Did a massive loads of mixed whites in the Miele earlier using Persil Sensitive,and am that well chuffed with the results. So much so will be passing along the boxes of Tide with Bleach and Tide Coldwater to family members with top loading washing machines.
Had noticed for a few weeks now that even with 1/4 cup or more of TWB, my whites were turning dingy/tattle-tale gray. Higher wash temps (160F or more), didn't help, nor adding some STPP. Have come to the conclusion that TWB and other non-HE detergents are not up to the long wash cycles that my Miele has for cottons or PP. Persil removes soils/stains and keeps them away all during the very long wash cycle, am guessing normal Tide is geared towards the rather short wash cycle times of American top and in some cases front loaders.
Also noticed that with towels and other foam causing textiles, even if there was an absence of foam in the wash, during the spins so much froth would be wrung out, it would cause the washer to slow down. Sometimes there was so much froth the washer never would reach it's highest spin speed between rinses, this would lead to poor rinse results. With Persil, not only did one hear the laundry slapping about during the wash cycle, there was only a moment of slowing down during the first spin, which is natural as towels do hold allot of water. After that, the machine carried on as normal.
Have enough Persil to see me through the duration, and will keep my eyes peeled for more good deals as well. Also have in my stash some European commercial laundry detergent for colours, so am covered there as well. Everything else that is not "HE" is going to find a new home. Well the Wisk "Power Scoop" unscented detergent is sort of low sudsing, and works well on linens, so that will remain. Have about one half bottle of Cheer Free and Gentle laundry liquid, that will finish up by using it in the Hoover twin tub.
Had noticed for a few weeks now that even with 1/4 cup or more of TWB, my whites were turning dingy/tattle-tale gray. Higher wash temps (160F or more), didn't help, nor adding some STPP. Have come to the conclusion that TWB and other non-HE detergents are not up to the long wash cycles that my Miele has for cottons or PP. Persil removes soils/stains and keeps them away all during the very long wash cycle, am guessing normal Tide is geared towards the rather short wash cycle times of American top and in some cases front loaders.
Also noticed that with towels and other foam causing textiles, even if there was an absence of foam in the wash, during the spins so much froth would be wrung out, it would cause the washer to slow down. Sometimes there was so much froth the washer never would reach it's highest spin speed between rinses, this would lead to poor rinse results. With Persil, not only did one hear the laundry slapping about during the wash cycle, there was only a moment of slowing down during the first spin, which is natural as towels do hold allot of water. After that, the machine carried on as normal.
Have enough Persil to see me through the duration, and will keep my eyes peeled for more good deals as well. Also have in my stash some European commercial laundry detergent for colours, so am covered there as well. Everything else that is not "HE" is going to find a new home. Well the Wisk "Power Scoop" unscented detergent is sort of low sudsing, and works well on linens, so that will remain. Have about one half bottle of Cheer Free and Gentle laundry liquid, that will finish up by using it in the Hoover twin tub.
