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Photos, Malcolm! They do sound cute. The powder wasn't Tide Simply Clean and Fresh, was it?

Still haven't heard back from Tide.com. Had asked them if TSC&F would be released in pod form anytime soon. Was assured I'd get a response with 72 hours. Time to release my wrath on Twitter, LOL?
 
Just judged a round of Storytelling at a forensic speech tournament, and one of the competitors made a washer reference in his story! Something about "...hopping around like a crazy washing machine." Wrote "Loved the visual created by your washing machine reference" on his critique sheet. #DayMade

These are cute:

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Tide Scents

I never cared much for the scent of Tide detergent, but the Sport wash flavor doesn't smell half bad in the bottle. At some point, I will get to use it and see how it performs.

Malcolm
 
It would be interesting to compare the ratio of cleaning ingredients in Tide "Simply" and the other Tide liquids. The same with Ordinary Ariel and Ariel Simply to see if the cleaning ingredients have been reduced in the Simply versions.

In the UK the label on the detergent gives the approximate percentage of Non Ionic and Anionic surfactants and other ingredients ( ie oxygen bleaching agents in the case of powders ) so you can get a rough estimation of how a product is likely to perform
 
After first receiving a completely unrelated, somewhat bewildering reply from Gain (see Reply From P&G: Whaaa? thread) that was obviously a mix-up, this pinged my inbox:

Thanks for contacting Tide, Eugene.

We appreciate your interest in our new Tide Simply Clean & Fresh, a new liquid detergent! It’s designed to give laundry consumers a great clean at a good price. At this time, the Simply Clean & Fresh is only available at a liquid. We aren't aware of any plans to make it available in a POD format. Please be assured I'm sharing your suggestion with the rest of the team.

Tide Simply Clean & Fresh is formulated to deliver a thorough clean that starts at the source of the odors. It doesn’t just cover up odors: it gets deep down into the fibers of your garments to remove the particles that cause odors. And Tide Simply Clean & Fresh is HE (high efficiency) compatible to work in any type of washing machine!

The concentration of quality cleaning ingredients in Tide Simply Clean & Fresh liquid laundry detergent allows it to be offered at a low price while providing great cleaning power and quality odor fighting. Look for it in a bright yellow bottle with an orange cap. It’s moderately priced and is generally on shelf with other detergents that are offered at a comparable price. Tide Simply Clean & Fresh is currently available in 2 scents:
• Refreshing Breeze (blue label graphics)
• Daybreak Fresh (green label graphics)

To learn more, visit www.tide.com

Thanks again for reaching out.

Barb
Tide Team
 
Gutting to see France has the Ariel basic formula, makes me wonder if us in the UK will get it or does Daz hold that position?

Id like to hope we do get it. Perhaps it will have a nicer scent to it than Ariel has at the minute.

Saying that I do like my Daz for its performance and its scent.

P&G I know your reading this, get it sorted :D :D :D WE WANT ARIEL BASICO!!!!!
 
Rob,

I should think Ariel Simply could be a possibility here. I doubt die hard Ariel fans would swap to Daz even if it's cheaper but would buy a "new" version of Ariel. Also I could see Ariel Simply boosting sales of Ariel stain remover in the long run. The only sticking point I could see is that at one supermarket or another Ariel is always on sale, as are the other major brands, so if Ariel Simply is release it would have to be on offer at the same time as regular Ariel.
 
Since Tide Simply is for both HE and traditional washers it makes me wonder what the dosing instuctions are like.

Is it only based on the load size or on load size AND type of washer ?
Both would make sense to me... Toploaders use huge amounts of water, thus more detergent would be logical. On the other hand the average amount of soil the detergent has to deal with is basically the same no matter what type of washer is used.

Last time I was in the States I checked Purex and it did not distinguish dosing for different washer types. Is it the same with Tide Simply ?
 
What those ninnies at Procter & Gamble should do with Ariel is:

Keep the general technology as is (enzyme cocktail, bleaches, bleach activators, etc), but reduce the PERFUMES and reduce the foaming.

Oh, and I see that the 10 wash pack reduced from 800g to around 680g: scoop dosage reduced to 75ml. Yet my local Tesco hiked the price from £3.50 to £3.60.
 
Dosing

Stefan, that was another reason I didn't buy SC&F. The label does not recommend different dosages for standard toploaders and HE machines, that I could see. As with the pods, it makes no sense; either the HE machines are being drastically overdosed or the toploaders way underdosed.

It wouldn't surprise me if the HE machines were being overdosed. It's one way of selling more product than necessary, and if the suds are kept down, how could the average person tell? Meanwhile, topload users would be getting good results -- if they were being underdosed there would be complaints about poor cleaning.

Of course, with a liquid you can experiment to see what amount works best, but pods don't even give you that flexibility.
 
Just looked at all three of my Tide "HE" liquid detergent bottles (Free and Gentle, regular and Simply) none of them give dosages for front loading versus top loading "HE" washers. All they say is the same dosages to lines on the cap for medium (1) and large (2) loads.

P&G does this for all their liquid detergents "HE" or otherwise and it is very misleading. Most persons would assume on a dosing cap with lines marked 1-3 that the first is "small" and third "large". But no, and in fact there isn't any reference to "3" at all. Am guessing many who complain of excess detergent problems using these versions of Tide in front loaders are dosing up to the "1" line which could be too much product.
 
"none of them give dosages for front loading versus top loading "HE" washers."

You wouldn't expect there to be a significant dosing difference between frontloading and HE toploading washers -- but you would expect a difference for standard, non-HE toploading washers, if the same detergent is marketed for both types of machines. That's what was bothering me.

Naturally, the "HE" detergents won't give a dose for standard toploaders; this all makes sense if they're marketing a different low-suds and high-suds version. My beef is the one-size-fits-all products.

Your point about the dosage caps is well taken. I think they're deliberately misleading in an attempt to get people to use too much detergent.
 
Stick A Fork In It, It's Done

Gave away my full new bottle of Tide SC&F (well minus the very small amount used for the two loads done thus far), to one of the workers in our building who was that pleased.

Maybe it is the bout of flu one has had and subsequent now head cold, but just couldn't abide the "eau de la Raid" scent of the stuff. Each time one got a whiff of "Day Break Fresh" just couldn't shake the association with bug spray. *LOL*
 

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