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Back in the early 1960s when I was a tyke, my sister (12 years older than me) would invite her high school friends over and they’d heat Dr. Pepper in a saucepan on the cooktop and drink it in coffee cups. I insisted on trying it and it came up almost as soon as it went down. That was the end of...

It’s always exciting to get a new washer and dryer. Many trouble-free loads to you! Keep us posted with your observations.

Thankful that you’re OK, Bob, and that you’re getting help from friends and neighbors, What a terrifying thing to go through!

Hi Rich- I have quite a number of detergents in the cupboard—see photo #4 below—but the TideMatic from India gets used once every week or two. I prefer slightly it over the ArielMatic, also made by P&G in India. The Ariel is even sudsier than TideMatic and doesn’t rinse out as efficiently as...

Eugene at Lorain Furniture & Appliance did a "first look" at the GE Commercial top-loader about a year ago. As has been stated by others in this thread, he wasn't enthusiastic about the build quality, but the machine was obviously supposed to compete with the Maytag commercial washer for the...

mysteryclock—I found that powdered Tide Professional cleaned stains a little better in warm water compared to washing in cool water. See the photos in Reply 99 above. Tide Pro and Persil Bio—the version made by Unilever in the UK—are my current favorite powdered detergents.

I performed one final test of powdered Tide Professional, this time in cool (75-80 degrees F) water. Follow the link to see the towels in Jetcone’s “Cold water washing has arrived” thread. Interestingly, the results using cool water were slightly worse than when using warm water...

Tested powdered Tide Professional on a purposely stained kitchen towel, this time using cool water. I paused the washer as it began to drain the wash water—it still drained the rest of the water, but I was able to stick an instant read thermometer into the load and it registered 74 degrees F. As...

I performed the purposely stained kitchen towel test using 60 grams of powdered Tide Professional on the Normal cycle of a front-loading Speed Queen 7009. Results were impressive! Follow link to see the towels in the thread where the other Tide detergents were tested...

I performed the purposely stained towel test using 60 grams of powdered Tide Professional. You know the drill: The towel was stained and allowed to dry for 12 hours before laundering. Washer: Speed Queen 7009 front-loader; Normal Cycle; Warm water; Max soil level (50 minute wash tumble)...

My box arrived yesterday. Will do a stained kitchen towel test this weekend. The scent is really nice. It’s not really floral or fruity. A sensible scent for a detergent. On a similar note of scarcity, Walmart online is already sold out of the “original scent” of the Tide Evo detergent tiles...

Now that’s my kind of camping.👍

Call your city water office and ask what the water hardness is—in grains per gallon—and you’ll have a good idea of whether you need to dose detergent higher or lower than package recommendation. The water in my town is pretty hard: 24 gpg. I have a water softener so the water is very, almost...

“I can resist everything except temptation.” (Oscar Wilde) Yep. Even though I have enough powdered detergent to last years, I had to order a box of the new Tide Professional. I really want to give it the purposely stained kitchen towel test. Bob- And from liquids to pods and back to liquids...

There was always a bar of Fels Naptha at the laundry room sink when I was a kid in the early to mid 1960s. It’s a scent you don’t forget! I remember my mom rubbing it into greasy stains on clothing. Must have worked well or she wouldn’t have kept using it.

Interesting! I wonder how it will do when the water is 43-45 degrees during a typical Minnesota winter. I loved Rosalie Zero Suds, by the way. It was my go-to for loads of heavy bath towels, etc. I rationed it as long as I could.

I’d say the towel washed in 140F degree water did a slightly better job on most stains, but a bit worse on the Frank’s Hot Sauce. It’s been fun to see the subtle differences in performance of these detergents. To conclude the testing, I’d like to put UK (Unilever) Persil Bio through its paces...

I’d say the towel washed in 140F degree water did a slightly better job on most stains, but a bit worse on the Frank’s Hot Sauce. It’s been fun to see the subtle differences in performance of these detergents. To conclude the testing, I’d like to put UK (Unilever) Persil Bio through its paces...

One last test of the Tide Evo tiles. > SQ front-loader; load filled about 2/3 capacity of the 3.5 cu. ft. drum > Sanitize With Oxi cycle; hot (140F degree wash); light soil setting (50 minute wash tumble) > 1 Tide Evo Laundry Tile > All tests utilized a 50 minute wash tumble. Photo 1: The...

Stefan- It will be easy to do the stain test with 140F degree water. I’ll use the Sanitize With Oxi cycle. The light soil setting provides a 50 minute wash tumble, as does the max soil setting on the Normal cycle. Tom- While I can’t get up to those near-boiling temps, adding the Stain Boost...