Latest invention to clean your clothes

May 25 [Fri], 2012, 10:00

It's easy to overuse laundry detergent. The lines on the measuring cups are not always easy to see.There's a new invention in the laundry business that has the industry spinning. Detergent is now put into a dissolvable pack or pod like the ones used for dishwashers. Gel packs make it easy to make sure you're using the right amount of detergent and not letting money go down the drain, but Does it Really Do That?Some consumers say their dirty clothes came out of the washer with a sticky residue.When you're raising five boys, the laundry piles up quickly.

"I know laundry. Unfortunately, I would like not to know it. I would like to be divorced from laundry," Charna McCoy said. The laundry may be here to stay, but McCoy can divorce her old laundry detergent."My usual detergent is Gain bleach because it gets the funk out," McCoy said. Instead of a big box, how about detergent in a small plastic packet called a pod?"It is weird," McCoy said as she felt and examined the product.After 58 years in the laundry business, employees at Clifton Cleaners in Cleveland have seen lots of products come and go. They wonder if the pods will actually stick around.

"They've had a lot of time to develop it, so this might be the answer," Rich Pfaff said.It's as easy as tossing and going. McCoy hopes she'll score with the pods, but they're not racking up points with every user.We paid anywhere from $3.49 to $5.49 for the detergent at a drugstore without any coupons. Most bags will last around 20 loads."I do a lot of laundry. We have three kids, and over the course of the week I did five loads. In three of those loads, the pack was not dissolving," Cataldo said. Instead of clean clothes, Cataldo ended up with sticky ones. A plastic residue was left behind.


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