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Apparently pre-rinsing confuses the dishwasher or something. Not doing it leaves me with residue all over the other dishes though 🤷

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

50% is 50% it scales linerally.

82 Cascade pouches at bulk cost me $30 75 oz of Cascade powder costs me $6

that's $0.09 per wash for powder and $0.37 cents per wash for pouches.

I don't really consider $30 to be cheap... and it turns out it's 1/3 as much not 1/2

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

How often do you use your dishwasher?

I use mine about 2-3 times a week, so if we go with 3 that's saving like 40 bucks a year, assuming perfect measurements and no spilling of the powder. That's not enough of a difference to fret over.

[-] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

You could spend that saved $40 on the powder, and now you're sitting on ~4 years worth of detergent.

Do the same for washing clothes.

Buy foodstuffs in bulk when able.

Same with personal soap/shampoo/etc.

Now you're sitting on few hundred $ in savings a year.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I don't need 4 years' worth of detergent taking up space. I'm happy to have a little box of pods I replace occasionally when I go to Costco.

Yeah, I could spend a bunch of time and effort maximizing my savings. But I spend 50 hours a week plus a commute earning money, and that's all the time I'm devoting to it. When I'm off the clock I'm done trying to make or maximize income. I spend that time living. It's worth $40 a year to me to not deal with powder.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Daily, occasionally twice a day

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