Liquid Tide vs. Norwex Ultra Power Plus Laundry Detergent (Plus Magnet Ball) - Savings Showdown

January 24, 2009

In this post, I intend to continue with my savings series and my question as to whether using Norwex products and reducing the numbers of chemicals in my home was costing me more money. In this post, I will look at Norwex Ultra Plus Laundry Detergent versus liquid Tide, the type of detergent I previously used.

Norwex costs $23.99 for 60 to 70 loads of detergent. Or between .34 and 40 cents per load of laundry.

Liquid Tide (which I priced at Walmart) was $22.97 for 78 loads or .30 cents per load of laundry.

However, with the purchase of a Norwex Magnet Ball, you can significantly reduce your laundry costs. The magnet ball costs $29.99 and has a 5-year warranty. Essentially, the Magnet Ball prevents calcium molecules from building up resulting in softer water. Use of the Magnet Ball reduces the amount of laundry soap by 50% to 70%. If I’m conservative and estimate 50%, the same bag of Norwex detergent will do 120 to 140 loads of laundry.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have heard many different estimates as to how many loads of laundry the average family does in a week. Obviously this will vary greatly depending on how many individuals live in a household and depending on how many of those individuals are messy toddlers. My son can go through about 5 pairs of pants on a good day.

My best guess is that I do about a load of laundry a day. That’s in my ideal world. Realistically I do more like 7 loads of laundry on Saturday and then have a two hour folding marathon on Wednesday. My mother would not be impressed. She doesn’t even like to let the clothes cool off before she folds it.

For the purposes of this exercise, I’m going to estimate that the average household does about 1 load of laundry a day.

Since the magnet ball is warrantied for 5 years, I’ll compare the 5- year cost. Using one load of laundry a day as the basis for the estimate, here’s how the numbers look:

Initial cost of magnet ball: $29.99

Cost per load with the Norwex Detergent and a Magnet Ball: between .17 and .20 cents a load.

Assuming 365 loads a year, the first year using the Norwex products will cost between $92.04 and 102.99 a year. Over a 5-year period using the Norwex Detergent and Magnet Ball will cost between $340.24 and $394.99 for five years worth of clothes washing.

Liquid Tide will cost $109.50 for one-year or $547.50, over a 5-year period.

Over a 5-year period, based on my very rough estimates - the Liquid Tide will cost between $152.51 and $207.26 more for washing your clothes. And of course, this does not even take into account the environmental reasons to use the Norwex Laundry Products over the Liquid Tide. The Norwex Magnet Ball and Ultra Plus Laundry Detergent are environmentally friendly. The Norwex Detergent is biodegradable, does not contain fillers, is scent-free and minimizes skin irritations such as eczema.

So, there you have it - going green and using environmentally friendly products, does not have to cost more than their chemical alternatives.

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