Daily Detergent Thread May 2011

[yogitunes]

Sears Ultra Plus.....always....and as I can find it on sale

Tide and Gain, when on sale and combined with a rare coupon

or any new product that comes out on the market, always have to try to new stuff, and give our opinion, its what we do....lol...

and then theres a variety of stuff you find on clearance or a super sale you can't pass up....

 

[gorenje]

I am used to use detergents from abroad, because of my collection.
I have quite a few daily detergents.

At this moment I'm using: Surf-color, Tide total care, ERA, and most of all the detergent from the bucket, which is "Splendid" a Swiss made detergent from SPAR Supermarkets. In the back you can see the big box of Calgon and 2 Lenor softeners.
For the dryer I use Lenor, Soupline, Bounce or Snuggle dryer sheets.

Ingemar

 

[paulinroyton]

Washing Powders

James

This is a good thread and very interesting to read. I have been using persil small & mighty and love the smell. I also use persil bio tablet, which scored 82% in the June which.

What fabric conditioners do you guys use. I have been using comfort, blue skies, but the fragrance does not seem to last. A friend of ours uses lenor, the blue one, and the fragrance seems to last for ages.

Paul

 

[MikeS]

New Version Of Xtra

I have recently found a new favorite: Xtra with Oxy Clean Stain Fighters. It's in a blue bottle, and while it costs more than the regular Xtra formula, it does a better cleaning job thanks to the addition of enzymes.
A great compromise between performance and value. It's at Walmart, but hopefully it will spread to other stores.

 

[optima]

At the moment i am using comfort blueberry & jasmine twist very disappointed with it. Unilever call it concentrated i think not 1 full cap for 6-7kg machines your best doubling it to 2 to get any decent softness & scent. On the other hand got myself a bottle of Aldi's own brand ocean breeze totally happy with it & just 1 cap full excellent softness & lasting scent. Also from Aldi's a box of 36 Almat 2 in 1 biological lavender tablets great results using just 1 tablet.

 

[spookiness]

I have a powder problem

None is daily driver, but I'm trying out various powders to see what I like.

Gain HE- like the best
Surf- jury still out
Oxydol- seems ok
Era- just bought. Seems sudsy. Further evaluation needed.
Biz- Amazing
Purex2- doesn't do much

 

[mixfinder]

Economics

Tide when the account is full, Arm and Hammer if I am running on fumes.  I found Oxydol in Nebraska and liked the lemony scent but haven't been able to locate any out West.  I prefer powders to liquid and keep Cold Water Tide on hand for nicer clothes designed to wash in cold water that may have a grease spot from cooking.  At the price of dry cleaning I usually wash dry clean only items in cold water.  In some cases it costs more to clean an item than I paid for it. I always use Sauvetel in the lighest scent I can find.  I soak clothes in plain old detergent and avoid bleach now that I'm on a septic.  I bought 35 pounds of STPP but couldn't tell a difference with or wothout the additive and the same with Oxyclean.  My guess is that food stains I get respond more to water temperature than a particular laundry detergent and so I don't wash anything that's ever that dirty.