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.
 
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.
 
January said:
That is what we in Australia call a clotheshorse, very handy sometimes.

I have a tumbledryer but I rarely use it, I hang washing on outside line.
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My small yard wouldn't easily accommodate a clothesline. Plus the clotheshorse (love it!) collapses and hangs on a hook in my garage. I open it and hang the clothes from literally two steps from my machines.

Outdoor clotheslines were standard when I was growing up, with tumble dryers as backups during inclement weather. With a household of eight, there was too much laundry for my mom to always hold off for good outdoor drying days.

I didn't mind hanging or removing clothes from the line. Ditto vacuuming the above-ground pool and mowing the lawns (riding mower) over summer. Solitary, outdoor chores were my strong preference over the dreaded jobs of dusting or vacuuming.
 
Lilac said:
Does anyone use vinegar instead of fabric softener? If you do, are you happy how it works?
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Yes, but more as a final rinse aid.
Lilac said:
Neither hubby or I like scented clothes. He refuses to go into the laundry aisle because the odor & I agree it's too overpowering.
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I hold my breath if I have to walk down that aisle. Fortunately a jug of detergent lasts a long, long time.
 
Pods would not work in my small sized HE machine. I regret having an HE. It doesn’t use enough water, imo. Eco-max liquid is my choice. Unscented. I can control how much I need. If I need to take rugs to the laundromat, I decant into a smaller container.

I never use fabric softener of any type. Instead I have 3 alpaca dryer balls. They’re inside a mesh bag for delicate items so they don’t pick up excess fibre. They were pricey and have worked for years. The first set didn’t last until I learned of the mesh bag trick.

I bought the alpaca dryer balls at a Farmers’ Market. Some of the a donors were on display.
 
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