Laundry liquid or powder ?

[jmurray01]

What do you think is better ?

I personally like liquid because in my experience the clothes come out more fragranced and softer, plus there is no drawer cleaning that I hate so much.

 

[polkanut]

Since we only have toploaders it's strictly powders for us.  Why pay for water? 

 

[roscoe62]

I have really soft water so powder works best for me. Peril Universal Powder and Persil Megaperl Color.

 

[chuffle]

Well...

Liquid for warm water t-shirts and dress shirts, powder for the rest of the wash, which is hot.

Joe

 

[donprohel]

[With liquid] there is no drawer cleaning that I hate so muc

Oh, well... couldn't you simply put the powder in the drum rather than in the drawer?

 

[hotpointfan]

For me

For low temp washes at 30* or 40*, its liquid/gels. 60* or 90* it has to be powders, for whites a biological powder/tablets.

 

[jetsystem1200]

Powder all the way! Liquids made my old machine smell, so I now use powder most of the time!

 

[hotpointfan]

Finn

Same, the use of liquids has caused our seal to go mouldy! YUCK! Skype 6:30?

 

[jetsystem1200]

Yes!

 

[super32]

Powders here. I found that liquids just dont seem to clean as well.

Tho these companies are starting to really piss me off! Everytime i go to the store, the liquids seem to encrotch on the space of powders.

Next step, turn them inside-out, where them again and then throw them away.

 

[maytagbear]

I prefer to take a powder!

To get the equivalent cleaning of Sears Ultra Plus in the orange box...at 10 cents a load, I would have to pay at least double for a liquid.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[rockland1]

Powder for us!

 

[paulc]

I use both. Powder for whites, sheets and towels, liquid for everything else.

 

[strongenough78]

Powder all the way.

 

[hoovermatic]

Coloured = liquid
Whites = powder

 

[fido]

We had this discussion a few weeks ago. Liquids can leave a residue on the metal parts of the machine, causing them to rot, particularly the drum support spider. The worst product for this is Ecover laundry liquid. This is often used by people in rural areas on septic tank drainage. If they also have a private water supply that is more acidic than mains water then their machine is doomed!

 

[frigilux]

90% powder, 10% liquid

 

[donprohel]

Fido and Ecover

May you explain why do you say that "The worst product for this is Ecover laundry liquid"?

I use it and would like to read other opinions

 

[mark_wpduet]

Powder for everything : D