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um. that is wicked awesome fresh radical i want it bad! can you imagine not having to buy the huge thing of detergent and softener and and and and? that is a big leap

but

i am in love with the smell of GAIN, so they better get on the ball and make these, cuz i can't live without that scent!

While I am intrigued and will probably give it a whirl, it would be hard to pry the Tide detergent and Bounce sheets from even my cold, dead fingers. Like my favorite toothpaste, Crest, my parents have never bought any other brand and I love them.

don't worry, MCBfly, i'm sure all the other brands will jump on this trend.

yes i'm talkin' to you, GAIN!

We who have stock in P&G appreciate the brand loyalty :)

The comment wasn't finished up in the article. I thought for sure they would finish the thought on line drying.

What if you use a washer but hang your stuff outside to dry? If you put the dryer sheets into the wash will that keep any lint from clinging to your black jeans or tops before you even hang them outside?

Thanks, Linda

I used to feel that way about Tide. Powdered Tide. Because that was all my mom ever used. Then I went to college and everyone had liquid detergent in the laundryroom. So for years I bought liquid Tide, then liquid Cheer. Then in my mid-20s I had no money and ended up buying liquid Purex, which was LESS THAN HALF the price of the same amount of Tide.

Never looked back.

(Now I buy the Costco house-brand stuff in a ginormous container, but times have changed again.)

Great idea. I've grown quite fond of the disposable Windex and other cleaning product sheets. I find it much more efficient than using paper towels....less paper/less plastic bottles. I also seem to keep everything much cleaner since it only takes a minute to pop out a sheet and get it done.

I am super excited!

If you're looking for easier laundry detergent options, try Dropps. You can take as many as you need with you (just put them in a crush-proof container.

I don't bother with dryer sheets after learning that they contain animal fat and potentially carcinogenic chemicals. gross. I actually like the feel of my clothes better without, and the rare piece of static-y clothes really isn't that big of a deal.

I still like detergent and good old-fashioned borax, the 20 Mule Team stuff.

I use these together in the wash and there is no need for any fabric softener. Clothes always come out of the dryer static-free and soft. They would probably smell faintly like my detergent if I didn't use the unfragranced kind. My clothes just smell clean.

To make this really easy, I take a few minutes (like after I've bought new boxes of detergent and borax) and fill a bunch of snack-size ziploc bags with a measure of laundry powder and a half-cup or so of Borax. Then, on wash day, all I have to take with me is one baggie for however many loads I'm doing.

And those ziploc bags can be refilled lots of times before they wear out.

I was out last night and saw them in the Mundelein, IL Target for $5.99 for a box of 20. I haven't bought them yet, but I figured, if anyone was following they'd like to know the cost.