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| Post# 613687 7/31/2012 at 10:47 (4,280 days old) by DJmankiewiz () | ||
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This week i have been using Tide's new product. They are called Tide Pods.They are pods that you just throw in the washer basket. Does anybody use tide pods? Also works in any water temp. | ||
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| Post# 613692 , Reply# 1 7/31/2012 at 11:07 (4,280 days old) by mysteryclock (Franklin, TN) | ||
Tried 2 1/2 big containers of them. They are really convenient and seem to do a very good job at getting out stains without as much pretreating in a variety of wash temps. I've never found anything better before or since at removing greasy stains from placemats, for instance.
Unfortunately, placemats is ~all~ I'll be using them for from now on since they started to break everyone in the family out pretty seriously mid way into the 3rd container. I'm not sure if they have some kind of leave-in fabric coating like ActiLift or what but whatever it was ended up totally irritating us. Which is a shame because they were an interesting concept that actually worked...almost. So it was back to regular Tide HE powders, after which everything cleared up. Still use the pods for the placemats though! | ||
| Post# 613701 , Reply# 2 7/31/2012 at 11:22 (4,280 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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We haven't tried them because of the reputation Tide has of being very, very sudsy. We don't like suds here because they don't rinse easily. | ||
Post# 613755 , Reply# 3 7/31/2012 at 14:23 (4,280 days old) by Kenmoreguy64  (Charlotte, NC) |
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Whirlcool -
Charlotte has moderately soft water and I get not one suds bubble from the pods. I've only used about 6 trial packs, but that's enough to give them a decent shake I think. No suds, nada...none, not even when I used two per load in my large cap. Kenmores on a full setting. I am happy with other detergents, but I'd use these! Gordon | ||
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Post# 613769 , Reply# 5 7/31/2012 at 14:51 (4,280 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Don't eat them!
Gordon is right, I have softened water and whether in the SQ front-load or any of the vintage top-loaders, I get few if any suds. The Purex pods seen to perform similarly as far as sudsing, but the cleaning isn't quite what the Tide pods can do. I haven't done the math, but the price of the Pods vs. their liquid counterparts remains suspect...
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Post# 613778 , Reply# 6 7/31/2012 at 15:25 (4,280 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Have Pondered What Is "Up" With All These Pod Type P | ||
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Post# 613784 , Reply# 7 7/31/2012 at 15:40 (4,280 days old) by mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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I grew suspect of Tide pods when I read a response to an article on the internet from a former factory worker who said a few workers were coming down with skin cancer working around the chemicals, she thought is was the dyes. Don't know if anyone else saw it, it was on Yahoo news. | ||
| Post# 613845 , Reply# 8 7/31/2012 at 20:54 (4,280 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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Post# 613878 , Reply# 9 7/31/2012 at 23:22 (4,279 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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I've Told Ya
Some time ago P&G and one assumes Unilever along with other detergent makers did marketing research and it was determined customers wanted scent to linger on laundry. It seems certain segments of the market were upset when laundry would emerge from the dryer and or having been stored away after wash day, and not retain whatever scent came from the detergent and or fabric softener.
Enter the chemists who came up with various ways to embed or cause fragrance to remain on laundered textiles days, weeks or perhaps months after the wash is done. This technology is designed to withstand many rinses as well, which explains even if the drain water is clear you'll still find very scented laundry. After using some Amercian or French liquid/gel detergents not only is the laundry well scented, but the Miele washer's tub,boot and probably anywhere else the water touched as well. Ariel Excel "Alpine Frachie" gel is famous for this. | ||
| Post# 613880 , Reply# 10 7/31/2012 at 23:25 (4,279 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Because....
"why does the horrific scent used in Tide products linger, after rinsing twice!"
Because P&G cannot formulate anything without making it smell like a perfume factory on steroids. I think if a new product they're formulating clears their sinuses, that's good. If it makes their eyes water, that's even better. If the paint on the lab walls starts bubbling, that's as good as it gets. | ||
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Post# 613884 , Reply# 11 7/31/2012 at 23:46 (4,279 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Actually It's Not Just P&G
First time one went to a French supermarket in Paris was quite bowled over by scent in the laundry product aisle. That was twenty years ago and things have only gotten worse.
P&G, Unilever, Le Chat, Bonux, Ariel, et al, they all reeked IMHO. Even the detergents for babies packed a powerful fragrance punch. As for Tide one quite liked the older versions. Such a nice clean and fresh scent. | ||
| Post# 613975 , Reply# 12 8/1/2012 at 11:24 (4,279 days old) by dirtybuck (Springfield, MO) | ||
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NO! Items like these always make me wonder if enough detergent is added in the dose to get laundry really clean. The water in my area is quite hard. | ||
| Post# 613987 , Reply# 13 8/1/2012 at 11:55 (4,279 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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And: | ||
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Post# 614019 , Reply# 14 8/1/2012 at 15:00 (4,279 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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"who wants to be one of the Pod People?"
