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I was right about dishwasher detergent - and now I can prove it
🕑 Added 2025-11-02 23:48:17 +0000 UTCHello!
No Effort November will be kicking off with the culmination of a project that has been months in the making - making an excellent joke, if I do say so myself.
YT Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2_mPr9W8
So, here's the thing: a lot of this video talks about a product I was involved (sorta) in creating. But you'll notice there really isn't an ad-read or anything like that - I believe this story is interesting enough to stand on its own, and my personal stake in it comes from what we've proven with the help of a testing lab.
Just like with the socks, I'm not making money from this project. Of course I hope plenty of folks buy this detergent because it will raise money for charity, but I am mainly interested in the point it proves. We decided not to name the Big Name Brand we tested against as this let me be a little spicier when it comes to my allusions, but let's just say that messaging on the back of that box which I may have in the past cynically suggested is steering people towards a more profitable product doesn't seem like such a tinfoil hat suggestion anymore. My personal experience of getting consistently better results with store brands might not be in my head.
For those interested in the detergent, here's a link (some of you have already discovered it!):
https://good.store/products/dishwasher-powder
This is the last part of my collaboration with Good Store, so I won't be pushing anything else after this I promise! But like I said, I think this video is a perfect capstone to the Dishwasher Saga and, well, I was annoyed how hard it's getting to find good powders. So why not be a part of fixing that! And hopefully the idea spreads.
Captions and the second channel video will come tomorrow. I was planning to have this video done before Halloween but the discovery of the cycle behavior pushed me to working through the weekend and now I would like to have a pizza.
-Alec
Comments
Lisa
I don’t think it’s fair at all to call it a “rip-off,” when 100% of the profits go to charity lol I also wouldn’t think it would need explicitly stated that this is the reason for the high price of this particular product. It’s also clear that the basic, generic powders he’s recommended still exist, and still work. He’s just also saying now that anyone who wants a product that lab testing has certified is as good as he was sure these products are, and is happy to pay extra for a good cause, can now buy a product that he has collaborated on. Literally just keep buying the powder. Nothing about this video negates that. He didn’t have to justify it - the justification is the cause, and that was evident. Not everyone can afford to pay extra for a cause, that is also evident. This video does clarify however that at least one brand which also sells pods is deliberately making THEIR powder an inferior version in order to reaffirm that the pod is the superior product. But again, he clarified that generic and even Walmart brand powder is not going to have this problem.
Jason Baldwin
My one gripe is the cost... Which was one of your major selling points of powder vs pods in the original videos. I very much understand that the Green Lama powder is both sustainably made and donates to charity, but it is EXPENSIVE —more expensive than the ultra-premium pods. It feels odd that you didn't at least touch on that, even if to just acknowledge and/or justify it. In my area, the high-end pods, Cascade's Platinum Plus pods, are about 40% cheaper per load than Green Lama's powder, and that's with the subscribe-and-save discount. Don't get me wrong, I love that they made this, and I support them and you for it, I just can't help but feel like I'm being ripped off. Especially when you've implied (or said directly —I can't remember) that we're being scammed by markups on the big-name, flashy pods, and this is even more expensive than they are.
Mr. Hunter Jones
Wow! I remember when you were just a guy on the interwebs with an obsession for Christmas lights. And now, just look at you! All grown up with your own dishwasher powder! And yes, I will be buying it.
