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Fell for the organic dish soap hype and lost $24 in two weeks
I swear I wanted to be that eco-friendly person who only uses plant based dish soap. So I grabbed a bottle of some fancy brand at Whole Foods for $12 and figured it would last forever. By day three I was using triple the amount just to get through a greasy pan. Two weeks later the bottle was empty and my wallet was $24 lighter for zero benefit. My regular Dawn barely lasts a month and costs $5. Has anyone else been burned by these overpriced natural soaps that just don't cut it?
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keithbennett7d ago
...and that's exactly what I ran into with the Seventh Generation stuff. I wanted to believe it worked as good as Dawn, but my greasy pans just laughed at it. I ended up using half the bottle on one dinner cleanup. Did you actually see a difference in how your sink felt or how your dishes looked, or was it just the amount you had to use that bugged you?
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the_xena7d ago
Has this happened to anyone else with basically every "natural" product they've tried? Like you buy the expensive stuff because you want to be a good person, but then it turns out the fancy thing just doesn't do the basic job it's supposed to do. I've noticed this pattern with everything from shampoo to laundry detergent. Companies slap "plant based" or "eco friendly" on a box and suddenly we're supposed to accept that it works half as good for twice the price. It's not just dish soap, it's that whole "you gotta pay more to be a decent human" racket. The cheap stuff usually gets the grease off just fine, and that's what actually matters at the end of the day.
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