While that difference isn t clearly visible to the naked eye it does make a difference over repeated washings and that s.
Expensive vs inexpensive laundry detergent.
Cheap laundry detergent but not too cheap.
I am curious if anybody knows the difference if there is one between the cheap 5 gallon bucket of windfresh laundry detergent you can buy at sam s club that does 200 loads and a box of very expensive tide or any other name brand.
In terms of types however the laundry detergent market has narrowed.
Most detergents sold today are liquid and their popularity plus the increase in sales of pods means that few powders.
Moving up the quality ladder while still focusing on price you have kirkland signature free clear costco at 11 cents a load score of 54 and white cloud laundry detergent walmart for 7 cents a load score of 58.
They are the fastest growing segment.
We pitted 17 detergents against 10 common stains in cold water and found the best laundry detergent for everyday use.
Laundry detergent pods or pacs appeared in 2012 as one of the biggest changes to laundry products in more than 50 years.
I ve used windfresh used to be called family tree forever.
Everyone needs it and the big name brands sell their name with the product.
But it only scored a 37.
It s tempting to just pick a bargain brand and feel happy about the savings.
Our photospectrometer revealed that across all our tests persil removed an average of 2 percent more stains than tide detergents were capable of.
What we need to be careful with in this case is that the savings on the front end don t turn into unforeseen expenses on the back end.
Though persil has only been on sale in the us since mid 2015 it has long been a best selling laundry detergent in europe.
The cheapest laundry detergent of all is xtra plus oxiclean for just 6 cents a load.
The single dose pacs pods a term trademarked by tide contain detergent and sometimes other cleaning or softening ingredients in a small polyvinyl film packet that dissolves in water.
There are some cheap alternatives to the name brand.
By virtue of being a costco brand kirkland is cheaper but not the least expensive detergent consumer reports tests.
If you think about it there really isn t that many big name brands that sell detergent.