One unexpected outcome of purchasing the front-loading Speed Queen pair back in October was a fairly decisive switch from liquid and pod detergents back to powders. A whole bunch of them.
The little smorgasbord of detergents arriving at my doorstep stemmed from two seemingly innocuous sentences in the washer’s user guide: “If a Pre-Wash or Stain Boost (or Soak, as I discovered) option is selected, liquid detergent added to the main wash compartment may run into the load during the Pre-Wash or Stain Boost (or Soak) interval. To avoid this, use powdered detergent in the main wash compartment. “Gee, I should get a box of powdered detergent” thinks me, and it was off to the races.
First came a box of powdered Tide Ultra Oxi…which led to Persil Bio and Non-Bio from the UK, ArielMatic and TideMatic from India, Miele Ultra White & Miele Ultra Color from Germany, Ace Naturals Chamomile Scent from Mexico (or possibly Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama or Guatemala), Diva Lime Scented (yet to arrive; of Mexican extraction, if I recall correctly), and good old Mexican Ariel Original Scent. Also yet to arrive: Viva Plus from Nigeria and domestically sourced EC30 tiles/sheets/swatches, which should be very similar to the upcoming Tide Evo Tiles. Finally, and arguably the most boring of the lot, Amway SA8.[this post was last edited: 3/12/2024-14:15]









The little smorgasbord of detergents arriving at my doorstep stemmed from two seemingly innocuous sentences in the washer’s user guide: “If a Pre-Wash or Stain Boost (or Soak, as I discovered) option is selected, liquid detergent added to the main wash compartment may run into the load during the Pre-Wash or Stain Boost (or Soak) interval. To avoid this, use powdered detergent in the main wash compartment. “Gee, I should get a box of powdered detergent” thinks me, and it was off to the races.
First came a box of powdered Tide Ultra Oxi…which led to Persil Bio and Non-Bio from the UK, ArielMatic and TideMatic from India, Miele Ultra White & Miele Ultra Color from Germany, Ace Naturals Chamomile Scent from Mexico (or possibly Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama or Guatemala), Diva Lime Scented (yet to arrive; of Mexican extraction, if I recall correctly), and good old Mexican Ariel Original Scent. Also yet to arrive: Viva Plus from Nigeria and domestically sourced EC30 tiles/sheets/swatches, which should be very similar to the upcoming Tide Evo Tiles. Finally, and arguably the most boring of the lot, Amway SA8.[this post was last edited: 3/12/2024-14:15]








