Recent content by lakewebsterkid

I agree. The scents at P$G are way too strong anymore. Not to mention, scent profiles have changed for the worst. Years ago I had a hard time determining which scent was my favorite. I have purchased more unscented products within the last year than ever before. Things will have to change at one...

Our supply hose was slightly clogged. I removed the flow restrictor, and the machine performed significantly better. With advanced age, I would imagine that this could be a culprit. Though if she is using rinse aid, it can cause over sudsing as most of these machines add a little rinse aid...

Currently: Clorox 2 unscented (kind of a sleeper) Ammonia Morton’s Hypochlorous Acid spray Dawn Gain Mango Tango scent Bar Keepers Friend Tide Febreze liquid

Honestly, a MOL Whirlpool or BOL KitchenAid would be great for most. The design with removable filter is more reliable and still does great. If you wan TOL, the KA machines with microclean filter have been decent. Though a large number of people will be hard pressed to find differences other...

Wow! Very shocked by mild difference in energy consumptions w/ and w/o steam. Water level with steam is lower.

Sanitize without steam might be a slightly more fair comparison. Steam option starts with warm and heats to very hot temp. Energy consumption likely would be less.

As others have said, hottest and longest wash possible. Whites cycle on my Duet always did well, but yours is likely different. Sanitize cycle if you have it. I have had better experience with odor removal using Clorox 2 liquid versus an oxygenated bleach containing powder, but if you have...

OxiClean Home and Laundry Sanitizer did contain TAED and performed very well. However, this was discontinued about a year ago. To my knowledge, only products sold in the US that have TAED are Clorox 2 packs, Tide Oxi Boost powder. I have been using Vanish Gold Oxi Action powder from Amazon. It...

Someone else mentioned that the reason for all the scent changes could be due to removal of carcinogenic compounds and the scent was changed as a way to cover up that up. Though, the new Spring Meadow scent is not bad, but very strong.

appnut Not sure I agree. It seems to be a relatively hard option to find. It’s the reason why I bought the Kenmore over LG FL. AFAIK, GE TL, LG TL, and some Whirlpool FL and TL machines offer it.

Soaks Soaks make a huge difference, though mostly on soils that respond to enzymes. Our Kenmore has AutoSoak that I use on most loads. Cleaning performance even in lower temps has always been stellar. The GE TL we had at our rental had options for 15, 30, 60, or 120 min soaks. That machine did...

Walmart Premium Clean I did see this about 2 weeks ago. I also was impressed with scent. Very glad to hear some decent reviews. Though price difference was not as significant as I had expected. Maybe a dollar less for the 32 load bottle. I am interested to see how this goes head to head with...

Agiflow I completely agree! I do not use Gain powder because of lack of performance compared to Tide powder. Though, the gap in scores is fairly narrow likely due to using cold water for testing.

After being MIA in Consumer Reports testing, powders are being tested. Tide Powder is once included again. Tide Original Powder: 64 Tide plus Oxi powder: 63 Arm and Hammer plus OxiClean: 53 Gain: 50 Ariel Powder: 40 Ariel touch of Downy: 32 Molly's Suds: 26 Both Tides rated excellent in body...

F&G Admittedly, this isn't the first rebranding of this product. Initially it was Tide plus Downy FREE, which was great with the addition of Cellulase, and cleaned fairly well. But Tide HC F&G added Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate for better degreasing, soil removal, and performance improvement...