Tide Coldwater Detergent Review

What word comes to mind when you look at this picture.  Helplessness, terror, disaster, overwhelmed?

Fortunately these clothes have all been washed but now I have to fold them or convince the children to do so...  However, this is a normal site at our house. Three children, a dog and husband creates a lot of laundry.  I am not sure about your boys but they go through 3 outfits a day...school clothes, play clothes and pjs.

About 3 years ago we purchased a front load washer and dryer in attempts to wash more laundry in larger quantities.  I have been washing with coldwater for a while as that is the preset temperature on my machine;  while switching between whatever detergent was on sale.

My brand of choice is Tide but I often find it a little more expensive than the other brands.  I am always on the look out for coupons to use.  However, I think it is a little pricer for a reason.  Clothes tend to stay a little brighter and cleaner when I wash with Tide, or at least my speculation.  I always remember having really bright socks as a kid (Tide the only detergent I remember seeing in my house) and all of my children's socks are gray in tone on the bottoms.

When I was offered to participate in The Tide Coldwater Program with SheSpeaks I thought I could finally document the cleaning of my clothes.  Nothing I would have thought to do without an incentive of course.

I have no trouble finding stains on my kids clothes, in fact when I sat down to write this post, my youngest came in with a grass stain.  Immediately took a photo of it for this post!!  Too many times I am in a hurry and things get in there without being pre-spotted.

 Besides helping the environment and keeping your utility bills lower, washing with cold water also does not set stains in your clothes like warm or hot water will.

Results:  The smell is not overwhelming and fortunately we do not have any allergies.  I used a little less per some other participants suggestions since the bottle I received was not made for HE.

amount of HE detergent

amt of Coldwater

Dark clothes with stains:

Before

After:not sure if that stain was there or if it was grease

Light clothes with Stains:

Before with tomato or taco sauce

After::Success

Gone

Grass Stains Before

 SUCCESS:

After

Tide coldwater Formula does its job while keeping my energy bills lower and saving environment in one small way.  There are always coupons in the paper and just keep your eyes open for sales.

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P&G  and SheSpeaks gave me this product sample in return for this review.  However the opinions expressed are my own.