WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT 2 VERY FAVORITE LAUNDRY DETERGENTS, WHETHER POWDER OR LIQUID?

Pat

Sorry, that's three, but I can't limit myself to two! :)

If SStava gets to list three, then so do I!! ;)

More replies, please.

Pat

1. Biokleen All Temperature citrus laundry liquid (enzyme free). Cleans at least as well in warm or hot as any detergent that we ever have used.

2. Biokleen Cold Water Formula liquid (contains enzymes). Cleans as well as the All Temperature in warm or hot water, but a bit better in cold water.

Neither is advertised as hypo-allergenic, but both are effectively hypo-allergenic. Both are very concentrated (HE 3X), and therefore very economical. They not only get our laundry very clean, but they leave a very small footprint on the environment as a bonus. (We do supplement with a scoop of 20 Mule Team Borax in each load of laundry.)

My Mom uses Bikleen and loves it. The price is extremely reasonable in my area.

Persil Bio

Vaska

Except Perwol powder for woven woolens and Eucalan for knitted woolens;

And Downe for all down-filled items (comforters, pillow, vests, jackets and booties.

Never use F/S; rarely use bleach (2-3X per year); moderate use of STTP @75 loads/year; occasional use of sodium percarbonate @50 loads/year.

I have an absurdly large stash of specialty products, I should thin them out.

L.

Doesn't stink, HE, gets even my machinist DH's clothes clean. I have a front load Samsung and use around a 1/2 scoop per load.

I don't use additives except for regular Clorox liquid bleach in linens. All my linens are white.

People overthink this stuff...detergent, water temp and bleach...no stink, clean clothes and no moldy washers.

Tide HE powder w/bleach for white cottons and towels

Tide TotalCare HE for knits, delicates, fine washables

ERA HE for jeans, T-shirts, work clothes, sheets, comforters

Additives: Pine Sol in all but hot water, oxygen bleaches, occasional chlorine for spot whitening (or when I want to ruin my favourite clothes).

I am having problems with fragrances and I cannot find a bleach or bleach alternative without fragrance. I use 1/4th cup of reg. bleach once a month on my white sheets and double rinse them. That doesn't seem to bother my eyes when I go to bed and it is maintaining the whiteness of my sheets.

Try the Ecover brand of oxygen bleach (powder form). No fragrance that I can detect, and no fillers.

Have you tried the Sears Ultra Free & Clear laundry detergent? It has an oxygen bleach and no fragrance.

Ecover. It is 100% sodium percarbonate, no additives or fragrances. (It comes in a cardboard box and sodium percarbonate is hygroscopic; so decant it to a plastic container -- preferably one with a tight-fitting lid -- if the air in your laundry room is humid, or you will have a very soggy box.) You also can purchase sodium percarbonate in bulk (use your favorite search engine), but you probably want to try it first in small doses before you invest a lot of money in a large supply.

Tide He powder
Henkel Persil powder
(still trying out different brands for delicates like silk and wool)
Fabric Softener...Downy Unscented with Lavendar Essential oil added to it. (Thank you, sshrivastava. The essential oil did the trick :D )

IIRC, the Sears Ultra Wash detergents are made by a company called DeSoto. I'm not familiar with it, don't know where it is located.

The link below links the Sears detergent I have. I get good results in hot or warm wash water, not so much in cold or cool. However, the info at this website says it is formulated for all wash temps. Some people here have said it has faded some of their laundry (maybe dark fabrics, not sure), while some people here really, really like it a lot.

I've always bought it at half-price when it was on sale at the local Sears appliance store. It is also available at Sears mall stores and online. The price is definitely very reasonable.