I actually prefer the powder myself. I do a lot of laundry so it makes it easier for me to store the bulk powder than it would be for me to store the liquid. It is also easier when I add my HE oxi-clean as my manual says not to mix liquids and powders.

However, it is all personal preference. From what I understand, they all work great.

I've only used the powder so I can only speak from that experience.

I have the all-purpose cleaner, which has a pretty strong chemical smell and I've heard the liquid does as well, although it supposedly does not remain on the clothing at all. The powder's smell is very mild and the result is always clean-smelling clothes.

Also, I find liquids more difficult to store (can't lay them down in the pedestal drawer) and harder to clean up if they spill.

But, I think it all comes down to personal preferance, as I have not heard that one actually cleans better than the other.

I'm sure other CS users will chime in here.

I like the powder for clothes but i use the liquid for my daughters cloth diapers

Will CS work without Oxiclean? Do you have to use additional additives with it?

Does the liquid create more suds than the powder?

I personally have only been using the CS for a few days, but the difference has been drastic. Overall, much better results with the CS than anything else I have ever used.

I don't know what others routines are, but here's what I've been doing.

For reg loads (no heavy stains) I just use the one scoop of CS. For heavily soiled loads, I pretreat with the CS multi surface cleaner, then I wash with the one scoop of CS and one Tbsp of my HE oxi clean. It usually requires an extra rinse because of the CS laundry powder and the Multi-Purpose cleaner, but it works incredibly well.

It has gotten out all the new stains my hubs has gotten in his work clothes, which nothing else ever did, and with each wash the older set in stains are fading. It got most of the stains out of my lil girls brand new white shirt. There are only a couple of tiny dots on her shirt now (set in chocolate), but they are going away with repeated washes.

I have used many detergents over the 10 years I've been married, but I have never had anything work this well overall. Some stains would be easier to remove with an enzyme detergent, but then the clothes here get build up on them and get hard. That doesn't happen with the Charlie's. It is also gentle and improves fire retardency and improves or maintains the water resitance of other articles of clothing (my husbands seal socks). Factor in the price and this is superior to anything else out there in my opinion.

Sorry for the added review, but I am still in utter awe of this stuff and can't figure out why it took so long for me to hear about it. Anything this good you would think everyone knew about.

How much is one scoop a tablespoon?

yea one scoop is a tablespoon ;) i love charlies soap and my husand put a scoop in a bucket and it also cleaned parts of his barbecue it did such a great job he said to me this stuff works great we are hooked.

Just looking at the cost on the web site makes it seem like the liquid is more expensive on a per load basis... I've used the powder since I switched... I did buy the all purpose cleaner and use that cut with water as a pretreatment in place of shout... works great...