sshrivastava: "I have a whole house water softener, so all of the detergents I mentioned work at maximum effect in my household without any additives." That may explain in part why we had different experiences. The residual products of the minerals employed to make hard water soft may cause detergents to react differently than they do with water that had no significant mineral content to begin with. "I've tried them all and Vaska beats them all hands down. I can only share my own experience, I can't tell others what to do or buy. I don't believe anyone :else: took my statement to be a dictatorial edict telling others what to do." The negative pregnant is that you seem to think that I took your statement to be a dictatorial edict, which I assure you that I did not. In fact, specifically because of your unstinting praise of Vaska, when I found myself on the soap.com site the other day and needed something to push me over the free shipping threshhold, I added some Vaska lavendar 4X detergent to the cart, so soon I shall be able to see how it works here, all in the interests of Science, of course. As I simply cannot conceive of our laundry getting any cleaner than it does now using Bi-O-Kleen All Temperature liquid and a dash of borax, I am very dubious that I could see an improvement with Vaska. (If the laundry is clean, then it is clean.) But every milestone in the history of science has started with an open mind tempered by serious doubts, and I am willing to be convinced.

I actually got a bottle from Amazon just to try it out. Have only washed two loads so far and haven't been able to form an opinion just yet (laundry was all pretty clean to begin with). I'll post more once I've done a half-bottle or so.

So i read most of the thread here and i am still at loss here... i don't have that much laundry as i been waiting forever for my only bottle of tide to finish its half way done. What do most recommend Persil combo for washing or something else? I have stopped using dryer sheets as my gas dryer produces little to no static and clothes come out smelling fine to me. I was thinking of getting persil universal and persil colour (megaperls) but after reading this thread i am back to square one.

@covingtoncat, I live in Canada where Vaska is not available at retail. My friend and I order it from Drugstore.com along with some BioKleen items we also cannot find here at the store. I loved the lavender herbatergent so much that I purchased the fabric softener, oxygen bleach and spot remover. Of all the items, the lavender herbatergent and fabric softener are my favourite. For oxygen bleach I prefer a pure form of sodium percarbonate so I buy Ecover or BioVert (a Canadian company). I find the oxygen bleach keeps my whites looking very white. Occasionally, if something is looking dingy, I soak it for an hour our so before hand in oxygen bleach and then wash. Always comes out nice. The spot remover works well for some stains but not all in my opinion. I also have the Method pump detergent and use a little of that for pretreating. It works VERY well. I have the unscented and squirt a small amount on the spot and rub it in. Throw in and wash. It has worked almost every time on everything from grease spots to food/grass/blood stains. I also have the BioKleen BacOut for stains like blood and grass and it works amazing as well. I use Vaska for sheets/towels and delicates. I have also washed my kidâÂÂs/husbandâÂÂs clothes with it when they were not particularly stained. Most of my towels and sheets are good quality cotton like Supima and Egyptian so they should be washed in a milder detergent - one that doesnâÂÂt contain enzymes or optical brighteners. I searched a very long time for a natural lavender detergent that I liked and this fits the bill for me very well. It has such a lovely âÂÂrealâ lavender smell - herbally like the South of France - not fake. Glad others are still enjoying it too :)