Seems like a lot of people do actually, if you believe what P&G is saying. From what I've read and been told, they claim that sales of the pods are brisk. These are certainly where P&G is placing investment dollars and future hope and aspirations for profits.
These have about the highest cost per load of anything out there, but in a market where mid-level and private label detergent sales have risen the past few years at the expense of the higher tiered products, you'd think that now would be a not-so-great time to introduce a pricey product. I think consumers overall don't think that far into their purchase decision to place a value on cost vs convenience. Consumers really seem to like the "just grab one and throw it in...no measuring" concept. | ||
| Post# 614022 , Reply# 15 8/1/2012 at 15:23 (4,279 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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My Major Objection:
To Tide Pods is this:
It took some doing to come up with a packaging strategy that used more resources than liquids, but P&G seems to have managed it handily. I'm sticking to my powdered detergent, which contains no water weight, and which comes in a biodegradable cardboard box made from renewable resources, I own a measuring cup and two hands, and I do not have such an exalted opinion of myself that using them is beneath my dignity. | ||
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Post# 614033 , Reply# 17 8/1/2012 at 16:57 (4,279 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I tried them, and they seemed to clean well, but had issues with suds not rinsing out. It wasn't that there was too much suds in the wash cycle; just that it refused to go away during the rinses. They are certainly very convenient and very strongly-scented. You're supposed to use two pods for heavily-soiled loads. The marketing is aimed straight at the 18-30 year olds, as is evidenced by the "Pop Goes The World" TV adverts.
Who knows...if the young set latches on to them, we may look back on the days when detergent actually had to be measured and lugged around in boxes or bottles. I never thought dishwasher tablets would catch on, but nearly everyone I know uses them. In fact, Finish Powerball tablets have become my daily driver. | ||
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Post# 614040 , Reply# 18 8/1/2012 at 17:27 (4,279 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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I hands-down agree on the pod packaging...
It's just wasteful of space - shelf space and shipping crate space. The best for that is indeed powder, and I too am currently going back to it in a big way.
The liquid's bottles are however VERY recyclable for the record. At work, several times we have had to purchase large amounts of municipal sourced recycled detergent bottle plastic, which we call "regrind". We use regrinds from various sources actually in our production of many plastic parts. Using the detergent bottle material however is quite an experience, because the entire plant, even with its 2+ story ceiling (for heat management) strongly reeks of a blend of detergent. Its quite funny actually. Does anyone remember the square shaped Dynamo bottles from the 70s? At least something like that today would fit efficiently into a packaging box for shipment. All these round bottle are wasteful in my view.... | ||
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Post# 614110 , Reply# 19 8/1/2012 at 22:58 (4,278 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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"supposed to use two pods for heavily-soiled loads" Perhaps so, but then that may be too much. | ||
| Post# 614319 , Reply# 20 8/2/2012 at 21:42 (4,278 days old) by djmankiewiz () | ||
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Done! Well I am going back to liquid and powder detergents since I have finished the pods this week. DJmankiewiz, | ||
| Post# 614800 , Reply# 21 8/5/2012 at 04:33 (4,275 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
Tide Pods = Ariel Liquitabs
We have had Pod Unit dose detergent in the UK since 2001, Most people buy them for convenience, but I personally feel they aren't worth it. They can make machines smelly as the plastic can form a gungey sludge in the outer tub of Front Loaders.
I think Powder detergent is the best as you can vary how much you use for the degree of soiling of the laundry, and you can use it for Prewash in Commercial Coin Op Machines. | ||
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Post# 861056 , Reply# 22 1/10/2016 at 14:17 (3,022 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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I use them. I use them at my house. My mom bought them when they first came out. They work very well. The first load I did was a load of darks on the cotton/normal cycle on my lg. It saved me from the stress from having to measure. Excuse me if I am late by the way. | ||
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Post# 861078 , Reply# 23 1/10/2016 at 17:11 (3,022 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 861107 , Reply# 24 1/10/2016 at 19:40 (3,022 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Wow, was it really 3-12 years ago that I first discovered laundry pods/pacs? I still have probably 30 Tide pods, but rarely use them with the auto-dosing Maytag. I need to finish them up before they get old, leak, and stick to each other. Gotta say, I really loved the convenience of pods....but not even having to toss a pod in when loading is even easier, LOL.
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Post# 861450 , Reply# 25 1/12/2016 at 15:46 (3,020 days old) by joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA) |
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You don't know if you don't try it | ||
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