Powdered Laundry Detergent Issue

I looked at Menard's today & all of the laundry sheets had fragrance. The only place I seen unscented was at the health food store & those were pricey.

Neither hubby or I like scented clothes. He refuses to go into the laundry aisle because the odor & I agree it's too overpowering. I started to have a reaction to laundry detergent in the early 90s & was told to get Dreft. I didn't like the smell & finally found the unscented/hypoallergenic All detergent.

The last thing I want is my clothes competing with my perfume when I wear it.
 
I am fortunate in that Sydney water is quite soft. Laundry powder is still readily available here.
No problems with residue and I have recently started using it in the dishwasher. Cheaper than the pods that had a tendency to not dissolve completely.
 
Have never dried clothes anywhere but on a line.

I use both liquid and powdered laundry detergent. I use the powdered if I an setting the machine to wash the clothes for when I get up in the morning and the liquid if I am going to set the machine off straight away.

When my mother visited from the UK she was very excited by the fact that the soft water meant the soap lathered, she lived on the Kent coast where the water tastes bloody awful and is as hard as buggery.
 
I use pods when I do my own laundry, which is rare. Since I live in a Senior Assisted Living Facility, all this is done for us. But, there are certain things I'd rather do myself. Also, they use powder detergent here. While I love my sheets, towels, etc hung on a line to dry, I am sure the powers that be would be rather upset were I to try and do that here. They can be such snobs at times. ;)
 
In early 2023, I learned about the below laundry dryer on the "what have you bought recently" thread. Found it on sale at Walmart.com for $39, and snapped one up. I run the dryer for 10 minutes on cool to shake out wrinkles, then dispatch the wet laundry to hangers (clothes pole) or this collapsible rack.

Thanks to So Cal's low humidity, most clothing dries in less than a day - jeans can take two days.

Sheets get dried in the dryer - King and Queen size sheets are too much of a logistical challenge for me to hang them to dry.

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We use detergent pods and they work well. The one problem we've found is that sometimes the pod casing sticks to the clothes. Maybe it's down to the brand of pod.
Anyone remember the laundry 'Egg'. These were allegedly Eco friendly alternatives to conventional detergents. We were given one, but it seemed little better than plain water and we ditched it. Other users had a wide range of opinions.
 


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