I don't know about you but bargain shopping for liquid laundry detergent can be quite mentally challenging. Maybe I'm overthinking things but I find myself in the detergent aisle debating how to determine best value: price per load or price per ounce.
I've started defaulting to price per load since there are some super-concentrated versions about there that require teeny tiny amount of detergent to get your clothes clean. With that being said, does that bottle of detergent actually clean the 76 or 150 loads that is claims it will or do you get some number marginally less? Using the barely legible lines of demarcation on the bottle top to decide how much soap to use is anything but an exact science -- until now!
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| #MomHacks: Snappies container + rubberband = laundry detergent measurement precision |
If you've given birth anytime in the last few years or so you probably have a handful of those 2oz Snappies containers lying around. My laundry measurement
#momhack is quite simple: a Snappies container and a rubber band. Most laundry detergents will say on the back in the instructions section the actual volumetric measurement for a "normal" load by which their selling labeling is calculated (in the picture it is 1.78oz). I place my rubber band at this mark on the Snappies container and
boom we're in exact measurement business! If you've got a particularly soiled load, fill above the rubber band line; not so dirty, obviously just use less.
Happy Laundry Days! [since we know there is never just one day of laundry]
So have you figured out if you get the same number of loads as it claims? Or does depend on how many really soiled loads vs mildly dirty loads?
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DeleteI've never kept a full tally on the number of loads I've gotten per bottle since I tend to buy the giant size bottles but the number is calculated by the load size on the back of the bottle so I suppose it's pretty close. :-)
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