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Persil vs Tide Free

Pat Z5or6 SEMich

2 years ago

Do you think Persil Sensitive Skin cleans better than Tide Free liquid?

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littlegreeny
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Hi Pat! I hope you are doing well.

Persil is supposed to clean better than Tide F&G, especially body oil. I tried it a couple times and never really cared for it (I felt like it rinsed poorly and left fabrics feeling stiff). It does have OBs. Not sure if you have a Costco membership but their house brand Kirkland Signature makes an excellent free and clear detergent but that also contains OBs. All Plus F&C from Costco is also excellent, comparable to Tide F&G. All Plus is virtually identical to All F&C Odor Relief. Both formulas contain OBs.
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Pat Z5or6 SEMich
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you, Sweet greeny. I agree about Persil's rinsing and stiffness, just needed to hear what you think. I can order the Kirkland on Amazon, but really like the Tide Free. Don't remember why I didn't like the AFC Odor Relief, so I'll try it again. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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Thank you for the replies! We have a whirlpool cabrio- it's new and as the very first not hand me down washer we have ever owned, we love it! I don't believe it has a heater, but our water temps are set around 125-130 I think. I always choose the hottest setting for both washes. I do use extra rinses, but not as consistently as I could. STPP? Help a girl out...what does this stand for? The regular Tide doesn't seem to bother Bubs- he's one now and we've only ever used the scent free variety, until this round. But as he has gotten older, having more solid foods... Let's just say I want to stay proactive in having a great wash routine, haha! biokleen and ecover are both mentioned in and around the diaper forums, too, but tide is the go to one size fits most recommendation, and it does work very well since I increased the amount per load. I will take a look at the pods- the diapers get a no detergent rinse and spin and two consecutive washes, so it would be hard to dissolve them first before adding the dipes. We love the cloth! And actually find it less gross than the sposies all around! thank you, again! I'm going to see if my walmart has a large box of the un scented powder and the pods and give each a try!
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Walmart and Kroger (all the ones around me anyways) discounted their persil sensitive. I picked up 8 large persil sensitive for 3.99 bottle last week. They were originally 15.99 marked down to 5.99 and had 2.00 off coupons for them making them a steal. I noticed persil original pods have a new container too so wonder if they are reformulating it again. Walmart took persil sensitive out of their shelf space though. I sure hope it’s not discontinued too since my son uses this one and works well.
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mxk3 z5b_MI
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I posted recently about how Tide Free & Gentle faded my darks. Haven't tried the Persil Free, but if you can I'd smell it in person first -- their regular stuff reeks, I wouldn't trust that the Free version does have some sort of scent to it.
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wekick
2 years ago
According to Consumer Reports, the Persil for Sensitive skin is rated @ 75 points(scale 31-84), but it has been rebranded to ”sensitive and free” and more enzymes have been added(5 total). It is clear now so the chemicals that made it white were removed. It has optical brighteners still which are a cause of fading.

They may be responding to Tides new “free” products which have not been rated yet but use their top brands names. The Tide Hygienic Free has three enzymes but no added fragrance, dyes or optical brighteners. I use this for darks or bright colors. The hygienic

free pods do have optical brighteners.

It is a little hard to find current information for Tide Ultra plus stain release For one of the listings for liquid Tide ultra PSR, the current formulation listed on Smart label doesn‘t include optical brighteners and only 3 enzymes. Earlier they included 4 enzymes and optical brighteners. Other listings from other sources say 4 enzymes too. They may have changed it already.

The liquid Free and Gentle Tide scores 62 in the CR test. 3 enzymes and no optical brighteners.

I don’t have those issues with stiffness with Persil. the only thing that is supposed to stay in after the wash is the fragrance, optical brighteners and dyes. I rinse 2-3 times in a full fill machine due to allergies and add STPP dissolved in water to the fabric softener compartment that is released in the first rinse. Softened water increases the rinsability of detergents.
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littlegreeny
2 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving Pat!
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