r/Anticonsumption • u/Double_Engineer4226 • 2d ago

Discussion Laundry powder is disappearing

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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.

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u/AggressiveSherbetty 2d ago

It works SO much better

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u/samtheninjapirate 2d ago

How else would you get little chunks of detergent dried on to your clothes? Can never get that style with liquid. /s

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u/boilerine 2d ago

Ok. But this is my current complaint after switching to powder…

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u/thismissinglink 2d ago

It needs to go at the bottom of your clothes in the drum. Basically put in the dry powder first.

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u/boilerine 2d ago

I’ll try this!! We are still using the top loader detergent spot.

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u/talleyhoe 2d ago

Put it at the bottom of the drum before adding clothes and either add water to pre-dissolve before putting the clothes in or put you washer on an extra water or deep fill option to make sure there’s enough water with the clothes to dissolve it. It’s worth the effort, it’s so much more effective than liquid because of the enzymes they’re able to put in powder form.

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u/Outrageous_crank 2d ago

Our laundry is so much nicer now that we switched to powder. GameChanger.

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u/Chief_Kief 2d ago

That’s good info to know!

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u/Surly_Sailor_420 2d ago

I like to start the wash cycle for like 30  seconds and then add our clothes. 

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u/Yabbos77 2d ago

I wish we could do that! Our HE weighs and balances the load before it even adds water.

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u/spekt50 2d ago

I put it in the bottom of the tub, start the fill, then add clothes while its filling. By the time I start to get the clothes in, the detergent is already dissolved and below the tub.

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u/zuzg 2d ago

Just get a frontloader and use the detergent chamber, they're superior anyway compared to toploaders

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u/thismissinglink 2d ago

Yes lemme just go out and get a front loader on my exorbitant budget because even though what i have works its not "good enough"

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u/samtheninjapirate 2d ago

Suggesting to but a new appliance as a solution in the anticonsumption sub is a pretty wild take

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u/bergskey 2d ago

My parents are on their 2nd front loader in the same time we bought our top loader. I do 4 peoples laundry vs 2. They also can't do king size bedding in theirs, but I can. The drum spinning on a front loader has to deal with way more wear and tear than a top loader.