The Ariel Saga

[johnb300m]

I guess I mean vastly different, as in, it seems their formulas are different; different looks, colors etc. Phosphate, no phosphate. Different perfumes etc.
Blue speckled powder? Yea that's different.

It makes sense though, it was mentioned that maybe it's because Latin America does a lot of hand washing still, along with different styles of machines.

 

[mamapinky]

Listen folks none of these Mexican detergents are suited for HE machines including Mexican or US Ariel . They are sudsy. I do know a few people with HE washers that are able to use Mexican Ariel but most can't. I just felt it worth mentioning.

 

[gyrafoam]

Well there are large coin laundries around Atlanta full of Mexican's using Mexican detergents with total abandon in all the front-loaders. No argument, though, because they are heavy sudsers. When using in an HE machine you just scale back the dosage.

The Mexican detergents are not meant to rinse out office dust, so yes, there are differences in formulations.Most of the Mexicans do very hard and dirty work whether they are living in the US or Mexico. With or without phosphates I find the Mexican detergents superior performers. Viva remains my personal favorite and is the strongest one I have found. Ariel has a wonderful fragrance and I like to use it with loads of colored clothes in the summer.

 

[launderess]

"Listen folks none of these Mexican detergents are suited for HE machines including Mexican or US Ariel . "

Well that would depend on what you mean by "HE" washing machines.

Persons have been using Tide and other regular high foaming detergents in commercial/laundromat front loaders for ages; long before anyone thought about "HE" washing machines. Standard advice was simply to use less detergent (about 1/4 for a 18lb load).

Of course such machines nearly always have dump valves; so excess froth choking a pump isn't an issue.

Will give you that with today's front loaders being so miserly with water usage a clean rinsing detergent, and or at least one with low froth levels seems mandatory. This being said there are plenty of so called "HE" detergents on shelves (that Persil made by Henkel sold in USA comes to mind) that create suds in levels that rival some Mexican detergents.