Detergent Pods at Campground Laundromats

[wdk450]

Gang:
This si the most appropriate thread arfea i could think of to post this.

This morning was laundry day at Thousand Trails Pio Pico, south east of San Diego. I have been here many times over the past 3 years. The main laundry usually has 3-5 of its 10 washers out of order in my experience. This morning evidently the repair guy had finally come out for a visit, but there were signs on EVERY washing machine saying: "Pods break the washers - Do Not Use Pods". All I had were Arm and Hammer Pods, the markets are 11 miles away, so I used 1 pod in each load, and came back to my site to call the 800 number on the Arm and Hammer package. The representative there said that he had never heard of this.
Have any of you had a similar experience? I like the Pods, especially after having a experienced a leaky liquid detergent bottle combined with a wet laundry floor.

 

[JohnDar]

We’ve been using Tide pods in our high efficiency washer at home for years with no problems.


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[jerryjay11]

Take it from a from retired, experienced appliance technician (me) laundry pods do not damage washing machines. They are just a ball of laundry detergent, wrapped in a dissolvable package. Over time because of the enzymes used in HE detergent rather than the phosphates of the past, soap residue will build up, causing a bad odor. If the washer isn't cleaned periodically using a product like AFFRESH this can eventually lead to some issues. As often as machines are used in campgrounds it is more important to conduct this maintenance. But pods do not cause damage.

 

[MTPockets]

We stayed a week at Mountain Valley RV in Heber City, UT. They also had the signs that said No Pods, and doing so would get you ejected from their RV park.... my opinion is they are operating under some sort of misinformation.

 

[taskswap]

Or just don't want to do the maintenance jerryjay pointed out

 

[Dahillbilly]

as a self serve laundromat owner (just sold it) for years never had a problem from customers using them. Like mentioned above in post #3 gotta clean the machines once in awhile.

 

[wdk450]

For everyone's information these are all front loading machines (NOT High Efficiency), a mixed bag of Speed Queen and Maytag commercial washing machines owned by the WASH Inc. group of Torrance, Ca. I have seen online (in a Google search on the subject) that some misguided people were attempting to put Pods into the automatic detergent/fabric softener/bleach machine dispensers on these types of front loaders and this caused problems. Best advice seemed to be to put the Pods into the drum BEFORE the clothes load.

I don't know who made all of the color signs put out, the machine vendors or or Thousand Trails.

Thanks for all the input!!!

 

[southernlady5464]

We seldom used laundromats, as we have stackables in our rig but we did use them for the heavy bedding. One of the laundromats we used, said “Pods Only”.

 

[wdk450]

I sent the following inquiry to the Wash, Inc. contact form online and got an answer. Apparently the repairman and the management staff aren't communicating about this:

"I am a fulltime RVer at Thousand Trails Pio Pico in Jamul, Ca. Today ALL the washing machines are marked with a sighn saying: "DO NOT USE PODS - THEY BERAK THE MACHINES". The Arm and Hammer representative said that this was false. An internet search does not seem to indicate that Pods (if used correctly) do not break washing machines,
Who is correct???????"

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Veronica Perez <vmendez@washlaundry.com>​	Apr 1, 2022, 12:56 PM (1 day ago)
to me

Hello,

You can use the pods but would have to be placed with the clothes in the drum and not the soap dispensers.

Thank you"

 

[jerryjay11]

"Dito!" The pods go directly into the tub as the instructions say on the container they came in.

 

[southernlady5464]

"Dito!" The pods go directly into the tub as the instructions say on the container they came in.

But how many people bother to read the directions

 

[travelin2]

Why would you not put the pods in the drum with the clothes???
Why would you need directions saying pods go in the drum?

I know before I get jumped on…SARCASM inserted here. LOL!!!

 

[JohnDar]

For the same reason they warn people not to eat them

 

[travelin2]

For the same reason they warn people not to eat them

For that % of the population, I say, chow down!!!

 

[JohnDar]

My sentiments exactly.

 

[wdk450]

Don't you think that the joking comments about not eating the pods is a little trite in light of the many toddlers who have eaten and been poisoned by the pods??? These could be your grandkids you are joking about.

 

[MTPockets]

Don't you think that the joking comments about not eating the pods is a little trite in light of the many toddlers who have eaten and been poisoned by the pods??? These could be your grandkids you are joking about.

I'm sure that comment was tongue in cheek... besides, it's about reading directions. Toddlers would expect the parent to do the reading, which apparently they don't. So, they're likely the same ones who put the pod in the dispenser.

 

[SLO]

If everyone used Charlie’s Soap, which is the best by the way , then you wouldn’t have to worry about pods.


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[JohnDar]

Actually, I think I heard that eating detergent pods was the next big whacko challenge after trying to swallow a mouthful of cinnamon.


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