I was nearly out of Tide Original powder in the 254-ounce (15.8 lb.) box I purchased at Costco long ago. The claim made on the box states it's enough for 180 loads. I use a smaller scoop than the one provided, which came with a smaller box of Gain powder purchased at Target even longer ago. Since it's just me, with the occasional couple of loads my friend might bring over once a month or so, detergent lasts me a long time.
So last week I went looking at Costco and discovered that, at the present time at least, Tide Ultra Oxi (with "original" in smaller lettering) is the only powder they carry. It was on sale for $24 instead of the regular $30 for a 250-ounce (15.6 lb.) box. That's four ounces less than the Tide Original, but the number of loads has fallen to 143, a 37 load difference.
Dosing with Original goes like so: 1/5 cup for medium loads, 1/3 cup for large loads, and 3/4 cup for full loads.
With Ultra Oxi: 1/4 cup for medium, 1/2 cup for large, and still 3/4 cup for full.
So Ultra Oxi is better, but you have to use more of it, but only for small or medium loads?
This is 100% PG BS. And when you're cranking out tons of this stuff daily, a four ounce savings on each box adds up real fast. Add this to the instruction to use more, and we are all being taken to the cleaners. Which could be a literal statement about where our laundry gets done for less money before too long.
I will forego comments on who was POTUS in most of the 1980s and 2000s that brought all of this on, but as long as our ethically challenged SCOTUS decided that corporations are people, these P&G thugs should be taken to task and thrown into prison.
So last week I went looking at Costco and discovered that, at the present time at least, Tide Ultra Oxi (with "original" in smaller lettering) is the only powder they carry. It was on sale for $24 instead of the regular $30 for a 250-ounce (15.6 lb.) box. That's four ounces less than the Tide Original, but the number of loads has fallen to 143, a 37 load difference.
Dosing with Original goes like so: 1/5 cup for medium loads, 1/3 cup for large loads, and 3/4 cup for full loads.
With Ultra Oxi: 1/4 cup for medium, 1/2 cup for large, and still 3/4 cup for full.
So Ultra Oxi is better, but you have to use more of it, but only for small or medium loads?
This is 100% PG BS. And when you're cranking out tons of this stuff daily, a four ounce savings on each box adds up real fast. Add this to the instruction to use more, and we are all being taken to the cleaners. Which could be a literal statement about where our laundry gets done for less money before too long.
I will forego comments on who was POTUS in most of the 1980s and 2000s that brought all of this on, but as long as our ethically challenged SCOTUS decided that corporations are people, these P&G thugs should be taken to task and thrown into prison.
