HE Washer Users

[autowasherfreak]

Just wondering what detergent(s) you use and like the most.

 

 

[joeekaitis]

Biggest jug at the lowest price when I need more (usually Purex).

 

[rp2813]

It's been stated that powders rinse out better than liquids, so I prefer to use powdered "he" detergent in my Affinity, which is terrible at rinsing.  It's getting increasingly difficult to find he powder, and when I do see any on a store shelf it's either Tide or Gain.

 

[michaelman2]

Sears Powders are the best....hands down in my book...

 

[autowasherfreak]

Sears Powders are the best....hands down in my book...

I like them too, I wish they would go on sale this week, LOL.  I'm almost out of detergent and don't get paid until Friday, yikes!  I just finished off a box of Arm & Hammer powder that I bought before I got the Cabrio.  I used 1/4 cup per load and clothes came out clean.

 

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Hmmmm.  Orchard Supply Hardware is owned by Sears and has a full appliance department.  I will have to check to see if they carry Sears powders.

 

[arbilab]

Tide HE powder. Sometimes missing from store, more available as time goes by and more HEs get sold. Have to admit, really haven't compared it to anything so can't say it's 'best'.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

I definitely prefer powder over liquid!   I've discovered I like the scent of Gain on my whites, but also really like Sears powder in the orange box, or the Kirkland (Costco brand) powder in the red box.

 

Kevin

 

[sudsmaster]

Yes, OSH has carried a limited selection of Sears Ultra Plus HE detergents for years. Both liquids and powders, although the selection seems to vary from year to year. I used to buy the powder in plastic buckets at OSH, but haven't seen any but the Oxyclean stuff there for a year or two at OSH.

 

[franksdad]

Sears powder in the orange box.  I have, however, been using All Free and Clear powder in my underwear and whites and have been very pleased with the results. 

 

[rp2813]

Whatever Sears offers, I hope it comes in a container small enough to fit into the pedestal drawer. If not, I'll have to use my own container and store the larger one elsewhere.

 

[autowasherfreak]

The icing we us on our doughnuts at work comes in plastic buckets, which roughly hold two gallons of water, and when I would buy the Sears UP, (275 load box), it would take two of those buckets to hold the whole box.  If you can find a five gallon bucket with a lid, it will hold the whole box.

 

[sudsmaster]

By the way, the Sears Ultra Plus HE with Oxyclean is an excellent detergent. Along with Persil, it's one powder that doesn't seem to need STPP to get great results with whites.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I haven't tried the UP with Oxyclean yet, maybe I will get some this weekend.

 

 

[frigilux]

Liquid Tide With Bleach Alternative is my daily driver.  

 

I use UK Persil Bio powder (which makes almost no suds and is the cleanest rinsing detergent I've ever used) but it costs a lot to have shipped over the pond. It's a fantastic cleaner, too.  If you're interested, check it out at the Brit Superstore online.  I bought 3 huge boxes which cost $140, but I have mechanically softened water, so I only use 1/4 cup for super-stained white loads, and 1/8 cup for light-to-normal soiled loads.

 

I also have Amway's SA8 in stock, but the stain-removing ability dropped when they reformulated it a couple of years ago.  It makes less suds and rinses better than Tide, so I use it for loads of bath towels, which really like to hang on to suds in soft water.

 

I use liquid Perwoll for Blacks for my loads of blacks/dark colors.  It's no more expensive than Woolite For Dark Colors and cleans better.  I order that online at Amazon.

 

[passatdoc]

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Linens, towels, sturdy cottons</span>: Tide HE or Gain HE, powder only. Liquids gunk up the dispenser and tend to leave residue. Powders don't leave a dispenser mess, and presumably rinse cleaner out of clothes as well.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Work clothes (office casual, 100% cotton with wrinkle-free finish): </span>Henkel Persil, Unilever Persil/Via, or Ariel, all brought over from Europe by friends returning from Europe or from my own travels there. Just returned from UK with four boxes of Ariel. All of them bio powder, and since I have very few white pieces of clothing, all of them are the color formulation. My favorite is Henkel Persil Megaperls for color.