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20 years ago in my country overuse of powder detergents was well known by all the manufacturers; this is when fixed serving sizes were developed as a way to con
by AdrianB1 4y ago
20 years ago in my country overuse of powder detergents was well known by all the manufacturers; this is when fixed serving sizes were developed as a way to contain the problem and they are also considered more convenient by most consumers. I was working in one of these companies at that time, so I know the subject pretty well.
- michael1999 4y agoI'll grant that the pods are often reasonably sized. My main complaint is that they don't provide any detergent to the pre-wash cycle. That can leave a lot of oil for the main wash to process.
- nerdponx 4y agoI would have assumed that overuse was a desirable outcome for the manufacturer.
- krageon 4y agoIf you put less detergent in the packs, they are cheaper per package. This is good, because that means the price can stay the same for more profit.
- AdrianB1 4y agoThere were a couple of very undesired side-effects that manufacturers hate because it was making the consumers angry: 1. Burning the color of clothes. 2. Irritating the skin (hand-was was very common, it still has some use cases even today). Also there was a move around 2003-2004 to increase the concentration of automatic washer detergents, that was meant to decrease the transportation cost for manufacturers, but overuse was even riskier. I know it was done, somewhere before 2005 when I left that area of business, part of the solution was a big marketing campaign, another part was switching to liquid detergent with a measuring cup, also including a measuring cup in the package with the larger sizes. I don't know what happened later.