Tide Pods are OK and safe for septic systems and they are free of any dyes, chlorine, phosphates, enzymes, and optical brighteners.
To use Tide Pods.
Simply place one pack of Tide POWER PODS® into the back of your washing machine's empty drum.
Add your laundry, select your preferred wash program, and use the temperature setting indicated on the fabric care label of your garments.
Laundry detergent pods work best in standard top load washers and high-efficiency top-loading and front-loading washers.
Washers with automatic detergent or fabric softener dispensers don't mix well with pods.
Therefore, never place pods in dispenser drawers, only in the drum.
In terms of fighting stains, both Tide liquid and Tide pods came out on top.
More impressive though was the consistent clean these pods provided.
Across three test runs, the Tide pods notched stain removal results that were essentially identical (52.8%, 53.5% and 54.2% stain remaining).
Of course, laundry pods aren't superior to regular detergents in every way by far.
They are much more expensive than both liquid and powder detergents.
Some can cost as much as 50 percent more.
Powders are the most inexpensive of the options, followed by liquids, then pods.
The detergent pod can have trouble dissolving all the way if the washer is overloaded, if the cycle time is too short or if using very cold water for washing clothes.
These situations can create conditions where there isn't enough water or time for the pod to fully dissolve.