Bubble Bandit: Dishwasher, Laundry Detergent, All-Fabric Bleach

[appnut]

Bosch also has a couple of models in the U.S. with hot fill too.  

 

[frigilux]

Bubble Bandit Laundry Detergent and All-Fabric Bleach Booster Update:

Have used BB detergent with and without the addition of a scoop of all-fabric bleach on about 10 loads. Here's what I've found, using a 2017 Speed Queen top-loader, very soft water, hot water temp at the tap around 140-145 degrees.

1. BB detergent cleans loads without a lot of stains well. Adding the all-fabric bleach definitely improves stain removal performance.

2. BB + all-fabric bleach booster cleans about as well as Tide Heavy Duty 10X and Persil Proclean + Stain Fighter do on their own.

3. The best stain removal results on heavily-soiled kitchen whites are still achieved with a top-shelf detergent and liquid chlorine bleach (I use original Clorox). All stains always completely removed.

Will I order Bubble Bandit products online again? Probably not--but not because they're ineffective products. It's just that the addition of phosphates doesn't seem to make much difference in very soft water, and I can find products that work just as well or better on the shelf at my grocery store.

Those with hard water may find some benefit, but I honestly didn't notice a big drop in performance from Persil + Stain Fighter or Tide HD 10X when my water was hard for the better part of a week. I was even impressed with the aforementioned versions of Tide and Persil when I washed in hard, cold water for a few days (to conserve the soft water that was still in the water heater tank). Of course, neither performed as well as when using hot water, but they did better than I expected them to. Did not try BB products in cold water.

Also, take into account that the Speed Queen's maximum wash time is about 15-16 minutes. Results may be noticeably better in the highly-concentrated environs of an HE front-loader coupled with wash periods that can be up to three times longer.
[this post was last edited: 5/30/2020-08:45]

 

[bajaespuma]

Soft Water is the key

I have lived and laundered in many different places with different water hardnesses; after 50 years of dishwashing and laundering I've concluded that the most important benefit to all of this is naturally soft water--no product beats it. I've been using some of the BB products and I can't honestly report that I see any improvement for the expense, maybe a little better rinsing in the laundry. If I still lived in Dutchess County NY, I might have more to talk about. The hardest water I've ever experienced was in Strasbourg France; there were many phosphate booster products that one HAD to use in the clothes washer and the dishwasher just to keep the machines from caking up with calculus.