I've never heard of Charlie's soap... I'm gonna check it out! Thanks girls!

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I have always thought that Tide was too expensive and not worth the extra money. I use All Free and Clear due to my Ds12's eczema and it works great.

Ditto...I've never been impressed by it. We like Arm & Hammer powdered detergent. Works great for me. I don't have a problem with stains, if I see anything, I just put a dab of blue Dawn on it and everything comes out.

I agree with the Charlie's soap. It really does work pretty good. It works better though if you have a water softener, which I don't. But...if you like Tide, the Sears brand is made by Tide.

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Wife to Keenon 6/15/06
SAHM to Kasen 2/24/07

I sue purex and get it on sale 4 for $5.00 plus my coupons. I haven't really noticed any difference in detergents. It is all how you pre treat a stain. I use dreft stain remover on all our stains. It works better than shout, spray n wash, greased lightning, etc. Also, I find using fabric softner is the only way I ever notice a difference. And I only use fabris softner once in a while on my towels.

I have to imagine that the quality of water used and the mineral content in the water makes a difference. I have saved so many clothes simply by using Tide. It is unbelievable how many clothes were ruined because even though I pretreated and soaked my clothes, I still couldn't get the stains out with All, Purex, etc. I am a firm believer in Tide and have found that for my family the extra cost saves me lots of money in the end. My friends in our town also believe this - and we all agree it is because of the mineral content of our water. I've used other brands in other locations and they worked just fine, but not here.

I stopped using Tide when I got married almost 20 years ago. DH develops an awful rash from it (and from most of the major name brands). I did some research on Consumer Reports and learned that Costco's brand rates well, so I have been using that with no complaints. However, we just got a new HE washer, so when I run out of my current bucket-o-detergent, I'm going to try Costco's HE variety.

By the way, their brand (Kirkland) of ecologically-friendly dish soap is lovely!

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I used to use Tide, but now I use Costco's Kirkland brand free and clear. It works nicely.

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In today's economy, with so many agreeing that Tide is overpriced, you would think they'd listen to their prospective customers and lower their price.

Dreft is the same way: it is very expensive, but works well. However, as soon as I felt my baby is old enough, I stop using it. They would probably have much longer-term customers if they'd be more reasonable. They told me via email, when I inquired, that they rarely to never offer discounts or coupons. Laundry soap is not where I want to spend a lot of money. I'm willing to pay a little more, but more than twice as much, which is what I see locally, is too much for Tide.

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