Seems like the plain were the worst sudsers. Maybe the bleach won't suds much plus the age. Good Luck and Enjoy...

Good times, Larsi! Glad to hear they smell great. I love seeing vintage products--curious is there a date on the box? Good thing they are individually wrapped. How much fun! Eager to hear how you like them! I too wish we could turn back the clock on evil P&G--what is so infuriating is that (IMO and IM experience) they make the best products available in the US, but now they smell god awful. Why should we have to choose? As a perfectionist, I remain unsatisfied. I wish we could infiltrate that company!!!

You know the old saying? Only two things are for sure, death and taxes, well now we can make it three. P&G will screw up a good thing. LOL. Don't know if it's new upper management or if they are catering to more of the Spanish people who like highly scented products. But most of the stuff just pure stinks. and now they have made some of their caps impossible to open to get a huff. It's really maddening!!

Magically, my box came today as well. I wasn't expecting it, until Tuesday, so HUGE SURPRISE :D

The box I have, was made on the 67th day of 2001. So that'd be March 8th. I was in 1st Grade, lmao.

My box... you could tell, it sat on a store shelf for a very long time. I imagine, the box sat on a store shelf in some Bodega (Corner Store, Think 7/11) for a very long time. However... the side of the box, has a extremely clean scent, and the box, besides a few small bruises, looks amazing.

I don't think I'll open my box for a very long time. I just wanna stare at it, Lmao.

I have a few vintage laundry boxes that i cut off a side and framed to hang in the laundry room. My husband refers to them as art geeko :)

My new Vintage Tide tabs are right at home in my laundry room cupboard :)

OK....doing my first load with these Vintage (and SO super cool) Tide tabs! Washing a big med., or small big load of cottons ;) ....mainly kid clothes and 5-6 pairs of underwear and socks. 120F Cottons Universal cycle. 3 Deep rinses and 1400rpm spin.

Only using ONE tablet. Suds, but not bad....actually about the amount I like, well maybe a tad more than I'd prefer, but I was kind of expecting (Sparky scared me) suds coming out of the detergent tray and pushing themselves thru the door seal, LOL!!!

Here's the suds, about 50% into the wash cycle:

Wow, Mitch, how did you learn so much about laundry at such a young age? Very impressive!

Looks good Larsi! I notice no more Miele UltraColor in that line-up! I have the same three powders you do, and that seems to be a good combo. I tried Miele UltraColor once more today, and meh, it's just not working for me. I am probably going to donate it--second time I have tried it and been displeased. But the other three are great!

I'm telling you they have aged cause they were suds city when new--at least the plain version. I'm glad yours aren't, that way you can use them up and enjoy something new.

sparky....They did begin to REALLY suds after I posted!!!!! Not out of control, but WAY more than I like. Rinse 1/3 is beginning! I keep ya'll posted!!!

Rinse 1- Still sudsy, but not too bad!

Rinse 2- tiniest bit of suds, but not really...water mostly clear

Rinse 3- basically clear, no suds

This load though, was not large & I'm sure that added to the extra suds. I think with a set of CA King sheets, a big load of bath towels or a big ol' load of whites...these tabs will be perfect.

@ Clean....No more Miele UltraColor for me. Love the scent. Love the low suds. Love the clean rinses. Do not love the way laundry feels or smells after drying!

Larsi, good luck with the tide tabs not being too sudsy! I bet sparky is right about the aging... And, your reasoning with load sizes/soiling sounds right...

And yep, agreed--Miele UltraColor smells good in the box and rinses clean, but after washing and drying my clothes today, they smelled pretty blech, kind of sour and almost musty. Oh well, it may be time to try some new laundry goodies from soap.com or amazon!

Mama, definitely you will NOT buy it. I was going to offer to send it to you :) I was going to try it once more because I am so indecisive. But, my gut just says it's not working. It is probably Chicago's hard water that needs a stronger detergent, because really I am LOVING the Miele UltraWhite! My laundry smells so good after washing with it (I am barely able to detect a scent, but my laundry smells clean with a very mild old-fashioned scent when closely sniffing, and my laundry is clean! I tried increasing the dose today, and that may have actually worked (albeit counter-intuitively). I washed a gray blanket with it and it is fluffy, clean, smells and looks great. But I washed my robe with UltraColor and really it smells sour/yucky. I honestly may try the UltraWhite with some of my colors.

Anyway, Mama, I want to buy/try a few more things (thinking Vaska tabs), and then I will send you a care package and include the rest of the Miele UltraColor!

EVERYTHING after the wash felt so smooth and almost soft and the laundry smelled so incredibly clean and fresh. Also, every mark or stain was 100% gone from our son's clothes....chocolate shake, pizza sauce, grass and mud stains and even some pen marks from class. These Tide tabs are THE BOMB!!

How I wish P&G would start making great products again. Products that smell good, work good!!! So happy I bought these. Thanks for the heads up Mitch!!!

I think they stopped making these cause they were not selling well best I remember.(You remember every company stopped making tabs.) They smelled much better than the pods and kids wasn't trying to eat them. I do like the smell of the pod 4n1 with Febreze. very fresh smell refreshing rain or something like that. Better smell than the powder Tide now.

@clean_and_bright. I'm not really sure, to be honest. I remember, getting into Laundry... sometime, in Middle School. I just.. wanted to clean my own clothes, and well... I had always been fascinated *somewhat* by... cleaners.

I guess I've spent so much time, researching and experimenting with things, that.. I've simply absorbed a ton of knowledge. I can't say I'm out to be the next Martha Stewart (although, the world needs one)... but... I simply love doing laundry, and.. other things, home wise. I'm not sure, I just enjoy it.

