캡슐 세탁세제 8개 비교…한 번 빨래 비용 최대 6배 차이
Consumer Agency Tests Eight Laundry Capsules: Cost per Wash Differs up to Sixfold
Part of the August 21, 2026 daily edition
한국소비자원이 캡슐형 세탁세제 8개 제품을 시험했습니다. 세탁량 4kg 기준으로 한 번 빨래하는 비용은 최소 157원에서 최대 950원이었고, 제품 사이에 최대 6배 차이가 났습니다. 세제 캡슐이 녹는 시간은 25도 물에서 5분, 8도 찬물에서 11분이었습니다. 찬물에서는 약 2배 느리게 녹았습니다. 헹굼은 기본 2회만 해도 세제 성분의 97.3%가 없어졌습니다.
Translation
The Korea Consumer Agency tested eight capsule laundry detergent products. Based on a 4 kg load, the cost of one wash ranged from a low of 157 won to a high of 950 won, a difference of up to six times between products. The time it took a detergent capsule to dissolve was 5 minutes in water at 25 degrees and 11 minutes in cold water at 8 degrees. In cold water the capsules dissolved about twice as slowly. Even with just the basic two rinses, 97.3 percent of the detergent was removed.
Vocabulary
- 세탁세제명사 (noun)laundry detergent
- 제품명사 (noun)product
- 세탁량명사 (noun)amount of laundry, load size
- 비용명사 (noun)cost
- 차이명사 (noun)difference, gap
- 녹다동사 (verb)to dissolve, to melt
- 헹굼명사 (noun)rinsing, a rinse cycle
- 성분명사 (noun)ingredient, component
Grammar points
N 기준으로based on N, going by N
Says which yardstick a figure is measured against. Test results and statistics almost always need one, because the number changes if the yardstick does: 세탁량 4kg 기준으로 — the cost is for a 4 kg load, and would be different for another load size. 기준 means 'standard' and (으)로 marks it as the basis.
Example: 오늘 기준으로 신청자는 백 명입니다.
As of today, there are one hundred applicants.
-고and (joining clauses)
The basic connector for putting two clauses in one sentence. It attaches straight to the verb or adjective stem with no vowel harmony, and the tense is usually carried by the final verb alone — so 950원이었고 could just as well have been 950원이고 without changing the meaning. Use -고 for simple listing; 그리고 is a separate word that starts a new sentence.
Example: 동생은 학생이고 저는 회사원입니다.
My younger sibling is a student and I am an office worker.
-아/어도even if, even though
Concedes the first clause and says the second holds anyway. Stems with ㅏ or ㅗ take -아도, others -어도, and 하다 becomes 해도. Paired with 만 ('only') it makes the 'even just this much is enough' pattern the article uses: 기본 2회 헹굼만 해도 — even doing only the basic two rinses.
Example: 비가 와도 경기는 열립니다.
Even if it rains, the match will go ahead.
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