Hello everybody. How are you all? I was wondering about Gain laundry detergent. What was the history of it? How powerful was Gain's laundry detergent? I noticed that Gain and Tide laundry pods look the same in terms of design, but smell different. Was Tide the only heavy-duty synthetic detergent or was Gain also a heavy-duty enzyme detergent? What did Gain smell like when it first came out? How much cleaning power did it have compared to Tide? Was Gain just as powerful as Tide or was it watered down? Did it work on grass and blood stains or did you have to add any additives? How powerful was the cleaning power of Gain in the 80's? I'd like to know. Thanks.
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I used Gain exclusively for many years and have had no complaints until recently with sudsing. The softener too...makes the towels too fluffy and causes the water to just smear. But as far as cleanability, it has always done a good job. My mother used it when I was little because of its fresh smell. I don't know much about its history though.
history of gain
What strength of detergent was gain in terms of cleaning power? I understand that Tide was a heavy-duty synthetic detergent when it first came out. What was the cleaning strength of Gain when it first came out compared to Tide?
What strength of detergent was gain in terms of cleaning power? I understand that Tide was a heavy-duty synthetic detergent when it first came out. What was the cleaning strength of Gain when it first came out compared to Tide?
Gain was P&G's new-entrant detergent in the very late 60s with enzymes...the next detergent they introduced was Era in the early 70s, then Solo (with fabric softener) in the late 70s.
In the day, P&G's first-line detergents were relatively comparable, they just had slightly different features and benefits (Tide, all-American clean; Bold--all fabrics; Cheer--blue color, all temperatures--Dreft---pink, bleach and scented for baby clothes--Oxydol--bleach for everyone else's clothes with a very old brand--Dash--clean with limited sudsing). The epitome of the brand management ethic was to fight ruthlessly and have different positioning than the P&G bandmates. Only later has P&G done more segmentation of their products through performance (triple/double/single/no enzymes, for instance).
Proctoids (the nasty nickname for all the P&G'ers in Cincinnati) went nuts over tenths of market share points. I really really wanted to work for them and almost had an interview when I was at Michigan State, but ended up missing the appointment for the interview and missing out. Oh well...
In the day, P&G's first-line detergents were relatively comparable, they just had slightly different features and benefits (Tide, all-American clean; Bold--all fabrics; Cheer--blue color, all temperatures--Dreft---pink, bleach and scented for baby clothes--Oxydol--bleach for everyone else's clothes with a very old brand--Dash--clean with limited sudsing). The epitome of the brand management ethic was to fight ruthlessly and have different positioning than the P&G bandmates. Only later has P&G done more segmentation of their products through performance (triple/double/single/no enzymes, for instance).
Proctoids (the nasty nickname for all the P&G'ers in Cincinnati) went nuts over tenths of market share points. I really really wanted to work for them and almost had an interview when I was at Michigan State, but ended up missing the appointment for the interview and missing out. Oh well...
cleaning power
What was the cleaning power of Gain like?
What was the cleaning power of Gain like?
whirlcool
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Gain came out about the same time that Drive did. This must have been around 1969 or so. They both advertised that they contained these new fangled cleaning wonder, enzymes. Both Gain and Drive had very distinctive fragrances to them. While they both were nice, I preferred the fragrance of Drive to Gain.
They did a good job cleaning your clothes. They were advertised as being able to remove stains from your clothes. My Mother alternated between Gain and Drive until she came across that crappy Miracle White of which I was horribly allergic to.
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_QG2oLFgo
They did a good job cleaning your clothes. They were advertised as being able to remove stains from your clothes. My Mother alternated between Gain and Drive until she came across that crappy Miracle White of which I was horribly allergic to.
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_QG2oLFgo
heavy duty detergent
My guess is that gain was a heavy duty enzyme detergent. If I'm mistaken, pleas correct me.
My guess is that gain was a heavy duty enzyme detergent. If I'm mistaken, pleas correct me.
whirlcool
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Thats pretty much it in a nutshell.
tide vs gain
I guess that tide was a heavy-duty synthetic detergent while gain was a heavy-duty enzyme detergent when they first came out.
I guess that tide was a heavy-duty synthetic detergent while gain was a heavy-duty enzyme detergent when they first came out.
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