17.3-lbs Ultra Plus Powder Laundry Detergent with Stain Fighting Formula $12 + Free Store Pickup (expired)

Have used this Sears powder as well as Costco powder and Tide powder in my HE machine over the course of 5 years - here's my report:

Sears - $0.06 per load (if you buy 5 boxes at $11 per box), works fine with very low residue;

Costco - don't know the price (cheaper than Tide), nice scent but left too much residue in machine - had to stop using it - really wished it would have worked out better;

Tide - $0.17 per load (if you buy biggest box at my local grocery or Sam's Club), cleans well with nice scent and very low residue.

So the price per load of Sears is about 1/3 the price of Tide with similar results in my Kenmore HE front load machine.

I won't get into the debate of how often to wash clothes but ever since my college days of wearing the same unwashed jeans for far too long and not having enough quarters for the laundromat - Now I REALLY appreciate clean clothes!

This is laundry soap? Might be a dumb question...but what is laundry and what is soap? I would ask my girlfriend but ever since leaving my moms basement, I cannot seem to find a girlfriend.

This stuff doesn't go bad does it? We have a baby due in May and in guessing the frequency and volume of laundry will explode. I was thinking of buying 5 boxes.

Quote from NFS4 : This stuff doesn't go bad does it? We have a baby due in May and in guessing the frequency and volume of laundry will explode. I was thinking of buying 5 boxes.

It doesnt have enzymes so it will last for a very long time as long as its kept dry.

For baby laundry it is very good. I have horrible skin allergies and this is the only soap I can use that does not make me itch.

I even tried the highly rated cloth baby diaper detergents listed on the diaper forums and cant use them because they make me itch so either they arent as non toxic as they claim or they dont rinse as well as the sears detergent does.

So save your cash and go with sears. Avoid spending $12 for a small bag of really cool looking baby diaper wash and buy this instead.

I keep it in a small pet food container I purchased at walmart. It has a hinged lid and I just put the soap still in the liner bag right into the container. No muss no fuss.

Quote from RUsum1 : Too bad this didn't come about last week. I had to buy some Tide from the store for more than this would cost. Got a box now though to cover me for another two years. Do you change clothes before each meal? I am one person and wash once every week!

Usually 2 loads of clothes, a load of towels, load of sheets and then usually another load of something. So anywhere from 4-5 loads for 2 people.

Quote from kschlege : Usually 2 loads of clothes, a load of towels, load of sheets and then usually another load of something. So anywhere from 4-5 loads for 2 people.

Do you have a toploader? I can fit 12 towels 12 hand towels, 4 wash cloths and 8 bathmats in one load so I only have to do towels once a month.

Any Deals on fabric softener then we could combine to get the $5 off $50 coupon instead of buying so much detergent just a thought

Shop at home has 8% CB through 2/20/12.

I never used powder before. I have a top-loader washer. To avoid clumping, do I just put detergent first, then clothes, then start up the washer? Thank you.

Are you saying you only use 4 wash cloths in a month? I must be reading that wrong.

(This is one of those threads where you understand why people smell the way they do, but you still wish you never acquired that "knowledge").

Ugh.

Jeff

PS: I lived in Germany for three years, so I've experienced an environment where people wear the same clothes for a few days in a row. But still, the lack of washing routine for some of you guys seems like the sort of frugality that is on par w/fast food ketchup package theft. I mean, the guy who only washes once a week, that means he isn't washing his bed linens. Gross...

Too much information...
We don't really need to know how often people wash their undies or their linens.
Please stick to the deal on hand... Good detergent, great price.

Quote from silverdragoon00 : I never used powder before. I have a top-loader washer. To avoid clumping, do I just put detergent first, then clothes, then start up the washer? Thank you.

Start the washer, slowly add the powder, then add clothes. Doing that method you mentioned clumps for me!

Quote from JeffIsMrMom : Are you saying you only use 4 wash cloths in a month? I must be reading that wrong. (This is one of those threads where you understand why people smell the way they do, but you still wish you never acquired that "knowledge"). Ugh. Jeff PS: I lived in Germany for three years, so I've experienced an environment where people wear the same clothes for a few days in a row. But still, the lack of washing routine for some of you guys seems like the sort of frugality that is on par w/fast food ketchup package theft. I mean, the guy who only washes once a week, that means he isn't washing his bed linens. Gross...

Wow Really? Sounds like washer envy to me. Do you sanitize your laundry? We do. Sanitary setting on the washer.

Towels, sheets and whites are all sanitized. We just have a large enough washer that more clothes fit than yours.

We change out towels once a week. There are 3 of us. We use bath poofs so no wash cloths and my husband uses a cloth to shave. He shaves every other day. We shower every day.

We change sheets once a week but since we have a gigantic washer we can run those every other week.

I also have kitchen towels but those are washed every other month on the sanitary setting.

Started using this powder 2 years ago when we got a new HE front loader. Works great and you really only need to use 1/2 a scoop, maybe 3/4 a scoop if your clothes are really dirty or you are cramming the washer full. Most people use way to much detergent and the manufacturers promote it.

Quote from mnosbor : Wow Really? Sounds like washer envy to me. Do you sanitize your laundry? We do. Sanitary setting on the washer. Towels, sheets and whites are all sanitized. We just have a large enough washer that more clothes fit than yours. We change out towels once a week. There are 3 of us. We use bath poofs so no wash cloths and my husband uses a cloth to shave. He shaves every other day. We shower every day. We change sheets once a week but since we have a gigantic washer we can run those every other week. I also have kitchen towels but those are washed every other month on the sanitary setting.

No one cares.

Thanks OP, great price.