Harris Teeter Twist and Store Container vs Container Store

Having two LG tiny washer/dryer combo units in each apartment, we have to use a high efficiency laundry detergent. Otherwise the “regular” kind will ruin the machine. Last year we got a really nice hard plastic kitchen container that has a clasp at the Container Store to keep the washing powder in along with the scoop. It was just neater and easier to handle because the tops on the Tide box don’t work very well once they are open. That plastic container was put on the kitchen shelf in the unit where the washer/dryer is in the kitchen. The washer/dryer in the other unit sits in a tiny closet under the archaic HVAC system. Any time there is a water leak, all the items sitting on the shelves above it get wet. That leaves a soggy mess for anything cardboard. So while grocery shopping today we looked for a plastic container and we found a similar style for $20! Rather than get that, we decided the $2.99 two container twist and store Harris Teeter brand would do the job. So we poured the remaining Tide in the two containers and they fit nicely on the shelf, won’t spill, and will stay dry. I’m not sure why it took us so long to finally do this minor improvement. But we feel like we accomplished a major feat. How we miss our combination mud room, huge laundry room with its own sink on the main living level of our old home in the Midwest. That’s what urban living in an 1890’s condo unit does for you.