Tide + Bounce + Downey Used Together. SAY WHAT?

[mrb627]

I suppose I have seen this commercial a few times but hadn't really paid much attention to it. Until this afternoon. Apparently, it is recommended by P&G to use all three of these products for optimum fabric care. Have they lost their minds?

Malcolm

 

[danemodsandy]

Yikes!

I can only say one thing - if you use all three of those products together, I hope you never try to run from the police.

Because they won't need bloodhounds to follow your scent!

 

[mich2013]

You Know..

I've used Liquid Tide + Downy "Unstoppables", Downy Fabric Softner, and Bounce Dryer Bar, and I still can't smell a any of it, besides a tad of the Bounce.

At this point, I have pretty much given up on the idea of scented laundry. I think it's just a myth for Front Loaders.

Anyhow. I still like using a small amount of "Members Mark" (Sams Club) fabric softener, when washing towels, but besides that, I pretty much sparingly use FS for anything..

 

[frigilux]

Oh, and don't forget that you have to drop in a Tide Boost pac along with everything else!

Product total: 4

 

[rockland1]

Proctor & Gamble

I generally avoid buying products made by P&G

 

[arbilab]

Wait a tick. Since those 4 products leave such an ick deposited in the machine, one also has to use Tide washer cleaner. Product total, 5. I suspect there are at least 2 more we haven't thought of.

 

[mich2013]

Don't forget...

Tide Boost Pretreat Stain Remover spray & liquid, and Tide to Go

 

[frigilux]

And to answer your question, Malcolm, yes: P&G have lost their collective mind.

I use only Tide and chlorine bleach (where appropriate) with excellent results. Stopped using fabric softeners with the arrival of the 2010 Frigidaire pair. The dryer has an Anti-Static option which alleviates that problem. Don't miss softener at all.

 

[mich2013]

Eugene

Why you no use Sodium Percarbonate? Instead of Clorox.

 

[mich2013]

Here it is..

In-case anyone actually wants to see what he's talking about...

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7qt6/tide-bounce-and-downy-startup

 

[arbilab]

OK now we're up to 7, without counting Oxy-Tide--sodium percarbonate which in my tests eats cotton at about the same rate sodium hypochlorite does. P&G just wants to take up shelf space, not unlike Frito-Lay and every softdrink bottler. At least chip and drink flavors serve specific tastes. P&G serves primarily customer imagination which they themselves create.

From observation, detergent and softener are chemically at odds with each other. The former being hydrophilic and the latter hydrophobic. Mix the two and you get diminished capacity from both. P&G's 6-figure chemists know that but customers don't and the marketing/MBAs capitalize on stupidity. That's what they're paid for and it works.

P&G doesn't give a damn how your laundry comes out, as long as your grocery cart contains at least 3--preferably 5--of their products.

 

[frigilux]

Michael-- I use liquid chlorine bleach for its disinfecting/sanitizing qualities, and I suppose from habit. Have always used it, as did my mom. I also use a bleach mixture to sanitize kitchen sinks & countertops as well as bathroom fixtures.

Now that the newest washers (like my 2012 Frigidaire Affinity Immersion Care top-loader) seem to have a maximum water temperature of around 100 degrees (which is amusingly labeled "Hot" on the controls), I'm sticking with chlorine bleach for white loads, of which I have many (kitchen/personal/bed linens/bath linens).

 

[liamy1]

P&G doesn't give a damn how your laundry comes out, as l

Arbilab - spot on with what you said, I mentioned something very similar on the Tide Laundry Commercial thread.

 

[mrb627]

Bleach!

When did bleach drop to 3.7 quarts? What was wrong with a gallon jug?

Malcolm

 

[danemodsandy]

Malcolm:

"What was wrong with a gallon jug?"

What was wrong was: There's no way to help yourself to a hidden price increase if you keep the jug size the same.

 

[MrX]

Don't forget to spray it all with Fabreeze when you're putting into the wardrobe too!

LOL

 

[liamy1]

And then scented ironing water

And then don't forget scented ironing water for your iron too (although over here, it's made by P&G's direct competition Unilever) but you get the idea