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I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by locao »

jonathanlydall wrote: post #311
redundantly wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kids would routinely put in too much powder, which would gunk up the dispensing mechanism, requiring my time and effort to clean it out and fix it. Eventually the dispenser broke entirely and had to be replaced. We since switched to pods and haven't had any problems with the dispenser. The pods are worth every extra cent.

Yep. I (as is common for many middle-class South Africans) have a domestic worker who cleans the house, and in general you just have to accept that domestic workers will tend to use quite a bit more cleaning products than is necessary. At least with tablets, they will always use a set amount. It's not their money that they're needlessly wasting and the thing not being clean is a more immediately noticeable problem wi…

Interesting enough, where I live we also can have domestic workers without being filthy rich. But we've seen the exactly opposite problem: people trust a single product for everything and will use the least amount of it because "it's good enough". The current person working at our place uses dish detergent to clean the entire house unless we tell her everyday to not do it. The previous one used bleach, and ruined most of our bath and hand towels.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by shiandow »

UnserMannInK wrote: post #292
zamalek wrote: post #268

I inferred a trick from his original video. Dish soap and dishwasher detergent are not the same; the latter contains an enzyme that breaks food down. If you have something that is completely wrecked, fill it with piping hot water and put a dose of dishwasher detergent in it. Leave it overnight. I strongly doubt the stuff is good for your skin, so I've only done this a few times.

This works for cleaning a lot of things. I regularly clean the coffee maker (a Bialetti espresso thing) by putting some powder detergent in the water compartment, then „make coffee“ without actual coffee and leave it in overnight. Neutralize with white vinegar (which has the added benefit of descaling) and rinse thoroughly. It‘s as new afterwards. And yes, it’s not good for your skin, so avoid immersing your hands in…

That seems a bit excessive, especially since the water compartment should typically only come into contact with water.

The most critical part is the part you put the coffee in, which you can just put in the dishwasher every so often. Soaking the top compartment might make sense, you could use a dishwasher but I'd worry about the rubber seal.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by iso1631 »

hebelehubele wrote: post #325
arjie wrote: post #130

I love that there are people who will go into this much detail on stuff. It's really cool that they do. But the whole thing is that if you follow some sequence of steps, powder will clean as well as or better than pods for a third the cost. All right, this isn't a significant portion of my expenses so I'll pay the 3x cost since my dishes come out clean anyway. I wish the description of the video was like an abstract.

For long videos, I have a script that fetches the transcript using yt-dlp and pipes it to an LLM for keypoints. If the content sounds interesting, I watch it; if not, I save 45 minutes.

I can always rely on technology connections videos to be interesting to me, so no need to do any of that.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by SiempreViernes »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #348
hebelehubele wrote: post #325

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For long videos, I have a script that fetches the transcript using yt-dlp and pipes it to an LLM for keypoints. If the content sounds interesting, I watch it; if not, I save 45 minutes.

Mind sharing the script? It's becoming a big problem to me: people send me links to "must watch videos" but neither the title nor description nor subchapter titles tell me what it actually is about. In this particular case, it's spending 40 minutes of my life on something that could be explained in 4 sentences.

The more common solution I've seen is asking the person sending the link for clarification.

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by arthurfirst »

Repair men will tell you liquid detergents of any kind wear out dishwashers and washing machines much faster. To say nothing of all the stabilizers/additives and dyes. The best thing to clean with is powder to make your machine last. Also shipping water (liquids mostly water including pods) is a bad idea in terms of weight and cost. Liquids and pods are great for driving new unit sales. Tablet seem to be in the middle but they of course caking agents use to make them into pucks... why not just use powder?

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by benkaiser »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #123
tonymet wrote: post #100

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The issue of letting consumers choose the worse product is that the good products get pushed out of the market. Grocery floorspace that was once primarily staples and whole foods is mostly now junkfood. Proper razors have been replaced with disposables. Skincare & toothpaste products contain sodium laureth sulfate , which lathers well, but causes mouth sores and skin irritation. Letting consumers choose usually ends…

> Skincare & toothpaste products contain sodium laureth sulfate , which lathers well, but causes mouth sores and skin irritation. This is only true for sensitive individuals. Billions of people use these products every day and have no issues.

Counter-example... some people have no idea that SLS is causing these issues and just chalk it up to how things are.

I recently switched to an SLS free toothpaste but it was really hard to track one down that still had flouride in it!

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by hammock »

oarfish wrote: post #321
hammock wrote: post #137

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I wouldn’t use rinse aid. It’s not good for you - damages your gut and may contain dioxane byproducts. I also would avoid detergents with ethoxylated alcohols (AEs). What to look for is any powder or powder-filled pod with a) no AEs and b) does contain amylase and protease , two food-eating enzymes that are often omitted for who knows why. 365 Whole Foods brand pods are my go-to

> damages your gut what does that even mean? Any citations here? Edit: i see the linked pubmed in a child comment now. But it seems to be not in humans, so saying it "damages your gut" is not an appropriate conclusion.

There are other studies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36464527/

Re: I was right about dishwasher pods and now I can prove it [video]

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Post by Yeul »

arthurfirst wrote: post #356

Repair men will tell you liquid detergents of any kind wear out dishwashers and washing machines much faster. To say nothing of all the stabilizers/additives and dyes. The best thing to clean with is powder to make your machine last. Also shipping water (liquids mostly water including pods) is a bad idea in terms of weight and cost. Liquids and pods are great for driving new unit sales. Tablet seem to be in the middl…

Pods are easy to use which is why they were invented. In fact my washing machine doesn't even have a tray to put powder in anymore.
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