Tide Pods: Are they worth the price? Cost breakdown/comparison

I noticed this too.  I was expecting the price to be much higher.  And with any  new product, I'm sure there will be a ton of coupons available to try it and make the cost even lower.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I use LESS detergent than Tide recommends.  So the 45 load bottle lasts closer to 75 loads, making the Tide Pods much more expensive per load - for me.

Hmmmm interesting!  DH pours WAY too much detergent when he does his barn clothes... this might be the perfect product for him.  Maybe it'll keep me from nagging... I just about have a heart attack every time I see him pour detergent.  (The other day I went to do laundry after him and there were STILL soap bubbles in the washer!!)

I do the rest of the family's laundry & linens though so I'll probably just keep using the liquid b/c I tend to use a bit less than the recommended amount (it works just as well).

It would not even be about the cost for me I would want to know if they have that disolvable film over them like the dishwashing soap ones I would not want to use that with my clothes. I quit using the dishwasher ones because they eventually started gunking up my dishwasher.

I agree if you use the full amount recommended on the bottle it might be better but I never us what they say on the bottle.

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Originally Posted by swishina 

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I use LESS detergent than Tide recommends.  So the 45 load bottle lasts closer to 75 loads, making the Tide Pods much more expensive per load - for me.

Agreed. I think it's been proven many times that you do NOT need to use the recommended amount. The pods you can't divvy up the amount. At face value it looks like a decent deal, in real world application it is not.

I use at most a tablespoon of normal detergent so I'm way above that 45 load count. Using the 75oz/45 load count as said above, that is a calculated 1.67 oz/3.3 tbs per load. So, a 45 load bottle lasts me about 150 loads. Which is cool. I never bothered to figure that out before haha Obviously thats a more extreme example, but for me the price given your comparison is $10.99/150 loads for Tide liquid, or $.073/load. Or the pods, at $.244/load - over triple the price. I think the more widely accepted cutback is to use half the recommended amount, which puts the pods at almost double.

I really like the new Tide Pods, simple to use with great results and the clean scent is the best.  I resisted trying the product at first but was given a few by my brother in law; now I use them regularly.  Way to go P&G!  Keep the fabulous and always cost conscious products coming our way.

Teresa

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Originally Posted by swishina 

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I use LESS detergent than Tide recommends.  So the 45 load bottle lasts closer to 75 loads, making the Tide Pods much more expensive per load - for me.

Me too. I had a repairman tell me that dishwashers and washing machines clean just as well with 1/3 to 1/2 the amount of deteregent recommended on the box. So I use less than the directions on the box say to use as well, and get at least twice as many loads out of a box or bottle of detergent as it says on the label. Pods would be a waste of money for me.

I think they're great for travelling, or for people who have to walk far to the laundry mat.