Anonymous wrote:There's a scientist guy on either TikTok or YouTube who tests random items for their cleanliness.
Anyway, he tested dirty laundry and found that the laundry washed in hot water with liquid detergent produced the least bacteria growth on the Petri dish.
Cold water + liquid detergent had some growth, cold water + laundry sheet had a moderate amount of growth, and hot water + laundry sheet had about the same amount of growth as cold + soap.
From dirtiest to cleanest it went:
1. straight dirty laundry swabbed
2. laundry washed in cold water + no soap
3. laundry washed in hot water + no soap
2. laundry washed in cold water + laundry sheet
3. laundry washed in cold water + pod
4. laundry washed in cold water + liquid detergent
5. laundry washed in hot water + laundry sheet
6. laundry washed in hot water + pod
7. laundry washed in hot water + liquid detergent
Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine they get sudsy enough.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine they get sudsy enough.
If you are getting loads of suds, you are using too much detergent.
We use laundry sheets are they work great. I do add Oxiclean if my kid's laundry has stains or is very dirty for some reason. But for regular wash, a normal sized load, one laundry sheet works great.
They are a bit more expensive, but I like that I'm not paying for water to be shipped and trucked all around the country. Liquid soap is so incredibly dumb, when you think about it.