Fabrite laundry detergent sheets

[paulc]

Picked these up today merely for the fact the bleaching agents are chlorine based and had not seen this in a detergent before. Laundress, have you come across chlorine based bleach in a detergent before?

Used two sheets on a load of towels, they did a good job for something so cheap ( £1.00 for a 10 sheet pack ). They recommend 1 sheet for light soil in soft water, however 2 sheets created hardly any suds and 1st rinse was clear. Will not be replacing my regular detergent but would be handy to take on a camping holiday.

 

[danemodsandy]

Not ANOTHER Detergent Format!

Ye gods - what in Hell was wrong with powder detergents in the first place? Now we have powders, HE powders, liquids, HE liquids, ultra liquids, pods - and now detergent sheets, of all things.

Were people suffering nervous breakdowns from being unable to cope with powders? Did anyone stand on a high ledge and threaten to jump if a pod wasn't invented pronto? Have there been massive petition campaigns imploring the White House to get manufacturers to offer more and more and more and more varieties of liquids?

In a world where our resources are shrinking and actual need is growing, I fail to understand why resources are being squandered on offering consumers 492 different detergent options in every freaking grocery store. It's all very well to have consumer choice, but it's beginning to border on madness.

Actually, it's madness its ownself.

 

[paulc]

Detergent sheets

Have been around for a while, Dizolve has been on the UK shelves since early last year. I can see the appeal for using on holiday or on a camping trip, not great for everyday laundry at home though. Also the transportation costs from manufacturer to the store would be a lot less.

http://www.dizolve.co.uk/product.html

 

[tomturbomatic]

If memory serves me correctly, Fab had a detergent-softener sheet on the market for a short time here a long time ago. I might still have the sample.

 

[dustin92]

Purex had a detergent/softener/dryer sheet out for a while, havent seen them lately though. I bought them once, they were expensive and if I remember right, foamed up terribly in our front loader. I wasn't impressed enough to buy them twice. It seems like pods are taking their place, and doing a better job cheaper and with less packaging than the sheets.

 

[gansky1]

I bought the Purex sheets when they came out, and refill package in a moment of optimism (weakness).

 

You're right about the foaming, they were more suited to a top-load washer than front-loading.   Though I bought the unscented "Free" version, they were quite fragrant stored in their flip-door plastic box but there was little scent left after the wash cycle.

 

I couldn't bring myself to ever put the sheet in the dryer for the softening stage of the product, the strip of waxy goo at the top was fairly thick and unappealing.  Used in hot water, most of the good had already dissolved in the washer so melting it onto the clothes in the dryer seemed pointless.  Other than that waste of product, they seemed to clean fine.