I wouldn't consider myself to have OCD, or anything. I used to be one of those kids, who'd come home with his clothes, covered in dirt & grass stains. I'm not sure. I guess... I just got into something, I enjoy and it went from there. :-)

@sparky, there is no way these tablets have deteriorated. P&G sealed them so well, they never had a chance to see the elements again, lol. Since... they came from NY, I'm betting they sat in some store, for years & years, untouched. Eventually being sold, or clearanced out.

The box, has obviously seen a lot of moisture. But the tabs themselves, look amazing. There not crumbling, or falling apart. They look brand new, as if they just came off the production floor.

I'm thinking.. that the Bleach Alternative Tablets, didn't have as much room for sudsing agents, so they we're probably more tolerable for HE Machines. They made... two different versions "Original" and "Bleach Alternative" and they we're both the same size, with the same dosing instructions.

I just love the box, itself. It reminds me of my childhood, and walking into the laundry room. It's just so nostalgic for me. I especially like how the "Tide" logo is raised on the box, and printed well.

@mamapinky0, The problem with my generation is... Most of them, aren't interested in there great grandmother's tablecloths or anything domestic for that matter.

Not to make a huge, blanket statement. But... most solely cook with microwaves, or easy stuff you can just throw in a oven.

And don't get me started... on how many don't have a first clue on how to do the Laundry. If something get's stained, it's ruined for life, it's unsalvageable and to the donate pile it goes. Nothing can save it. Nothing Apparently.

There's a reason... our Detergent's, don't smell so great anymore. Not to be mean.. but the generation that loved them so, much... is closing out. The generation that follows, seems to think that clean=scent and love the new formulations. This is why our Downy has changed, and this is why we have scent boosters.

Powder Detergents were never a hit with millennials. Most didn't care for the same scent of laundry, as their parents did. "Whitening" or "Bleach" detergents weren't, something they cared about either.

Effective Marketing... convinced I think a lot of them, that... there's no need to wash in Hot, or Warm anymore. Just wash in Cold. Clothes Shrink in WARM. Colors run in Warm. Don't use Warm, use Cold. Powders don't always dissolve in cold. Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.

Really. I wouldn't say, Millennials are that lazy... more of they just have a different impression of Clean, than their parents did. They don't seem to notice anything, wrong. As long as it's "washed' it's clean, and that's it.

I loved, and I mean.. Loved, the Martha Stewart show. And I mean the actual show, that was on Primetime TV. I remember... it being transitioned over to "Hallmark" Channel... and, then... shortly canceled after that.

Now... she has this god-awful segment on the "Today" show, which... I really don't care for anymore. I'll leave it at this... When I was younger, I was able to play with Huge Satellite dishes. The Feed shown to you by your Local NBC station... is drastically different, from the non-cut feed in NY. Some of those anchors... are just horrible.

Do any of you hear about Martha Stewart now? It's rare. She has a product line at Macy's that hasn't been updated in a while. I think her JCPenney deal fell through. I just... don't understand what happened to poor Martha.

I know a lot of people we're greatly intimidated by her. But still. I don't think she really put her "name" / brand on just anything. She really believed in quality stuff. And her show... Well. I think it took people away from there busy lives, for a few moments every day, and... reminded them, of what they could do. Inspiration, that's for sure.

No. She wasn't perfect. We all aren't. But I think she believed in doing things the right way, and loved sharing knowledge.

I remember, in one of her shows. She talked about Miele washers, AND.... she talked about Persil and Tide Powder. Although, she hated the scent of Tide Powder, and would only buy it, in free & gentle. She made a very big deal about the Persil though, and recommended people try using it for there whites. I *think* she might have mentioned, perwoll as well but I'm not too sure.

I miss that show... :( And... I know it won't come back on the air. Nor, will anything like it.

How old are you Laundry Mitch?

Larsi, I have a box of Tide tabs, Purex tabs, and Wisk tabs that I have kept stashed away. I remember the cleaning to be good with all 3. However, the Tide tabs suds the most. The Purex and Wisk much less so. Also, all 3 left a light scent, nothing perfumey or strong.

@sandy1616, I'm just barely twenty ;)

@tideman_59.... OMG. What are those Wisk tabs like? I have a few Purex tabs on hand, but not enough for my liking. Totally Jealous of you right now.

@mamapinky0, Yeah. I've had a account over there, for a little while. People there, aren't always so nice though, and not only that... I don't think most of them remotely even care about Detergent's. Just the Machines, themselves.

I should mention this. Every once in a while, Salvo Tablets from the 60's will appear on eBay. I can't even begin to tell you, how much I've thought about buying them.

They we're round, little discs of laundry detergent about the size of 1/2 cup of compressed powder. And they we're loaded with Phosphates, as all detergent's we're that time. More importantly... they we're sealed well, from what I've read.

I could just never, imagine... trying to use them. Oh' the froth they'd create. It'd be fun though. And... I bet they smell amazing :D

Completely Unrelated. But I just realized, I think Me & Larsi have matching countertops ;)

The Wisk tabs were (are) great. I haven't dove into the stash. Keeping them for posterity.

My mother used the Salvo tabs. We had a GE washer/dryer combo when I was growing up and it required a low sudsing detergent live Salvo. The scent of Salvo was always one of my favorite laundry detergent scents ever. If I close my eyes I can still remember the scent.

Just washed a CA King sheet set with 4 pillowcases. 1 Tide tablet. Perfect amt. of sudsing. Even rinse 1 of 3 was virtually clear. These tabs are potent cleansers, deep cleaning. You can see and smell it! It's a shame they are no longer made!

@MamaP...I can bubble wrap some and mail them to you, if you'd like! The bummer is that you will love them, as do I....and they are long discontinued!! Ingredients are Sodium Percarbonate, Enzymes and surfactants!! Perfect, huh? :)