Gain Turbo HE Joins Tide Turbo On Walmart's Shelves

[frigilux]

Rejoice, Gain fans! P&G's can't-praise-it-enough Turbo formulation has expanded to the Gain line, as seen on the shelves at Walmart in southwestern Minnesota.

Gain Turbo was available in liquid and fling (pod) formats in several scents.

Tide Turbo, in only a couple of weeks, has expanded to all scents of pods (Original, Ocean Mist, Spring Meadow...and the other one) as well as several liquids and Tide Original powder. Decided to try a container of the Original scent pods.

I grin from ear-to-ear every time I see that clear rinse water dancing about in the Frigidaire front-loader.

 

[andic29]

The Botanical Rain (Tide) scent is nice as is the Tropical Sunrise (Gain). Did you see those as well?

 

[frigilux]

Andi-- There are so many versions of Tide and Gain; not sure if the two you referenced were on the shelf.

Here's a photo (via Google) of Gain Turbo Flings. You'll notice P&G uses the same Turbo graphic across brands.

 

[washman]

He's gone over to the dark side

tsk tsk tsk.

 

[frigilux]

I'm pleased to report the rinse water is clear on the dark side, LOL!

Aside: Hope all is going well with the house, Ben. Has a closing date been set?

 

[washman]

Glad you asked Frig

March 31 at precisely 9 AM.

FWIW, I have a Frig icebox and a Frig BOL dishwasher in the new place. Can't wait to run a filthy load in that DW and see how it responds.

Now, search your feelings. Your feelings have betrayed you. I sense the powder and liquid in you. Don't give into the dark side, you know it to be true, it is your destiny. Feel the powder around you. It gives life, it sustains us. A washophobe must have the deepest commitment and the strongest values. Only when you return to the powder will you feel it surround you with cleanliness and no excess suds.

 

[frigilux]

Wow, coming up quickly! Wishing you good moving karma.

In the meantime...have a colorful, delicious piece of candy, Ben.

 

[gusherb]

I just picked up a box of the powdered Tide HE Turbo "Original" scent today after testing one of those sample boxes found in the laundromat dispensers. I find the new smell of the "original" liquid truly appalling but the scent of the powder wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, once my clothes went through the wash it wasn't that intense and it faded away fairly quickly, quicker then the old Original scent actually. I still miss the old Original though.
Also back when they first changed the scent P&G was telling people to buy the Mountain Spring as that now contained the old "Original" scent; Well, that turned out to be true for the liquid but the powdered Mountain Spring doesn't smell anything like the old Original powder. So what they said is not true for the powdered detergent.

I can't wait to finish off what I have stashed away so I can get to work on this new box of HE Turbo!

 

[washman]

Never!

I won't turn. You're wrong your podness. I am a powderjedi, like my father before me.

 

[andic29]

Yeah, there are quite a lot of flavors, even in the pods now! I think it just used to be 2 or 3 wasn't it?

I've only found the new scents at the commissary so far, but it's nice that there are now more to choose from.

 

[launderess]

P&G Long Has Known How To Make Decent "He" Detergent

After all they have been selling them under Ariel brand in Europe for ages.

Methinks P&G in wake of new government restrictions on washing machines has finally seen the light; the days of high dilution/frothing detergents are numbered if not over. Detergents not only will need to clean and do everything else in less wash water, but also rinse cleanly in the number of often equally puny with water rinse cycles.

If laundry must go through five or more rinse cycles to get all the detergent out where is the water/energy savings in that?

Other fly in ointment is more and more domestic washing machines have sophisticated electronics that can detect excess froth. Once those parameters are reached and systems activated to deal with as Tide clearly states it can add time to a wash cycle and cause more wear on machine.

 

[frigilux]

Launderess-- I know you have enough detergent to see out the decade, but if the opportunity presents itself, you should try a little 5-pac sample bag of Turbo pods or a small jug of one of the liquids. It rinses clearer than Ariel, Persil (UK and German) and every other detergent I've tried.

For those of you who use it, liquid chlorine bleach also rinses out much better. I use 3-4 tablespoons in several loads each week: Kitchen and personal whites; bed linens; bath linens; cat towels (old white towels covering sofa, chairs, desk). Not so much as a whiff of bleach at the end of the wash cycle.

Pardon my gushing about the product, but there's a remarkable difference between Turbo and non-Turbo detergents. This is no small improvement/tweak in formulation; it's a game-changer.

 

[roscoe62]

Frigilux

it's a waiting game here for it to arrive, but I'm going to try it and see how well it does in soft water, from your experience, it sounds like P&G has done itself good for the new market of HE machines.