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So what does everybody generally think about these new Compact formulas? How are they working out? Is everybody satisfied with them?
 
I'm very pleased!

I have waited forever for TWB Powder HE to come out and it does a fantastic job. Rinses totally clean, and the fragrance is the same as the original, non- HE formula.
 
I agree.. I think that TWBP is the only MAJOR powder Tide has been missing from the HE lineup. Glad to see it finally out. We've waited long enough..
 
usage amounts?

I will be using Gain HE and Tide HE powder for quite some time to come, because I buy in bulk (two pack or four pack) from Amazon. I use 2-3 tablespoons (30-45 ml) in my Frigidaire 2140 FL. I wonder what the dose amount is when using the compact powders? More like 1-2 tbsp (15-30 ml)? Experimentation will be key, I guess, but meanwhile I have several years' supply of Gain and Tide HE powder in my garage that works well and needs to be used up before anything else is purchased.
 
RE compact powders as being new

All was a compact powder for front loaders before a B52 was ever flown, before UHF TV was introduced, before the hulu hoop, before most families had a TV.

All in compact powder goes back to when many folks still used wringer washers, cars were 6 volts, cars had split windshields, folks had party line phones and all passenger planes had props, and some folks had straight eight car motors.
 
Well Must Say

Not "compact" but used Tide "Free & Gentle" HE liquid in the Whirlpool portable with quite good results.

Totally no sudsing, just maybe a very dispersed bit of foam. Rinsed quite clean after the spray rinsing, though still set the unit to do a second rinse; but that's me for you.

Methinks P&G is finally seeing the handwriting on the wall, and making their American detergents more like those produced in Europe. I mean it isn't like Proctor and Gamble does not know how to make low or no foaming detergents that will rinse cleanly. UK/EU shelves are full of such products.
 
"compact" Tide

I finally found the new Ultra Tide original (no bleach) powder at Target today. Bought a box and have washed two loads. It is low foam (I was hoping for no foam...oh, well, better than it used to be) and has a great smell, if you are a Tide lover. Also saw the new All and Surf concentrated powders that are much cheaper than Tide, but didn't buy any....yet....
 
I guess P&G started making em sudsy in the early 80's  because USA folks wanted to see suds....In todays washers  using 20 tablespoons of water in a wash  you can't even see the water let alone suds. Even in the rinses there is not enough water to displace foaming suds.

 

I tried Tide Free and Gentle and it is much better in the rinsing area than previous Tide liquids.... Even PERSIL Gel although I haven't used that  in a few years so perhaps it rinses better now, still in my water conditions I would rather powder for everything except washes for darks and sensitives washed in tap cold temps.
 
P&G made their detergents "sudsy" back in the late 40's when first put on the market because housewives were used to their soap flakes making suds...if no suds, not enough flakes in the water. I remember Tide suds coming out of the handle of our Unimatic and rolling up like a jelly roll on the lid. The suds contributed nothing to the cleaning ability of the detergent, as proven by All and Dash. Early detergent suds would not break down in water. I can also remember seeing big blocks of suds floating down the river on Saturdays, when working women did laundry, and on Mondays, when the "stay at home" housewives did their laundry. This was before our community had sewage treatment and the raw sewage simply dumped into the river. Suds were a big problem when synthetic detergents first hit the market.
 
Even though I don't use it any more due to them messing with the formula to the point of irritation, Amway's SA8 has been "compact" for literally decades before Tide started.

I've had really good luck with Coldwater Free HE (liquid) recently, but I'd be interested in trying the Bleach powder HE, if isn't too perfumey.
 
Chuck:

Thank you for answering my question. I was curious as to whether or not and when Sun products (All, Surf) were going to follow through with their version of a new compact powder.

I wonder if Purex will be getting on the same bandwagon?
 
I think everybody is headed in this direction. As of right now, one of the only powdered detergents that I have noticed that hasn't changed yet is the Arm & Hammer. This one still the same, with the big boxes in comparison to the new compact formulas.
 
John:

Something else I noticed when I scrolled down in the detergent category on Target's website. The introduction of All Free and Clear Oxy Action liquid.
 
With Energy And Other Costs Rising

There really isn't anything to justify the addition of fillers and or anything else that does not contribute to laundry powder's performance.

What will be interesting is to see if any of the Henkel brands sold on these shores show up as "megapearls" in future.

Just for the record, commercial laundry "powders" have come in concentrated/ultra forms for ages now. Though most all are large blocks of product meant for special dispensing systems.
 
I Just got back from my Walmart and saw the new "All" with Oxi in compact powder form for the first time.. very interesting. This one is described as having "beads" very similar to the megapearls format in Persil. I also saw the Tide Lavender Powder for the first time. This is the only store that I know of that carries this one so far.. Has anybody tried this scent before?
 
Well, I am officially confused. I was in one WalMart yesterday and they had only a few boxes of the new compact Tide. I noted they had the lavender Tide, but only one of the Tide with Bleach original fragrance. Now here is where the confusion comes in. That box clearly stated that it was suitable for use in traditional and high efficiency machines. But since that one box was crushed, I figured I would try either Target or other WalMarts. Well, two Targets and three other WalMarts later, no success. They all carried the new compact Tide with Bleach powder original fagrance, but NONE of those boxes carried the note about suitability for both types of washers. They did, however, carry the usual note on the side of the box about using Tide HE if you have a high efficiency washer. So what's the deal? Will there be two kinds of Tide with Bleach original fragrance or was that "suitable for traditional and high efficiency washers" a brief aberration? Also notable was a note on the side of the box that the manufacturer of Tide doesn't make any private label detergent, or some wording like that.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why P&G insists on cluttering the market with endless varieties of the same thing. Would be so much easier with one type of powder that is suitable for all machines, kind of like Fab.

On that note, in the last WalMart, I found 10 boxes of Fab Spring Magic powder also in a newer more compact formula. Unusual since we haven't seen any Fab powder for years, much less Spring Magic.
 
Tide with Bleach HE powder

I wish P&G would get their act together as well and provide the HE formula to everyone in whatever it is that PG need to make their mind
upon !!
I see on a website named Sams Club that P&G does make the Tide powder with Bleach in an HE formula, why isn't it readily available to those of us who have the newer machines, EVERYWHERE? It must be a geographical thing maybe (?) where they are testing it? That's the only logic I can see and we don't have a lot of powder HE choices on the market so if P&G want it's share it's time people I couldn't agree more :)
 

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