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Have you ever used two detergent pods at once?
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Full disclosure: I also use OxiClean and Clorox (2), so I feel two detergent packs is overkill.
Yo, what? Does that work better?
Yeah. If you have a dishwasher with a prewash spot it's actually the correct way to use it. I just throw an extra pod in the tub when I start it. Also run the sink until the water is hot before pressing start.
I use two pods for every load. It makes the scent much stronger and last longer in my experience. Especially on my sheets and blankets.
Technology Connections made a great video explaining why you shouldn't use detergent packs in a dishwasher (most of the detergent is wasted in the first rinse):
I'm think the point is that first rinse has NO detergent when you use a single pod in the pocket. So you can either start using gel to fill the pocket and the prewash spot or just toss in an extra pod at the beginning.
Liquid tends to clean better so I use that. We buy pods for the kids cause they'd fuck up using the liquid
Wait . . . that's not why he says not to use them.
He says using a pod means you /don't/ get detergent in the first rinse unless you use both detergent spots or toss an extra pack into the bottom.
Did you take the packet from another cup or something? If so, what did you do with the other cup?
I used 5 Tide Pods for a single load and it was a mistake
Maybe the quarantine has been getting to me. Usually I only cap out at two Tide Pods if the load is big. But last night I went HAM on the laundry since it was a little extra smelly (fewer, stinkier loads since my wife and I are working from home and almost never going out except for...
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Step 1: Use too many pods and wreck clothes
Step 2: Tide sends more pods
Step 3: Go to Step 1
You now have infinite pods
Yep. I put the left over cup back in the pantry because I would have felt bad just throwing it away, but then my wife found it and I lied to her and said they must have forgot to include the cheese packet.
No, I just toss a loose one in the bottom of the tub. I haven't had to do any prescrubbing or soaking since I started doing it. If you have a space on the door for prewash or something like that you should try it.
I mean, it's three tide pods, Ramirez. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
Seriously I don't know my wife buys them. Are they 10 dollars?
This is both the smallest and most horrible crime at the same time lol.
A case of them is like $26 where I live. Hurts my soul a little every time I buy them.
If I'm popping off a large load I always double bag it. I mean, it literally says to in the instructions.
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With the amount of clothes my daughter runs through on a weekly basis, I don't think I've used just 1 pod in over a year. That said, don't try and tell yourself a load is too smelly, better toss in 3. The time I tried that when the load wasn't big enough to warrant it, there was a melted pod left that ruined a sweater. Honestly not sure how that works but was very annoying.