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No I haven`t changed my laundry habits and I won`t but I`ve reduced my energy consumption where it really matters like having a less pleasantly heated space in winter which means wearing a thick pullover at home or having a blanket by my couch and so on. And when weather permits I go by...

Weren`t even the most caustic vintage dishwasher and laundry detergents water glass based instead of lye?

But who am I kidding. As soon as there will be some Ariel Tiles launched in Germany I`ll probably be the first one to try them out for myself. But that`s just because I cannot refuse a new detergent not because I like the whole concept.

Henrik you have a very valid point in saying if everybody thinks this way nobody will ever do anything. But keep in mind that for most of the older generation like myself it`s much harder to suddenly change their habits than for someone younger like you who doesn`t have yet a history of doing...

From the FAQs "What is PVA? Why do you have it in your products? PVA stands for PolyVinyl Alcohol. PVA is used in EC30 to create the solid swatch form. PVA dissolves completely and is biologically degradable" and so on... Like I said before and to sum it up again the only environmental...

Good point about polymeres. Some consider water soluble plastics as microplastics while others don`t. But whatever the definition may be polymeres are not so good for the environment either. The joke is I count 3 different polymeres in EC30, even polyvinyl alcohol is included. That`s the...

Haven`t owned or worked on a combo for at least 20 years so it`s very interesting to see a newer one with the "hood up" I think as long as it doesn`t impair performance or efficiency simplicity is a good thing. Condensation channels have always been prone to clog up with lint when the surface...

Thanks to Littlegreeny`s link the mystery is solved. So it`s going to be a detergent sheet and judging from the EC30 ingredients a very good one compared to other sheet detergents. Time will tell how it compares to other detergent brands and formats, but I find this statement in Tide Evo`s...

I think I read about a survey on how many washer cycles people actually use on a regular basis. Don`t remember where but might have been our consumer magazine. IIRC on average it`s only 3 cycles but each consumer, homemaker or whatever has their own choices and preferences of what is considered...

"All of our picks remove stains and odors in cold water well and leave no residue" Seriously? Just look at those stain strips from the best performing detergents, to me they look almost as dirty as the unwashed control strip. If those were cloth napkins would anyone want to use them? If...

Chetlaham It`s not a protector switch, it`s just a rating plate which indicates voltage, watts and continuous run time. The hole in the center just seems to hold a rubber part in place to lower vibration or noise from the motor.

Actually I`ve got countless of appliances that are not supposed to run continuously from vintage to brand new. Picture #1 my 50`s kitchen motor has "KB 10 min" on the rating plate which means "Kurz Betrieb 10 min" or "Short term operation" in English. #2 is a cheap modern file shredder wich...

I find liquid Ariel and Ariel pods have a very strong scent. To me liquid Persil is quite heavy in scent too but their pods for some reason aren`t. Among the budget brands I found Aldi`s liquid Tandil the most disappointing. While it is an excellent performer, maybe even better than Ariel the...

It`s pointless to recommend specific products because the perception of scents is a very individual thing. Means whatever smells heavenly to someone might stink to high heavens to another one, but if you can barely smell any fragrance on your clothes it might be a better idea to switch products...

Hi there and Merry Christmas! I have never had a chance to use eastern European detergents so cannot compare them to the German ones. I like my clothes to smell good too but unlike you I find most German detergents sufficiently scented, well at least the big brand names. But whenever I use the...

I also find it interesting how vintage detergent scents are often associated with "a light smell" or "clean and fresh" when basically they`re full of heavy musks and florals like roses and lily of the valley. I mean some musks by themselves just smell like a clean anus. Clean but still anus...

The vast majority of laundry detergents and FS have always smelled like "cheap lady`s perfume", right from the start when manufacturers decided to add scent to their products. The thing is that the perfume market is very "fashion driven", similar to the clothing market. Trends and preferences...

It may also be worth to note that the inseam of modern male jeans doesn`t go all the way up to the crotch anymore. This way there`s room for whatever you`ve got or not no matter how tight they are, which makes them kind of safe even for the North American market. LOL Personally I don`t like...

Are "shrink to fit" jeans still on the market today? Those were actually larger in size than the inch numbers indicated and this was the type some may have worn in the bathtub for a perfect fit. And those who didn`t want to bother with this would just buy them in their known size and let the...

Dave, you beat us all! Too bad there`s no comments section under the RD article where we could ask what we`re supposed to do if we have a hamper full of dirty jeans to wash at once. LOL