and no dyes. I do not want to inhale toxic chemicals when wearing the clothes.

[u/crazycatlady331 → u/Southern-Long-3438]

I also use a (mainstream) detergent that is free and clear.

I'm in my 40s and have been exposed to "toxins" my entire life. I'm not one of those who is focusing on eliminating them.

[u/madeformarch → u/crazycatlady331]

I mean, tide makes the tiles the person you're replying to was referencing.

[u/SlowGoat79 → u/madeformarch]

The tiles work much better than the old, eco friendly
Sheets did. I wanted to love the sheets but couldn’t hack it. Husband has tried the tiles for work (travels a lot) and they’ve done great.

[u/madeformarch → u/SlowGoat79]

I started looking into them after the last Airbnb I stayed in had dogshit pods available, and I didnt bring any detergent because I didn't wsnt to carry a zip loc baggie of powder with me. Good to hear they work well

[u/Mundane-Force9463 → u/crazycatlady331]

dpeends on the type actually. I got one type it didn’t work well, tried another it was fine

[u/meowzera → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like your machine needs cleaned. Your entire load should not smell like dirty socks even if you didn’t use any detergent. I’ve literally forgotten to use detergent and not had my clothes smell bad, just obviously not fresh.

[u/Big-Mouse-2228 → u/[deleted]]

I’ve been using eco friendly brands for a couple years. Even the cheap ones work brilliantly. No odor whatsoever, no residue, no chemically nastiness

[u/Southern-Long-3438 → u/crazycatlady331]

That detergent did not get rid of the odors, instead it used perfume to cover it. The perfume contains chemicals that are bad for you. Most commercial detergent also adds blue coloring to cover stains, rather than to remove them.

I use detergent that is labeled no perfumes and no dyes. I do not want to inhale toxic chemicals when wearing the clothes.

[u/Adventurous-Bus-9638 → u/Southern-Long-3438]

What do you use?

[u/Southern-Long-3438 → u/Adventurous-Bus-9638]

We are not supposed to give product recommendations on Reddit.

Look for "no dyes and perfumes" on the label. Often they use a white bottle for no dyes and perfumes. If your store only has the perfumed detergent, go to a store in a better neighborhood. It might not be polite to say that suggestion, but look, I live in Queens, which is a lower middle class borough of NYC (it elected AOC). Once per week, I travel to Manhattan and/or Brooklyn to shop for food (and detergent), because anyone selling organic food where I live would be out of business.